Booktown 'Words in Winter' continues August 22nd
Featherston Booktown’s August events celebrate poetry in many forms. On Saturday, 22 August, Featherston will be busy and buzzing with spoken and written word events.
‘A Poet’s Life’ features a stellar line up of four cutting-edge Wellington poets and
‘Dead People I Have Known’ with Shayne Carter – the cult pioneer of the 1980’s Dunedin sound, New Zealand Music Hall of Fame, author and winner of Ockham New Zealand Book Awards talks with poet and journalist, Richard Langston.
Tickets are just $2-0 for each event - get ours at the Masterton or Martinborough i-SITEs or online
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Some Choice News!
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!
Poll: Would you participate in local initiatives aimed at stopping plastic from reaching our oceans?
Volunteers will be scouring the foreshore, riverbanks, and islands for rubbish on Saturday the 13th as part of the Clean Up the Hutt event.
This initiative helps stop plastic from reaching our oceans and makes our waterways cleaner and safer for everyone.
We want to know: Should this be rolled out across all coastal cities in Aotearoa? And more importantly… would you get involved? 💚
Want the details? The Post has you covered.
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69.9% Yes!
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14.6% Maybe ...
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15.5% No.
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