Great to hear, Sheri.

Peter, LOL! Merry Christmas to you and looking forward to many more robust discussions through this forum next year.

While I may not be quite as cynical as Andrew, I am bemused by the fact that the Government is planning to put the question of end of life choice to a referendum when the largest number of submissions ever received by a Select Committee was with regard to this bill (38,000, of which over 90 percent were against the bill). Admittedly, there will have been some changes made to the bill post-Select Committee (hopefully in light of the submissions), but to me it seems that Government may not be valuing the submission process as highly as was ever intended by our Parliament (and I think this current Government is not alone in this attitude).

I've pondered the reasons for the upcoming referendum and am reaching conclusion that Government doesn't believe submissions represent the will and voice of the people and that it needs to give people a second chance to express their thoughts. Maybe that's true ... in this day and age, can people really be bothered making a submission when they can express their preference via a Facebook poll?!

One idea is for Safeguard to manage any submission processes around legal and regulatory changes in health and safety in New Zealand by conducting a poll on everything!

(With apologies for my cynicism and sarcasm!)

Hi Michael, a while ago (2017), there was an article on Stuff about a women who converts pallets into various things. Don't know if she's still doing it or how you will find out, but worth a shot maybe?
https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/92713858/porirua-woman-giving-hundreds-of-families-free-heating-while-saving-thousands-of-pallets-from-landfill