The NZ Green Warrior

I am proud that NZ was the first country in the world to give women the vote in November 1893, but here we are today in June 2017 hearing on our news that a young girl at primary school can not attend her school because she is menstruating, and that the school is unable to provide her with a suitable receptacle to place in her used pads/tampons etc. The same school also suggested that she go on the pill (at age 10) to control her menstruation. Only by her parents funding a receptacle  is their daughter able to attend. What is wrong with our leaders-is it male stupidity and ignorance still dominating our systems. The inability of this school in the 21st century to adequately deal with one of their students developing into womanhood just beggars belief. Women have been menstruating at various ages-younger and older-since our species evolved. And then there is the third world problem that is also affecting many NZ young women-the astronomical cost of sanitary products mak...

The view of the Air BnB cabin September 2016 at Caretaker Farm  One day a worm came into my house on a cabbage that I had picked from my garden. The worm was inadvertently captured by me. I picked the worm up and put it on my hand, examined it and then carefully took it outside and placed it onto the earth garden.  Now that I have started taking Air BnB customers I am starting to feel like the worm: picked from my garden , put on the hand, examined ("the Air BnB review") but not so carefully put back into my earth garden although life does go on when the guest has gone.  Back in October we began our listing through Air BnB: it was the 2 bed cabin under the Japanese Fir trees that was the first of the listed spaces. We charged $65 a night with free wifi and a simple breakfast. The 2-bed cabin The first couple noted the "odour"on the very used ex-wwoofer bedding so we purchased new bedding in the form of sheets, duvets and covers. The second couple ...