Most of you will be familiar with the Sun Smart jingle Slip, Slop, Slap and Wrap. Would you believe that most people ignore it? It seems that us Kiwis' slip, slop, slap and wrap knowledge is slipping away. Every year ninety-thousand people are diagnosed, and five hundred die of skin cancer. New Zealand has the highest skin cancer… Continue reading Are you SunSmart?
Category: New Zealand
Local Walk – Papamoa Hills
My day would not be the same without a walk somewhere, sometimes nowhere in particular.
Boomerang Bags Tauranga
How do you stop using plastic supermarket bags? By getting together with a group of focused, energised women and sewing recycled material bags to use for those trips to fill them with food. There is nothing new about the drive to stop the public from using plastic supermarket bags. What is terrific about this organisation… Continue reading Boomerang Bags Tauranga
Life at No.22 – Shifting In
We have been back home in New Zealand for approximately three weeks. To say it has been hectic in a sort of organised chaotic way would be an understatement. Most of that time has had us shifting our "treasures". Though one of us kept referring to those treasures with a more descriptive word. A new… Continue reading Life at No.22 – Shifting In
When Life throws a Curveball
It isn't a matter of if you will experience a "Curve Ball"; it is when it will occur. By the way, they never come at a convenient time! For us, it happened when I finally released my head from the proverbial sand and acknowledged that I had to get a sore on my hand checked… Continue reading When Life throws a Curveball