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FUN DAY: Kahikatea Kindergarten is raising funds to upgrade its facilities. It invites everyone to come down to the New World Supermarket on Courtney St, New Plymouth, and to do their shopping in fancy dress. Bring the kids for free face-painting and balloons. A sausage sizzle will be available for a donation. Saturday, August 27, 11am-3pm.
BONSAI: Want to learn how to look after and re-pot your bonsai tree? At Cedar Lodge 63 Egmont Road the NP Bonsai Club will be hard at it on Sunday August 28, from 10am to 3pm. Members would love to help you.
CYCLE OF HOPE: Friday August 26. This Cancer Society Daffodil Day event involves a 200km bike ride around Taranaki, with planned stops for refuelling along the way. Ride all 200km or join for legs along the way. Inquiries to Joel.dodd001@msd.govt.nz.
MAUI GAS: The next meeting of the Taranaki Geological Society will be Monday September 5 at 7.30pm, New Plymouth Girls’ High School Science Block, Room N2. Roland Smith from STOS will give a talk entitled The Maui Gas field, from discovery to late life. Members of the public are welcome to attend. Phone 06 7588487 for more information. ETHNIC COOKING: Host Olena. Indian cuisine, spicy, but not hot. Learn to make some delicious Indian food. Learn how to use spices in your food to enhance the flavour and taste. Co-host for this event Geetha Kutty. Each cooking class attender gets a present from the hosts. Mystery location for this month - The Hub, jazz cafe (Fitzroy) 558c Devon St East. To book send a text to 021 71 7878, check website www.lozhka.net or FB page www.facebook.com/lozhkataranaki. FRIENDS OF PUKEKURA PARK: Members of the public are welcome to join the Curator’s guided walk on Tuesday September 6, starting at the Bellringer Pavilion at 10.30am (wet or fine). Duration of walk is approximately 90 minutes and this is a great way to experience the park and see the camellias and rhododendrons which are flowering now. Stay on for a hot drink at the Tea House afterwards if you wish. MONICA BREWSTER EVENING: Simon Rees: The role of culture in urban regeneration. Thursday 25 Email midweek@dailynews.co.nz by 4pm Friday prior to publication. Photo and longer story welcome for consideration at editor’s discretion, space allowing. Photo must be a jpg of 500kb-1MB). We make every effort to publish events but cannot guarantee that every one will get in the paper.
August 25. 6 – 8 pm. Old Bank Space, 87 Devon St West. Entry $15, Friends $10, students with ID free. All welcome. Book online: http://bit.ly/ 2bihGSx
QUIZ WITH A TWIST: Saturday August 27, Beach St Hall, Fitzroy, 1pm – 5pm, $5. Current and new members of Women in Action welcome to come along and join in with this social bunch of ladies who regularly get together for indoor and outdoor activities. Please register your interest with Sport Taranaki on 06 759 0930 or email sharyn@sporttaranaki.org.nz.
FREE MEAL: Community dinner at Onuku Taipari Domain Hall, 136 Ngamotu Road, 6.30pm every Monday. Contact Nikki 021 02368354.
TARANAKI LANDGIRLS: Taranaki LandGirls invites you to come along for an introduction to ‘‘home’’ beekeeping, or for those who don’t want hives but do want to encourage bees to your garden/ orchard, we’ll also be looking at how to make your place attractive to bees. The event will be held on Thursday August 25, from 6.30pm, at the TSB Community Trust premises, 21 Dawson St, New Plymouth. Entry $5. To find out more and / or register your interest please contact Shonagh Hopkirk on 06 752 0889 or shopkirk@gmail.com.
FREE PUBLIC TALK: Green Party Co-leader James Shaw and What is the Greens’ vision for the NZ economy, Wednesday August 24, 7.30pm, Bellringer Pavillion
Pukekura Park, New Plymouth. DRESS FOR SUCCESS: Weekly clothing sales. Preloved good quality clothing at rock bottom prices supporting a great cause. Mondays and Wednesdays 10-1pm. Level 1 Kings Building, 36 Devon Street
West, next to Mainly Mags. Cash Only. We also accept donations of good quality clothing and accessories. P: 0224075997; W:
https://newplymouth.dressforsuccess.org.
TARANAKI TIMEBANK: Help needed with - a fence - Yoga - Maths tutoring - building and planing. On offer - sensitive gardening bookkeeping - childcare... and much more. Timebanking - for healthy growing communities. Call 021 173 2350, visit www.taranaki.timebanks.org or find us on facebook.com/TKITimebank. ASTRONOMY: August is Nebula and Star Cluster Month at the New
Plymouth Observatory, Marsland Hill, Robe St. From 7.30pm each Tuesday we will discuss the different types of Nebulae (Emission, Reflection & Dark) and Star Clusters (Globular and Open), and weather permitting, view some examples through the telescopes or on the big screen. Adults $5, students $3, families $10. For more information find New Plymouth Astronomical Society on Facebook.
FRIDAY FUN QUIZ: Rumpus Room at 4pm every Friday. Questions
suited to all ages. No cost to take part and prizes awarded.
BOOK SALE: The Taranaki Toy Library is holding its annual children’s monster book sale on August 27 from 9am-3pm at the Knox church hall in Fitzroy. Find us on Facebook under ‘‘Taranaki Toy Library’’ for more info or call us on 758 2444. (We are still collecting up to mid of August if you need to make some room in your book shelves first).