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[ad_1] Preschoolers take initiative to save local eels Tamariki (children) from two Rangiora preschools are restoring their local stream, with help from Enviroschools and Waimakariri District Council (WDC). After a storm in 2024 knocked down trees on the Northbrook Stream, local preschool students were concerned about the lack of shade for tuna/eels. Little Peppertree and…
[ad_1] Matatiki Hornby Centre, in Kyle Park, will be officially opened by Mayor Phil Mauger at a formal ceremony starting at 1pm. The formalities will be followed by a full day of community activities and celebrations on Saturday 20 April. “We’re looking forward to opening the doors and welcoming the community,” says Council Head of…
[ad_1] “Over the recent summer period there was a sharp drop in demand on the water supply. As a result, water restrictions weren’t needed and pumping costs were massively down on previous years,” Christchurch City Council Acting Head of Three Waters Brent Smith says. “Our data shows hundreds of litres of savings during historic high…
[ad_1] University alumni & donors help save Aotearoa’s ‘Wicked Bible’ #Philanthropy@UC A unique English publishing artefact which dates back almost 400 years and contains a blunder of biblical proportions has come to light in Aotearoa, and its conservation and digitisation is under way, with support from the UC Foundation, alumni and generous supporters. The University…
[ad_1] Canterbury researchers in global effort to save Mekong Delta from drowning Vietnam’s Mekong Delta is a global agro-economic powerhouse, home to 17 million people, but rising sea levels and the unsustainable management of water and sediment could drown the delta by the end of the century. University of Canterbury Professor Tom Cochrane (far right)…
[ad_1] Lime, the world’s leading provider of shared electric vehicles, has announced a partnership with The Cacophony Project and 2040 Limited that will see its old scooter and bike batteries earn a second life powering tools designed to save New Zealand’s precious birds. The tools include thermal cameras that use machine vision to automatically identify…
[ad_1] Construction commences tomorrow on a $1.4M White Rhino Conservation Centre at Orana Wildlife Park. The new facility will be able to hold up to 20 rhinos at a time and is being developed as part of a global effort to help save rhinos from extinction. Chief Executive, Lynn Anderson, explains that rhinos could be…
[ad_1] Why ex-All Black Daryl Gibson’s thesis on ‘losing streaks’ may save careers University of Canterbury graduate & ex-All Blacks rugby midfielder Daryl Gibson has written a thesis on how to break a losing streak after leaving his coaching position with the Waratahs, NZ Stuff reports. Daryl Gibson graduated with a Masters in Education with…
[ad_1] Christchurch City Council is proposing a return to using more weed killers containing glyphosate. The move could save the organisation about $3.5 million. “In the last few years the Council has significantly reduced its use of weed killers containing glyphosate and instead used other weed control methods such as high-pressure steam, natural herbicides and…
Green living helps make us live healthily. It saves money and also environment. It is essential to live Green in order to save the earth from global warming. It is our responsibility to save our earth and it is in our hands to save the earth. But we don’t know what are the ideas are…