The Dahlia Kids Book Launch
We did it! We wrote a book! The Dahlia Kids welcome you to their book launch.
When: 11 November 2024, 2pm
Where: Ngawha Innovation and Enterprise Park
The Dahlia Kids will host an afternoon with a talk, a quiz with prizes and nibbles and pink lemonade to celebrate their achievements on writing and publishing their new book. It is a 244 page hardback book full of colourful photos and follows their unschooling adventures on their true kiwi lifestyle block on an ex-girlguides campground called Trefoil Park. Here they have set up their own dahlia pick your own business and dahlia breeding programme. Now they have written a book all about their adventures, sharing their dahlia knowledge, New dahlia cultivars, unschooling lifestyle and inspirational outlook on life.
This event is FREE however tickets must be reserved in the shop at www.greenfootedkiwi.co.nz... (a koha for the Dahlia Kids' efforts would be very well received)
Worst Xmas ever?
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!
⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️
It's a message we share time and time again, and this year, we're calling on you to help us spread that message further.
Did you know that calls to SPCA about dogs left inside hot cars made up a whopping 11% of all welfare calls last summer? This is a completely preventable issue, and one which is causing hundreds of dogs (often loved pets) to suffer.
Here are some quick facts to share with the dog owners in your life:
👉 The temperature inside a car can heat to over 50°C in less than 15 minutes.
👉 Parking in the shade and cracking windows does little to help on a warm day. Dogs rely on panting to keep cool, which they can't do in a hot car.
👉 This puts dogs at a high risk of heatstroke - a serious condition for dogs, with a mortality rate between 39%-50%.
👉 It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act to leave a dog in a hot vehicle if they are showing signs of heat stress. You can be fined, and prosecuted.
SPCA has created downloadable resources to help you spread the message even further. Posters, a flyer, and a social media tile can be downloaded from our website here: www.spca.nz...
We encourage you to use these - and ask your local businesses to display the posters if they can. Flyers can be kept in your car and handed out as needed.
This is a community problem, and one we cannot solve alone. Help us to prevent more tragedies this summer by sharing this post.
On behalf of the animals - thank you ❤️