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A significant event on the Māori calendar, Matariki takes its name from a cluster of stars that reappears in the night sky over New Zealand during mid-winter. Made up of hundreds of member stars, it’s one of the brightest clusters found in the sky and signals the Māori New Year. Known as Pleiades in other parts of the world, the reappearance of the Matariki constellation represents the end of the Māori lunar year and marks the beginning of a…

Hominins — humans and their ancient relatives — emerged in Africa some seven million years ago. Now researchers have gleaned genetic information from an African hominin that lived two million years ago, the oldest such data yet recovered. · The protein sequences, described in a preprint posted on the bioRxiv server on July1, come from several Paranthropus robustus tooth fossils found in a South African cave. · These genetic data are the oldest…

Resumes containing they/them pronouns are more likely to be neglected by many hiring managers, according to a report from Business.com. Business.com's experiment involved sending two mostly identical resumes of phantom jobseekers to various employers. Both featured the gender-ambiguous name "Taylor Williams," but only one contained gender-neutral pronouns. · The resumes were sent to 180 unique job postings that were open to…

Dementia is frequently associated with negative assumptions concerning loss of memory and independence, rarely with personal agency and learning new things. A new study has found that contrary to commonly held beliefs, it is possible for people with dementia to continue to learn despite the condition. · Dementia is an umbrella term for multiple diagnoses with a collection of symptoms affecting cognition and behaviour that progressively worsens…

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…

A Gift for that Special Someone – The Bespoke Living Room Are you looking for something just a little bit special for a family member or that special person in your life? If it is a distinct gift or something that you know they won’t have considered buying for themselves, you need to check out the range handpicked by Toni Charteris at The Bespoke Living Room. · Located at 128 Stan Wright Rd, Karaka, a visit to The Bespoke Living Room is an…

Your Advantage Tyres Pukekohe store is owned and operated by Matt Keller. The team of trained specialists will give you the best advice in the selection and fitting of tyres to give you the best performance and value for money – no matter the size. · The Advantage Tyres Pukekohe store has two fleet trucks and three car bays. · Contact the team today for reliable tyre solutions for your vehicle. • Tyre Repairs • Wheel Balancing – Truck • Wheel…

Real Estate Love, Passion and Obsession From an early age I have nurtured an unshakable love for Real Estate. Discovering how real estate creates that special type of shelter that everyone yearns to possess; it evens generates the brand of wealth that most cannot amass by simply working a job; and it gives great power to its owners who are fortunate enough to hold on to it at the right time and wise enough to let go when necessary. Whether you…

The Morrari Recreation has been one of my Dad Mark Stokes’ dream projects for at least 10 years. It is a recreation of the late Garth Souness Morrari which ran in the sixties in the All Comers class. It was a Morris Minor body draped over an unwanted and outdated 1955 Ferrari Super Squalo Grand Prix chassis. It ran a 327 Corvette engine. It was called The Monster but media of the day coined the name Morrari and it stuck. Are play on the words,…

I recently discovered a fascinating book, ‘The Titanic and the Indifferent Stranger’, by Dr Paul Lee, a physicist. In it he outlines a compelling argument that the Titanic was not lost in a collision with an iceberg in April 1912, but instead went on to serve as the Olympic, her almost identical twin sister. The saga began on September 20, 1911, when the Olympic was involved in a collision with the cruiser, HMS Hawke, in the Solent. · The…