Happy World Wetlands Day – The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands! The 2nd of February marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on the 2nd of February 1971, in Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Wetlands are important because: 1) They control the environment, including fauna and flora life. 2) […]
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WE-AR OneWE-AR is a New Zealand Clothing Company, that produces simple / unique pieces and organic yoga clothing. WE-AR is the mantra ‘I Am’ or ‘We Are,’ meaning ‘All is One.’ Kiwi Jyoti Morningstar founded WE-AR in 2005 and opened her first store in Auckland in 2009. All of their garments are made in Canggu,
Exciting news! New Zealand’s first plant-based milk factory is going to be built in Southland. NZ Functional Foods plans to build a carbon-neutral plant-based food processing factory at Makarewa. A plant-based milk factory in New Zealand will reduce the huge costs of transporting New Zealand oats overseas to be processed and then returned to consumers
I first wrote about The Batch Cafe in June 2020 and it remains one of my favourite eateries in Southland NZ. You step in the door at The Batch Cafe and are greeted by the staff and delicious aromas. The Batch Cafe care about reducing their impact on Papatūānuku and demonstrate this by using compostable
May this beautiful photo of a New Zealand sea lion pup by John Burke from the New Zealand Sea Lion Trust spice up your Friday. According to New Zealand Sea Lion Trust chairwoman Jordana Whyte, 20 pups are expected between Taieri Mouth and Warrington this season. Five pups have already been discovered in Dunedin. Jordana
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You will know the Hoiho – they are the bird on the New Zealand five-dollar note. Despite their status, they are on the brink of extinction. Hoiho are endemic and breed on the south-east coast of the South Island, Stewart Island / Rakiura, and the Subantarctic Islands. According to the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust, there are
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Recently seven specimens including a complete skull of a monk seal was unearthed in the mudstone cliffs of South Taranaki – like no other. Monk seals are now extinct; evidence indicates they frequented New Zealand waters three million years ago. Monk seals would have been two and a half metres in length and have weighed