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Life

Articles all about our country, your favourites like food, wine, family, your home, gardening, retirement living and yes, something about pets also.

Tempora Mutantur

It was a Latin axiom that I could never get quite right at school, "Tempora muntantur, nos et mutamur in illis"…the times are changed and we are changed in them.

Types of Roses

Whenever you pick up a book or catalogue on roses, you are presented with different classifications of roses. Have you ever wondered what a Hybrid Tea actually is or what is the difference between some of the categories?

A High and Mighty Liquor

Plato once said, perhaps after a zythos or two with his mates in the back bar of The Wooden Horse, "He was a wise man who invented beer."

Olympic Roses

'City of London' was bred in the UK but does well here in New Zealand. It is a climber but not one that will take over your garden so perfect for smaller spaces.

Potato and Cauliflower Curry

One of the great pitfalls with food at home these days can be boredom, mainly through eating the same dishes if not day after day, then week after week. For whatever reason, this can destroy one of life's great pleasures!

Rockmybaby Childcare

Rockmybaby ™ is an innovative and very successful company providing childcare recruitment services to families across the country (and world!). With steady and continuing growth the team are always looking for more nannies to come forward and help with ch

Disease Resistant Roses

It is true in recent years that roses have not had a good reputation when it comes to disease resistance and it is probably fair to say that this is why the Queen of Flowers is not as popular as it once was.

Hayden Foulds

Our organisation is made up of district rose societies across New Zealand all working towards the promotion of the rose in all its various forms.