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2021 days ago

Home composting scheme a success

Richard Parfitt from Whakatāne District Council

The Home composting scheme, part of our efforts to reduce kerbside food waste and promote sustainable gardening, was a huge success! Thanks to waste-levy funding from the Ministry for the Environment, more than 700 of units were handed out to residents at a heavily subsidised fee over seven weeks.
🍎🍕Nationally, food waste makes up approximately 30% of what people put in their kerbside bins.🥦 Given the success and the demand for composting solutions, we hope to do it again.

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1 day ago

Worst Xmas ever?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

There's a a lot of planning that goes into Christmas day and sometimes things just don't go to plan. But it can be a good thing - a family mishap or hilarious memory that you can laugh about in Christmases to come.

Whether you burnt the dinner or were stranded at an airport...

Share your Christmas mishaps below!

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5 days ago

Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

Just a bit of a fun poll to get you thinking.

If you had to live out your Christmas days, would you prefer it was a summer Christmas or a winter Christmas?

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Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?
  • 61.8% Summer
    61.8% Complete
  • 36.6% Winter
    36.6% Complete
  • 1.6% Other - I'll share below
    1.6% Complete
1344 votes
12 hours ago

Suellen’s sweet Christmas tradition

Kiri Te Kanawa Retirement Village

The festive season is always a great excuse to indulge your sweet tooth, and this time of year poses the perfect opportunity to bring a real showstopper to the Christmas table.

For Suellen’s family, that showstopper is Croquembouche, an impressive tower of cream puffs bound together with spun sugar that is popular at weddings in France and Italy.

What began as a birthday treat at a local French café has become a cherished Christmas tradition for Suellen and her 17-year-old twin granddaughters, Ellie and Sadie. Every year, the trio gather in Suellen’s apartment at William Sanders Village to cook this festive dessert - a holiday highlight they all treasure.

Click read more for the recipe.

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