Prime Minister delivering apology
On Tuesday 12 November, the Prime Minister will deliver a public apology to survivors of abuse in care in Parliament.
You can register your interest to attend the event in Parliament, or if you want to watch it with friends, whānau or a support person you can attend an event at the Due Drops Event Centre in Auckland, Shed 6 in Wellington or the Christchurch Town Hall.
Contact the Crown Response Unit today:
Phone: 0800 717 017 (8:30am - 4:30pm Monday - Friday)
Email: contact@abuseinquiryresponse.govt.nz
Registration closes 4.30pm Monday 30 September.
Accommodation, travel and food costs will be covered. Travel assistance will be provided in forms of air travel, petrol vouchers, gift cards, and train, and bus tickets.
Today’s Riddle Challenge: Can You Beat Your Neighbours to the Answer?
It silently arrives without a sound, but its presence is felt all around.
Dressed up in red or sometimes green, in the middle, a kiss is the routine.
What am I?
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$5 and $10 Freshly Harvested Salads - Available Tuesdays and Fridays - Glen Innes
We have an abundance of salad leaves at present! Would you like a box for $5 or $10 ready for your Christmas gatherings?
Locally and organically grown they include a mix or leaves, edible flowers and herbs.
A $5 salad will give you an ice cream container full of our yummy salad mix. A $10 salad will give you a tray full of our yummy salad mix.
The price helps pay for the farmer who nurtures the plants and maintains the project as well as supporting our giving of food to those in need. Special thanks to Zealandia for some donations of plants and our fabulous volunteers helping plant and water!
Available Fridays and Tuesday’s for the rest of the year! Email tamakiurbanmarketgarden@gmail.com to arrange
Would you like a free copy of our February 2025 issue?
Kia ora neighbours. We give away free copies to readers whose recipes are used in our magazine. We're still on the hunt for tomato recipes, so send your family's favourite way to use up your homegrown harvest, to: mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz. If we use it in the mag, you will receive a free copy of the mag