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Here's our list of the best new-release varieties of edible plants to grow this season.
Family-owned Auckland print company Soar is flying high, with two of its team winning accolades at the prestigious Pride in Print 2021 awards.
Print apprentice Travis Jordan was named the Print Industry Apprentice of the Year, while Alex Huynh won the Workplace Trainer of the Year. For Travis, … View moreFamily-owned Auckland print company Soar is flying high, with two of its team winning accolades at the prestigious Pride in Print 2021 awards.
Print apprentice Travis Jordan was named the Print Industry Apprentice of the Year, while Alex Huynh won the Workplace Trainer of the Year. For Travis, the award is an acknowledgement of the time and effort he has put into his craft.
“It’s really special and a reminder that you get out what you put in,” he says. “The award is something I’ll happily carry with me throughout my career.”
It's awesome to see not only one of our apprentices getting recognition, but also the skilled team member who trained him winning an award.
All regions outside of the Auckland and Northland region will move to Alert Level 3 11.59pm Tuesday August 31.
In a press conference Friday afternoon, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed that Auckland and Northland will likely need to complete a further full two weeks at level 4 in order to … View moreAll regions outside of the Auckland and Northland region will move to Alert Level 3 11.59pm Tuesday August 31.
In a press conference Friday afternoon, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed that Auckland and Northland will likely need to complete a further full two weeks at level 4 in order to keep the Delta variant from spreading further in the regions.
Here's what you need to know
- There will be regional boundaries, there will be no travel allowed between regions unless required for essential services.
- Boundaries maintained in the last February lockdown will be reinstated.
- Around 500 locations of interest have been identified.
- The exposure site in Warkworth is a large workplace. Ardern hoped the people of Northland will understand why they're moving with caution. Northland won't always be grouped in with Auckland.
To stay up to date with the latest, follow the Stuff blog.
With a few Resene testpots, simple shapes can become fun kid-friendly accessories.
Find out how to create your own.
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It’s coming up to spring, and with everyone stuck at home in Covid lockdown, what better time to get the garden in order? NZ Gardener editor Jo McCarroll and Jack Hobbs, manager of the Auckland Botanic Gardens, are live on Stuff now to answer all your gardening questions.
COVID-19 has taken away our Daffodil Day Street Appeal.
The demand on our cancer services goes up during lockdown. And that's why we need you now more than ever. $24 helps to provide transport to and from cancer treatment.
Donate now to support the Cancer Society's vital services … View moreCOVID-19 has taken away our Daffodil Day Street Appeal.
The demand on our cancer services goes up during lockdown. And that's why we need you now more than ever. $24 helps to provide transport to and from cancer treatment.
Donate now to support the Cancer Society's vital services to support New Zealanders going through cancer.
We're in the last week of nominations for the 2022 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Awards. So come on, Hawkes Bay – who’s your New Zealander of the Year?
Tell us with a nomination! Nominations close 31 August.
Get in quick – www.nzawards.org.nz...
If you are missing your morning coffee, your cafe lunch or even your haircut - jump on www.sosbusiness.nz... and help a local small business out with cashflow - they get the money now and you get a voucher for later.
If you buy a $50 voucher, we will give you another $10 one (while stocks last).
… View moreIf you are missing your morning coffee, your cafe lunch or even your haircut - jump on www.sosbusiness.nz... and help a local small business out with cashflow - they get the money now and you get a voucher for later.
If you buy a $50 voucher, we will give you another $10 one (while stocks last).
SOS Business - A not-for-profit helping NZ small businesses during a tough time. All the money (less credit card fees) gets paid to the businesses.
The Hastings District Council has posted that local resident Pauly Douglas saw a seal this morning.
Sorry about the quality of the picture but what is the most unusual thing you have encountered during lockdown?
Here's a quick and simple knitting pattern to make ear savers. Instead of attaching the mask elastic to your ears, you hook onto the buttons. This saves rubbing on your ears but also tightens the mask onto your face, preventing slipping.
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Dear neighbours,
We're all working from home during this lockdown, not just to bring you your favourite gardening mag, but also our Garden Diary 2022! This is where we need your help: Show us how you've been using your 2021 Diary -- take photos of the pages, tell us what was most … View moreDear neighbours,
We're all working from home during this lockdown, not just to bring you your favourite gardening mag, but also our Garden Diary 2022! This is where we need your help: Show us how you've been using your 2021 Diary -- take photos of the pages, tell us what was most useful, did you have enough space to write your notes, what have you scribbled on the pages? Did you clip your plant labels on them? Perhaps shoot a little video with your phone as you turn the pages. Your feedback will help us put together next year's diary.
Please email your comments and photos to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, by this Friday, Aug 27. The five most helpful readers will each receive a free copy of the 2022 diary.
We love seeing our apprentices making waves in the industry.
Wade Peek was recently named Plastics Apprentice of the Year, is definitely one to watch. With two qualifications under his belt, he’s been earmarked as a future plastics industry leader.
He hopes to one day start his own … View moreWe love seeing our apprentices making waves in the industry.
Wade Peek was recently named Plastics Apprentice of the Year, is definitely one to watch. With two qualifications under his belt, he’s been earmarked as a future plastics industry leader.
He hopes to one day start his own manufacturing business and says: "I really want to pass on what I have learnt to support apprentices in their training. I also want to be able to teach people outside of the plastics industry about what we do, as I truly believe we can't solve any of the really important environmental issues that surround plastic unless as many people as possible understand it."
If you are thinking of signing up for an apprenticeship, get in touch with us here
The NZ Remembrance Army team in the Hawke's Bay recently removed lichen from the headstone of a First World War Kiwi Airman, who was well know for the music shop he ran in Napier for over 6 decades.
Neville Forsyth Harston, was originally born in Paeroa, but moved to Napier with his parents … View moreThe NZ Remembrance Army team in the Hawke's Bay recently removed lichen from the headstone of a First World War Kiwi Airman, who was well know for the music shop he ran in Napier for over 6 decades.
Neville Forsyth Harston, was originally born in Paeroa, but moved to Napier with his parents when he was young. His father Harry Loveridge Harston was a musician from Newark in England, while his mother Catherine Marie Harston hailed from Liverpool
Neville was educated at Napier Boys High School, where he was serving with the Senior Cadets when the First World War broke out. It was the same school his older brother Ernest had attended before moving to study law at Auckland University.
Ernest had volunteered straight away and joined the Main Body of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in 1914. He saw service at Gallipoli as a Captain in the Wellington Infantry Regiment, for which he was awarded a mention in despatches.
Commanding the 7th (Wellington West Coast) Company of the 1st Wellington Battalion on the Somme in 1916, Ernest fell ill and was invalided out of the New Zealand Division. After recuperating, he returned to New Zealand and was attached to the Defence Headquarters in Wellington.
While his older brother was away, Neville had gained employment as a clerk with the South British Insurance Company, after graduating high school. He was also posted to the 9th (Hawke's Bay) Regiment of the New Zealand Army Reserve.
His older brother's stories of the War didn't put him off, and when he reached the age of 20 and met the enlistment requirements, Neville volunteered for service overseas in Europe.
He also volunteered for one of the most dangerous roles of the War; a pilot with the Royal Flying Corps. Enlisting in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in January 1918, he trained at the Sockburn Aerodrome established by Sir Henry Wigram.
Despite the dangerous nature of early aircraft, Neville was awarded his Royal Aero Club certificate and Canterbury Aviation Company pilot's brevet on 25 March 1918, in front of Colonel Chaffey and Sir Henry Wigram.
Flying the first plane built at the aerodrome, but with a new engine, Neville provided a display for the crowd, which including dropping potatoes from a height of 600 feet on to a target on the ground. He was commended for his accuracy.
Departing New Zealand on 2 May 1918 on HMT Balmoral Castle, as one of 30 cadets for the Royal Flying Corps, he arrived in London on 21 June and commenced further flying training.
It wasn't until 16 February 1919 that Neville was finally commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force, and so it is unlikely he saw combat during the War.
However, he did meet several notable individuals. Including the Duke of York, who would later be crowned King George VI and father of Queen Elizabeth II.
Leaving the RAF on 19 September 1919, Neville returned to Napier. But on rejoining the South British Insurance Company he was posted for a period to their Calcutta branch in India.
His older brother Ernest would also proceed overseas to become a member of the secretariat of the League of Nations. Settling in the United Kingdom, Ernest rose to become a partner in a law firm, a Borough Councillor, and Chairman of the British Empire Service League after he was knighted in 1958.
Returning to New Zealand in the early 1920s, Neville set up a music shop on Hastings Street in Napier. He also continued his military service as was one of the original founding members of the New Zealand Territorial Air Force on establishment in June 1923.
Known as quite the bachelor man about town, he frequently wore suits made in Saville Row. Living in an apartment above his shop, he had attended a 21st Birthday party on 2 February 1931, only to be woken at 10.47am the next morning when a massive earthquake caused his wardrobe to fall on to his bed.
The quake killed 256 people. The front of Neville's shop collapsed and then the entire building was then gutted by fire. Having lost everything he rebuilt from scratch in 1932, with a new facade in a Spanish mission style.
The shop was a popular location "where you could find that old piece of sheet music or gramophone record." There were also two small rooms where customers could sit and try out gramophone records before purchasing them.
Neville, also helped rebuild the Napier Aero Club, which had lost all its assets in the earthquake. He joined the executive of the Club and worked with many close friends to re-establish the embankment aerodrome. He was also assisting with the establishment of a new aerodrome at "the Beacons" in the late 1930s.
At the outbreak of the Second World War, Neville re-enlisted and joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force as an airfield controller. It is likely this included at Wigram, near Christchurch. As during the expansion of the base there during the War, a road 'Harston Place' was named after him, and still bears his name.
After the War, Neville continued working in his music store in Napier until his death in 1986. Very little changed in the shop over that time, and despite recent alterations, it still serves as a music shop today.
A brave Kiwi, who volunteered for one of the most dangerous jobs of the First World War, evidence of Neville Harston's service and dedication to music remain visible and Napier and Christchurch to this day. Lest we forget.
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www.aucklandmuseum.com...
www.airforcemuseum.co.nz...
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz...
collection.mtghawkesbay.com...
christchurchartgallery.org.nz...
data.napier.govt.nz...
knowledgebank.org.nz...
fotoweb.airforcemuseum.co.nz...
nzetc.victoria.ac.nz...
teara.govt.nz...
christchurchcitylibraries.com...
www.nzdf.mil.nz...
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