The New Zealand Drinking Water Standards Maximum Acceptable Values and World Health Organisation limit for nitrate allowed in drinking water is 11.3mg/L. Abel said 140 water samples were tested at Temuka and, overall, testing showed lower nitrate levels than the samples tested on Saturday in Ashburton. “The rates are lower here than Ashburton. And one was extraordinary with zero nitrates, which is very unusual. We had a few zeroes in Woodend near the sea.”
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New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers Inc president Dr Peter Trolove tests water samples on the organisation s spectrometer at the free testing day at the Temuka Alpine Energy Community Centre on Sunday.
Our Treasures: Laundry day at Whangārei Museum - pegs, sandsoap and a washboard
26 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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The box of Electric Pumice Sand Soap , one of the early 20th century laundry items at Whangārei Museum.
The box of Electric Pumice Sand Soap , one of the early 20th century laundry items at Whangārei Museum.
OUR TREASURES
Today we are going to investigate three very ordinary and common place items of domestic use that can give a more accurate picture of earlier times in New Zealand, compared to more exotic and rare objects.
These items are all related to laundering procedures of the early 20th century - the days of the indoor or even outdoor coppers and rope clothes lines where the line was held up to clear the ground with a long wooden prop.