The Turnstone

The Turnstone

An experiment

I try fighting fire with fire, or rather weeds with weeds (4 minute read)

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Melanie Newfield
Jul 03, 2026
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I arrived back in Wellington late on Sunday night, after two weeks away attending conferences. I had a 9am online meeting on Monday, but before my meeting I took Donna to Cashmere Reserve to see how the plants there had survived the storm. Because of the shape of the surrounding hills, the reserve is like a wind tunnel. The hills funnel the southerly wi…

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