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Minties
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‘It’s moments like these…’ I’m a bit partial to a look through a local museum. Sure, after a while they all get a bit samey: a butter churn, a clothes wringer, and one of those irons you have to put in the fire before ironing your slacks. Maybe an assortment of horrific olden days pharmaceuticals,…
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The kindness of strangers
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City living can be a lonely experience at the best of times, let alone during the Corona lockdowns. Despite this, an anonymous person still managed to bring some cheer to a grimy apartment block in Auckland.
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Reuse, reuse, reuse (reuse, reuse), New Zealand
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In a throwaway world of single-use packaging, I discovered that re-using resources is still alive and well in rural New Zealand.
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Reducing and reusing in Raglan, New Zealand
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Driving home from a morning surf, I heard an ad on the radio in Raglan for home delivery of milk in glass bottles. Now we Aussies might be prone to poking fun at our Kiwi cousins for being a bit behind the times, but in this case I reckon we ought to follow their lead…