Friday 15 July 2016
The Weekend Sun
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Better for both sides of the fence It was a sunny Saturday and the Hodge family were going about their business at their Plummers Point home. The kids were enjoying the outdoors with Mum and Dad watching on – a perfect winter’s day.
A perfect day for playing and, so it happened, spraying orchards. The sprayer
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shows up to spray HiCane, often days after they say they would, says Victoria Hodge. Now, Victoria’s the managing director of Seespray, which is committed to providing the best notification and management solutions for sprayers and neighbours. “I saw an opportunity to help both sides of the fence, help sprayers be more efficient and neighbours of orchards get better information. I want to make living, working and playing in growing areas easier for everyone, including my family.” With a company slogan ‘Better for both sides of the fence’, Seespray is a spray notification and management system for sprayers of orchards.
Victoria Hodge of Seespray. Photo: Daniel Hines.
Seespray’s system automatically advises neighbours on orchard boundaries by text, email or phone call of your spraying activity near them. Victoria says Seespray allows sprayers to get on with their
business with fewer distractions. “When using our online platform Seespray, spray notifications and spray management is quick and easy – all spray jobs and notifications are managed from one place. “Giving sprayers more visibility, of what has been sprayed and when, improves efficiencies and significantly reduces the amount of administration required to manage spraying. “The beauty is it can all be done from your smartphone, in the office, or at home with a few clicks. All the data is ‘cloudbased’, so it’s available wherever you are.” Victoria says the more orchards using Seespray, the easier it will be for neighbours to register for spray notifications and the quicker they can positively change how spraying in communities is communicated. If you live next to an orchard using Seespray, register for notifications at www.seespray.co.nz
Recruiting to help the Waimapu Estuary Muddy fun and a healthier harbour are being promoted at the Waimapu Estuary Care Group community open day this Sunday, July 17, near Fraser Cove in Tauranga. The group is looking for new recruits on a casual or regular basis, so is inviting locals to come along to the open day to enjoy a sausage sizzle, spot prizes, and find out what they are all about. The event is on from 10am-noon at Fraser Street Reserve, on the corner of Lloyd and Fraser streets,
opposite the Fraser Cove Shopping Centre. The group holds volunteer working bees about twice a year, doing things like removing rubbish and controlling mangrove seedlings, usually near Fraser Cove and College Place. Anyone that can’t attend the open day but would like to get involved should call the Bay of Plenty Regional Council estuary care officer Katrina Browne on 0800 884 881 extension 8357 or visit www.boprc.govt.nz/estuarycare
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