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155 days ago

Winter Gardening

Hilda Ross Retirement Village

Winter isn’t usually associated with pottering about in the garden. However, it’s possible to grow, harvest, and share a bustling winter crop.

As we have celebrated Matariki and the beginning of the Māori New Year, for winter gardeners it’s the right time to cultivate crops that thrive in cooler temperatures and to prepare the soil for future planting.

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22 hours 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?
  • 60.2% Summer
    60.2% Complete
  • 37.6% Winter
    37.6% Complete
  • 2.2% Other - I'll share below
    2.2% Complete
410 votes
9 days ago

Poll: Do you think these are the best areas for denser housing?

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

A controversial plan change that could see three-by-three housing density rules in Hamilton is set to be considered by the council in a meeting this week.

And city hall has released its preference for where it would go.

Do you think these are the best areas for denser housing? Tell us your thoughts in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).

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Do you think these are the best areas for denser housing?
  • 13.5% Yes
    13.5% Complete
  • 75.7% No
    75.7% Complete
  • 10.8% Not sure
    10.8% Complete
37 votes
27 minutes ago

Vanuatu family members wait for news after 7.3 earthquake

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

Despite frantic phone calls and scouring Facebook, Waikato residents with family in Vanuatu are struggling to make contact after a devastating earthquake.

“To be honest, I’m scared,” said Apia Yawha, an international student who doesn’t yet know how his family is.

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