Science to focus on horticulture, arable and seafood research. New Zealand’s newest Crown Research Institute has opened for business, combining the nation’s leading horticulture, arable and seafood research in a single, focused organisation.
A senior researcher at GNS Science is using a novel test that can verify if vegetables in the supermarket have been grown organically. Karyne Rogers of GNS Science’s Stable Isotope Laboratory in Lower Hutt said the method was an inexpensive way to verify the organic status of vegetables by distinguishing between vegetables grown with organic […]
Long-awaited approval has been given for Hook of Maui and Receding Waters – a dramatic sculptural ‘gateway’ to central Wellington from the north.Wellington City Council’s Strategy and Policy Committee has agreed that the project, started in 2003, should proceed to the construction stage.
All New Zealanders are being invited to exhibit at next year’s Ellerslie International Flower Show.The Great Ellerslie Photo Competition is a chance for everyone to capture on film their favourite garden scene – whether their own garden or a borrowed landscape – and have their work displayed at Ellerslie.
A life-size caravan made entirely from Huntly Brick has been installed outside the Waikato Museum. ‘Holidays in Huntly’ is an eye-catching art piece created by renowned ceramic artist Peter Lange. The current Director of the Auckland Studio Potters’ Teaching Centre, Lange has several permanent exhibitions at notable venues including The Beehive, Auckland Museum, Auckland Botanical […]
The Carter Fountain in Oriental Bay is out of action while a faulty motor gets repaired. The fountain was tested in early November as part of routine maintenance checks and a problem identified in the pump motor. The fountain has now been shut down while the reason for the fault is investigated and the necessary […]
New Venue Confirmed! Auckland Flower Show Ltd is pleased to announce that the venue for this years Auckland Flower and Garden Show is now confirmed as the comprehensively developed venue at Alexandra Park in Epsom, just 2.1km from the Ellerslie Racecourse where flower shows in Auckland began in 1994. The new venue has so many […]
