Dance lessons
South Auckland Latin Community Dance, learn Bachata and Salsa. Sundays at 10am at Maraetai Hall, 4.45pm at Howick Primary School, and Thursdays at 7.30pm at Nathan Homestead. Adults, beginners welcome. Contact Karen on 027 559 0294 or online at https://www.facebook.com/SouthAucklandLatin.
Macleans College Chorale
A stage production entitled Pure Imagination is on from 7pm-9pm on Saturday, September 13, at All Saints Anglican Church, 17 Selwyn Road, Howick. Tickets cost $10. To book, go online to www.trybooking.com. Come and join Macleans College Chorale for a concert filled with storytelling from around the world. Proceeds will be donated to Seasons For Growth.
Zonta East Auckland
Gather your friends or come on your own and join us on our Quiz Night at the Howick Bowling Club, September 17, at 7pm. We are planning a night of fun to raise funds for Great Potentials Foundation HIPPY, a home-based programme that fosters parents’ skills and confidence as first educators of their young children. $25 per person with after dinner sweet treats. Cash bar available. Email Eleanor at eastauckland@zonta.co.nz.
Neighbour problems
Citizens Advice Bureau Pakuranga invites you to a free session on dealing with neighbour problems, facilitated by Auckland Community Law Centre. Topics covered will be shared driveways, cross lease, fences, trees. It’s on Friday, September 19, from 10.30am to 12pm, at the Howick Local Board meeting room at the Pakuranga Library building, 7 Aylesbury Road. To register, email settlement.pakuranga@cab.org.nz.
Free cooking demo
Healthy eating tips and cooking demonstration led by a New Zealand registered nutritionist. It’s on Friday, September 19, from 10am to midday, at East Health Trust PHO, 116 Harris Road, East Tamaki. You’ll be able to ask questions of Diana Anderson, registered nutritionist. New recipes available, share your ideas, make new friends and have fun. To register ask your doctor, nurse or support staff at your clinic, or self-refer online at www.easthealth.co.nz/healthy-cooking-demo. For more information phone Parvin on 09 538 0599 or email parvink@easthealth.co.nz.
The Fencible Society
Come along to Howick Library on Wednesday, September 24, at 10.30am and listen to the Fencible Society give a talk on their organisation. The Fencible Society was established to promote the history of The Fencibles, retired British soldiers used to defend British settlers in Auckland.
Charity Quiz Night
Global Mesothelioma Awareness Day is coming up and the Mesothelioma Support and Asbestos Awareness Trust is staging its annual fundraiser to support the cause. Its quiz night is at 6.30pm on Wednesday, September 24, at Botany Commons at the Botany Town Centre. The quiz night includes drinks, nibbles and raffles. Tickets cost $60 per person and teams of four to six are required. To book, email msaatrustnz@gmail.com.
Howickians’ Reunion Luncheon
The 36th annual Howickians’ Reunion Luncheon will take place on Sunday, October 5, from 11am-2pm at Pakuranga Bowling Club. This is an opportunity for people who have had a long association with, and a heart for Howick and Districts, to enjoy a relaxed get together, with an opportunity to share memories with old friends and new, and to have a good chin wag. For more information phone Gay Bevan on 021 269 6112, Marilyn Bakker on 021 707 066, or Wally Rice 027 601 8362.
