A riddle to start the festive season 🌲🎁🌟

The Riddler from The Neighbourly Riddler

I'm a fruit. If you take away my first letter, I'm a crime. If you take away my first two letters, I'm an animal. If you take away my first and last letter, I'm a form of music. What am I?

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Poll: Should we be giving the green light to new mining projects? 💰🌲

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

The Environmental Protection Authority announced this week that a proposed mine in Central Otago (near Cromwell) is about to enter its fast-track assessment process. A final decision could come within six months, and if it’s approved, construction might start as early as mid-2026.

We want to know: Should mining projects like this move ahead?

Keen to dig deeper? Mike White has the scoop.

Should we be giving the green light to new mining projects? 💰🌲

• Yes
• No

Vote View Results

• 53.3% Yes
  53.3% Complete
• 46.7% No
  46.7% Complete

2085 votes

Submit on the new SH1 road design this week!

Pamela from Hataitai

- 40% more traffic on Moxham Ave
- no exit from Hataitai at Goa or Taurima
--no left turn exiting from Hamilton Road
- to get to Newtown, you must go via Basin or Kilbirnie Shops
-to get from Newtown to Miramar, go via Kilbirnie Shops
- no no. 2 bus in Hataitai (rerouted via Ruahine)
-WCC has no input about the effect on local roads and communities.
Submissions close this week. We need a tunnel, but not this design.
Submit here: nzta.mysocialpinpoint.com...