TubThumper

I wish I understood the reasoning behind this.

Can't emphasise enough the DRY ginger ale and lemonade. The drier the better.

as I go. 750mls is usually more than enough. Depends how sweet you want it. Add the ginger beer, chopped up fruit etc. Serve over ice. Depending on your audience, you can also add a dash or two of bitters.
This type of punch is good for all ages and palettes. Kids are happy, grown ups are happy.

Of ginger beer (bundaberg is good as it has a nice ginger heat, so is the Stoke one). Fruit: lots of fresh fruit..watermelon, strawberries, oranges etc. Nothing 'mushy' though

Basically, put your 1.5l bottles of lemonade and ginger ale in your punch bowl. Then add the fresh up. I tend to taste

OK so the key is dry ginger ale (not beer) and dry lemonade. I use Schweppes, but as they say....other brands are available. My fruit juice base is good old fresh up apple and orange....its not too sweet. If you go the mango, tropical varieties its too sticky IMHO. You also need a small bottle

My fruit punch is popular at parties.....not really a recipe, but happy to pass on my ingredient list if you like

Me too., I'm pondering scrawling a message on mind, affixing a label, and returning it to him. Postage free of course.

2009 ANZAC dawn service my elderly mother didn't move quick enough as DPS cleared a path for Key, so they barged her out of the way, if I hadn't been there to catch her I hate to think. She was dying of cancer at the time and, even though they can't have known, I've never forgiven them.

Our precious teenager has had the rug pulled on her. No funding next year for her (or anyone else). No support for NCEA, no WelTech, no career path. Off to the scrap heap with her. In between my tears comes red rage.
PS..has the article been pulled? It's not there anymore

Melbourne is lucky to be getting you.

This has been a fascinating story.
One aspect that I'm curious about is how long had the offices of Goldsmith/McKee had the emails alerting them to Lesā with no action being taken?

Diverse selection there

Go well Tama.
Much aroha to all who loved him.

Anyone know when we should start seeing results in the New York mayoral election? (NZ time)

How fantastic

Can I add Nicola Young, that most toxic of councillors, being the chair of the Grants committee to the list of insults? And the roles given to Karl Tiefenbacher..

Looking forward to your regular updates. Like Sarah I am perplexed by the appointments made by Andrew Little. Ray Chung being rewarded is an insult to the women of Wellington. I also question why Cr Young, the most toxic of councillors,is now chair of the Grants committee. So far I am not impressed.

Greek surely........

A lot of his appointments are off. I'm on the board of a community centre which relies on a council grant to keep going. I don't know what to make of Cr Young being the chair of the grants sub committee. Or of the roles given to Karl Tiefenbacher.
Frankly, I'm a wee bit suspicious of Mr Little.

There's a certain Wellington high school I would beg no parent consider for their daughters. Sexual assault,grooming.....but nothing to be done if it happens outside school.

Odious creep

Disappointed for you and for the city

The date format is the internationally used dd/mm/yy.

My grandfather died of TB, my aunt of Diphtheria aged 8, my mother's cousin of tetanus, I was a school with a kid who wore leg braces because of polio. Vaccines changed the world in only a generation. Pity you can't immunize against stupid.

I wish the Women's World Cup was available free to view. Even highlights would be nice.

No, the whole thing is horrible. I really feel for the woman & ibut I really question the ethics of this story. It's placing an already vulnerable woman at even greater risk. It would take the council 2mins to trace her using rates info and go knock on her door Unless that's not really her name....

‘Thank God I had my shed’ - she has a home but can’t afford to live in it Debra Hefferen has moved into a garden shed as costs soar and work dries up.

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

This is a terrible situation to be in, but do you think Stuff warned Ms Hefferen that advertising that she was living in her shed might leave her open to a compliance visit from the council?

I've been so lucky to have seen them a couple of times. They fill me with such wondrous joy.

If it's any consolation I now have a new trivia game to enjoy. Rest up.

I realised last week that my 15yr old niece had no idea how to change a lightbulb.....