Festival of Frights 2024
Howick Historical Village’s Festival of Frights is back, and bigger than ever! Three spooktacular events will run from the 26th- 31st October 2024.
Fright Night | Saturday 26 October 5pm-9pm
Explore the grounds after dark, lit up and decorated for Halloween! With face-painting, creepy crafts, food trucks and a gelato cart, this will be a spooktacular evening not to be missed! Beware of fiendish and frightening villagers lurking along the way…
Talk with Mark Wallbank | Sunday 27 October 11:30am & 2pm
Howick Historical Village presents the opportunity to hear from real ghost hunter Mark Wallbank, author of ‘Haunted Auckland’ and ‘Haunted New Zealand Road Trip’.
Halloween at the Village | Thursday 31 October 3:30pm-8pm
Grab your costumes and come straight from school! Enjoy a family-friendly trick-or-treating experience in the decorated Village.
Pre-booked tickets only. No door sales. Tickets are limited and these events will sell out. Book now! See the website for all the details.
Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?
Just a bit of a fun poll to get you thinking.
If you had to live out your Christmas days, would you prefer it was a summer Christmas or a winter Christmas?
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60.7% Summer
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37.4% Winter
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1.9% Other - I'll share below
Would you like a free copy of our February 2025 issue?
Kia ora neighbours. We give away free copies to readers whose recipes are used in our magazine. We're still on the hunt for tomato recipes, so send your family's favourite way to use up your homegrown harvest, to: mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz. If we use it in the mag, you will receive a free copy of the mag
⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️
It's a message we share time and time again, and this year, we're calling on you to help us spread that message further.
Did you know that calls to SPCA about dogs left inside hot cars made up a whopping 11% of all welfare calls last summer? This is a completely preventable issue, and one which is causing hundreds of dogs (often loved pets) to suffer.
Here are some quick facts to share with the dog owners in your life:
👉 The temperature inside a car can heat to over 50°C in less than 15 minutes.
👉 Parking in the shade and cracking windows does little to help on a warm day. Dogs rely on panting to keep cool, which they can't do in a hot car.
👉 This puts dogs at a high risk of heatstroke - a serious condition for dogs, with a mortality rate between 39%-50%.
👉 It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act to leave a dog in a hot vehicle if they are showing signs of heat stress. You can be fined, and prosecuted.
SPCA has created downloadable resources to help you spread the message even further. Posters, a flyer, and a social media tile can be downloaded from our website here: www.spca.nz...
We encourage you to use these - and ask your local businesses to display the posters if they can. Flyers can be kept in your car and handed out as needed.
This is a community problem, and one we cannot solve alone. Help us to prevent more tragedies this summer by sharing this post.
On behalf of the animals - thank you ❤️
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