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Broad Bay Community Centre’s Wednesdays Spring Activities Sampler. All welcome Gold coin entry. 7pm till 8-8.30pm @ 2, Clearwater Street Broad Bay. Enquiries: 0274880215 Wednesday August 10th Table Tennis with visiting Table Tennis Champion Ben Duffy Wednesday August 17th African Dance and Zumba with Shukuru Monroe Wednesday August 24th Fitness for Everyone with Christian Pedersen Wednesday August 31st Theatre Games with Paul Stevenson ( AGM follows @ 8pm ) Wednesday September 7th Royal Empress Tango with Vivien Brooks Wednesday…
Otago Peninsula Community Board Update Calling for nominations for the Community Board The Community Board needs you! Nominations close this Friday 12th August at noon and we need people to put themselves forward for the Otago Peninsula Community Board. Please consider standing for election or encourage someone else to stand. We need a range of candidates for voters to choose from. If you are interested and want to know what is involved – please contact myself or one of the…
OTAGO PENINSULA MUSEUM & HISTORICAL SOC. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 7.30pm Wednesday 27 July 2016 To be held at the Museum 17 Harington Point Road, Portobello Cup of tea/coffee and nibbles to follow the meeting The Peninsula has a fascinating history so you are welcome to come along and hear what we have been up to over the past year and look at the new displays we have put up. We were given a great collection of memorabilia about Percy Moss…
Portobello/Harington Pt Rd Safety Improvement Project Update The Board recognises that there is a great deal of community interest in this project and so is providing this update to the community. Council staff have carried out much work behind the scenes over the past months in preparation for this final phase to begin. The process from here on in is as follows: the professional services tender for this project is currently out – a design consultant will soon…
Kia ora. Hullo. My name is Matt Langley. I’m a musician and songwriter based in Broad Bay. I have rented cottages all around Broad Bay and Portobello over the years and now my partner Clare and I are looking to buy a house in the area. We are considering building as well. We would appreciate it very much if you would let us know of any houses, cottages or sections that may be come up for sale in Broad Bay…
Hello All Work is due to start soon on the final stage of the Turnbulls Bay Slip repair which involves the installation of rocks in two locations at the bottom for the wall. The reason for the rock is two-fold – to protect foundation areas from tidal movement and to protect the integrity of the wall structure in extreme events i.e. seismic movement. The planned buttressing works were included in the original design but could not be carried…
You’ll be in fine company as you immerse yourself in art and music. LIVE JAZZ comes to BELLAMY’S GALLERY for a special intimate and cosy mid-winter treat with trio REID, COLEMAN & CORNISH. Get comfy around the wood burner and sit amongst the rare exhibition Made of Hereweka by current Caselberg Trust artist in resident, Becky Cameron. Trevor Coleman (piano, trumpet) and Nick Cornish (alto & soprano saxes) are Dunedin’s finest jazz musicians with a shared passion for improvising across a variety of genres. They have been joined more recently by Karin Reid who provides a…
How can you resist with a title like “Slutty Ladies Garden Party” and our own Sarah McDougall as the playwright? http://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2016/slutty-ladies-garden-party/otago Sarah describes this as: It is an anti-slut shaming feminist R16 comedy in our garden, there will be a garden tour, a who what how and why of sluts, a cup of tea, a question and answer slot plus a pack of slutty lady seeds, bloody bargain. We even have a taxi van that leaves from town to bring…
INVITATION You’re invited to a community event at 10.30am on Saturday 12th March at the Fletcher House carpark, Broad Bay to celebrate the completion of the Turnbulls Bay Slip Repair Project. All welcome. It’s our chance to say thank you to the people who worked in all weathers to complete this challenging project for our community. Please bring a plate of morning tea food. See you there! Chris Garey, Chairperson, Otago Peninsula Community Board