August 2021 Newsletter
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 Read more…
Waitakere Gardens Cafe
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 Read more…
July 2021 Newsletter
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 Read more…
June 2021 Newsletter
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 Read more…
Mid-Winter Lunch 2021
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 Read more…
Kings Plant Barn Cafe
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 Read more…
May 2021 Newsletter
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 Read more…
The Falls
We are holding the next coffee morning at The Falls Restaurant in Henderson, on 6 May at 10:00 am. The menu is quite good and they are making extra scones and muffins for our day. The Falls Restaurant is located Read more…
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 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 Read more…