787 days ago

GABBS Book Sale November 5th / 6th 2022 at Barfoot & Thompson Stadium Kohimaramara

Robyn Faithfull from Great Auckland Bargain Book Sale

Great Auckland Bargain Book Fair( GABBS)-
New Zealand's Biggest Annual Second Hand Book Fair

​Event Hosted By:
East City Community Trust, and the Barfoot & Thompson Stadium Sports Clubs

​Saturday, 5th November 2022 9am to 1am Sunday

Sunday, 6th November 2022 7am to 3pm


NOTE: NO MORE DONATIONS ACCEPTED FOR 2022.
Due to 2 years of collecting books, we have no space to take anymore we will not be taking any more donations - until January 2023 for the 2023 Bookfair.

The GABBS book fair is an annual event held at the Stadium. Our Book Fair raises funds for the East City Community Trust, the Barfoot & Thompson Stadium sports clubs, and other community groups. The journey doesn't stop there though! Left over books from the fair go on to great use through a number of initiatives in schools and colleges in other parts of Auckland, and all the way over in Papua New Guinea thanks to one of our partners "From me to PNG"

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4 days ago

Live Q&A: Garden maintenance with Crewcut

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

This Wednesday, we are having another Neighbourly Q&A session. This time with John Bracewell from Crewcut.

John Bracewell, former Black Caps coach turned Franchisee Development Manager and currently the face of Crewcut’s #Movember campaign, knows a thing or two about keeping the grass looking sharp—whether it’s on a cricket pitch or in your backyard!

As a seasoned Crewcut franchisee, John is excited to answer your lawn and gardening questions. After years of perfecting the greens on the field, he's ready to share tips on how to knock your garden out of the park. Let's just say he’s as passionate about lush lawns as he is about a good game of cricket!

John is happy to answer questions about lawn mowing, tree/hedge trimming, tidying your garden, ride on mowing, you name it! He'll be online on Wednesday, 27th of November to answer them all.

Share your question below now ⬇️

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8 hours ago

Calling All Puzzle Masters! Can You Solve This?

Riddler from The Neighbourly Riddler

When John was six years old he hammered a nail into his favorite tree to mark his height.
Ten years later at age sixteen, John returned to see how much higher the nail was.
If the tree grew by five centimetres each year, how much higher would the nail be?

Do you think you know the answer to our daily riddle? Don't spoil it for your neighbours! Simply 'Like' this post and we'll post the answer in the comments below at 2pm.

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Head here and hover on the Following button on the top right of the page (and it will show Unfollow) and then click it. If it is giving you the option to Follow, then you've successfully unfollowed the Riddles page.

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8 hours ago

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