Sustainable Urban Living Workshops
Our free Sustainable Urban Living workshop series is returning for Term 3 and 4, 2021!
Spend 1-2 hours on a Saturday morning picking up useful sustainability tips for your home, garden and lifestyle. We have a super exciting schedule of seven awesome workshops planned for the rest of the year:
💚 Let’s Make Beeswax Wraps
💚 Make Your Own Eco-cleaners
💚 Raranga Harakeke: Weaving Flax
💚 Growing Vegetables & Fruit Trees in Small Spaces
💚 Live More, Waste Less
💚 DIY Bokashi Bins & Cold Composting Tips
💚 Textile Upcycling: Rag Rug Weaving
For details on these workshops, visit our website at villagesquare.org.nz.... To sign up, contact Olivia on 09 555 5164 or community@villagesquare.org.nz. Bookings are essential as numbers are limited.
This workshop series has been made possible thanks to funding from Waitematā Local Board.
Poll: Is the increase in disability parking fines fair?
In October, the fine for parking in a designated mobility car park without a permit has jumped from $150 to $750—a 400% increase!
The goal is to keep these spaces open for those who truly need them. Do you think this big increase in the fine is fair? Share your thoughts below.
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89.4% Yes, it's fair
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9.8% No, it's unreasonable
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0.7% Other - I'll share below
Smoke in Mt Wellington
Smoke has been seen coming from the crater of the Auckland maunga Mt Wellington.
Images of the smoke began appearing on social media on Friday afternoon.
Around 1.45pm, Fire and Emergency (Fenz) shift manager Josh Pennefather told the NZ Herald a crew was fighting a fire of about 60 square metres in size.
”It’s spreading up hill … [but] there’s no property at risk at this stage,” Pennefather said.
Six fire trucks were in attendance working to contain a grass fire that's spreading up the maunga.
A helicopter was on its way to assist firefighting efforts, he added.
At 2pm, Pennefather shared that the fire was contained and they were working to extinguish it, including “keeping an eye on a whole bunch of hot spots“.
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