Devonport Community News - by Maria Teape

Hōtoke/Winter Fun Preschool Play is back! Tamariki time to play with big toys, be active and make new friends. Starting on 1st June, sessions will be held every Tuesday morning, 9:30am-11am, including the school holidays, at The Rose Centre, School Rd, Belmont. 
​The free, casual attendance sessions are the perfect way to keep little ones active and socialised during the colder, wetter months. 
Caregiver supervision is required. ​

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Digital Essentials Pathway is a free 4 week course designed for seniors who are brand-new digital users. A new programme is starting at Devonport Library on Tuesday 1st June and will be held on consecutive Tuesdays until 22 June – session times are 1:00pm to 3:00pm. The sessions will provide learners with the essential skills they need to get online and start creating their own digital footprint.  For more information and to register your place go to www.steppingup.nz or contact Toby at Tech Tutors on 021 148 1834.


In conjunction with the Auckland Festival of Photography (3 – 20 June ) Sampford Cathie will be exhibiting at Devonport Library – “Retrospection: 100 years of Devonport”. Sampford Cathie embeds his contemporaneous photographs within historical images drawn from the Auckland Libraries’ heritage collections. Cathie’s composed photographs capture the effects of cumulative change and the magic of buildings and streetscapes when they withstand the tests of time.


Now that winter has arrived, Devonport Market moves inside to the iconic Devonport Ferry Terminal.  Taking place on Saturday 5th June, 9:00am-2:00pm Queen’s Birthday Weekend, Devonport Market’s creators and makers are excited to meet you in the warmth inside the ferry terminal with new stallholders to introduce their new products and show off their wonderful creations.  


The Devonport Mid Winter Dip is taking place on Sunday 20 June.  Register at Windsor Reserve from 11:15am with the dip in the sea taking place at 12:00pm at Devonport beach, Windsor Reserve.  Come along in your best swimming costume and join us in celebrating mid-winter at this iconic Devonport event.  The dip in the sea will be followed by a free cup of hot soup for all swimmers and prize giving, plus there will be sausage sizzle for sale.  For more info contact Amanda 0211847271.


Matariki Festival at Bayswater is happening on Saturday 3 July, 3pm-7pm at Bayswater School.  The family entertainment includes Kapa Haka, bonfire and lights, food trucks, drinks, games, rides and a market.  Entry by koha.


Mā te wā,
Maria