GREAT NEW APP HELPS CUT THE QUEUES

It would be remiss of us not to acknowledge that much-loved Wellington restaurant Floriditas quietly turned 15 in March and was going from strength to strength, most recently welcoming Hayden Mcmillan to the pass. We look forward to visiting them to catch up with Hayden as soon as we can. floriditas.co.nz

Check out the Sourdough Starter Club, a brill group matching up people looking to adopt sourdough starters and people willing to share their starters. Then get baking to make bread for members of our community affected by the Covid-19 virus. facebook.com/thesourdoughstarterclub

Christchurch has abundant fruit and nut trees in public spaces and the local council is inviting locals to help themselves. An online Smartview food map shows where people can find free fruit and nuts in the ‘garden city.’ smartview.ccc.govt.nz

For life after Covid 19… Want to keep your distance? Or just tired of wasting time standing in queues? Tuipoint is a smart queuing app for your mobile or desktop that allows you to digitally join the queue and also prepay for services, just by tapping the ‘join our queue’ button on any website/ Instagram/facebook. You can monitor your place in the queue and you are notified when your appointment or order is ready. Queue placement costs a maximum of $1. tuipoint.com

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Kind in Morningside – reusing old paper menus to house little herb plants given to those customers who redeem their coffee card. Love it.

Minister Damien O’connor has introduced the Organics Product Bill which, if passed, will create a national standard for organics and will bring New Zealand into line with its major trading partners. The bill would require all organically-labelled products, whether imported or produced domestically, to achieve the national standard. Find out more at parliament.nz

Whitestone Cheese Windsor Blue

has won sixth place at the World Championship Cheese Contest 2020 in Wisconsin. whitestonecheese.com