COMMUNITY DIRECTORY
Saturday Sewers: Hand and machine sewing, 9.30am-4pm, morning tea $5. Ph Joe 573 5668.
Te Puke Quilters: Tuesdays, 9.30am3pm, patchwork, needlework, crafts. Constables Gallery. Ph Joe 573 5668. St Paul’s Friendship Group: Crafts, games, fun and friendship, Thursday, 10am, St Paul’s Church, Dickson Rd, Pa¯pa¯moa, $2. Ph Elma 574 8993 or Margaret 542 1633.
CHILDREN/PARENTING
Te Puke Library: Baby Book Boogie, Pukapuka Kanikani Pepi, Wednesday 10.30am-11am,. Read Sing Move (formally Little Kiwis), Friday 10.30am-11am, story time fun for under 5’s.
Mainly Music: Tuesday, 10am, for preschoolers and caregivers. Te Puke Baptist Church. $2 per child.
Mainly Music: Thursday, 10am, The Orchard Church, 20 MacLoughlin Drive, Te Puke.
Pongakawa Playcentre: Tuesday & Thursday, 9.30am-noon, Old Coach Rd. Ph 533 3250.
SPACE: For first-time parents with newborn babies, 9am-noon, Te Puke Playcentre, Stock Rd, Te Puke. Ph Ruth 570 0085.
Family Support Services: Social workers available daily, Community Care Centre, 100 Jellicoe St. Ph 573-5614. Te Puke Toy Library: Tuesday-Thursday 9am-1pm, Friday open for business and Playgroup, gold coin donation 1.30am-12.30pm, Saturday 10.30am12pm, 7 Stock Rd, Te Puke off King St . Phone 027 263 9309.
Le Club Francais: Primary-aged students, Monday, 3.30pm, St Andrew’s Hall, Oxford St, Te Puke. Ph Karyn 022 635 6595.
Te Puke Playcentre: Tuesday — Thursday, 9am-noon, 3 Stock Rd (off King St). Ph 573-7537.
Brick Kids Te Puke Lego club: Fridays 3.30pm-4.30pm at the Te Puke Toy Library, 7 Stock Rd off King St, Term time, school aged children, gold coin donation.
CLUBS/COMMUNITY GROUPS
Te Puke Community Menz Shed: 86B No 3 Road. Meet 9am Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. New retiree members welcome. Phone Joan 573 8655 or John 573 5971.
Pa¯pa¯moa Garden Circle: second Wednesday of each month at 1pm in the Dune Room, Pa¯pa¯moa Sport and Recreation Centre. Ph Fern 575 2857 Te Puke Friendship Club: Second Wed of each month at 9.45am at Te Puke Citizens RSA, Belvedere St, Te Puke. Phone Barbara 573 4398
Pa¯pa¯moa Rotary: Thursdays, 6.00pm Robert Harris Cafe´, Pa¯pa¯moa Plaza, 7 Gravatt Road. Guest speaker. Ph Vivian 5420712 or 0275495379 or vivian@vledgar.nz
Walking Group: Leave from WOMP Headquarters, 2 Dunlop Road. Mondays 10am. Open to all fitness levels. Check Facebook for details. Ph Gillian 027 405 5913.
Te Puke Amateur Radio Club: Saturdays,1.30pm at the clubrooms, Te Puke Holiday Park, SH2. Ph 533 1029. Pa¯pa¯moa Beach Women’s Institute: Meet third Tuesday of each month at 11am at Pa¯pa¯moa Sports and Social Centre, Parton Road.
Pa¯pa¯moa Senior Bowls: Fridays. Names in by 12.15pm. Ph Peg 572 4268.
Te Puke Lyceum Club: Every Tuesday, readers and garden groups. Singing
Council Committee Room, via the Te Puke Library, second Saturday 10am-noon for new members, fourth Thursday 10am-3pm for research and guest speaker. Ph Graham 533-1571.
Cuppa and Chat morning: First Tuesday of month, 10am-11.30am. Methodist Church Hall cnr Oroua and Jellicoe Sts. Ph Ruth 533 2082.
Kiwi Toasters: Every first, third and fifth Wednesday from 5.30pm — 7pm at 3 Palm Springs Boulevard, Pa¯pa¯moa in the Beachaven Family Services room next to the Pharmacy. Enquiries Chrissy 543 9493 or email c.meyer@xtra.co.nz
Creative Te Puke Forum: Meet first Tuesday of month. Phone Wendy 573 7680
Te Puke Repertory Society: Litt Park Theatre, Park Lane, Te Puke. Ph Di Leach 573 8346.
Te Puke Spiritual Healing Centre: Fourth Wednesday, Lyceum Club, 8 Palmer Court, Te Puke. Ph Kerry 552 6768.