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Family Values at the Forefront! · Flooring Xtra Pukekohe Showroom is the perfect place to find flooring to suit your style. Located at 16d Wrightson Way, Pukekohe, in the Pukekohe Mega Centre, the Flooring Xtra Pukekohe Showroom is open Monday through Friday 8.30am-5pm and Saturdays 9am-1pm. It is spacious, bright and modern, with ample car parking available. · Showcased in the showroom are leading brands such as Cavalier Bremworth including…

Some see the fight over TikTok as a fight for data sovereignty, while others see any ban as a threat to information democracy. Calls to ban TikTok have turned the political landscape into something more like a theatrical spectacle. · During a recent hearing by the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, Republican Congressman Michael McCaul made bold claims that downloading TikTok opens a personal information gateway for China The hearing revealed…

As mentioned in Winter ills Part 1 today I will discuss supplements that can help prevent and/or treat winter ills such as cods and flu’s. Certainly our micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) are best consumed in whole foods such as vegetables but there are so many factors that make the availability, amounts needed and absorbability of micronutrients challenging to achieve from wholefoods. I will discuss these in another blog but for now…

I’m a hostile spy from, ohhh, let’s say China. No, Israel. Or Russia. Whatever: the most important thing is that I’m a spy. I’m wanting to know where all of New Zealand’s defences are located, who is manning them, when these defences are most vulnerable, and how many soldiers and weapons New Zealand has. I could do a Google search, comb through Wikileaks, or look for an informant, a leak, a modern-day Bill Sutch… · Actually, there’s no need…

Short-term exposure to high levels of air pollution kills more than one million people every year. And while Asia and Africa are particularly at-risk, Australia isn’t immune to the danger. With climate change making smog and bushfires more common, it’s likely more people will die from air pollution in coming years — especially in densely populated cities. Those are some of the key findings from recent research, published in Lancet Planetary…

Rate rises = Home sales · Councils are required to present to their ratepayers a proposed long term plan which prioritises in its budget, the services residents and businesses receive now and into the future, paid for by rates levied on the property owners within the council boundaries. · Most councils realise they can’t afford to do what they are currently doing or anything extra, without rates increases on a yearly basis. The councils in…

Clues to what’s happening to Antarctica’s ice-sheets – and the world’s sea levels – can be found 127,000 years in the past. · The rapid retreat of Antarctic sea ice associated with unprecedented warming points to a lasting change in the Southern Ocean. And it holds a warning of rising sea levels for the rest of the planet. · A better understanding of climate-related Antarctic ice-sheet processes is urgently needed to gain more confidence in…

“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.” ~ Voltaire · The World Health Organization are blowing many trumpets this week at the 77th World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva. Tedros Ghebreyesus, the current Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), has celebrated global leadership in the mission of promoting, providing and protecting the health of…

Race based protests over budget announcement! · Budget Day protest is being planned across the country, for this Thursday when the new coalition government releases its first budget. · The Coalition Government is gearing up to release its first Budget on Thursday and there are calls for Māori to take action on the same day. · The protest is being supported by Te Pāti Māori and its co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. ·…

Glass might soon have some competition from an unlikely rival – bamboo. Scientists in China have turned regular old bamboo into a transparent material that’s also resistant to fire and water, and suppresses smoke. · Silica glass, made from sand, is still the go-to building material when you need something transparent but strong, like windows. But it’s not particularly sustainable, and can be heavy and brittle. · Transparent wood has actually…