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30 Personality test
Myers Briggs test or Strengths Finder

29 Personal Time Voucher 
Either volunteer hours or quality time. What’s your skill set – tailoring, mending, IT, jamming doors, painting, proofing. 

28 Ebooks / vouchers

27 Give a goat
World Vision , Tear Fund, Oxfam

26 Restaurant vouchers
Especially local, small, seasonal – organic. 

25 DIY Garden gifts
Indoor potted plants, second-hand pot, home-grown seedlings, home-made ready to go compost, or worm castings.

24 Take away cup
or Keep cup.

23 Get out on the harbour
Sailing on harbour or Ferry trip to island, protected bird sanctuaries like Tiri Tiri Matangi.

22 Magazine gift subscription
The gift that keeps on giving.

21 Mason Jar Cake mix (stripy)
Soup mix, slices, biscuits, seed bread. Need to add instructions and list what wet ingredients are needed, great for zero waste vegans.

20 Colour analysis
Getting your colours done. And personal style analysis 

19 Massage Voucher
Shout out to Auckland’s NiceTouch

18 Make a mixtape
Or Spotify playlist.

17 Bakesomething

16 Hand-drawn family tree

15 Frozen meals

14 Fruit and vegetable bags
See Rubbish Free website, bags for shopping. Think about the materials, see article.

13 Toiletry pack
Introduce people to some new products, dental floss, go bamboo toothbrush, or eco-comb/hairbrush. 

12 Organic Menswear
Barkers have an organic range.

11 Chocolate
Specifically, fair trade and organic available at supermarkets including Huckleberry or your local organic shop. Bennetto, Green & Blacks are good brands. Watch the packaging! 

11A Good quality kitchen equipment
No motors, no plastic, good gifts for under 20s. A mortar and pestle, stainless steel measuring cups, spoons, mixing bowl, wooden chopping board.

10 Lessons
Singing, guitar, mountain bike skills, cooking.

9 Shows
The ballet, live stand up comedy, theatre, dance shows.

8 Experiences
Dining in the Dark and Escape Rooms.

7 Lumosity
Purchasable as a gift for others, great for the brain.

6 Customisable calendars
Such as Snapfish (paper based).

5 Civil Defence Packs
A gift that people really need. Getaway Kit or Emergency Survival Items – person needs to assemble the rest. Civil defence Checklist, Kits to buy, Survive-it. Assemble individual items.

4 Squawk squad
Fund a predator trap from $23 to $420 (one twentieth to one whole trap)

3 DNA testing
AncestryDNA, 23andMe, FamilyTree DNA.

2 Compost system
Bokashi Bucket, one bucket and starter for $59.95, set for $111.30.
Worm farm $325 – hungry bin, $375 with worms.

1   Kiva
The loan that keeps on giving, can add to it every year.

 

Remember to watch that wrapping! PRESENT WRAPPING 
Reuse, brown paper with brown string, (with stencils), material wrap, no sellotape. 
Furoshiki – The art of Japanese Fabric wrapping.

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30 Personality test <a href="http://www.mbtionline.com/">Myers Briggs test</a> or&nbsp;Strengths Finder
29 Personal Time Voucher&nbsp; Either volunteer hours or quality time. What&rsquo;s your skill set &ndash; tailoring, mending, IT, jamming doors, painting, proofing.&nbsp;
28 Ebooks / vouchers
27 Give a goat <a href="&bull;%09https:/www.worldvision.org.nz/give-now/smiles-gift/#/">World Vision</a> , <a href="https://www.tearfund.org.nz/Donate/Gift-for-Life.aspx">Tear Fund</a>, <a href="https://www.oxfam.org.nz/unwrapped/">Oxfam</a>
26 Restaurant vouchers Especially local, small, seasonal &ndash; organic.&nbsp;
25 DIY Garden gifts Indoor potted plants, second-hand pot,&nbsp;home-grown seedlings, home-made ready to go compost, or worm castings.
24 Take away cup or Keep cup.
23 Get out on the harbour Sailing on harbour or Ferry trip to island, protected bird sanctuaries like Tiri Tiri Matangi.
22 Magazine gift subscription The gift that keeps on giving.
21 Mason Jar Cake mix (stripy) Soup mix, slices, biscuits, seed bread. Need to add instructions and list what wet ingredients are needed, great for zero waste vegans.
20 Colour analysis Getting your colours done. And personal style analysis&nbsp;
19 Massage Voucher Shout out to Auckland&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.nicetouch.co.nz/">NiceTouch</a>
18 Make a mixtape Or Spotify playlist.
17 Bake something
16 Hand-drawn family tree
15 Frozen meals
14 Fruit and vegetable bags See <a href="https://rubbishfree.co.nz/welcome/how-we-live-with-almost-no-rubbish-at-all/bags-for-shopping/">Rubbish Free website</a>, bags for shopping. Think about the materials, see article.
13 Toiletry pack Introduce people to some new products, <a href="https://rubbishfree.co.nz/welcome/how-we-live-with-almost-no-rubbish-at-all/dental-floss/">dental floss</a>, <a href="https://rubbishfree.co.nz/welcome/how-we-live-with-almost-no-rubbish-at-all/toothbrush-paste/">go bamboo toothbrush</a>, or eco-comb/hairbrush.&nbsp;
12 Organic Menswear <a href="https://www.barkersonline.co.nz/">Barkers</a> have an organic range.
11 Chocolate Specifically, <a href="http://fairtrade.org.nz/Fairtrade-Products/Chocolate-cocoa">fair trade</a> and organic available at supermarkets including Huckleberry or your local organic shop. Bennetto, Green &amp; Blacks are good brands. Watch the packaging!&nbsp;
11A Good quality kitchen equipment No motors, no plastic, good gifts for under 20s. A mortar and pestle, stainless steel measuring cups, spoons, mixing bowl, wooden chopping board.
10 Lessons Singing, guitar, mountain bike skills, cooking.
9 Shows The ballet,&nbsp;live stand up comedy, theatre, dance shows.
8 Experiences Dining in the Dark and Escape Rooms.
7 <a href="http://www.lumosity.com/">Lumosity</a> Purchasable as a gift for others, great for the brain.
6&nbsp;Customisable calendars Such as <a href="https://www.snapfish.com/home">Snapfish</a> (paper based).
5 Civil Defence Packs A gift that people really need. Getaway Kit or Emergency Survival Items &ndash; person needs to assemble the rest.&nbsp;<a href="https://getthru.govt.nz/emergency-survival-items">Civil defence Checklist</a>, Kits to buy, <a href="https://survive-it.co.nz/product-category/kits/civil-defence-home/">Survive-it</a>. Assemble individual items.
4 <a href="https://squawksquad.co.nz/'">Squawk squad</a> Fund a predator trap from $23 to $420 (one twentieth to one whole trap)
3 DNA testing AncestryDNA, 23andMe, FamilyTree DNA.
2 Compost system <a href="https://www.zingbokashi.co.nz/product-category/zingbokashi-kits/">Bokashi Bucket</a>, one bucket and starter for $59.95, set for $111.30. <a href="https://www.hungrybin.co.nz/buy/buy-hungry-bin-products/">Worm farm $325</a> &ndash; hungry bin, $375 with worms.
1 &nbsp; <a href="https://www.kiva.org/">Kiva</a> The loan that keeps on giving, can add to it every year.
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Remember to watch that wrapping! PRESENT WRAPPING&nbsp; Reuse, brown paper with brown string, (with stencils), material wrap, no sellotape.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.invaluable.com/blog/furoshiki/">Furoshiki &ndash; The art of Japanese Fabric wrapping.</a>

An environmental podcast that uses science, humour and suggestions on real world action you can take to make a positive contribution to help the planet. Hosted by Waveney Warth (an environmental advocate who went 100% waste-free for an entire year) and Tim Batt (a comedian who’s trying to learn and do better by the planet). We discuss everything from organic farming to Fairtrade, to renewable energy to greenwashing, aiming to inform and arm you with ways to help the environment.

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