LUCK RETURNS

7pm at the Shepherds Park Squash Club, Cresta Avenue, Beach Haven. French lessons: Advanced 10am to 11am, intermediate noon to 1pm at Beach Haven Community Centre. Contact Laure 09 482 0519 or laure.graffeuille@yahoo.fr.

Special Hands: A fun art group for people with special abilities. Bring along works in progress. From 12.30pm till 2.30pm at Beach Haven Community Centre. Kiwi icon Jordan Luck, of The Exponents fame, will be trekking across the country with the Jordan Luck Band’s Who Loves Who NZ Tour 2017. His hits include Who Loves Who the Most, Victoria and Why Does Love Do This to Me? The band includes guitarist Bryan Bell from the Dead Flowers, Rich Mixture from The D4 on bass and guitarist Jay Foulkes, who has played with Tim Finn and Dave Dobbyn. In an R18 gig, the band will play on Saturday, May 27 at 8pm, at The Brownzy in Browns Bay. Tickets $30 plus booking fee from undertheradar.co.nz and direct from the venue.

Torbay Community Hall, 35 Watea Rd. Admission $12. Call 021 077 1584 or email info@mergenz.co.nz. Literacy tutor: A class for parents with English as a second language. From 9am till 11pm at Birkdale Community House. Contact 09 483 9149.

Art oils: Bring along own work. All welcome. From 10am till noon at Beach Haven Community House. Cost $3 per session.

Spanish: After school club for kids aged 5 to 10 years old. Come and hang out, make new friends, play, explore, create, bake and have fun

Pearl Mamas: Come and join the fun activities: cook together, exercise together, food label reading, wellchild talk. From 10am till 12.30pm at Birkdale Hall. Contact Maria Kumitau 021 902 571.

60s Up: All welcome to join these monthly meetings. Discussion groups, entertainers, morning tea and biscuits provided. Every first Friday of every month, from 10am till at Northcote Community Centre. All welcome. Membership fees apply. Contact Jean Everitt on 09 482 0915. Ladies’ club: Retired and still young at heart? Why not join the Browns Bay Ladies’ Club? There are trips, speakers and mini groups. Meets once a month on a Friday morning. Phone Joan 09 410 9489 or Carole on 09 214 3336