April 2021 Newsletter
A trip to Auckland Zoo, a coffee morning at Huckleberry Cafe, and the March monthly meeting at the Friendship Hall, all feature in this newsletter. The many photographs from these events resulted in the email file size exceeding the maximum allowed by Sendinblue. Maurice Vickers spoke at the monthly meeting Read more
Kaipara Cruise
On 30 April we are organising a 3-hour cruise on the Kaipara Harbour and Kaipara River aboard the 17m fun vessel the M.V. Kewpie Too. The boat leaves on the river from Springs Road, Parakai, Helensville, and goes up and around the estuaries. There is an onboard commentary about the Read more
Huckleberry Cafe
We are going to Huckleberry Cafe in Portage Road New Lynn for the next coffee morning. The date is Wednesday 31 March and the start time is 10.00 am. Ian Smith has chosen Huckleberry because it is convenient for those who live in the vicinity of New Lynn and last Read more
Auckland Zoo
The new date for the trip to Auckland Zoo is Wednesday 24 March 2021. Aim to arrive at 10.30 am and meet up at the Elephant Enclosure at 11.15 am. Admission to the Zoo is Adult (15 years +) $24; Senior (65 years and over) $19. Ian Smith says at Read more
March 2021 Newsletter
We dragged five tables together to create one big enough to accommodate all of us who went to the Swanson Railway Cafe in February. Fortunately for a group of cyclists, suitably attired with fluorescent coloured clothing to make them highly visible to motorists, we left enough tables and chairs for Read more
February 2021 Newsletter
For the benefit of those not able to be there, the newsletters always provide a wonderful account of what the speakers talked about at the monthly meeting and this newsletter is no exception. At the January meeting, we had three club speakers: Ian Smith, Barry O’Rourke, and Andrew Geddes. Barry Read more
December 2020 Newsletter
There were not many trips in the 2020 year due to the Covid-19 lockdowns, however, one trip members were able to make was to the Chelsea Sugar Refinery. If visitors to Auckland ask members who went on the trip, what there is to do and see when in Auckland, their Read more
November 2020 Newsletter
At the October meeting Grant Stevens, known best as the go-to man for computer repairs at Eden Computers, spoke on the life of Winston Churchill. This newsletter contains some gems about the life of Churchill, such as the fact that Churchill did a lot of bricklaying at his country estate, Read more
October 2020 Newsletter
This newsletter contains a report on the Friday 18 September 2020 coffee morning at Esquires in Henderson. There was a good turnout: 12 members and 5 partners. Because of the Covid-19 lockdown in September, the monthly meeting was cancelled. With nothing to report from the monthly meeting, John Mihaljevic searched Read more