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Fill a bag of kids' clothes for $5; Ladies' jumpers buy one get one free; Ladies' boots $2 a pair at the Pukekohe Anglican Church Garage Sale this Saturday. Also household goods, furniture, toys and books. We're the old red-brick church on the corner of Queen St and Wesley St, … View moreFill a bag of kids' clothes for $5; Ladies' jumpers buy one get one free; Ladies' boots $2 a pair at the Pukekohe Anglican Church Garage Sale this Saturday. Also household goods, furniture, toys and books. We're the old red-brick church on the corner of Queen St and Wesley St, Pukekohe. Doors open 8am Saturday July 23.
Franklin Arts Festival committee members are exhibiting a "gathering of ideas" in the form of the multi disciplines held within the group - glass, weaving, painting, photography, pastels, and ceramics.
'GATHERING'
Franklin Arts Festival Committee Members: Lois Templeton, … View moreFranklin Arts Festival committee members are exhibiting a "gathering of ideas" in the form of the multi disciplines held within the group - glass, weaving, painting, photography, pastels, and ceramics.
'GATHERING'
Franklin Arts Festival Committee Members: Lois Templeton, Jenny Begg, Frances Stevens, Mary Coleman, Keith Galvin, Sandy Littlejohns-Clark, Shelley Wilkin and Leonie Richardson.
Wednesday 3 - Monday 22 August
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Exhibition Opening: Wednesday 3 August, 4.30pm - 6pm
This will also be an opportunity for the committee to announce dates and themes for the Franklin Arts Festival 2023.
Free entry. All welcome!
Kia ora neighbours,
A group of activists rallying for change at a “death trap” of a junction in rural south Auckland has won a temporary set of traffic lights to manage hectic traffic flows on and off the motorway.
At the increasingly busy service station and retail zone on Mill Road, Bombay,… View moreKia ora neighbours,
A group of activists rallying for change at a “death trap” of a junction in rural south Auckland has won a temporary set of traffic lights to manage hectic traffic flows on and off the motorway.
At the increasingly busy service station and retail zone on Mill Road, Bombay, drivers struggle to get in and out of Mill Road between the service station and the State Highway 1 on and off-ramps.
Fed-up locals established the Bombay Collision Cross Roads Action Group to demand change from Waka Kotahi and Auckland Transport.
That has resulted in a short-term design, which would include a traffic light at the SH1 southbound off-ramp at Bombay, the northbound off-ramp and on-ramp and the exit from the Bombay service centre, which would all be linked to each other, Waka Kotahi said.
Between 2014 and 2021, there were two fatal crashes and five serious crashes on Mill Road, according to road safety data from Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency and Auckland Transport.
In a statement, a Waka Kotahi spokesperson said staff undertook traffic modelling before recommending that traffic lights were the most appropriate solution.
What do you think of the traffic light solution?
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Mocktails & Bartending workshops for High School students over the school holidays. Joining the course were students from Glenfield College, Rangitoto, Takapuna Grammar and Westlake Boys. On Day 3, they curated their own inspired beverages.
GARAGE SALE
8am this Saturday, July 23
Household items, furniture, toys, books, Op Shop.
Pukekohe Anglican Church, corner Queen St & Wesley St, Pukekohe. Lots of bargains, come and see!
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… View moreFor delicious grass-raised beef New Zealand is the perfect combo.
An ideal climate, lush pastures and innovative farming produces enough beef for Macca’s in New Zealand and around the world. Our patties are 100% quality beef, and all that’s added is a dash of salt and pepper when cooked.
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Invitation Visitors / guests are welcome
Date July 27th Time: 6.30 for 7pm
Venue: Pukekohe Cosmopolitan Club, Nelson St, Pukekohe.
Speaker: Police Officer Cathy Taylor ‘Youth at Risk’. Come and find out how to protect our youth
BPW Franklin’s Mothers & Daughters … View moreInvitation Visitors / guests are welcome
Date July 27th Time: 6.30 for 7pm
Venue: Pukekohe Cosmopolitan Club, Nelson St, Pukekohe.
Speaker: Police Officer Cathy Taylor ‘Youth at Risk’. Come and find out how to protect our youth
BPW Franklin’s Mothers & Daughters evening.
Cost: $30
Contact: catering@bpwfranklin.org.nz to register and obtain bank account details before 8pm Sunday 24th July.
We’ll be paying the next Entrust dividend in late September. We sent you details and a form by post or email. Check your details carefully and tell us of any changes by no later than Friday 5 August.
If we don’t have the right info, it might take longer to get your money to you. No one … View moreWe’ll be paying the next Entrust dividend in late September. We sent you details and a form by post or email. Check your details carefully and tell us of any changes by no later than Friday 5 August.
If we don’t have the right info, it might take longer to get your money to you. No one wants that :(
Please keep food waste out of landfill and use the food scraps bin which is collected weekly.
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Offer applies to all Resene green 60mL testpots (excludes metallic and wood stains) purchased by retail … View moreSimply visit your local Resene owned ColorShop, choose your favourite red testpots and for each one you buy Resene will donate $1 to Cure Kids to help fund vital child health research!
Offer applies to all Resene green 60mL testpots (excludes metallic and wood stains) purchased by retail customers between 13-31 July 2022 at Resene owned ColorShops.
Come in and see the Resene team today!
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AN INDIAN RESTAURANT.
SO WENT IN FOR A LOOK AS I LOVE INDIAN FOOD.
THIS IS A CLASS PLACE
WITH CURRIES AND SWEETS.
SO I ASK WHAT CAN I GET.
FOR $15 I GOT 3 DIFFERENT CURRIES
SOME SALAD AND 2 BUTTERED NAANS
OMG I WILL … View moreI decided to see if I could get something to eat.
Spotted ' MITHAIWALA'
AN INDIAN RESTAURANT.
SO WENT IN FOR A LOOK AS I LOVE INDIAN FOOD.
THIS IS A CLASS PLACE
WITH CURRIES AND SWEETS.
SO I ASK WHAT CAN I GET.
FOR $15 I GOT 3 DIFFERENT CURRIES
SOME SALAD AND 2 BUTTERED NAANS
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Nominations are now open for people who are passionate about Auckland – so it’s time to put your name forward as a candidate in the local elections.
Key election dates
15 July – candidate nominations open
Midday 12 August – candidate nominations close
17 August – candidates … View moreNominations are now open for people who are passionate about Auckland – so it’s time to put your name forward as a candidate in the local elections.
Key election dates
15 July – candidate nominations open
Midday 12 August – candidate nominations close
17 August – candidates announced
16 September – voting opens
Midday 8 October – voting closes
14 October – official results announced
The Pukekohe town square has been adorned with a mural to honour te ao Māori and Mātauranga Māori’s place in the heart of the Franklin district.
Local artist Jimmy James Kouratoras designed a mural to cover the town centre wall on Devon Lane with the brightest of colours to catch the eye and … View moreThe Pukekohe town square has been adorned with a mural to honour te ao Māori and Mātauranga Māori’s place in the heart of the Franklin district.
Local artist Jimmy James Kouratoras designed a mural to cover the town centre wall on Devon Lane with the brightest of colours to catch the eye and warm the heart, he said.
The mural is the first of what is hoped to be a town-wide project, led by Pukekohe High School art teacher Catherine Tamihere.
With funding from the Franklin Local Board, Tamihere was able to commission Kouratoras’ mural and get 20 year 10 students alongside him, brushes in hand.
“In the mural, there is reference to Tāne Mahuta, the first hei tiki. There are connections with te reo Māori and cuisenaire rods, there is whakapapa in there, there is Te Puia, there is Tawhia the male element, and the teachings of Te Wheke.”
Have you seen the mural on Devon Lane? What do you think?
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