Oh no! Brian and Barbara Baker are leaving!
It's front page news because Brian and Barbara Baker have been residents for decades and are heavily involved in all sorts of community and charity groups.
Not only will Te Kowhai be losing this lovely hand-holding, block-walking couple but there'll be vacancies on all the local community groups.
Te Kowhai Community Group needs more members! Contact pd.scott@xtra.co.nz if you're interested.
The Hall Society needs more members! Contact mike.feck@xtra.co.nz if you're interested.
Have a read of the March issue of Te Kowhai News if you need time to think about it. In this issue:
- Interview with Brian and Barbara (obvs!)
- Volare bread stockist in Whatawhata (most important news!)
- Update on the state of our expressway and why they're ripping it up.
- Photos of the church being moved in (and how tight a squeeze it was).
- Things to get involved in at Perrinpark.
- Drop in session coming up to talk about district priorities for the Council. If you have an opinion on this you NEED to go to the drop in session. Your opinion isn't going to change anything if you don't share it.
- Scentsy consultant in Te Kowhai - see ad on P18
- Heaps more.
Shout if you have any questions or feedback. Sign up to one of the community groups if you want to give something back to this awesome community that you live in.
Calling All Puzzle Masters! Can You Solve This?
When John was six years old he hammered a nail into his favorite tree to mark his height.
Ten years later at age sixteen, John returned to see how much higher the nail was.
If the tree grew by five centimetres each year, how much higher would the nail be?
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What's your favourite recipe for courgettes?
Kia ora neighbours. If you've got a family recipe for courgettes, we'd love to see it and maybe publish it in our magazine. Send your recipe to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, and if we use it in the mag, you will receive a free copy of our January 2025 issue.
PM says the ‘war on farming’ is over, at Fieldays’ Mystery Creek
The rural sector will pull the country out of recession, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon told farmers at Mystery Creek on Tuesday.
Luxon’s main message was that farmers are not villains, they are “partners” of the Government and the saviours of the New Zealand economy.
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