Northland Pasifika Fusion Festival 2026! This Saturday

Kristi from Tikipunga

🌺 Northland Pasifika Fusion Festival 2026! - A vibrant celebration of Tagata Moana culture, unity, and pride! 🌺
📅Saturday, 07 March 2026 | ⏰10:00 AM - 03:00 PM
📍Kensington Sports Park, Whangārei.

🌴 What You Can Look Forward To:
•Cultural performances from across the Pacific Islands
• Delicious Pacific cuisine
• Island performances, live music and dance
• Youth activities
• Free Healthcare checks
• Local arts and crafts
• A strong focus on community, connection, health and wellbeing
✨Theme for 2026: “Nurturing Our Cultural Roots, by Strengthening Our Health,”
Organised by FALE Pasifika, alongside local schools, churches and community groups.
👉For more info: www.wdc.govt.nz......
Fakafetai, Vinaka vaka levu, Meitaki atupaka, Malo ‘aupito, Fakaaue lahi, Fa’afetai tele lava - we can’t wait to see you all at Kensington!
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Fale Pasifika Te Taitokerau

Poll: If we want to reduce speeding, what do you think actually changes driver behaviour? 🛻🚨🚓

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

In the Post's article on speeding penalties, the question is asked whether speeding fines are truly about road safety, or are they just a way to boost revenue for the Crown?

What do you think? Should speeding motorists receive speeding fines or demerit points?

If we want to reduce speeding, what do you think actually changes driver behaviour? 🛻🚨🚓

• The sting of a fine (Money talks!)
• The threat of demerit points (Nobody wants to lose their license!)

Vote View Results

• 38.2% The sting of a fine (Money talks!)
  38.2% Complete
• 61.8% The threat of demerit points (Nobody wants to lose their license!)
  61.8% Complete

749 votes

Some Choice News!

Kia pai from Sharing the Good Stuff

DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.

Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.

For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.

Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?

We hope this brings a smile!