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WHERE:- Waikanae Beach Community Hall
22 Rauparaha St, Waikanae Beach
WHEN:- Sunday 9 March
Time:- 10am -1pm
Enjoy a Sunday outing with your family by visiting the Market where you will discover hand made treasures and local creativity by highly talented stallholders where every piece tells… View moreWHERE:- Waikanae Beach Community Hall
22 Rauparaha St, Waikanae Beach
WHEN:- Sunday 9 March
Time:- 10am -1pm
Enjoy a Sunday outing with your family by visiting the Market where you will discover hand made treasures and local creativity by highly talented stallholders where every piece tells a story.
You will find a huge variety of quality items and gifts along with Plants. Seedlings, Fresh Flowers, locally produced award winning Olive Oil and Natural Honey,
Bring the Kids along to see all of the Crochet Toys, Children's Dress Ups and Dolls Clothes.
Meet up with Friends and enjoy a day out on the Kapiti Coast and visit this great friendly Community Market.
Don't miss it... support local!
Paekakariki's Mulled Wine Concert series has been presenting top-class music in Kapiti for nearly twenty years. Organiser Mary Gow says she is really excited to be bringing to her home region one of the most well known and highest quality groups of classical musicians.
The New Zealand … View morePaekakariki's Mulled Wine Concert series has been presenting top-class music in Kapiti for nearly twenty years. Organiser Mary Gow says she is really excited to be bringing to her home region one of the most well known and highest quality groups of classical musicians.
The New Zealand String Quartet is probably the best loved chamber music ensemble in the country. It is made up of talented musicians who are all dedicated performers and mentors to students across the country. The longest-serving member of the Quartet, violinist Gillian Ansell, was awarded the MNZM (Member of the New Zealand Order of
Merit) honour for services to music in New Zealand. The other permanent member is violinist Peter Clark.
As an exciting development in their history, and for the first time ever, the NZSQ have announced that two other positions in the group - violinist and cellist - will be filled by invited guest artists The invited musicians for the Paekakariki concert will be violinist
Monique Lapins, who was previously a member of the NZSQ. The other invitee - who will be of great interest to followers of the Mulled Wine Concert series - is Andrew Joyce, dynamic first cellist of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Andrew is no stranger to Kapiti audiences, having played in many concerts here.
As a group, the quartet promise that their 2025 season will be an epic one.
The rest of 2025 will be filled with toe-tapping, awe-inspiring, boundary-pushing chamber music. From epic works for chamber orchestra by Shostakovich to the premiere of a brand-new New Zealand piece; from dancers to poets; from your local community centre to the depths of
space, we’re bringing the music to you they say.
The Paekakariki concert will take place at St Peters Hall on 16 March 2025 at 2:30PM and will feature works by Haydn, Dame Gillian Whitehead, Dave Flynn, Dvořák String Quartet No. 12, Op. 96, the American Quartet and excerpts from the Danish String Quartet Wood Works The Last Leaf. A concert not to be missed, indeed!
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Mulled Wine Concerts presents the New Zealand String Quartet in concert
Sunday 16 March 2025 at 2:30PM
St Peter Community Hall, Beach Rd, Paekakariki
Tickets $35, Students $15.
Online sales: marygow@gmail.com. Tel: 021 101 9609
Info: www.mulledwineconcerts.com... or on FaceBook: Mulled Wine Concerts.
Ticket outlets: Magpie Paremata, Mana Esplanade; Finns Hotel, Paekākāriki; Moby Dickens Bookshop, Paraparaumu Beach; Jenoa, 2 Mahara Place, Waikanae.
Haydn String Quartet, Op. 64, No. 5, 'The Lark'
Dame Gillian Whitehead, Poroporoaki
Dave Flynn, Slip
Dvořák String Quartet No. 12, Op. 96, the 'American Quartet'
Excerpts from Danish String Quartet's Wood Works / The Last Leaf
Speed bumps are a hot topic in many neighborhoods - they aim to slow down speeding drivers, but they also impact everyone on the road. In your opinion, do you think they do the trick or are they just an inconvenience?
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🎨✨Hi Neighbours! There are 4 slots left for the paint pouring workshop next week - see poster attached🎉Learn mixing and pouring techniques, explore colour theory, and take home your own fluid art masterpieces. Includes everything you need to make some abstract art. Limited spots available, … View more🎨✨Hi Neighbours! There are 4 slots left for the paint pouring workshop next week - see poster attached🎉Learn mixing and pouring techniques, explore colour theory, and take home your own fluid art masterpieces. Includes everything you need to make some abstract art. Limited spots available, so book now! Anyone can give it a go! For inquiries, pop through a FB DM. See you there! 🖌️🌈#PaintPouring #Workshop #FluidArt #LearnArt #BookNow
If you get a text asking you to pay a speeding fine, please do not click on the link.
We’re aware of a text scam that includes a link to pay a speeding fine, claiming to be from Police.
Police do not issue speeding fines via text, this text is not from us, please don’t click the link.
Easily change the height and layout of the shelves any time as your plants grow or the items you want to showcase change with this handy pegboard finished in Resene Colorwood Whitewash. Find out how to create your own with these easy step by step instructions.
Lightweight, stylish, and packed with retro charm! This fibreglass Lilliput Gazelle tows effortlessly behind a normal sized car and even fits inside a standard garage. These are collector's items, and our one has been beautifully rennovated. For more details search for Lilliput Gazelle on … View moreLightweight, stylish, and packed with retro charm! This fibreglass Lilliput Gazelle tows effortlessly behind a normal sized car and even fits inside a standard garage. These are collector's items, and our one has been beautifully rennovated. For more details search for Lilliput Gazelle on trademe.
It's been insulated, certified and rewired to modern standards. Comes with current WOF.
If you're interested in viewing, message me to orgainse a time.
Supremely Gourmet is recalling all batches and all dates of Supremely Gourmet brand Mint Dark Chocolate, Orange Dark Chocolate, and Premium Dark Chocolate due to the presence of an undeclared allergen (milk). People with a milk allergy or intolerance should not consume these products. If you are … View moreSupremely Gourmet is recalling all batches and all dates of Supremely Gourmet brand Mint Dark Chocolate, Orange Dark Chocolate, and Premium Dark Chocolate due to the presence of an undeclared allergen (milk). People with a milk allergy or intolerance should not consume these products. If you are not allergic or intolerant to milk, this recall does not affect you.
READ MORE: www.mpi.govt.nz...
FAIRVIEW is a small Kapiti based nursery (Paraparaumu) with stocks of various native trees, flaxes, shrubs and grasses.
Harakeke (Phormium Tenax 3m+), Phormium Cookianum, Emerald dwarf Tenax, Carex Flagelifera etc...
Trees such as the stunning Northern Rata, Rewarewa, Kahikatea, Blue Totara, … View moreFAIRVIEW is a small Kapiti based nursery (Paraparaumu) with stocks of various native trees, flaxes, shrubs and grasses.
Harakeke (Phormium Tenax 3m+), Phormium Cookianum, Emerald dwarf Tenax, Carex Flagelifera etc...
Trees such as the stunning Northern Rata, Rewarewa, Kahikatea, Blue Totara, Matai
Hedging with Olearia Paniculata, Corokia Geentys Green, Griselinia
1m locally sourced Nikau Palms, nice healthy Puka, Ake Ake, Manuka (Reds also), Kanuka, Puriri, Kohekohe, Kowhai, Cabbage Trees, Lancewood, Clematis, etc etc.
We are wanting to clear our stock of Kauri tree's and have some very healthy larger specimens at 1m+ and smaller 30cm+/- available. Limited stocks... buy the lot less $33%.
If needing native plants and want to view our range, please phone to arrange a time to visit:
0274 933 626 (Appointment required - We are around most days so let us know)
www.fairviewnursery.co.nz............
Have a particular native in mind or have a question, please message or phone me...
FRIDAY 21 & SATURDAY 22 MARCH
After an incredible turnout at our recent open days, we’re excited to open our doors to you again!
Join us at our open days and explore our lifestyle and care options, tour our show homes and see the amenities on offer.
CREATIVE TEXTILES
Have you ever tried your hand at creative textiles? There has been a great response to this new group. They meet on Tuesday afternoons. For further information, contact Donna 021 255 0519.
11 pairs of Millers Essential Trousers, shorter length, elasticated waist.
Inside leg approx 69cm. Outside leg (waist to hem) approx 102cm.
Millers are in liquidation.
The NZ stores are closing in April.
These have been sitting in a suitcase waiting for me to be a size 18 again. I don't … View more11 pairs of Millers Essential Trousers, shorter length, elasticated waist.
Inside leg approx 69cm. Outside leg (waist to hem) approx 102cm.
Millers are in liquidation.
The NZ stores are closing in April.
These have been sitting in a suitcase waiting for me to be a size 18 again. I don't think it will ever happen.
We are moving next week so these have to go.
Two pairs unworn and still have the labels attached.
1. Butter $5
2. Soft Sage $5
The rest ( 9 pairs) have been worn but are in excellent condition.
They are $4 each.
Colours are
Pink, Cerise, Lilac, Fawn, Light Blue, Dark Navy (almost black),
Dark Grey, Olive Green
Buy all 11 for $40. (This works out to $3.64 a pair)
We were only a couple of clicks behind the traditionally warmer eastern regions of Wairarapa and Marlborough, and ahead of Nelson.
Our daily average maximum temperature was 24.6C, recorded in Paraparaumu, but it was only very slightly cooler to the north, where there was noticeably more cloud. … View moreWe were only a couple of clicks behind the traditionally warmer eastern regions of Wairarapa and Marlborough, and ahead of Nelson.
Our daily average maximum temperature was 24.6C, recorded in Paraparaumu, but it was only very slightly cooler to the north, where there was noticeably more cloud. This was 1.3C degrees above average and the warmest February in 14 years, and compares with 22.6C in 2024. But, our overall mean temperature of 19.6C was the warmest in Central NZ.
January’s dry weather continued through February with only a few brief ‘showers’ in the third week amounting to 11 mm at the airport, similar in Otaki, but slightly more in Waikanae. This was the lowest rainfall for February in a decade. The historic average is around 60mm.
With it also being the sunniest February in at least 15 year, having the equivalent of 22.5 sunny days, February must rate as the almost perfect summer month ⎯ a pity most were in school or at work.
March, as usual, with a longtime average of almost 22C, will again likely qualify as an extra summer month in Kāpiti.
Photo: The end of another fine February day.
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