Hi Gsays - there sure are many upsides to bamboo but it is good to check out the downsides as well and also to check out alternatives. In NZ there has been a bit of research over the years on phytoremediation and whatnot on mine tailings and land ...
Bamboo is an awesome material but many species are very invasive and very difficult to control - repeated use of boosted concentrated herbicide is probably the only practical way to get rid of it. The problem with that is it can spread into places where it...
They dropped "Canterbury" from their name a while ago.
Yes Greywarshark the first part is included in the draft plan - wetlands and ponds and so on as part of flood mitigation. House boats have been suggested as a possibility but personally I don't think they should be allowed as a permanent feature as they ...
Hey WTB if you do come down to Christchurch you should check out the Avon Otakaro Network ... an umbrella group for all the other groups with an interest in the red zone. There are many groups that would be happy to talk or maybe show you around (Greening ...
Things at Regenerate seemed to fall apart last year. I wonder if there is some politicking going on. The East Lake people who wanted an enormous flat water lake in the middle of the red zone are pretty pissed off that Regen Chch said there proposal was not...
It is still pretty shitty in the east especially if you are adjacent to the red zone. We still have broken footpaths and roads that cause injury to pedestrians and cyclists (eg kids on their way to school).
... at least the helicopter has stopped buzzing about all day and half the night.
I think the whole country is still on high alert. I have seen coppers with side arms and long guns in my neighbourhood in Christchurch 3 times ... each was at a police scene or prior to an arrest.
There are quite a few fruit trees in the red zone that locals and foragers collect from. It's one of the many wonderful things about the river corridor aka the red zone. The walnuts are just coming in now and there are still pears and apples to be had. ...
Thanks WTB - Dennis's comments were bothering me too for the same reasons you express so well.
The amendment to the Residential Tenancies Act that upgraded the required standards of insulation and smoke alarms and so on was passed in July 2016 ... so really it's John's fault. The new Healthy Homes wotsit should come into effect in 2021 so landlords ...
reply to SHG at 24.1.2 Not sure that is what the report is saying as the report seems to be be based on the lifetime experience of each individual, so the perpetrator may not be the woman's current partner. Many lesbians have had previous heterosexual ...
greywarshark ... agree with your point though.
greywarshark ... just reacting here - any statement that refers to "females" and "men" is a big red flag to me on attitudes to males and women.
Monarchs usually are usually very ruly ...
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