'Pohutukawa Coast' free native plant programme back for 2022
Hello, would you like some free plants? ๐ฑ
Our crazy-popular 'Pohutukawa Coast' programme is back for its 32nd year, giving away up to 2 plants per ratepayer next week. Set an alarm for ๐
Tuesday 7 June to check our website for the list of local distributors so you can pick up yours - we have 4280 plants ready to give away but we won't announce details until the last minute.
In the meantime we've published some reflections from the staff who lead this project. Pohutukawa Coast has delivered over 80,000 plants over the years!
This year's options for those who get in quick:
๐ฑ Pohutukawa
๐ฑ Kowhai
๐ฑ Coprosma repens
๐ฑ Renga Renga Lilly
๐ฑ Titoki
๐ฑ Plagianthus regius
๐ฑ Kaka Beak
๐ฑ Myrsine australis
๐ฑ Pseudopanax arboreus
๐ฑ Karo
๐ฑ Kohekohe
๐ฑ Pseudopanax lessonii
๐ฑ Cabbage tree
๐ฑ Hebe stricta
๐ฑ Flax
๐ฑ Melicytus ramiflorus
๐ฑ Hebe diosmifolia
๐ฑ Taraire
๐ฑ Griselinia littoralis
๐ฑ Hebe parvifolia
๐ฑ Melicope ternate
All in a days work!
Great day of chainsawing poplars to revitalise the block. Next row! Only 25 more to go ๐ณ๐ช
Please call if you need some work done. We are not afraid of a hard days work ๐ท
Poll: Should drivers retake the theory test every 10 years?
Drivers get where they need to go, but sometimes it seems that we are all abiding by different road rules (for example, the varying ways drivers indicate around a roundabout).
Do you think drivers should be required to take a quick driving theory test every 10 years?
Vote in the poll and share any road rules that you've seen bent! ๐ฑ
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48.1% Yes
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50% No
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1.9% Other - I'll share below
Here's Thursday's thinker!
I am lighter than air, but a hundred people cannot lift me. What am I?
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