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Congratulations to all the recipients of the 2020 sports awards and to all the organizers on a wonderful evening.
Make your own modernist art and release your inner Matisse with easy-to-create canvas artworks. Use Resene testpots to suit your colour scheme for a co-ordinated look.
Make the most of this weekend with this easy step by step project idea from Resene. Find out how to create your own.
Kia ora neighbours! With two bouts of lockdown it's a been a funny old year of schooling. Where kids struggled to keep up at home, some parents are thinking about repeating the school year. Is this you? If it's something you're considering and you'd like to share the reasons … View moreKia ora neighbours! With two bouts of lockdown it's a been a funny old year of schooling. Where kids struggled to keep up at home, some parents are thinking about repeating the school year. Is this you? If it's something you're considering and you'd like to share the reasons why, do get in touch - josephine.franks@stuff.co.nz
To celebrate the refreshed Stuff Travel website, enabling you to dream, plan and now book your next escape all in one place, we're giving away a $100 voucher.
To go into the draw to win simply vote below on which of the following destinations you're most likely to use your voucher on. … View moreTo celebrate the refreshed Stuff Travel website, enabling you to dream, plan and now book your next escape all in one place, we're giving away a $100 voucher.
To go into the draw to win simply vote below on which of the following destinations you're most likely to use your voucher on. Visit travel-booking.stuff.co.nz for inspiration and to view all the other destinations.
Hi, just a word to keep your pets inside during the nights of Guy Fawkes.
So many animals get frightened and take off. Please keep them inside during this time. Thank you.
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It's often a Kiwi favourite, and now you can get your hands on some for free.
Tomorrow McDonald's
will be giving away one million free chicken nuggets to Kiwis for just one day only.
McDonald's is committing to the promise that was delayed during Covid-19 lockdown health and safety … View moreIt's often a Kiwi favourite, and now you can get your hands on some for free.
Tomorrow McDonald's
will be giving away one million free chicken nuggets to Kiwis for just one day only.
McDonald's is committing to the promise that was delayed during Covid-19 lockdown health and safety requirements in August.
Nugget lovers can get their hands on a free six-pack only if they download the McDonald's app and redeem the digital voucher in store or in the drive-thru.
McDonald's confirmed you don't need to purchase any other items to redeem the free six-pack.
The free nuggets, which first featured in New Zealand McDonald's in 1985, will be available tomorrow
at 9am until they run out.
McDonald's Managing Director Dave Howse says they wanted to give back to Kiwis are 35 years of them supporting the sale of chicken nuggets.
"It became clear during lockdown that Chicken McNuggets are a firm favourite so we decided to shout Kiwis a six-pack and celebrate 35 years of love for them.
"We're proud of our long-standing supplier relationships, and to offer Kiwis Chicken McNuggets raised in our own backyard."
More than 140 million Chicken McNuggets were consumed by Kiwis in 2019.
McDonald's annual chicken order equates to just over 3.75 million tonnes, all of which is reared by 30 farmers based in the Waikato region.
The nuggets are made with 100 per cent New Zealand chicken breast.
Chicken McNuggets are available in four shapes – the bone, the bell, the boot and the ball.
Some nuggets about McNuggets:
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• Chicken McNuggets were first offered on New Zealand menus in 1985
• Chicken McNuggets are available in four shapes – the bone, the bell, the boot and the ball
• Rene Arend, McDonald's first executive chef, created the Chicken McNugget recipe in 1979
• In America, Chicken McNugget dipping sauce is available in seven varieties, including the Sweet 'n Sour and BBQ options available in New Zealand
• Szechuan Sauce is McDonald's most sought-after limited edition dipping sauce. Released in New Zealand earlier in 2020, the sauce ran out in some restaurants within hours.
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Tania’s Lockdown wreaths are constructed by hand and each piece collected by hand over many weeks. They are on display at Point Chevalier Mall.
Act now to beat the water shortage:
• Install a rainwater tank (resource consent fees waived).
• Maintain your tank (check guttering is clear).
• Install water saving devices (shower head/taps).
• Install a water sensor to monitor your usage.
I have just been to a relatively new German Restaurant Mitten Drin where you can have traditional German Cuisine and more, German wine or others and German and other Deserts, they serve great coffee and muffins too! now this is not just a German name, but they have a Chief German Chef Mike with … View moreI have just been to a relatively new German Restaurant Mitten Drin where you can have traditional German Cuisine and more, German wine or others and German and other Deserts, they serve great coffee and muffins too! now this is not just a German name, but they have a Chief German Chef Mike with German Staff, there is plenty of parking and reasonably priced for the standard of food and drinks. Located at 390 A Rosebank Road, Tel 09 820 0335 for a booking they are open 7 days a week check our their facebook page and support our local establishment:
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Ellen Parker admits she used to shun insects.
But now she is the confident custodian of thousands of bees.
"Normally I'm not really a fan of insects and flying things," said Parker, a medical receptionist.
"But when I started to learn more, I realised they're not out to … View moreEllen Parker admits she used to shun insects.
But now she is the confident custodian of thousands of bees.
"Normally I'm not really a fan of insects and flying things," said Parker, a medical receptionist.
"But when I started to learn more, I realised they're not out to sting you. They're out there doing their own thing and they're pretty tame."
The Glendene resident and partner Alexander Jones have drawn a flock of followers to their Instagram page @verygoodbeeco, which documents their beekeeping journey.
The 28-year-olds bought their first hive in November 2019 after delving into a beekeeping experience course in Matakana.
"We really enjoyed it and decided to take the plunge," Jones said.
The fact that the entire hive can function as one brain is incredible, he said.
"... bees are essential parts of the life cycle of many plants and therefore life on earth, so being able to contribute to that definitely provides a bit of a feel-good aspect to it."
The keen apiarists last week spent an hour watching the bees from a beanbag fronting the hive.
"It's strangely therapeutic," Jones said.
A fascination with flying is echoed in the West Auckland couple's careers.
Jones is an aircraft technician and Parker, a former flight attendant.
The goal is to keep the operation small.
"For us on a hobby scale and the way we've established our hive, we're not thrashing the bees to get every drop of honey out of them like on a commercial scale," Jones said.
Any honey and wax produced by their bees is purely a bonus, he said.
The couple has found it rewarding to turn the products into beard wax, a honey and sugar scrub and beeswax food wraps.
Jones and Parker have been flooded with orders for Christmas presents.
"We give our neighbours honey and stuff to say thanks for putting up with us," Jones said.
He confesses there have been days when he questioned if beekeeping was a good idea.
When the honey farmers first brought the hive home, they made the mistake of inspecting it on a cloudy day when most occupants were home.
The bees grew angry and launched a stinging attack on their new owners.
"They were bouncing off our suits," Parker said.
"You think of bees, which are focused on foraging, being stuck at home when someone comes lifts the roof off their house and starts shaking it around," Jones said.
"They'd prefer it to happen while they're away at work."
The budding apiculturists have to inspect the bees for signs of infestations, mites and wax moths.
Jones said they are battling their way through swarm season- the bees' natural instinct to propagate when flowers and bees start to wake from a long winter.
The apiculturists have learned the hard way that swarm prevention is critical at this time of year.
This can be done by giving hives enough space, splitting a hive to almost simulate a swarm and to prevent them raising a new queen, he said.
"We were a bit slow to read the signs and a couple of days before we planned to split our hive (to prevent a swarm), our hive swarmed into the neighbour's tree," Jones said.
"We then managed to find the swarming queen and return her to a spare hive we had ready for the split."
The honey farmers carried out the hive split and the bees returned to their hives an hour later.
"We were pretty embarrassed and stressed by the whole thing, but it has offered us plenty of learning and lessons for the rest of the season and onto the next," Jones said.
Nature has taken its course and a new queen has hatched in the new hive.
Jones said that out of respect to their neighbours, the couple will give the hive to interested friends.
"We'd love to manage a hive for them to see if they want to take the hobby up themselves."
"The original hive seems to be behaving again and has started their honey production."
Herobility Eco Feeding Spoon and Eco Baby Spoon & Fork have been recalled as they pose a choking hazard for babies. It has been found that these can break into small pieces.
The product has been sold at Mummum, Global Baby, Hatch Boutique, J Ballantynes, Mighty Ape, Smith and Caugheys and … View moreHerobility Eco Feeding Spoon and Eco Baby Spoon & Fork have been recalled as they pose a choking hazard for babies. It has been found that these can break into small pieces.
The product has been sold at Mummum, Global Baby, Hatch Boutique, J Ballantynes, Mighty Ape, Smith and Caugheys and The Nile from October 2019 to October 2020
If you have one of these forks/spoons and the date stamp is marked 2019 or earlier (or no date stamp is shown), the company advises to stop using the product and contact Bloom and Grow NZ to organise for a gift voucher to the same value.
Art has imitated life for Counties Manukau police.
Police Eagle helicopter crew were talking on camera about water safety when they were called to a real rescue on the Manukau Harbour.
The officers were starring in a video about dangers at sea ahead of Labour Weekend.
It took them a moment to … View moreArt has imitated life for Counties Manukau police.
Police Eagle helicopter crew were talking on camera about water safety when they were called to a real rescue on the Manukau Harbour.
The officers were starring in a video about dangers at sea ahead of Labour Weekend.
It took them a moment to realise the call about a kayaker in trouble was real- rather than a stitch up.
They stopped filming and rushed to the harbour after the alarm was raised about 3.20 pm on October 20.
Helicopter crew soon spotted the kayaker, who was plucked to safety by the Coastguard.
The kayaker was reported to be safe and well.
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