The counties power Christmas lights - Trains at night
Glenbrook Vintage Railway will be lighting up Franklin with festive cheer this year with a new Christmas experience.
The Counties Power Christmas Lights – Trains at Night event will see the charitable organisation's trains, station and buildings dressed in Christmas lights, a special Christmas Express train service, visits from Santa, a Christmas market and much more.
The Counties Power Christmas Lights - Trains at Night will run from 14-16 and 20-23 December in the lead up to Christmas from 7pm till 11pm.
The first train is at 7.30, and will run half hourly to the workshops and return.
There will be a Santa's grotto, night markets, train rides, entertainment and lots more.
Book your tickets now:
General Admission $10.00 (Ages 2 and older)
Family Admission $40.00 (Up to 2 adults and 4 children aged 14 to 2 years)
Under 2s free
Your ticket entitles you to 1 Train Ride and site entry. Additional train ride tickets can be purchased on the day.
Calling All Puzzle Masters! Can You Solve This?
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?
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What's your favourite recipe for courgettes?
Kia ora neighbours. If you've got a family recipe for courgettes, we'd love to see it and maybe publish it in our magazine. Send your recipe to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, and if we use it in the mag, you will receive a free copy of our January 2025 issue.
PM says the ‘war on farming’ is over, at Fieldays’ Mystery Creek
The rural sector will pull the country out of recession, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon told farmers at Mystery Creek on Tuesday.
Luxon’s main message was that farmers are not villains, they are “partners” of the Government and the saviours of the New Zealand economy.
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