DEVONPORT COMMUNITY NEWS JULY

​The July School holidays are upon us but there’s plenty of activities on offer to keep the kids (and grown-ups!) entertained.  
 
Nau mai haere mai koutou, let’s celebrate Matariki with a Community Haka at Windsor Reserve, Devonport, on Sunday 7 July at 11am. Everybody is welcome and locals in the community will be on site, ready to support.  The Haka will be followed by refreshments, music and a haka contest for tamariki (with prizes to be won) in Devonport Library.  This event is supported by RNZN Marae, Devonport Library and Devonport-Takapuna Local Board.

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Devonport Community House is running another fun-filled programme with awesome activities including Box City Takeover, trips to the movies and Inflatable World. You can book one day or all ten days - it's up to you! Open from 7.30am - 6pm, Monday 8th July to Friday 19 July (excluding weekends). For more information contact Bernie Ranford at Devonport Community House devonportcomhouse@xtra.co.nz or check out the Devonport Community House website: www.devonportcomhouse.com/holiday-programmes.

Do you have a budding model maker in the family? Navy Museum are offering a unique one-day opportunity for older kids on Sunday 14 July, 10am-4pm. Graham Beeson, master model ship maker, will lead a special workshop at the Navy Museum for six young people aged 12+ and an adult. With Graham's guidance they'll make their own model of a Stealth Warship. The model to be constructed is currently on display at the Navy Museum - so come and check it out!  For more information email Jane Cotty jane.cotty@nzdf.mil.nz or visit: www.navymuseum.co.nz/build-a-model-warship/

Devonport Peninsula Trust’s Winter Fun Preschool Play sessions at The Rose Centre continue throughout July. Held from 9:30am-11:00am every Tuesday, the sessions are free entry, casual attendance and caregiver supervision is required.  It’s a great way to get little ones (babies to toddlers) out and about, having fun and socialising in the colder, wetter months.  
 
On Saturday 20 July, 10am-4pm, join Lynn Dawson at the Navy Museum for an introductory workshop for adults who want to learn how to write a memoir and/or family stories. Learn how to record your family stories before they are lost forever. Limited spaces are available. For more information contact Jane Cotty jane.cotty@nzdf.mil.nzor visit www.navymuseum.co.nz/write-your-memoir/

For more community news about what’s happening in Devonport each month, sign up to our monthly community e-newsletter at www.devonportpeninsulatrust.nz.
 
Mā te wā,
Maria