2024 Easter Extravaganza!
The Howick Historical Village Easter Extravaganza is BACK for 2024. Come along to experience a fun-filled, family-friendly celebration!
Explore the Village with an egg hunt* and Easter trail or take photos with the Easter Bunny! Discover how aspiring bunnies are trained by the Easter Fairy in a live show by Act One Productions.**
With plenty of chocolate, crafts, face painting, and outdoor games, there will be something around every corner. Learn how to make homemade butter, see the coal range fired up in Puhi Nui, or explore our heritage gardens. Make a day of it!
Enjoy sweet treats & savoury snacks from Mister Gelato and The Dog Father, or grab lunch from the Homestead Café. Visit our one-of-a-kind 1850s Sweet Shop offering an array of old-fashioned treats, or make your own lollipop with confectioner Stephen Parsons!
Tickets: adult $20, child $12, babies 1 year and under are free. Booking is essential, pre-booked tickets only.
Please note Annual Passes and Memberships cannot be used for admission to this event.
*Starting from 10 am, there will be 600 tokens hidden outside in the gardens only. Children can exchange up to 3 tokens for 3 Easter chocolates! While supplies last - tokens will not be re-hidden.
**Live shows will be held throughout the day. Check the schedule in your booklet.
Some Choice News!
DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.
Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.
For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.
Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
We hope this brings a smile!
Poll: 🤖 What skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
The Reserve Bank has shared some pretty blunt advice: there’s no such thing as a “safe” job anymore 🛟😑
Robots are stepping into repetitive roles in factories, plants and warehouses. AI is taking care of the admin tasks that once filled many mid-level office jobs.
We want to know: As the world evolves, what skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
Want to read more? The Press has you covered!
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52.7% Human-centred experience and communication
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14.7% Critical thinking
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29.8% Resilience and adaptability
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2.7% Other - I will share below!
Share your favourite main crop potato recipe and win a copy of our mag!
Love potatoes? We will give away free copies of the May 2026 issue to readers whose potato recipes are used in our magazine. To be in the running, make sure you email your family's favourite way to enjoy potatoes: mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, by March 1, 2026.
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