A fun stunt made at Lynfield’s KFC made it the first in New Zealand to serve a drone, effectively turning their drive thru into a ‘fly thru.’

Ollie Mason-Clarke had been dreaming of this stunt for a few months. The opportunity to turn it into reality arose when he was approached by Visualise Media to do a collaboration. The video looks spontaneous, but a lot of preparation was involved.

In the video the drone is sent to collect some drumsticks and chips, and it returns to the picnic table in the Lynfield Reserve. Although Ollie and his girlfriend Sarah Collier enjoyed their meal, he is looking forward to using a drone big enough to deliver a whole bucket of chicken.

Ollie, AKA King of Cheat Meals, has a food blog on Facebook that specialises in ‘naughty’ food that can provide a one day a week reward from punishing diet and fitness regimens. For more of his antics look up King of Cheat Meals on Facebook.

John Subritzky

Community service is a foundational tenet for any Scouting group, and Iona Scouts have been busy. In April they proudly attended the ANZAC Day parade in Mt Roskill as they do every year, to honour those who have served to protect our community in wars and peacekeeping operations. Attending ANZAC parades helps the next generation to understand and appreciate the sacrifices of our forefathers and what they went through to afford us the freedoms that we have today.
 
May saw Iona Scouts at the beach. Respecting the environment is another core value of the group, so a couple of times a year they clean up around the area. Usually the focus is on Blockhouse Bay but this time they went to Lynfield Cove. This is a beautiful location with the added bonus of a great bushwalk and park which the Scouts made the most of after their hard work cleaning up the beach.

So let’s feed them a carnivore diet!
 
Dogs can survive on a diet which includes some plant material, but this does not make them omnivores – any more than the ability of intensively farmed cattle to survive on a diet that includes animal by-products changes them from being herbivores to omnivores.
 
We know that dogs can digest some level of carbohydrates - but it does not follow that including carbohydrates in the diet will benefit health - especially in the highly processed, cheap forms commonly used in processed diets.
 
If we look at the anatomy and physiology of dogs - they are carnivorous. Some ecologists refer to them as 'scavenging' or 'opportunist' carnivores: these are carnivores which will eat wild prey when it is abundant and safe to do so, but will survive on whatever else it can scavenge (such as plant matter), when prey is scarce. Some refer to dogs as hypercarnivores.
 
Cats are often referred to as 'true' carnivores. They have an absolute requirement for the amino acids present in a diet of prey. Cats can balance their own diet by hunting wild prey. Most domestic cats lack the opportunity to do this, or are dis-incentivised by the constant provision of processed foods. 
 
Famed nutritional ecologist (and Kiwi), David Raubenheimer wrote the following in his latest book:
 
"When unsuccessful {at hunting}, cats fed commercial foods will be held in a chronic state of nutritional imbalance. This raises welfare concerns, and will also in the long term likely affect cat metabolism and health.”
 
The team at Raw Essentials offer guidance, support, and product to help you feed your dogs and cats the carnivorous diet they were designed to thrive on.
 
Anna Mair
Veterinarian, Raw Essentials

Blockhouse Bay local Fiona Reid was part of a winning netball team – Glory Days - which competed in the recent World Masters Games.

The team’s ages ranged from 41 to 58 years and the rules required that teams competed in the age group of their youngest member. Although they had never played together as a team before, having only got together eight weeks prior to the first game, they quickly formed an effective competitive unit sharing the same goals of sportsmanship and fun.

After winning all their games their greatest experience was playing a team largely comprised of ex-Silver Ferns. In her wildest dreams, Fiona never thought she would be on court with some of her idols of the sport.  Although team Glory Days certainly covered themselves with glory by winning gold in the 40+ Social Competitive Grade, forming gold plated friendships was the best result.