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December 2016
Helensville Christmas Festival
Another great family fun day is planned for Saturday 3rd December. From 9.30am a bouncy castle and face painter in Creek Lane will please children, whilst various entertainers will perform. Santa will be available for photos at his Grotto at the RSA from 9.30am to 11.45am. Photography is courtesy of the Museum (gold coin donations) and photographs will be available to collect at the Museum. Families may take their own photos. The Santa Parade begins at midday, following the one…
Find out more »February 2017
Kaukapakapa School Gala Day
Raffles • Auction • Food • Plants • Fun Rides • Garage Sale • Entertainment • Cake Stall
Find out more »March 2017
Children’s Day Out 2017
Well its coming up to that time again and The Helensville Women & Family Centre are hosting its 10th Annual “Children’s Day Out”. This event aims to promote the important key message “Treasure Our Children” in line with the National Children’s day Out – Te Ra O Te Tamariki and is a free and fun family event. The event will be held at the Helensville Hall & carpark. We enthusiastically invite all Parents, Children, Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles, Friends to…
Find out more »Public Knit-In
The annual Arts in the Ville festival will again be held over Labour Weekend. This year the Helensville Women’s Centre is collaborating with the organisers and will be holding a charity art auction on Saturday 21st October as part of the festival. Yarn bombing (also known as kniffiti) has become a feature of the event and spot yarn bombing will appear from time to time leading up to Labour Weekend. The organising team - Kura, Jo and Denise - need…
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Changing Lives One Word at a Time. Using the proven Danks Davis programme, Jeanette Williams helps tutor those with dyslexia and other learning difficulties. The method, which was developed by a New Zealander with dyslexia, improves spelling, reading, writing and comprehension by following a Seven Step programme. Tailored to suit each individual's learning style, and successful with both adults and children, Jeanette still finds the work very rewarding after sixteen years. She loves to see the students' confidence improve…
Find out more »Music in Parks: Jordan Luck Band & Gareth Thomas
Music in Parks presents Jordan Luck Band, Gareth Thomas and Written By Wolves. Legend is a word suffering from chronic overuse syndrome these days but when it comes to Jordan Luck the word regains its full meaning. This affection is obviously felt among his musical peers who have bestowed on Jordan the honour of Inaugural Inductee into the New Zealand Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame and the NZ Music Legacy Award 2015. Gareth Thomas is best known for writing…
Find out more »August 2017
Big Latch On
The Big Latch On is a nationwide event involving women at registered venues all breastfeeding at the same time. Breastfeeding mums from the Rodney area are invited to this local event hosted by the Helensville Birthing Centre with morning tea provided and lots of spot prizes up for grabs. Find out more on our Facebook event page - The Big Latch On Helensville.
Find out more »Weed Management Workshop
Guest speaker Shane McNeill (Bio security Advisor at Auckland Council) will talk about keeping weeds at bay – how to identify and deal with them. Register to attend this FREE workshop – email info@kaiparacoast.co.nz
Find out more »Kaukapakapa Library
The Clapperton Diaries - 100 years of history. Meet author John (Jack) Clapperton and editor Crispin Caldicott at the Historic Kaukapakapa Library. Documenting a unique perspective of New Zealand from 1885 until the 1990’s, The Clapperton Diaries initially detail William Nicol Clapperton’s arrival from Scotland, then lead into the adventures of his grandson Jack. Anecdotes from Jack’s life include working and touring in the UK, his time as a surveyor with NZ Lands and Survey and as an engineer for…
Find out more »October 2017
Film & Pizza night
Such a good deal! Pizza’s (gluten free) supplied and cooked in a pizza oven by Vernerdi Bakery followed by the film “Legend of the Guardians, The Owls of Ga’Hoole”, should be ahoot. Voices include Sam Neill’s. All welcome to this fun community event, entertainment as it used to be! Adults $10 Kids $5(10 to 16 years), under 10 free Family ticket $20 (2 adults and up to 4 school age kids) Help raise funds for the upkeep of our community…
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