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Our legendary Nanny Pamela 24 Mar 2011 | 12:44 pm
Photo courtesy of Kapiti Independent News The great thing about getting to know your neighbours is discovering some wonderful people tucked away behind the tidy front lawns. One such gem is Pamela, ...
Mulching the rainbow 22 Mar 2011 | 11:29 am
Click to view slideshow. One initiative that has been particularly successful for our street has been contacting local landscapers and providing them with a place to offload shredded leaf and wood ch...
Radio time again 22 Mar 2011 | 11:05 am
Click to view slideshow. Our resident radio star Rachel decided to spread a bit more of the Rainbow love around in our second radio slot so I got to go too this time, along with baby and a big basket...
Community matters 22 Mar 2011 | 10:24 am
When natural disasters like the earthquake in Christchurch and the tsunami in Japan happen, we are all reminded of how dependent we are on each other and on our local community – as well as our nation...
What a difference a week makes… 10 Mar 2011 | 01:40 pm
Click to view slideshow. Last week this time I was in an advanced state of panic. The kids were sickening, I was tired, work was ramping up, the house was in its usual state of chaos, and I was weeks...
BNZ “Closed for Good” lends a hand 1 Mar 2011 | 12:55 pm
A while back I was looking at our scary community garden site and wondering how on earth we were going to coax veggies out of all those brambles. Then I saw the “Closed for Good” ad at the bottom of o...
Greenbacks for a green goal 1 Mar 2011 | 12:35 pm
One of our goals for this competition is to keep all our organic waste on the street, minimising the volume of garbage we send to landfills and helping to use the valuable nutrients available in our l...
The Rainbow Harvesters 21 Feb 2011 | 12:28 pm
Click to view slideshow. In the interests of getting more of us eating “fresh, local food”, and with an eye on that blackberry patch soon-to-be community garden, and yes – we must admit – inspired by...
Introducing: The Rainbow Gardener 5 Feb 2011 | 05:47 pm
Glenda is Rainbow Court’s secret gardening weapon. She’s spent a few years battling our street’s special conditions of high winds, steep contours and 100% sand and has managed to nurture a remarkable ...
Greening the airwaves 26 Jan 2011 | 10:09 am
It was a wild, wet and windy day last Tuesday but a small, hardy crew of us gathered around the wireless to listen to our resident radio star introduce our project to the region on Beach FM. When a b...
