Donations mean there is no more ball envy at Napier dog park
15 Mar, 2021 11:44 PM
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A dog owner places box of balls and toys in local Taradale park for all to use. Photo / Warren Buckland
A dog owner places box of balls and toys in local Taradale park for all to use. Photo / Warren Buckland
Hawkes Bay Today
A Napier dog owner has stopped the ball envy at her local hangout, Riverside Park, by placing a box of balls at the entrance for dogs and their humans to play with.
People have now gotten in on the act of charity by adding dog toys to the box as well.
Jason is well known : Napier man s Chatham Islands letter returned to him four times
16 Mar, 2021 04:10 PM
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Art Hooper is frustrated after a letter he tried to send to a friend in the Chatham Islands was returned to him four times. Photo / Warren Buckland
Art Hooper is frustrated after a letter he tried to send to a friend in the Chatham Islands was returned to him four times. Photo / Warren Buckland
But NZ Post wasn t as confident. It sent it back to him four times.
Hooper, who writes dozens of letters a year, says it s a sign that the era of posties knowing their local area, and NZ Post trusting that local knowledge, is over.
Teenager starts up the Napier Environmental Wellness Society to combat pollution
14 Mar, 2021 11:16 PM
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Napier Environmental Wellness Society members Ava Sewell, Sean Birnie and Ben Kingsford clearing up rubbish on Prebensen Drive, Napier. Photo / Supplied
Napier Environmental Wellness Society members Ava Sewell, Sean Birnie and Ben Kingsford clearing up rubbish on Prebensen Drive, Napier. Photo / Supplied
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Louise Gould
A young teenager from Napier has been making steps to change Hawke s Bay s rubbish and pollution problem one roadside at a time.
Ben Kingsford recently formed the Napier Environmental Wellness Society to help protect and preserve the area s natural surroundings.
Caged protesters call for animal rights in Napier
13 Mar, 2021 11:46 PM
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Animal rights protesters inside cages on Napier s Emerson St. Photo / Paul Taylor
Shoppers were met with protesters locked inside cages on Napier s busiest shopping streets on Sunday afternoon.
A handful of animal rights activists gathered on Emerson St to raise awareness of the exploitation of caged hens and pigs within the food industry.
The protest organiser, who wished to remain anonymous, said 65 to 69 per cent of pigs are kept in battery cages and farrowing/gestation crates where they live a pitiful existence in cramped, stressful and filthy conditions .