Books, Bagels & Banter
📚✨ Get Ready for Books, Bagels & Banter 2025! ✨📚
⭐️ Key Information
📅 Friday Night Opening Event – 23 May from 6:00 pm
🎤 Keynote Speaker: Kennedy Warne – Author, radio commentator, and founder of New Zealand Geographic
📚 Weekend Book Fair – Saturday 24 May & Sunday 25 May, 9 am – 3 pm
🥯 The café will be serving delicious bagels, including gluten & dairy-free options.
⛪ Sunday Service – 25 May at 9:30 am
📖 Preacher: Revd Glynn Cardy sharing insights from his latest book, Pinches of Wisdom. Morning tea to follow in the Parish Centre.
⭐️ How to Support the Event
📍 Reserve Your Seat – Reserve your place at the Friday night opening event by reserving online or seeing Karen at the office o
📚 Donate Books – Contribute good-quality books (no encyclopaedias, atlases, magazines, or readers' digests).
🙋 Volunteer at the Event – Sign-up sheets are available at the back of the church.
📢 Help Spread the Word – Share this post with your friends and family
👉 #BooksBagelsBanter #EpsomEvents #AucklandBookFair #KennedyWarne
Poll: Are our Kiwi summer holidays helping us recharge, or holding the economy back? ☀️🥝
There’s growing debate about whether New Zealand’s extended Christmas break (and the slowdown that comes with it) affects productivity.
Tracy Watkins has weighed in ... now it’s your turn. What’s your take? 🤔
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73.3% We work hard, we deserve a break!
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17.1% Hmm, maybe?
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9.7% Yes!
A riddle to start the festive season 🌲🎁🌟
I'm a fruit. If you take away my first letter, I'm a crime. If you take away my first two letters, I'm an animal. If you take away my first and last letter, I'm a form of music. What am I?
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Poll: Should we be giving the green light to new mining projects? 💰🌲
The Environmental Protection Authority announced this week that a proposed mine in Central Otago (near Cromwell) is about to enter its fast-track assessment process. A final decision could come within six months, and if it’s approved, construction might start as early as mid-2026.
We want to know: Should mining projects like this move ahead?
Keen to dig deeper? Mike White has the scoop.
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53% Yes
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47% No
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