Good News Roundup
Kiwi
sports stars former Black Cap Dion Nash and Silver Fern Bernice Mene are offering insight into sports and parenting in a breakfast which is being auctioned off to raise money for the Foundation of
Youth Development which currently helps around 17, 000 young New Zealanders per year. The charity’s latest fundraising initiative –
the Non-Event of the Year – goes for six weeks.
Kai Ora – the
Maori food programme where guests sing for the supper – is the only Maori television programme to be screened overseas. Hostess Chef Anne Thorp is very proud and good for her (Manawatu Standard)!
If you live near the Coramandel and fancy a spot of
strolling – get involved in the
Echo Walking Festival. The Echo Walking Festival (above) is a series of 20 walks that explore the gold-mining trails and flora and fauna of the southern Coromandel and Kaimai Ranges. It runs April 18-27.
Hot air ballooning is alive and well here in Aotearoa. The Manawatu Standard report that Nineteen year old Daisy Hall is one of the people keeping those enormous balls of hot air in the sky.
Now this story would make a great arts festival movie: China Daily reports that an eighty four year old
lady rescued a five year old from a river after one of his friends pushed him in. The pair have since become close friends
Onto positive
environmental news: How do you feel about wind farms? Did you know a new, improved version is available? Check out
Maglev Wind Turbines – they’re reported to be the next generation in wind energy (greenideal.com).
From wind, to dirt. Have you encountered the issue of needing dirt? Here’s an interesting article on where to find
free (or cheap) dirt (planetgreen.discovery.com).
Dirt comes in useful when growing kai. Decorative gardens are so … nineties. This year gardens are all about
food production, and they can look great to(planetgreen.discovery.com).
Here’s something you may find easy to miss in the folliage: yet another species of
frog has been discovered and this one’s easy to miss (National geographic).
The
benefits of fish oil are generally well known, and recent research has shown that it also helps to reduce methane released by animals (Science News.com)
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