The Look Out! Performing Arts & Entertainment Guide
Events on the Look Out! Performing Arts and Entertainment Guide continue to mushroom.
The next seven days see Local history week front and centre, with Awesome Awapuni Day, Kids’ Fishing Weekend, and the Rescue Chopper open day.
The Latin American & Spain, and British film festivals continue. Centrepoint opens MAMIL (Middle Aged Men In Lycra), and its the last week of Swingers at the Globe.
There are concerts, ballet, recitals, a talent show, and the week wraps up with the 100th commemoration of Armistice Day.
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!
Tacking the bamboo-like pest in the Manawatū
🌱 A new national scheme led by Biosecurity New Zealand is tackling an invasive weed that’s threatening wetlands, waterways, and forests in and around Manawatū, reports the Manawatū Standard.
💬 Our question to you: Do we sometimes overlook plants when investing in conservation?
Have you spotted this weed in your area, or noticed other local efforts to protect our native flora?
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