Idesia Polygala female tree
These trees are propagated from seeds brought back from Gallipoli
by returning soldiers in WW1 and are very expensive to buy. They are a great shade tree, deciduous, and have pendulous red flowers during summer.
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.
Type 'Not For Print' if you wish your comments to be excluded from the Conversations column of your local paper.
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91.5% Yes
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8.2% No
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0.4% Other - I'll share below!
Are you following the Piarere progress?
Good progress is being made on a notorious Waikato intersection with the main foundations largely finished, New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi says.
The Piarere intersection – a key connector for Auckland, Waikato and the Bay of Plenty - is used by about 20,000 vehicles a day and can regularly back up for hundreds of metres in peak times.
What would you like to see on this water tower?
If you’re a Raglan artist, your next canvas could be 240-square metres and over five metres high.
Artists have a chance to have their art stand at the entrance to Waikato’s art capital, as the Raglan water reservoir tower is being stripped of its mural to make way for a new one.
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