Hobsonville Point wants all dogs to move to West Yorkshire, England, says Deborah Samson.
Pop star stings fans
Pop star Sting is inviting visitors to help pick olives and grapes on his Tuscan estate - so long as they are prepared to pay for the privilege. For $413 a day, pickers will have an experience Sting has described as "therapeutic" and his sales pitch invites customers to "Roll up your sleeves and join the grape or olive harvest in the field of dreams at Il Palagio ... Start the day with a picnic and a briefing from the estate manager to help you understand your work as a farmer-for-a-day: learn about the soil, the vines and trees, and techniques for harvesting." At the end of the day pickers will be invited to taste the estate's wine - including a $25 red called Message in a Bottle. (Source: Telegraph.co.uk)
Scavengers run with numbers
A reader writes: "My neighbour came over, after a very busy weekend of a variety of new people visiting our street to collect our inorganic offerings, to ask if we'd noticed the numbers had disappeared from our letterbox - along with many of our neighbours'. Valuable metal or annoying? Depends on your perspective."
Orange vandalism in the name of children's entertainment
Spotted in Cox's Bay Park after a fun run for children last week. Permanent bright orange spray paint defacing the stone steps and paths and white spray paint on the grass. Who was the idiot who thought this was a great idea? It's not like the council has the funds to clean up the mess. Maybe the mad sprayer should return with steel wool and scrub it off with the same enthusiasm. It would be great to know who was responsible for this defacement.
