301 days ago

Flower bed renewals and re-use of plants

The Team from Whangarei District Council

In March 2025, contractors will be removing summer’s annuals from garden beds so they can get the parks ready for the Winter and spring displays.

Bedding plants usually only flower for a season and then die down, but skilled gardeners can sometimes keep them looking good for a while longer. If you would like to try extending the summer flowers' lives, you are welcome to collect some and have a go.

Please note: We can’t offer plants from roundabouts or traffic islands for road safety reasons, and we can't offer to hold plants for later collection - just come along at the following times if you're keen:

🌷 Cafler Park: Friday 7 March 2025 at 7:30am (Statice and Dianthus)
🌷 Forum North; Wednesday 19 March at 10:00am Geranium Apple blossom and Dianthus
🌷 Town Basin; Thursday 20 March 2025 at 7:30am (Begonia Gazania and Gaura)
🌷 Cameron Street; Thursday 27 March 2025 at 8:00am (Geranium Multibloom)
🌷 Airport; Thursday 27 March 2025 at 8:30am (Begonias)
Waipu; Thursday 27 March 2025 at 10:00am (Geranium)
🌷 Laurie Hall Park; Friday 28 March 2025 at 7:30am (Perennial Lobelia Blue or Red)

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9 hours ago

Poll: Do you set New Year’s resolutions?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

🎉 2026 is almost here!

We’re curious ... how do you welcome it?
Do you set resolutions, follow special traditions, or just go with the flow?

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Do you set New Year’s resolutions?
  • 8.8% Yes! New Year, New Me
    8.8% Complete
  • 20.6% Yes - but I rarely stick to them
    20.6% Complete
  • 70.6% Nah - not for me
    70.6% Complete
68 votes
7 days ago

Poll: Is it ok to regift something that you have been given?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

🎁 Holiday Gift Chat!

Do you ever regift?
What’s your take on asking for a receipt if a gift doesn’t fit?

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Is it ok to regift something that you have been given?
  • 78.8% Yes! It's better to regift what I don't need
    78.8% Complete
  • 21.2% No. It's the thought and effort that matters
    21.2% Complete
1238 votes
21 hours ago

Simply Google “Inclusive World NZ”

Glen from Central Whangarei

✨ This is your invitation ✨

Simply Google “Inclusive World NZ” and head to the Digital Library tab.

There you’ll find a wide range of downloadable resources, including children’s flipbooks, disability awareness flipbooks, posters, and more — all created to support inclusion, understanding, and representation 💛

Inclusive World NZ is owned and created by our registered charity, Children with Disability NZ, so every download helps support our mission to build a more inclusive Aotearoa for everyone.

Because inclusion starts with understanding 🌱