Healthful Ways Saturday 5 Nov 10am-3pm Parua Bay Community Centre
Healthful Ways in Whangarei Heads Community Gala 2016
After a successful launch last year, a group of local natural health practitioners have created an annual community event to promote health, fitness and wellbeing in Whangarei Heads. The Healthful Ways Community Gala will be held on Saturday 5 November 2016 from 10 am to 4 pm at the Parua Bay Community Center. The expo will showcase the diversity of natural health options in the area, including Cranial Sacral Therapy, Bowen Therapy, Reiki, Massage, Acupuncture, Naturopathy as well as Yoga, Pilates, Nia Dance and Fitness. Visitors to the event will be able to discuss treatment modalities with stall holders providing information. Demonstrations and free classes will be held throughout the day along with raffles for a great bunch of healthy prizes. There will also be market stalls featuring nutritious and delicious food and other natural products. This year a kids play area will be introduced, as well as speakers on a range of healthy topics...
Some Choice News!
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!
Have you got New Zealand's best shed? Show us and win!
Once again, Resene and NZ Gardener are on the hunt for New Zealand’s best shed! Send in the photos and the stories behind your man caves, she sheds, clever upcycled spaces, potty potting sheds and colourful chicken coops. The Resene Shed of the Year 2026 winner receives $1000 Resene ColorShop voucher, a $908 large Vegepod Starter Pack and a one-year subscription to NZ Gardener. To enter, tell us in writing (no more than 500 words) why your garden shed is New Zealand’s best, and send up to five high-quality photos by email to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz. Entries close February 23, 2026.
Share your favourite main crop potato recipe and win a copy of our mag!
Love potatoes? We will give away free copies of the May 2026 issue to readers whose potato recipes are used in our magazine. To be in the running, make sure you email your family's favourite way to enjoy potatoes: mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, by March 1, 2026.
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