Honouring New Zealanders who served in the First World War
1914-1918 Honouring New Zealanders who served in the First World War
At 11am on 11 November this year, Aotearoa New Zealand will mark the centenary of the Armistice that ended the First World War in 1918. As word of the Armistice reached our shores 100 years ago, the Evening Post described the scene in Wellington: “There were songs and cheers, miscellaneous pipings and blastings, and tootings and rattlings—a roaring chorus of gladsome sounds.”
The Field of Remembrance, located in front of Auckland War Memorial Museum, contains over 18,000 white crosses, each bearing the name of a man or woman who lost their life in the conflict during the years of WWI. (Photo taken when we visited this moving Installation recently.)
Red poppies symbolising hope and regrowth are placed by every cross with a garden of poppies under each Pohutakawa tree surrounding the field.
www.fieldsofremembrance.org.nz...
Say goodbye to tyre waste
About 40% of the 6.5 million tyres Kiwis use every year are recycled, repurposed, or used as tyre-derived fuel. But the rest end up in landfills, stockpiled or dumped.
The good news is now there’s an easy solution to all that tyre waste. It’s called Tyrewise and is New Zealand’s first national tyre recycling scheme.
Tyrewise ensures that tyres in Aotearoa New Zealand are recycled or repurposed properly, saving millions from going to the landfill.
Find out more about the scheme online.
Cleaner needed
Could anyone recommend a cleaner for a house in Botany please.It may need to be variable days as I am a shift worker.
Looking at 2 weekly.
Thanks in advance:)
Poll: Does the building consent process need to change?
We definitely need homes that are fit to live in but there are often frustrations when it comes to getting consent to modify your own home.
Do you think changes need made to the current process for building consent? Share your thoughts below.
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91.8% Yes
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7.7% No
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0.5% Other - I'll share below!
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