May 2, 2025 • 6 mins
With Mother’s Day coming up soon, many will be casting around for ideas of what to get that special figure in their life.
Kate Hall has a few ideas on how to keep the day sustainable.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast
from News Talks at BE.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
I've to catch up with our sustainability commentator Kate Hall
is with us this morning looking at her top tips
for a sustainable Mother's Day. Yielder Kate, good morning. It's
always a bit tricky. I you know, my well mom
says she never wants us to spend crazy amounts of
money on her. Everyone sees that, don't they. But nah,
I think I think mum's so legit about that. But
actually coming up with a few sustainable options for Mother's
(00:34):
Day is you know, a nice way to mark the day,
show mum you love her, remember her on a special day.
But also you know, do what's maybe right by your
bank account and right by the earth. And you've got
a few little top tips for us this morning, So
let's start off with your eco friendly gifts.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Yeah, so if you're I'm all about experiences and time
because I think actually mums do actually mean it. You
know when they say don't spend money because time is
usually the most scarce resource for us. You know, they
literally they miss us. They want to spend time and
do something together rather than be thrown another scented candle.
(01:11):
But if your mum is someone who does like things,
well maybe there's something that she particularly needs. Three of
my kind of favorite sustainable gifts that I've seen around
the place. There's washbags made from will here in New
Zealand by Honest Wolf, and you get them even embroidered
with like your mum's names, and that's pretty, that's pretty lovely.
(01:32):
Nuan socks, so they're possum socks. They're so my favorite
during winter. I know that my mum loves a cozy
pair of socks. And a loyal workshop leather wallets made
by women who are taken out of the sex trafficking
district in India and have great jobs making all these
wonderful leather goods. So those are three kind of main
(01:54):
items that for me. When I was looking around, I
was like, yep, these are these are handy, they're useful,
they're personable, they're made sustainably. But I do have a
directory ethically kate dot com where there's like all of
these different I was just looking through it this morning,
inspiring myself with gifts. Yeah to think, yeah, like what
these are all the sustainable brands in New Zealand that
(02:16):
most of them have like different Mother's Day kind of
sales and stuff too. So if you if you're going
for a physical gift, think about those types of things
and then don't you don't need to wrap them or
get wrapping paper anything. Just use there's so many beautiful
scarfs that sick and hand shops, or if you have kids,
use their old kind of paintings that they bring home
(02:37):
from from kindy or whatever, or get them to you know,
scribble on a scrap piece of paper and it can
look pretty beautiful.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Yeah. I'm always a fan of you know, specially I mean,
my mum is such a keen gardener. But like flowers
or plants are quite quite a nice little option too, totally.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
And I love that you say like plants because you know,
flowers and a bundle that's really lovely, and especially if
you get it from somewhere it's locally grown. But that's
also not you know, it's kind of not gonna last
super long, so yeah, can I know, And a pop
punk can actually sometimes be cheaper, you know, like if
you went to a local kind of nursery and got
(03:20):
a plant and I just added something special to it,
like an little woven thing around the path ure just
just something that's probably actually cheaper than you know, like
an eighty dollars bunch of flowers that may last seven days.
So that's yeah, that's a great one too. But like
for me, my mum, she really is about the outdoors
(03:41):
and would love to be outside and doing stuff with
her family. So that's more about like, hey mom, for
Mother's Day, we'll take you on a bushwalk, make a picnic.
You know, maybe that's where you spend your money is
on like the lovely food, and you're putting time and
thought into it. And I think these days especially, you know,
people would just throw money at it, buy a nice
(04:02):
card and like move on. But actually mothers, there's such
a and mother figures in our lives. Yeah, they deserve
to just if you can prioritize them and prioritize your time,
that can mean just the entire world.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Yeah. Yeah, like you say, like it's an experience, you're
kind of creating a memory there as well, which as
always so special. If you are getting together and doing
the kind of bushwalking picnic thing you would obviously want
us to be using, you know, not avoiding plastic pates
and heaps of rubbish and that kind of thing.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Totally. Yeah, it would be ironic if you were to
sit out in a bush we'll on a picnic and
then have a whole lot of rubbish around you have
to take home, so it is easier and also lighter
if you are walking through a bush to Yeah, take
some simple containers reuse. If you're reusing a reasonable plastic bags,
a plot bag, those can be really great. They're really
(04:55):
light and you can wash them use them again. So yeah,
think about what you're taking all your items, and reasonable nepkins,
which I just love. I think they're so much more
classy as well. That's what I'll be doing for my
mum is having a brunch and yeah, reasal nepkins, just
normal plates and all sorts of things. But if you
are having a bigger gathering I know some people do
(05:17):
for Mother's Day, get together with a whole bunch of family,
then yeah, think about that as well. I you know,
you can get knives and forks and plates and all
sorts for you know, fifty cents at up shops if
you do need to cater for a bigger range of people,
and that can actually save your money in the long
term too. If you just have that stash of things,
(05:37):
you're not having to buy disposals all the time for
big events.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Yeah, that makes sense. And like if you are seeing
mama car even just doing something digitally or seeing like
a video message or something can be quite nicely totally. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
I love it when you know people maybe overseas, right
or maybe the mums in another country and actually, yeah,
creating and thinking about a clever video to put together,
maybe with your siblings or like the rest of your family.
That could be Yeah, such a life and something that
she can keep and keep looking at, rather than a
card that just says something like happy Mother's Day and
(06:10):
then move on. It can yeah, it can show again,
it's showing that time and thought and I think yes,
especially these days people are just running around so kind
of busy that that really, yeah, shows how much you
love your mum.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Ah so good. Hey, thank you very much, Kay, appreciate that.
We'll put all of your tips there up on the
news talks ZB website so people who are scrambling for
Mother's Day next weekend can get themselves sorted. And of
course you can find Kate on the social media platforms
just look up ethically, Kate, and you'll be able to
track her down for
Speaker 1 (06:41):
More From Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, Listen live to
newstalks 'b from nine am Saturday, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast
from News Talks at BE.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
I've to catch up with our sustainability commentator Kate Hall
is with us this morning looking at her top tips
for a sustainable Mother's Day. Yielder Kate, good morning. It's
always a bit tricky. I you know, my well mom
says she never wants us to spend crazy amounts of
money on her. Everyone sees that, don't they. But nah,
I think I think mum's so legit about that. But
actually coming up with a few sustainable options for Mother's
(00:34):
Day is you know, a nice way to mark the day,
show mum you love her, remember her on a special day.
But also you know, do what's maybe right by your
bank account and right by the earth. And you've got
a few little top tips for us this morning, So
let's start off with your eco friendly gifts.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Yeah, so if you're I'm all about experiences and time
because I think actually mums do actually mean it. You
know when they say don't spend money because time is
usually the most scarce resource for us. You know, they
literally they miss us. They want to spend time and
do something together rather than be thrown another scented candle.
(01:11):
But if your mum is someone who does like things,
well maybe there's something that she particularly needs. Three of
my kind of favorite sustainable gifts that I've seen around
the place. There's washbags made from will here in New
Zealand by Honest Wolf, and you get them even embroidered
with like your mum's names, and that's pretty, that's pretty lovely.
(01:32):
Nuan socks, so they're possum socks. They're so my favorite
during winter. I know that my mum loves a cozy
pair of socks. And a loyal workshop leather wallets made
by women who are taken out of the sex trafficking
district in India and have great jobs making all these
wonderful leather goods. So those are three kind of main
(01:54):
items that for me. When I was looking around, I
was like, yep, these are these are handy, they're useful,
they're personable, they're made sustainably. But I do have a
directory ethically kate dot com where there's like all of
these different I was just looking through it this morning,
inspiring myself with gifts. Yeah to think, yeah, like what
these are all the sustainable brands in New Zealand that
(02:16):
most of them have like different Mother's Day kind of
sales and stuff too. So if you if you're going
for a physical gift, think about those types of things
and then don't you don't need to wrap them or
get wrapping paper anything. Just use there's so many beautiful
scarfs that sick and hand shops, or if you have kids,
use their old kind of paintings that they bring home
(02:37):
from from kindy or whatever, or get them to you know,
scribble on a scrap piece of paper and it can
look pretty beautiful.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Yeah. I'm always a fan of you know, specially I mean,
my mum is such a keen gardener. But like flowers
or plants are quite quite a nice little option too, totally.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
And I love that you say like plants because you know,
flowers and a bundle that's really lovely, and especially if
you get it from somewhere it's locally grown. But that's
also not you know, it's kind of not gonna last
super long, so yeah, can I know, And a pop
punk can actually sometimes be cheaper, you know, like if
you went to a local kind of nursery and got
(03:20):
a plant and I just added something special to it,
like an little woven thing around the path ure just
just something that's probably actually cheaper than you know, like
an eighty dollars bunch of flowers that may last seven days.
So that's yeah, that's a great one too. But like
for me, my mum, she really is about the outdoors
(03:41):
and would love to be outside and doing stuff with
her family. So that's more about like, hey mom, for
Mother's Day, we'll take you on a bushwalk, make a picnic.
You know, maybe that's where you spend your money is
on like the lovely food, and you're putting time and
thought into it. And I think these days especially, you know,
people would just throw money at it, buy a nice
(04:02):
card and like move on. But actually mothers, there's such
a and mother figures in our lives. Yeah, they deserve
to just if you can prioritize them and prioritize your time,
that can mean just the entire world.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Yeah. Yeah, like you say, like it's an experience, you're
kind of creating a memory there as well, which as
always so special. If you are getting together and doing
the kind of bushwalking picnic thing you would obviously want
us to be using, you know, not avoiding plastic pates
and heaps of rubbish and that kind of thing.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Totally. Yeah, it would be ironic if you were to
sit out in a bush we'll on a picnic and
then have a whole lot of rubbish around you have
to take home, so it is easier and also lighter
if you are walking through a bush to Yeah, take
some simple containers reuse. If you're reusing a reasonable plastic bags,
a plot bag, those can be really great. They're really
(04:55):
light and you can wash them use them again. So yeah,
think about what you're taking all your items, and reasonable nepkins,
which I just love. I think they're so much more
classy as well. That's what I'll be doing for my
mum is having a brunch and yeah, reasal nepkins, just
normal plates and all sorts of things. But if you
are having a bigger gathering I know some people do
(05:17):
for Mother's Day, get together with a whole bunch of family,
then yeah, think about that as well. I you know,
you can get knives and forks and plates and all
sorts for you know, fifty cents at up shops if
you do need to cater for a bigger range of people,
and that can actually save your money in the long
term too. If you just have that stash of things,
(05:37):
you're not having to buy disposals all the time for
big events.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Yeah, that makes sense. And like if you are seeing
mama car even just doing something digitally or seeing like
a video message or something can be quite nicely totally. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
I love it when you know people maybe overseas, right
or maybe the mums in another country and actually, yeah,
creating and thinking about a clever video to put together,
maybe with your siblings or like the rest of your family.
That could be Yeah, such a life and something that
she can keep and keep looking at, rather than a
card that just says something like happy Mother's Day and
(06:10):
then move on. It can yeah, it can show again,
it's showing that time and thought and I think yes,
especially these days people are just running around so kind
of busy that that really, yeah, shows how much you
love your mum.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Ah so good. Hey, thank you very much, Kay, appreciate that.
We'll put all of your tips there up on the
news talks ZB website so people who are scrambling for
Mother's Day next weekend can get themselves sorted. And of
course you can find Kate on the social media platforms
just look up ethically, Kate, and you'll be able to
track her down for
Speaker 1 (06:41):
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