Four Square celebrating seven years with culture night

by Janine Jackson

Raglan Four Square celebrated seven years in business with a return of the popular Indian Culture Night.

Owner/operator Satnam Bains says the event was a huge success and the rain held

Hundreds of lucky locals enjoyed a taste of India prepared by Satnam’s mother and her friends.

The group spent the whole day getting the food ready at the South Auckland Sikh temple, which included delicious chickpea

This is the first cultural night since Covid made large gatherings difficult to manage and Satnam says it is good to be able to share food with the community again. He says the opportunity to work in his

Xtreme’s Top 10 tips to save $$ on landfill.

We’re in the business of reducing landfill, not making money off it We always want to work with this community to have less going in the ground and less impact on your wallet too. Here's some tips from the Xtreme Team:

Recycle what is recyclable. Make the most of our kerbside service, recycling depots, and recycling wall up on site at Xtreme. We have great partnerships with recycling facilities because our crew sort really well and create premium, quality bales. This is also thanks to Raglan community for keeping contamination out. So keep up the washing & squashing and taking off your lids!

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Compost all food scraps. Send that organic material back into the ground in a positive way instead of rotting in landfill creating climate change gasses. This simple switch of composting food waste at home or with our collection service will instantly save you $$ and improve our soils and gardens for growing more kai and flowers.

Love your leftovers. Get creative, save $$ on your grocery bill and share some delicious hearty meals with your flat or whanau. The best ways to love leftovers is in pies, soups, pizza, or pasta bakes.. Leaving food to go to waste, is like burning money in the fridge. Check out www.lovefoodhatewaste.co.nz for inspiring and in-season recipes.

Sort your load. Make sure recyclables like metal go on top of your trailer or boot load. Keep green waste separate from any landfill too. Pack your trailer compactly to make the most of your cubic metre charge. Break down big furniture if you have to, into its various materials: Metal, wood, then landfill what can’t be recycled

Shop second hand. If we can buy anything second hand instead of new we save a whole heap of $$ on the price, the travel, the packaging AND the cost of landfilling that packaging too. Keeping $$ in our local community is better for Raglan all together.

Kāhus Nest is having a sale on 12th & 13th of July.

Clean and care for things we own. Taking good care of things when they’re with us means they have more chance of reuse and being enjoyed by someone else when we no longer need/want them. We don’t need fancy expensive cleaners either, baking soda, vinegar, salt & laundry detergent all work wonders, and so does taking action fast!

Visit a Whāingaroa Repair Café with any of your broken items. If you love repairing, the cafe needs volunteer fixers too. Outside of these monthly pop ups, try asking on the noticeboard for any local makers or businesses to help you with your repair..

The next Repair Cafe is Saturday July 29th 1-3pm in the Supper Room, Raglan Town Hall.

Sharing tools instead of buying new will save us $$ and save $$ on packaging taking up space in landfill. Not everyone in the street needs to own a weed whacker or a sewing machine for example, so sign up to the Tool Library at Whāingaroa Environment Centre and borrow tools as you need them, any time!