Posts by Venetia King
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Hard News: Where do you get yours? (Food…, in reply to Pete,
The Hill St Market is ok and representative of its ilk but a bit thin ... worth a look if you're in the area
I live in the area and visit the Hill Street Farmers' Market most Saturdays. It's quite little as markets go and not always that well attended so I'm never sure how much longer it's going to last, but I do like it. Mainly for the wonderful food from Michael's Kitchen. We get most of the different kinds of things he makes - preserves, soup, sauces, curds, hummus, the occasional caponata, and now hot gourmet pies. He does proper japonica jelly like my mum used to, and a friend of mine once described his raspberry jam as "like crack!!". Which I'm assuming means deliciously addictive :)
Tonight's dinner is from the market - Lovat Venison - great quality meat and a lot easier than hunting for us city types! I think they sell from the Harbourside market by Te Papa on Sundays as well.
The Hill Street market also has a Harrington's stand with excellent ethically-farmed meat products (and hot bacon/egg butties & sausages in buns - they do those at the Harbourside market too, without the butchery products) - and several fruit & veg growers, mostly organic, as well as a few other bits and pieces like olive oils and only-in-season fruit stalls. Oh and a coffee caravan, but I don't drink coffee so can't report on that. I like how different fundraising stalls pop up from time to time, especially when they're selling home baked goodies. The whole thing has a nice focus on community.
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Just saw the MMP review site has the lists of submitters for the Wellington hearings - Graeme's been given a half hour timeslot (almost all the others only have 15 minutes). Hope it's enough :)
I would've quite liked to observe the process but will be on an aircraft at the time.
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Graeme, I very much appreciate the work you have done here. I'm not sure I would've bothered to submit to the review without the benefit of your research and opinions. Thank you for helping me take my democratic rights and responsibilities more seriously!
Quoting from my "5 minute submission" (took a little while to get it down to 750 characters):
I agree with most of Graeme Edgeler's submission (6 April), except point 96 - I don't think it's appropriate to ask voters to consider voting for a deceased/incapacitated person.
I support:
- either removing the party vote threshold, or reducing it to 2.5% or less
- removing the one seat threshold
- retaining dual candidacy for electorate and list seats
- allowing list MPs to stand as electorate candidates in a by-election
- filling the vacated list seat with the next available candidate from the party's list, when a list member wins an electorate seat in a by-election
- closed party lists (but I have no objection to party members being more involved in ranking their party's list)
- allowing an overhang, with or without balance seats -
Swallow
(late, as usual - I also like Feed, and Scoff)
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Capture: Colour is the new black, in reply to ChrisW,
That lovely tree is frustratingly familiar! Or rather, the buildings next to it are... It's not on the Terrace is it? Maybe around the back of the buildings? I work very near the Terrace. There's a scrawny pohutukawa outside the building I work in, which flowers yellow. Never photographed it though.
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Capture: Colour is the new black, in reply to JacksonP,
Lovely monarch. Was that really a pohutukawa? The leaves look vaguely camellia.
I may have to use this one as a Christmas card some time... from Matiu/Somes Island, early this year.
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But it was meant to be this way up!
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Capture: Colour is the new black, in reply to David Hood,
This pic was from the Butterfly and Orchid Garden at Thames, one of my very favourite places.
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Capture: Colour is the new black, in reply to David Hood,
Otago Museum has a butterfly house.
I know! I've only been to Dunedin once, but I made sure I visited that while I was there. Wonderful :)
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A local butterfly. Not sure what this shrub is, but the red and yellow admirals were going nuts for it back in April.
