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Auckland Zoo’s High Canopy is now open – a spectacular new habitat for siamangs and orangutans!
Spot the primates as they live the high life, swinging 25 meters off the ground! The new sky-high habitat lets them behave and move as they would in the wild.
Visit Auckland Zoo with your … View moreAuckland Zoo’s High Canopy is now open – a spectacular new habitat for siamangs and orangutans!
Spot the primates as they live the high life, swinging 25 meters off the ground! The new sky-high habitat lets them behave and move as they would in the wild.
Visit Auckland Zoo with your whanau these school holidays.
Book your ticket online here.
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Dress for Success Hamilton Women’s Clothing Pop-Up Sale
Thursday April 29th 10 am - 6 pm
Friday April 30th 10 am - 6 pm
Saturday May 1st 9 am - 12 pm
The Long Room, Level 1, Wintec House,
Cnr of Angelsea & Nisbet Street
Hamilton Central,… View moreDress for Success Hamilton Women’s Clothing Pop-Up Sale
Thursday April 29th 10 am - 6 pm
Friday April 30th 10 am - 6 pm
Saturday May 1st 9 am - 12 pm
The Long Room, Level 1, Wintec House,
Cnr of Angelsea & Nisbet Street
Hamilton Central,
Hamilton 3204.
After cancelling two sales in 2020, our Pop-Up Sale is back this April. Come to Wintec and browse our selection of gently used women’s clothing, accessories and shoes. All items are priced at $5, except the designer vintage and quirky rack, priced from $10. To register your interest in our sale, head to our Facebook events page fb.me....
Shop sustainably, meet our team of volunteer stylists and pick up some great deals for your wardrobe. All sale proceeds help Dress for Success empower Waikato women.
PRE-SALE EVENT - Thursday 29th of April, 9:00 - 10:00 am
We are also offering tickets for our Pre-Sale Event. For $20, you can gain exclusive access to ALL of our designer items before opening our doors to the public.
We will be serving light refreshments as you shop your heart out with the first pick!
All designer items will be out and available for ticket holders.
To secure a Pre-Sale Event ticket, see events.humanitix.com...
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As educators, it is important for us to instil useful learning skills in children so that they can grow, develop, and gain the necessary skills to succeed in life. At NumberWorks’nWords, we can help your child build and strengthen their learning skills through a tailored curriculum.
Check out … View moreAs educators, it is important for us to instil useful learning skills in children so that they can grow, develop, and gain the necessary skills to succeed in life. At NumberWorks’nWords, we can help your child build and strengthen their learning skills through a tailored curriculum.
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If you live down a right-of-way or in a building shared with others, great news!
It is now easier than ever to connect to the fibre network. If you wanted to connect before but weren’t able to get everyone’s consent, it may now be very simple. There are now many cases when all you need to do… View moreIf you live down a right-of-way or in a building shared with others, great news!
It is now easier than ever to connect to the fibre network. If you wanted to connect before but weren’t able to get everyone’s consent, it may now be very simple. There are now many cases when all you need to do is tell your neighbours that you plan to connect, and in cases when consent is still required, Ultrafast Fibre makes it even easier with a team of people who can help you with the consent process.
Find out more about the four easy steps to get your free connection to ultra-fast, reliable fibre broadband.
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We understand the struggle people face due to technology in their everyday life. We have come up with basic computing and mobile phone course to help those who want to learn to adapt. With this course, you will develop basic computing and mobile phone skills. To enrol, please call us at 078583453 … View moreWe understand the struggle people face due to technology in their everyday life. We have come up with basic computing and mobile phone course to help those who want to learn to adapt. With this course, you will develop basic computing and mobile phone skills. To enrol, please call us at 078583453 or visit us at 53 Wellington Street.
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New Zealand’s indigenous flora was used historically by Māori and through Rongoā Māori – traditional Māori medicine and healing – we learn the traditional use of our plants which today are corroborated with decades of research. It continues to fascinate me how we are provided with the … View moreNew Zealand’s indigenous flora was used historically by Māori and through Rongoā Māori – traditional Māori medicine and healing – we learn the traditional use of our plants which today are corroborated with decades of research. It continues to fascinate me how we are provided with the medicinal plants we require for optimal health in the environments we reside. Today I want to highlight one particular plant called Pseudowintera colorata, or Horopito as it is more commonly known.
Horopito is an evergreen shrub/small tree with elliptic leaves often splattered with red – not only do they look spicy but they taste peppery too leaving a wee bit of a burning sensation in the mouth. Nothing to cry about though! As you will learn further down, it is this peppery element lending to its therapeutic benefits.
It is the spicy leaves of Horopito that we use medicinally. Traditionally, Māori used Horopito leaves to treat fungal skin infections such as ringworm, and other skin conditions. Māori also used the leaves to help those with diarrhoea and stomach pain. Other traditional uses of Horopito include chewing on the leaves for toothache and steeped leaves taken internally to act as an analgesic (pain killer). Today we know the main action of Horopito is anti-fungal with many years of research-backed evidence to verify this. Other beneficial actions may include anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory and antiseptic.
The leaves contain tannins, flavonoids and volatile/essential oils. One of these volatile oils, specifically a sesquiterpene dialdehyde, exhibits the well documented fungicidal action listed above. This constituent is called polygodial and is the main biologically active constituent of Horopito.
Polygodial is produced by the plant itself to help combat attack by fungi. It is this very compound that shows extensive anti-fungal activity in humans too, especially against the yeast Candida albicans. See here for further information and studies on this: www.kolorex.com...
Interestingly, the inhibition of fungal growth by Horopito was shown to be stronger and faster acting when compared against a common anti-fungal pharmaceutical preparation amphotericin B, but without the side effects.
An imbalance of the gut and vaginal microbiome can seem rather common nowadays, especially with our stressful lifestyles and suboptimal diets high in refined carbohydrates and sugar. C. albicans is normally found in a healthy gut; it only causes problems when individuals are immunocompromised for whatever reason, causing an ‘overgrowth’ which is known as candidiasis.
A common naturopathic approach to assist those with candidiasis may include the following steps:
– Identify and address underlying and predisposing factors
– Follow an anti-candida diet (little-no refined carbohydrates and sugar among other dietary measures)
– Provide nutritional and herbal supplemental support
– Support and enhance immune system function
– Support and promote detoxification and elimination organs
In relation to women’s health, C. albicans can overpopulate the vaginal flora when other beneficial bacteria are low causing conditions such as thrush. Thrush is unfortunately a common condition experience regularly by some women. Horopito may be used successfully for cases of thrush, both orally and externally. A 2013 study by Chopra, V et al found Horopito to be “equally as effective as itraconazole (a pharmaceutical anti-fungal medication) for the overall treatment of recurrent vaginal thrush.” When used topically for thrush Horopito is in a preparation with other soothing ingredients to help avoid a burning sensation, so don’t worry! Another fungal condition Horopito may be used topically for is athlete’s foot.
With the well-researched benefits of Horopito, in particular for fungal conditions, it is an excellent herb to have in our tool box as a natural health practitioner. We are lucky to have continued access to this powerful ancient herb used by our ancestors.
Source:Ashly Olsen is a Naturopath and Natural Fertility Educator based in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand.
Ever wondered where the sweetest places to live in Aotearoa are?
Stuff’s Homed team has done some serious crunching of 14 data points to crown the seven best spots for 2021.
Congratulations to Addington, Christchurch which took out the overall sweetest spot!
You can check out the full… View moreEver wondered where the sweetest places to live in Aotearoa are?
Stuff’s Homed team has done some serious crunching of 14 data points to crown the seven best spots for 2021.
Congratulations to Addington, Christchurch which took out the overall sweetest spot!
You can check out the full list of winning suburbs in the Sweet Spots section on Stuff. There’s also an interactive tool that you can tinker with to find your perfect place, based on the criteria that matter to you.
Who knows, you might be inspired to make a change.
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