Events and dates for your calendar Excuse the fonts folks - they jump all over the place, resize etc on this low cost web site. Thursday, 22nd August, 2019. Northland’s Freshwater Crisis Public Talk. 6.00 pm. Northland Club, Porowini Avenue, Whangarei. Speakers- Dr Mike Joy, NZ’s foremost freshwater ecologist and science Communicator. Millan Ruka, River Ranger at Environment River Patrol, Aotearoa. Free finger food at 6pm, Presentations 6.30 pm. Sponsored by Forest and Bird. Saturday, 24th August, 2019. Whittle your own crochet hook Workshop. Habitat for Humanity. 50b Kioreroa Rd, Whangarei. To be confirmed. Contact :Helen Finlayson, The ReMakery Co-ordinator PH 0211357479 www.theremakery.org.nz Habitat for Humanity Saturday, 24th August. 2019. 2040 Movie. Event Cinema, Whangarei. 3.30 p.m. Saturday 24 August, Event Cinema, Whangarei Join Climate Change Tai Tokerau Trust - lets fill the theatre! Award winning filmmaker Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film) travels the world in search of new approaches and solutions to global warming concerned about his young daughter's future. The film explores what the future would look like by the year 2040 if we simply embraced the best solutions already available to us to improve our planet and shifted them into the mainstream. 2040 website. Thursday, 29th August, 2019. Global Issues Speaker Whangarei. Rt Hon. Helen Clark. Forum North, Rust Avenue, Whangarei. 6.00pm. Free public talk on Gender and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Organised by University of Auckland. REGULAR EVENTS but check for holiday timetable changes. Tuesdays, - Boomerang Bag workshop, Whangarei. 1pm - 4pm, Bahai Centre, 82 Mill Road Road, Whangarei To sew reusable bags to distribute, in conjunction with Plastic Bag Free Northland, to the Whangarei Grower's Market, the Regent Countdown Supermarket Project and Bin Inn Kamo, as supply allows. The bags will not necessarily have to be returned - the main point is that they are used. They have some machines and equipment ready to go, plus a supply of fabric. It doesn't matter if people can't sew - there is cutting/ ironing/ assembling. They invite anyone to pop in or stay the whole time, or they will provide material to sew from home. A Boomerang Bags Whangarei Facebook page will be running soon. Contact. Anne agf103@gmail.com Website Boomerangbags.org Sew Good – Community Sewing workshop now moving to the Remakery. A community sewing centre will remain at Eco Solutions, 141 Cameron Street, Whangarei for public use. Contact Anne Contact Anne ph 09 946 0336 or agf103@gmail.com Facebook page SewGood Whangarei. Mondays, Wednesdays & Thursdays. Whangarei Men’s Shed. 9.30 am – 3.00 pm Whangarei Railway Station, Railway Road, Whangarei. Now open again after restoration with metal as well as wood working area. A multiple workshop area for the pursuit of an array of pastimes and projects, but also is a “Work in Progress” in its own right. The W.M.S. has set itself a target for restoring the interior of the old station (badly deteriorated) with the guidance of an architect employed by the Shed and the National Historic Places Trust. Contact: jeffgriggsnz@gmail.com |
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