WorkShop 26 Presents 'Dirt Road Orchestra and Friends'
Folk music and storytelling at its finest, with strong original content, featuring three acts: DIRT ROAD ORCHESTRA (DRO), GOOD TIMES, KEITH LEVY.
Enjoy the funky backyard venue and a night of toe-tapping entertainment.
$10 entry includes tea and coffee (no bar).
Parking on street and surrounding shopping centre/roads.
DIRT ROAD ORCHESTRA: The Folk from the Sticks at Workshop 26! Hailing from rural locations north of Auckland, this talented lineup features Andy Hamilton (guitar) Menno Besseling (percussion) and Murray van Hoorn (violin) playing engaging songs penned by seasoned songwriter Andy Hamilton.
GOOD TIMES: Alice McLeod and Bea Parker have been playing music together as a duo since 2020. They perform fun easy-listening folk covers and originals. With their gentle harmonies and complimentary musical styles, they can often be seen making music in the local Auckland folk clubs.
KEITH LEVY: is a Storyteller, poet and social commentator. He tells philosophical, provocative, entertaining, inspirational and amusing stories in rhyme, while accompanying himself on guitar. His original stories are beautifully crafted tales of life. He's a Dr Seuss for adults.
This is a rare opportunity to see Keith in this part of town.
Rock'in with Elvis by Mike Cole
The Memories of Elvis Fan Club invite you to our 1st Elvis Social for 2026. We are excited to have our own Mike Cole back at the Te Atatu RSA on Saturday 28th February at 7.30pm. Cost only $20pp. Tickets are on sale at the RSA or reserve through Jackie 0274901126. So lets see you with your dancing shoes on and that great smile as we start off 2026 with a bang.
Poll: As a customer, what do you think about automation?
The Press investigates the growing reliance on your unpaid labour.
Automation (or the “unpaid shift”) is often described as efficient ... but it tends to benefit employers more than consumers.
We want to know: What do you think about automation?
Are you for, or against?
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9.4% For. Self-service is less frustrating and convenient.
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43.5% I want to be able to choose.
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47.1% Against. I want to deal with people.
Even Australians get it - so why not Kiwis???
“Ten years ago, if a heatwave as intense as last week’s record-breaker had hit the east coast, Australia’s power supply may well have buckled. But this time, the system largely operated as we needed, despite some outages.
On Australia’s main grid last quarter, renewables and energy storage contributed more than 50% of supplied electricity for the first time, while wholesale power prices were more than 40% lower than a year earlier.
[…] shifting demand from gas and coal for power and petrol for cars is likely to deliver significantly lower energy bills for households.
Last quarter, wind generation was up almost 30%, grid solar 15% and grid-scale batteries almost tripled their output. Gas generation fell 27% to its lowest level for a quarter century, while coal fell 4.6% to its lowest quarterly level ever.
Gas has long been the most expensive way to produce power. Gas peaking plants tend to fire up only when supply struggles to meet demand and power prices soar. Less demand for gas has flowed through to lower wholesale prices.”
Full article: www.theguardian.com...
If even Australians see the benefit of solar - then why is NZ actively boycotting solar uptake? The increased line rental for electricity was done to make solar less competitive and prevent cost per kWh to rise even more than it did - and electricity costs are expected to rise even more. Especially as National favours gas - which is the most expensive form of generating electricity. Which in turn will accelerate Climate Change, as if New Zealand didn’t have enough problems with droughts, floods, slips, etc. already.
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