It s Christmas time, and despite Kiwi families relying on leftovers to feed them for Boxing Day and beyond, more food goes to waste during the week of 25 December than any other time of the year, according to the Love Food Hate Waste group.
Why Waste founder Leo Murray demonstrating a worm farm.
Photo: Supplied / Fluro Grey
But those who do end up with excess food scraps might turn their mind to worm farms, and the business Why Waste has a novel solution.
It offers worm farm subscriptions - for a $25 per month fee you can have a worm farm on your property that the team at Why Waste will take care of for you.
Press Release – Gisborne District Council Marine biosecurity divers were back in Gisbornes inner harbour last week, undertaking their latest survey for marine pests. The dive team from Bay of Plenty Regional Council carried out the routine surveillance, inspecting hotspots in the marina as part of …
Marine biosecurity divers were back in Gisborne’s inner harbour last week, undertaking their latest survey for marine pests.
The dive team from Bay of Plenty Regional Council carried out the routine surveillance, inspecting hotspots in the marina as part of Council’s ongoing efforts to eradicate Mediterranean Fanworm, with support from Biosecurity NZ.
Several fanworms were found and removed by the divers. Fanworm has previously been found in the marina but no other new pests were detected during this surveillance dive.
Wednesday, 23 December 2020, 1:17 pm
Marine biosecurity divers were back in Gisborne’s inner
harbour last week, undertaking their latest survey for
marine pests.
The dive team from Bay of Plenty
Regional Council carried out the routine surveillance,
inspecting hotspots in the marina as part of Council’s
ongoing efforts to eradicate Mediterranean Fanworm, with
support from Biosecurity NZ.
Several fanworms were
found and removed by the divers. Fanworm has previously been
found in the marina but no other new pests were detected
during this surveillance dive.
All vessels inspected
were clear of visible marine pests.
Biosecurity team
leader Phil Karaitiana said it was fortunate the fanworms
Sprinkler and irrigation system ban now in place for Tauranga
22 Dec, 2020 10:33 PM
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Bay of Plenty Times
A city wide sprinkler and irrigation system ban begins today at 12pm.
In a statement, Tauranga City Council said the ban comes due to a combination of low flow levels in the streams that supply Tauranga s water and the increasing high water demand the city is experiencing.
Residents and businesses are asked to stop using all sprinklers and irrigation systems until further notice.
Residents can continue to water their gardens, by hand-held hose or watering can, at the cooler times of day, between 5am and 8am and from 7pm to 10pm.
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A Bay of Plenty farm owner and manager have been fined $58,100 for failing to properly manage dairy effluent discharge. (File photo) The inspector also found a build-up of effluent in one of the sprinkler pods, indicating it had not been operating correctly, and a modification to the rain gun irrigator, which was not in accordance with the manufacturer s specifications. A nozzle from another brand of irrigator had been attached and the stainless steel arm designed to break the flow of effluent as it exits the nozzle was flicked up instead of pointing down. Although the effluent pump was switched off, effluent continued to siphon through the effluent line and discharge from the nozzle of the rain gun irrigator.