Community based assessment centres (CBACs)
Our Community based assessment centres (CBACs) are working hard to test people with COVID-19 symptoms across our region. If you don’t have symptoms you don’t need to get a test – unless you are a close contact of a confirmed case or are directed to by a health official.
If you work at the border, ports, or a managed isolation or quarantine facility you will be tested at work.
If you DO have symptoms, please call Healthline 0508 358 5453 or your GP for advice first. If you are offered a test, please take it.
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.
Poll: Do you think NZ should ban social media for youth?
The Australian Prime Minister has expressed plans to ban social media use for children.
This would make it illegal for under 16-year-olds to have accounts on platforms including TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X.
Social media platforms would be tasked with ensuring children have no access (under-age children and their parents wouldn’t be penalised for breaching the age limit)
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Do you think NZ should follow suit? Vote in our poll and share your thoughts below.
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84.8% Yes
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13.9% No
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1.4% Other - I'll share below
Railing planters
To gain extra growing space, make and hang these easy-to-build planters on almost any wooden fence or deck railing. Use Resene FX Blackboard Paint so you can easily identify what plants are in each. Find out how to create your own with these easy step by step instructions.