Cockle Bay, Auckland

770 days ago

Optician celebrates half century serving Howickians

Phil from Farm Cove

Had the pleasure recently to talk with Graham Jenkins who is clocking up 50 years of working in Howick Village as an optician. He's seen thousands of patients over five decades, and those who know him are aware of his down-to-earth and professional attitude, pleasant manner and great sense of … View moreHad the pleasure recently to talk with Graham Jenkins who is clocking up 50 years of working in Howick Village as an optician. He's seen thousands of patients over five decades, and those who know him are aware of his down-to-earth and professional attitude, pleasant manner and great sense of humour. It's always a good day when you catch up with Graham at Howick Village Optometrists:

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771 days ago

Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee 2022 at Acacia Cove

Acacia Cove

Thanks to the Social Committee, we were served up a truly amazing meal and we all had lots of fun. Who would live anywhere else?

If you're aged 60 and over, value your independence but want greater security, come and have a look at the superb properties we have to offer.

Contact long … View more
Thanks to the Social Committee, we were served up a truly amazing meal and we all had lots of fun. Who would live anywhere else?

If you're aged 60 and over, value your independence but want greater security, come and have a look at the superb properties we have to offer.

Contact long time manager Bruce Cullington on (09) 268 8522.
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783 days ago

Council backs Goff Climate Action Budget

The Team from Auckland Council

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff’s Climate Action Budget has been supported by a clear majority of councillors at yesterday’s meeting of the Finance and Performance Committee, and the Budget will be formally adopted by the governing body on 29 June.

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Auckland Mayor Phil Goff’s Climate Action Budget has been supported by a clear majority of councillors at yesterday’s meeting of the Finance and Performance Committee, and the Budget will be formally adopted by the governing body on 29 June.

Click on 'Read More' to find out what this means.

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772 days ago

Surf gear sale

Robert from Bucklands Beach

**Weekly sale**
This week there is a 20% discount on all Sticky Johnson Surf gear which includes
- adult hooded towels was $80 now $64

- no rash was $10 now $8

- leg ropes (6-7ft was $52.99 now $43) (8-9ft was $54.99 now $44

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**Weekly sale**
This week there is a 20% discount on all Sticky Johnson Surf gear which includes
- adult hooded towels was $80 now $64

- no rash was $10 now $8

- leg ropes (6-7ft was $52.99 now $43) (8-9ft was $54.99 now $44

- surf tail was $59.99 now $48

and more!!

Come down to 2 Ara Tai rd Half Moon Bay (Marina) inside the top catch to check out these and other deals

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772 days ago

New safe speed limits

Auckland Transport

Speed limits on some of Franklin’s rural roads are changing on 30 June 2022.

Safe speed limits on your local roads could save the life of someone you know, creating a better future for everyone. Safe speed limits save lives.

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Speed limits on some of Franklin’s rural roads are changing on 30 June 2022.

Safe speed limits on your local roads could save the life of someone you know, creating a better future for everyone. Safe speed limits save lives.

Find out more at Full list of speed limits - Phase 2 (at.govt.nz)
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773 days ago

Counties Manukau DHB - free pharmacy-dispensed paediatric analgesia

Chris from Sunnyhills

This applies to all pharmacies who choose to participate from 5pm 17 June 2022 until 7am Monday 27 June 2022. 

A prescription is NOT required;

Children from newborn up to and including 13-year-olds.  

The child does not need to be present to provide the OTC medication. A healthy family member… View more
This applies to all pharmacies who choose to participate from 5pm 17 June 2022 until 7am Monday 27 June 2022. 

A prescription is NOT required;

Children from newborn up to and including 13-year-olds.  

The child does not need to be present to provide the OTC medication. A healthy family member can pick it up. 

Each child should have their own medicine. 

The service includes a pharmacist consultation, dose calculation, medication check and provision of medication and safety-netting. Reminder to pharmacists that young babies with fever (< 3 months) need to be clinically reviewed.  

Includes:  

Paracetamol or ibuprofen suspension (with child lock-top) as well as the measuring cup or oral syringe.  

Paracetamol or Ibuprofen tablets, if these are the most appropriate for the child, at the pharmacist’s discretion.

773 days ago

Apply now. Start July.

Manukau Institute of Technology

At MIT we have study options for everyone, no matter what stage you’re at. Choose from cookery, engineering, education, digital technologies and lots more.

Our Ask Me! team can help you find the solution that’s right for you, get in touch today.

Come join us on campus in July.
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773 days ago

Become an Early Childhood Teacher!

Vision college

Are you interested in working with infants, toddlers, or young children?

Our Level 3 Certificate in Early Childhood will help you to develop a strong foundational grounding in the essential knowledge involved in the education and care of infants, toddlers, and young children.

This programme … View more
Are you interested in working with infants, toddlers, or young children?

Our Level 3 Certificate in Early Childhood will help you to develop a strong foundational grounding in the essential knowledge involved in the education and care of infants, toddlers, and young children.

This programme is taught in a practical learning environment and includes placements within early childhood centres, providing a real hands-on experience to prepare you for a career in early childhood.

We are enrolling now for July! Visit our website to enrol or find out more.
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774 days ago

Stunning Yaris Cross CX

Botany Toyota

Don't mind us... just adding this stunning Yaris Cross CX to your feed 🚗

Congratulations to Asha for taking her new Yaris home. We hope you've been enjoying your new Toyota!

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774 days ago

Gardening Talk | Growing Kai with Luke Southern

Annaliese Lines from Howick Historical Village

Calling all green thumbs!

The Howick Historical Village is set in seven acres of landscaped grounds with established native and exotic trees, a large pond and extensive cultivated gardens.

The fruit trees and vegetable gardens showcase a variety of produce all year round and the herb garden … View more
Calling all green thumbs!

The Howick Historical Village is set in seven acres of landscaped grounds with established native and exotic trees, a large pond and extensive cultivated gardens.

The fruit trees and vegetable gardens showcase a variety of produce all year round and the herb garden and other planting schemes contain edible plants grown by Maori and early settlers to New Zealand, reflecting the 1840s-1880s era of the Village.

Learn more in this informal talk with the Village’s Heritage Gardener, Luke Southern. See the giant pomelos and some of the incredible heirloom vegetable varieties of corn, gourds and pumpkins produced in the gardens over the last few months. Get his top tips on how to get your own homegrown kai on the table!

No booking required. Free with entry – adults $16, student/senior $12, child $8.

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774 days ago
774 days ago

Healthy, warm, sustainable home living

The Warehouse

What to do for a warm home when the frost of winter and the cost of living are both on the rise? Click on over or come see us at The Warehouse.

You don’t need to spend big to create a healthy home, and you can start with good curtains. Open them during the day to let the warmth in, then close … View more
What to do for a warm home when the frost of winter and the cost of living are both on the rise? Click on over or come see us at The Warehouse.

You don’t need to spend big to create a healthy home, and you can start with good curtains. Open them during the day to let the warmth in, then close them at night to keep cold air out. A low-cost heater will keep your air warm at night while you snuggle under blankets and flannelette sheets.

Keep your whānau cosy this winter with us.
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774 days ago

Got plans for the weekend?

Auckland Unlimted

It’s all happening in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, there’s events all across the region right now!

From family fun to epic live music, and Matariki celebrations to sports Galore it’s all on your doorstep.

Check out what’s happening at What’s on in Auckland on Facebook. Get out there … View more
It’s all happening in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, there’s events all across the region right now!

From family fun to epic live music, and Matariki celebrations to sports Galore it’s all on your doorstep.

Check out what’s happening at What’s on in Auckland on Facebook. Get out there and enjoy!
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774 days ago

Classy bluegrass and a whole lot more, East FM on Saturday arvo

Phil from Farm Cove

Special one, folks, Wellington roots Americana-style band T-Bone are celebrating the release of their debut album Good 'n Greasy, playing Auckland on July 2-3, and to hear about their excitement we’re talking with Richard Klein and playing the new work in entirety on The She’ll Be Right on… View moreSpecial one, folks, Wellington roots Americana-style band T-Bone are celebrating the release of their debut album Good 'n Greasy, playing Auckland on July 2-3, and to hear about their excitement we’re talking with Richard Klein and playing the new work in entirety on The She’ll Be Right on Saturdays Show with PJ Taylor, 3-7pm (NZ time), June 18, on East FM.

Richard Klein is described as the real deal, from New Jersey, a singing fiddler who has played all the major festivals in the Southern Hemisphere with Le Blanc Brothers Cajun Band, of Melbourne, with who he also headlined the Rainforest World Music Festival in Borneo. Wine importer by day, the ex-restaurateur has been bowing his fiddle for 50 years, bringing a maturity to every song he sings and accompanies.

We’ll chat live with Richard at 4.30pm and play the 13-track Good ‘n Greasy around 5pm.
T-Bone have two Auckland shows: Sat July 2 at Whangateu Hall; Sun July 3 at Tuning Fork.

East FM is East Auckland’s diverse community-powered public service radio station, on 88.1FM and 107.1FM on local frequencies, nationally and globally at www.eastfm.nz... and on app iHeart Radio.

Here’s some of the comprehensive T-Bone press kit if you’re intrigued. They’re awesome, there is no doubt:

Joining T-Bone on tour is internationally renowned American musician, John Oszajca, who has performed with artists such as Jewel, Brian Setzer, Eve 6, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Hillary Duff, Beth Hart and many others. In 2010, John moved to the Far North of NZ with his family, where he writes, records, and performs. John will be having some fun with the T-Bone boys bringing a Punk Bluegrass sound to the shows.

"The debut album, manages to capture the raw energy of their live shows that the band have become known for, but the arrangements are tight and thoughtful, with space carved out to feature the singing of these fine folk musicians.”

The members of T-Bone are about as eclectic as the group’s influences; a mandolin playing ex-chef from the Far North, a fiddle playing wine importer from New Jersey, a Dublin-born spearfishing songwriter, a guitar slinging laboratory assistant from Taranaki and a gardening double bassist from Karori.

The band's award-winning guitarist and songwriter, Gerry Paul, describes rehearsals as “a ritual that grounds us for the week. We all work other jobs and these get-togethers set the scene for the week. They keep in touch with our creative side and most of all, it’s a weekly reminder of the importance of good friends, good food and great music”.

T-Bone got together through a love of Americana music, good wine and great food. The group have been rehearsing almost every Monday night in a basement flat in Brooklyn, Wellington, for about seven years, working on songs, writing harmonies and telling jokes.

But just as often as they play music, they eat, cook and sample some of the fiddler’s latest wine imports from Italy.

T-Bone went into Surgery Studios in Newtown last year, recording 11 songs. Seven are originals by Gerry, two are co-written by the band and three are from the New Orleans, Zydeco and Cajun traditions.

The setlist includes songs about food, playing music, new beginnings, love lost and found, and bassist Aaron Stewart describes the sound “they are peppered with that T-Bone flavour - acoustic twangs, searing fiddles and just a hint of char-grill”.

T-Bone have brought their influences of zydeco, old-time, blues, bluegrass and folk to this collection, which although has strong Americana flavours, also has a distinct Kiwi folk feel. The close vocal harmonies and fiery instrumentals on guitars, mandolin, banjo and fiddles will have toes tapping and vocal harmonising.

They started as a duo seven years ago with Gerry moving back from Europe after 15 years of touring the world with some of the biggest names in folk music. He struck up a musical partnership with Richard Klein, but it wasn’t long before they invited Cameron “Dusty” Burnell on the mandolin and the group became the T-Bone Trio. Then they enlisted the double bass playing of Aaron Stewart, who Gerry had played with as part of Mel Parsons’ band.

Young gun Michael Muggeridge was drafted in to replace Dusty while he was on tour in Europe with the Frank Burkitt Band, and Richard Klein says “the boy was so good that when Dusty returned, we said - you’re going nowhere”, completing the five-piece.

T-Bone have called on their supporters to help crowdfund through NZ platform, PledgeMe, to raise the money to finish the mastering, duplication and artwork for Good ‘n Greasy. The tour is proudly supported by the NZ Music Commission’s (Via MCH) Aotearoa Touring Programme.

T-Bone – they’re everywhere:

Facebook: www.facebook.com...

Instagram: www.instagram.com...

Youtube: www.youtube.com...

PledgeMe: pledgeme.co.nz...

Link Tree: linktr.ee...

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775 days ago

Family Luncheon

New Zealand School of Food & Wine

An exciting day for our Foundation students as they complete the first semester of Certificate in Cookery, Advanced. They prepared a three course meal for 2 guests to savour. The dishes included - 

•Entrée - Buckwheat blinis with cured salmon, creme chervil and pickled golden beet
•Main -… View more
An exciting day for our Foundation students as they complete the first semester of Certificate in Cookery, Advanced. They prepared a three course meal for 2 guests to savour. The dishes included - 

•Entrée - Buckwheat blinis with cured salmon, creme chervil and pickled golden beet
•Main - Leg of lamb with mash of roots, grilled vegetables in gremolata and port jus
•Dessert - Brownie and raspberry sorbet

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