Ian Smith has organized a Gold Card Trip to Orakei Bay Village. The village, which has 25 shops and eateries, claims it is, “the best boutique shopping precinct this side of the city.” It sits between Orakei Basin and Hobson Bay. Online photos show it has impressive water and Auckland Read more…
The last time we went to the Sugar Grill Café at The Point in Te Atatu was in January 2020. Back then New Lynn Men’s Probus and West Auckland Men’s Rebus were separate organizations. Of the eleven people who went to the coffee morning, eight were from New Lynn Men’s Read more…
On August 17, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the country would move to alert level 4 at 11:59 pm that night. That decision resulted in the coffee morning at the Sugar Grill café on the Te Atatu peninsula, and the Gold Card Trip on the train to Orakei Bay Village, Read more…
Our guest speaker in July was geologist and author Bruce Haywood. He spoke on the Auckland volcanic field which is centered on Mt Eden and One Tree Hill and has a radius of 20 km. It extends from Rangitoto and Pupuke in the north; to Mt Albert in the west; Read more…
Waitakere Gardens retirement village in Sel Peacocke Drive is built on the site of the original Corban homestead. It has a comfortable cafe and restaurant which is open for both residents and visitors. On Friday 30 July we are going there for a coffee morning. Once again parking will have Read more…
When the guest speaker booked for the June monthly meeting could not speak because of illness, Noel Rose contacted Lisa Truttman from the Avondale-Waterview Historical Society. Lisa stepped in as a last-minute substitute and delivered a riveting address on the life and mysterious death of Dr Walter Granville Carew. A Read more…
In this edition of the newsletter we find out that the Cook Islands are the second home of President Bill Mutch, learn some useful things about computers from May’s guest speaker Grant Stevens, and get to view photos from the coffee morning at Kings Plant Barn in Universal Drive Henderson. Read more…
The hype from Lynnmall’s owner Kiwi Property, says that LynnMall may be one of the oldest malls in New Zealand, but its new dining precinct, The Brickworks, has catapulted it into the future. The Brickworks consists of a tree-lined courtyard surrounded by seven modern eateries. Laurie Vincent has chosen one Read more…
Kings Plant Barn in Henderson has 948 Google reviews and a 4.5-star rating. The cafe is described as being in a lovely environment surrounded by beautiful plants. Ian Smith has selected this cafe for our next coffee morning. The date is Wednesday 26 May and the start time, as per Read more…
Two remarkable events are recorded in this newsletter: one being the coffee morning held at The Falls restaurant and the other the Kaipara Harbour cruise. More than 40 people went to the coffee morning, admittedly from both West Auckland Men’s Rebus and Waitakere Combined Rebus, but still an amazing turnout. Read more…