Article Archive for October 2012
Top 10 Happy foods Number 4 – Kefir
By Tyson Hammond
Eating to feel good is something easy we can do to help our body and mind feel content and enjoy our lives a little more. Staying physically healthy is an essential part of …
Farmers Market goes Zero Waste
Media Release
25 October 2012
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The Grey Lynn Farmers Market is leading the way to become New Zealand’s first zero waste farmers market with a range of innovative approaches aimed at reducing, reusing and recycling the waste …
Meet Sarah Lea and find out what she left behind when she went raw
Eat More Energy – Saturday November 10th to Saturday December 8th
How do you eat loads of raw food, for more than two days in a row, without feeling like a starving rabbit?
How do raw foodists …
Choppy waters usually preferred!
Waka Ama are sport and casual recreation for all ages, for both men and women, its a whanau sport that has been growing in numbers across Aotearoa. At the moment you may be able to …
Awards bring focus to free, relevant and dynamic resource available to Pacific Businesses
PRESS RELEASE
The eagerly awaited Pacific Business Awards return in March 2013, celebrating 20 years since the event first began. It also brings focus on the Pacific Business Trust that has assisted Pacific people into business …
Natural remedy: How to soothe your three year old’s ear ache by pressing points on their feet
By Shanti Burgess, Reflexologist and Herbalist
Q: My three year old, who is usually a very mellow toddler is hurting with an ear ache, is there anything I can do for her with reflexology to make …
Check out: Lifestream Spirulina Blue
For those of you who are Lifestream or spirulina fans, check out Spirulina Blue.
It tastes good and it’s loaded with goodies such as bioavailable Phycocyanin, Vitamin B3, GLA and Zeaxanthin. So this means it’s great …
The Raw Shopping List by raw foodie Sarah Lea
Thank goodness it’s Friday! The cupboards gape mournfully and the fridge gets a makeover. I’m so thank-full that I got us to the beginning of another food week, I get all excited and clean the …
Youth Action for the environment by Steve Carter
Local Good News/Christchurch
Need a green army of young, motivated volunteers to assist in the recovery and regeneration of post-earthquake Christchurch? Need a team of energetic workers to boost
your greening or conservation project?
Then look no further.
Launched …
Top 10 Happy foods Number 5 – Fruit
By Tyson Hammond
Eating to feel good is something easy we can do to help our body and mind feel content and enjoy our lives a little more. Staying physically healthy is an essential part of …
NZ’s Most Inspiring Teacher Drives Over-Achieving Students
After spending the last 25 years devoting her time and energy to helping primary school students excel, Jan Stevens from Rotary Park School in Otago has been named New Zealand’s Most Inspiring Teacher for 2012.
After …
Launching Pink Ribbon Calendar Girls
There were a lot of smiling faces at the Pink Ribbon Calendar girls launch party last week.
The launch celebrated the successful crowdfunding and publication of the Pink Ribbon Calendar, created by Liz Oliver, an Auckland …
Be prepared by raw foodie Sarah Lea
Be prepared. “Prepared for what?” someone once asked Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting, “ For anything!” came the reply. And even though it sent shivers down me every time girl guide was threatened in my …
Festival for the Future: how do we turn our world-changing ideas into action?
My name’s Liz and I’m a serial cause monogamist. From climate change solutions to Fairtrade to West Papuan independence, there have been so many causes that have heartened me, distressed me or encouraged me to …
Powershift flashmob takes to Queen Street
PRESS RELEASE – Powershift
POWERSHIFT FLASH MOB TAKES TO QUEEN STREET
Amid the lunchtime throng of business people on Queen Street a Gangham style flash mob materialized. Businessmen and women caught unawares, the orange- dressed performers were …
Messing About On The River
By Steve Carter
Spring has sprung and it signals the end of what many have described as our toughest winter.
Aftershocks may be decreasing in frequency and intensity but it is now that the tiredness has begun …
Top teenage talent recognised by Youthtown Creatifs Young Designer Awards
A 13 year old from Canvastown in the South Island and a 14 year old from Porirua are the two Supreme Winners in the Youthtown Creatifs Young Designer Awards.
Miya Austin-Dobie and her innovative “Cicada City” headwear …
Top 10 Happy Foods Number 6 – Raw Nuts
by Tyson Hammond
Eating to feel good is something easy we can do to help our body and mind feel content and enjoy our lives a little more. Staying physically healthy is an essential part of …
Biodigest this!
The Motueka Community Gardens hosted a biodigester workshop attended by more than 50 people over the weekend.
Biodigestion is a way of using the natural gas from green waste, and down at the gardens we will …
NZ falcon wins Bird of the Year
The New Zealand falcon (karearea) has been crowned Bird of the Year in Forest & Bird’s eighth annual poll.
This year 10,292 votes were cast in this fiercely contested poll, with the karearea snatching 1261 votes …
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