Posts by NZ Gardener & Get Growing
2673 days ago

Learn about gardening from the experts, and win great prizes!

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

In this week's issue of Get Growing we have top tips on sowing tomatoes from seed, fighting fungi, pumping up pollination in your garden and pruning camellias.
Find out the best pest-control methods for slugs and snails, make your own greenhouse and find out how you can help protect our birds of prey in our book of the week, The Hunters. Make sure you enter to win some great prizes, including a Pacific coprosma from Tesselaar Plants and a premium strawberry pack from Daltons and find out about how you can support a memorial peace garden that's being made in Le Quesnoy, France. Not a subscriber yet? Click on the link to get your free ezine from NZ Gardener!

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More messages from your neighbours
2 days ago

Scam Alert: Fake information regarding December Bonuses from MSD

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

The Ministry of Social Development is reporting that fake information is circulating about new ‘December bonuses’ or ‘benefit increases’

If you get suspicious communication, please contact Netsafe.

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3 days ago

Poll: Are Kiwis allergic to “exuberance”? 🥝

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

In The Post’s opinion piece on the developments set to open across Aotearoa in 2026, John Coop suggests that, as a nation, we’re “allergic to exuberance.”

We want to know: Are we really allergic to showing our excitement?

Is it time to lean into a more optimistic view of the place we call home? As big projects take shape and new opportunities emerge, perhaps it’s worth asking whether a little more confidence (and enthusiasm!) could do us some good.

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Are Kiwis allergic to “exuberance”? 🥝
  • 41.5% Yes
    41.5% Complete
  • 33.7% Maybe?
    33.7% Complete
  • 24.8% No
    24.8% Complete
581 votes
24 days ago

Some Choice News!

Kia pai from Sharing the Good Stuff

Many New Zealand gardens aren’t seeing as many monarch butterflies fluttering around their swan plants and flower beds these days — the hungry Asian paper wasp has been taking its toll.

Thanks to people like Alan Baldick, who’s made it his mission to protect the monarch, his neighbours still get to enjoy these beautiful butterflies in their own backyards.

Thinking about planting something to invite more butterflies, bees, and birds into your garden?

Thanks for your mahi, Alan! We hope this brings a smile!

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