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Show your support and keep up to date by following the Devonport Peninsula Trust's brand new social media pages on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Neighbourly.
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Check out the Devonport Peninsula Community Events Calendar 2017 at www.devonportpeninsulatrust.nz for a listing of upcoming community events.
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Devonport Mid-Winter Swim
When: Saturday 1 July, 12:00 noon
Venue: Devonport Beach, Windsor Reserve
Calling all mid winter swimmers! Come along in your best swimming costume and join the Druid of Devonport in celebrating the mid winter solstice at this iconic Devonport event! The dip in the sea will be followed by a cup of hot soup for all swimmers and prize giving. For more info contact Michelle at: 021 027 99622.
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Winter Fun Preschool Play Mornings
When: Tuesdays 9:30am - 11:00am, runs to 24 October
Where: The Rose Centre, School Road, Belmont
Toddler time to play with big toys, be active and make new friends. Sessions are casual/free entry, caregiver supervision required. For more info, contact Moira or Maria ph: 09 445 9533 or email: maria@devonportpeninsulatrust.nz.
Special thanks to the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board and The Rose Centre for their support.
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Devonport-Takapuna local grants - call for applications
Do you have a great idea that would benefit our community that needs a bit of love to get off the ground or deliver? Local grants tend to be for amounts over $2k, but not more than $10k. The latest round of local grants closes Friday 28 July. To learn about the criteria and how to apply, click on the link here.
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North Shore Fund - call for applications
Applications are now open for the North Shore Fund, the most recent addition to Auckland Foundation’s annual granting. Auckland Foundation is calling for applications from groups with projects that address social disadvantage, promote health and wellbeing, or strengthen community in the areas of Devonport-Takapuna, Kaipātiki, Upper Harbour, and Hibiscus and Bays.
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Grants are available up to $5k, and will be targeted at those smaller predominantly volunteer-run organisations that otherwise don’t get a lot of funding. Applications close on Thursday 10 August. For any questions or further information please call: 09 366 1523 or email: nicola@aucklandfoundation.org.nz.
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Collect your FREE rat trap
Devonport Peninsula residents
When: Saturdays 1 July, 8 July and 15 July, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Venue: Devonport Community Library, 2 Victoria Rd.
The Devonport Peninsula is part of the North-West Wildlink, a vital corridor for native birds as they fly from the Waitakere Ranges to the islands of the Hauraki Gulf and back. But introduced predators, such as rats, are taking a toll on New Zealand's native birds.
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Help protect New Zealand's native bird species - catch a dirty rat! If you can't make it on the above dates, please email: enquiries@norats.org for alternative pickup options. If you have received a letter about this project recently, please bring it with you when you collect your trap.
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Community Bushcare Days
When: Saturday 1 July and Saturday 29 July, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Venue: Eskdale Road just across road from Hobby Ave, Birkdale
Cost: Free
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Come and help weed in preparation for the winter planting season (1 July) and plant over 300 plants and release plants (29 July). Refreshments provided and some spades. Wear warm clothes, closed in shoes and bring gloves and spades. Register for 1 July here and for 29 July here.
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Devonport U3A meeting
When: Wednesday 12 July, 10:00am
Venue: Harmony Hall, Wynyard Street, Devonport.
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The next speaker for Devonport U3A will be Dr. Penelope Watson, lecturer at the School of Learning Development and Professional Practice in the Faculty of Education at the University of Auckland. The issue of school uniforms has recently been aired in our media so it is timely that "Gender and Education in New Zealand" is the subject of the July presentation. For more info please contact Laurel Norwell at: 09 445 1641.
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Soroptimist North Shore meeting
When: Wednesday 12 July, 6:30pm
Venue: The Backyard, 31 Northcote Rd, Hillcrest
Soroptimist North Shore meets for dinner and a speaker on the second Wednesday of each month. The speaker for the next upcoming evening is Loren O'Sullivan, Executive Director of NPH New Zealand. For more information contact Fay on: 021 419 949 or email: sinorthshore@siswp.org.
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North Shore Historical Society
When: Saturday 15 July, 10:00am
Venue: Senior Citizens Hall, The Strand, Takapuna
North Shore Historical Society marks 40 years this year, with meetings usually on the third Saturday of each month. This month's meeting will feature Phil Sai Louie talking about international national anthems.
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For more information please email: imjohnw@xtra.co.nz or phone: 09 489 3760.
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ANCAD’s 43rd Annual General Meeting
When: Wednesday 19 July, 12:00pm - 2:00pm (lunch provided)
Venue: Channel View Lounge, Mary Thomas Centre, 3 Gibbons Rd, Takapuna
Please RSVP: info@ancad.org.nz or ph: 09 486-4820.
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TED-Ed@Taka
When: Wednesday 26 July, 7:00pm
Venue: Performing Arts Block, Takapuna Grammar School, 210 Lake Rd.
TED-Ed Club is a student-led club formed at the beginning of the year to celebrate ideas of students around the globe. All members meet weekly to research and work on ideas that matter to them the most. Through this they have a chance to up-skill their storytelling, public speaking and communication skills.
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They are proud to be the first high school official TED-Ed Club in Auckland licensed by TED USA and can't wait to show you their TED talk at the end of the night. There will be a selection of entertainment acts performed by Takapuna Grammar Performing Arts students.
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Level One: Collaboration and Coworking Space
Banish the winter stay-at-home blues and join the Level One community on the Devonport Wharf. A coworking and collaboration space with panoramic views of the Harbour, Level One offers local small businesses and self-employed workers the perfect antidote to the Lake Road traffic woes with a warm and friendly workspace in the heart of Devonport.
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Casual desk rates start from $50 a day or a part-time working week from $160 per month. You can also choose from a range of other flexible working options which include internet usage, coffee-making and kitchen facilities and private meeting spaces. For more information, contact Simon Lampen at: 021 526 736 or check out the Level One website.
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Welcome packs for new-comers
Devonport Community House and Devonport Peninsula Trust are putting together 'welcome' packs for new-comers. Business and community organisations are invited to supply a brochure, flyer or business card for the pack. Please drop your info to Brigid Curran at Devonport Community House (32 Clarence St, Devonport) or Maria Teape at Devonport Peninsula Trust (3 Victoria Rd, Devonport).
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A welcome open day is being planned for Sunday 5 November, 10:00am - 3:00pm at Devonport Community House. More details to follow.
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Street Get-Togethers
Devonport Peninsula Trust has some funding available to encourage people living in the Devonport peninsula area (Devonport to Hauraki Corner) to get together with their neighbours to develop neighbourhood connections.
If you'd like to hear more please contact Maria on ph: 445 9533 or email: maria@devonportpeninsulatrust.nz.
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Celebrating 25 years of the Rose Centre
This year marks 25 years since the Rose Centre in Belmont opened for the community. Do you have memories and especially photos from then? Do you know someone who might? As a part of the celebrations a booklet is being compiled to record and share memories from those involved in the early days - a very different time from the present. Contact Sue Golding by email: goco@xtra.co.nz or phone: 09 445 8227.
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Betty Loughhead Soroptimist Scholorship 2018
Soroptimist International exists to inspire action and create opportunities to transform the lives of women and girls. The Betty Loughhead Soroptimist Scholarship provides financial assistance to mature women who are studying for a qualification to enter or re-enter the workforce, or change occupation.
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For more info and to download an application form, head along to: www.blsst.co.nz. Application period is open until Friday 1 September 2017.
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Fine Homes Tour of Devonport
Devonport Rotary and Bayleys are holding the third Fine Homes Tour of Devonport on Friday 27 October. Their target is to raise $40,000 to divide equally between the following charities: Alzheimers Auckland, Cure Kids, Plunket and Devonport Rotary. Tickets will be on sale in September through Eventfinda.
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For more info please contact Lynda Betts at Devonport Bayleys via ph: 0212 783 024 or email: lynda.betts@bayleys.co.nz.
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Devonport Op Shop in the Arcade
When: Open weekdays 10:00am - 4:00pm and Saturdays 10:00am - 3:00pm
Venue: The Arcade, 6A Wynyard Street
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Pop in and see the friendly staff for some bargains including china, kitchenware, books, bric-a-brac and of course clothes and shoes. If you are bringing in a large car load of donated goods please ring either Vanda at: 021 624 326 or Marianne at: 027 4061 663 so the staff can be ready for you. Unfortunately the shop is unable to accept electrical goods, bike helmets or baby car safety seats.
Please bring your own bag for purchases and the op shop would love your spare paper, cloth or hessian bags as they are trying to phase out using plastic bags in the shop. Your support is always appreciated!
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Devonport Museum
When: Tuesday to Thursday 10:00am - 12:00pm, Saturday and Sunday 2:00pm - 4:00pm, closed on public holidays
Venue: Devonport Museum, 33A Vauxhall Rd (behind the kindergarten on Mt Cambria Reserve)
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Come and see what all the fuss has been lately! The Heritage Rescue series on Choice TV heard about the Museum. After a week of volunteers supported by artists and museum professionals the Devonport Museum has an almost entirely new display interior; a timeline of Devonport, supported by pictures and artefacts; an up-to-date history of lower Victoria Rd. Tributes to protest, boatbuilding, trades, buildings and childhood, and much more.The programme series should start in September, but you can see the results now in your local heritage information centre.
Contact the Museum at: 09 445 2661 or the Secretary at: 09 445 2776.
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Devonport Community House newsletter
Sign up to the Devonport Community House online newsletter and find out about classes, workshops, events happening at the Community House each month. Sign up this month and go in the draw for a double pass to movies at The Vic. Sign up here. |
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Polytropos
When: Monday 3 July, 8:00pm
Venue: The Bunker, Takarunga / Mt Victoria
Cost: Tickets $15. Ph: 09 445 2227
“Music of many twists and turns” - Rennie Pearson & Ocsar West are a Celtic duo playing traditional Scottish, Irish and Global music. Expect an evening of fresh arrangements and compelling performance.
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Virtuoso Strings Orchestra
w/ Ria Hall, Lisa Tomlins and Wini Baxter
When: Thursday 13 July, 7:30pm
Venue: Bruce Mason Centre, The Promenade, Takapuna
Cost: Ticketing information available here.
You may have seen the youth orchestra Virtuoso Strings featured a little while ago on Seven Sharp - well they are coming to Auckland! In a celebration of New Zealand talent, Virtuoso Strings will be performing alongside Ria Hall, Lisa Tomlins and Wini Baxter, with a wide range of music.
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All profits from this concert go to the Virtuoso Strings Charitable Trust so they can continue to run their free music programme in East Porirua.
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Dave Walker
When: Saturday 15 July, 8:00pm
Venue: The Vic Devonport, 56 Victoria Rd
Cost: Donations appreciated
Dave Walker combines fingerstyle guitar and strumming patterns on his Lowden acoustic guitar, which often finds itself in alternative tunings.
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Jacquie Walters & James Wilkinson
When: Monday 31 July, 8:00pm
Venue: The Bunker, Takarunga / Mt Victoria
Cost: Tickets $15. Seating is limited, so please book in advance, ph: 09 445 2227
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Two artists from Nelson in concert. Jacquie Walters is a singer/songwriter with a distinctive clear voice and powerful songs. She has toured nationally and internationally and recorded as part of the duo Pounamo in NZ. James Wilkinson is well-known as a virtuoso guitarist and fretless bass master. You will remember him from Rua, and more recently appearing at the Bunker with Toru.
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Education & Personal Development
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Trainee Restoration Leaders course
When: Saturdays 1 July and 29 July, (and various dates), 8:00am - 2:00pm
Venue: Kaipatiki Project Environment Centre, 17 Lauderdale Road, Birkdale
Cost: Free
A free, highly practical training programme running until October 2017. Registrations have now opened.
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Run by the Kaipatiki Project Environment Centre this training programme will give hands-on experience to those wishing to be a planting co-ordinator as a paid job, volunteer or to kick-start their own local planting project. To register and for more info and to book online go here or call: 09 482 1172
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Devonport Teen and Kids Holiday Cooking Classes
When: Kids full day options from Monday 10 July - Thursday 20 July; Teen Mystery-Box Challenge Tuesday 11 July and Tuesday 18 July, 11:00am - 1:30pm
Venue: Soulsprite Kitchen Cooking School, 59 Victoria Road
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Limited space in holiday programmes and teen courses in the village. For more info head along to the website, contact Kate on ph: 0220874490 or email: kate@soulsprite.co.nz.
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Vinyasa Flow and Mums & Bubs Yoga
When: General / Vinyasa flow Yoga Mondays 7:30pm - 8:45pm;
Mums and Bubs Yoga Fridays 9:30am - 10:45am
Where: The Rose Centre, 4 School Rd, Belmont
Cost: $100 for the term (10 weeks) or $15 for casual/drop in.
Belmont Community Yoga classes are starting again at the Rose Centre! For more info please go here or contact Julia Mak on: 021 228 3778.
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All about herbs
When: Sunday 23 July, 10:00am start
Venue: Ngataringa Organic Garden, 27 Lake Road
Cost: $2 koha
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A hot herbal infusion to improve your mood during this winter is a really good idea. Eva Scherer, herbal guru at Ngataringa Organic Garden invites all neighbours, friends and families to NOG. The event will be fundraising with a symbolic koha not only for a tea but also dried herbs for making a healthy infusion or aromatic bath at home.
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Eva also plans to start a one-day after school herbal programme. She is interested how this idea will resonate within the Devonport community, so please call Eva at: 09 442 5799 or email: eva@evascherer.com to share your ideas.
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Zumba classes
When: Thursdays, 6:00pm, classes restart 27 July
Venue: Devonport Community House, 32 Clarence Street
Cost: $5 per class
Zumba classes with Ani, dance to great music with great people and burn tons of calories without realising it!
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Where Shall We Call Home?
A Fund-Raising Arts Event to Assist Refugee Resettlement in Aotearoa
When: runs to Wednesday 5 July
Venue: Depot Artspace Main Gallery, 28 Clarence St.
A fundraising exhibition from the newly-formed group Art for Change, which intends to raise awareness of the plight of international refugees, and assist to raise funds for the refugee resettlement programmes in Auckland. For more info see the Depot Artspace website.
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Michael Krzanich: Someone’s Mana
When: runs to Friday 14 July
Venue: Depot Artspace Vernacular Lounge, 28 Clarence St.
Melbourne based Kiwi photographer Michael Krzanich explores the contemporary entity of mana in this show drawn from his photo book Someone’s Mana. For more info see the Depot Artspace website.
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A Conversation of Mana and Matariki w/ Witi Ihimaera and guests
When: Sunday 2 July, 3:00pm
A special conversation with New Zealand writer and editor Witi Ihimaera and friends, discussing mana and its relationship to Matariki, hosted by The Michael King Writers Centre and Penguin Random House. For more info see the Depot Artspace website.
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Matariki 2017
When: runs to Tuesday 1 August
Venue: Devonport Community House, 32 Clarence Street
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Celebrate Matariki 2017 with an exhibition at Splash Children's Art Gallery at Devonport Community House. Drawings, paintings, collage, weaving, poems and stories will be displayed throughout July.
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Travel sketching classes
When: Choice of two ten week classes, Tuesdays from 25 July or Saturdays from 29 July, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Venue: Kerr St Artspace, Takarunga / Mount Victoria
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Travel sketching is that quick impression sketched in minutes where you are taught how to ‘see’ your subject. Tony McNeight and Peter Burt tutor you through a ten week programme of foundation skills to take you from first steps to being a confident and passionate sketcher. Their weekly classes will guide you in a relaxed fun way to find your creative side. For more info call Tony McNeight on: 021 925 031 or go to: www.erinhillsketching.co.nz.
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On The Wing
Members of the Handweavers & Spinner Guild, Auckland Inc.
When: Saturday 8 July, 2:00pm - 3:30pm, runs to 26 July
Venue: Depot Artspace Main Gallery, 28 Clarence St.
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The Handweavers and Spinners Guild showcase new creations that meld traditional techniques with innovation, all to the theme of On the Wing. Formed in 1964 to “advance and encourage the crafts of hand weaving, spinning, dyeing and related fibre crafts” they are thrilled to be exhibiting again at the Depot Artspace. For more info see the Depot Artspace website.
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From the Rivers to the Shore: Flyaway Print Exchange
When: Saturday 29 July, 2:00pm - 3:30pm, runs to 16 August
Venue: Depot Artspace Main Gallery, 28 Clarence St.
An art project that explores the connectivity of place through migratory birds.
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From the Rivers to the Shore is curated by Devonport printmaker Celia Walker, with over 40 artists from the far north to the deep south invited to produce specific responses to their local environments, particularly highlighting the birds that move between the North and South Islands every year. For more info see the Depot Artspace website.
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Visit www.devonportpeninsulatrust.nz for details on the following organisations, activities and information:
- North Shore Endowment Fund
- Moth plant alert – pick those pods
- 1st Devonport Cub Pack
- Auckland Regional Funding Directory
- Devonport ThinkTank
- My Story, Your Story - Together Builds Communities
- 2016/17 North Shore Information Directory for Older People
- Takapuna Grammar School 90th Reunion - 2017
- Devonport-Hauraki Justices of the Peace Service Desk at Devonport Library
- Stanley Bay Quiz Nights
- Devonport Rotary
- Housing Options for Older People
- Community Business Hub at Raeburn House
- Devonport Community Garden & Ngataringa Organic Garden
- Navy Museum Guided Tours
- Devonport Museum on Mt Cambria Reserve
- Neighbourhood Support North Shore
- The Food Bank @ Holy Trinity
- Bike Devonport
- Takarunga Playcentre - where families learn and grow together
- Bayswater Play Group
- Used reading glasses & hearing aids collected for charity
- Tagbuster
- Senior Net Bayswater
- Rhymetime and Wriggle & Rhyme
- After School Club at the Devonport Community House
- Calliope Sea Scouts
- Play-A-While Toy Library
- Devonport 500 Cards Club
- North Shore CMA meetings
- Dance classes with Made to Move
- Learn to Salsa
- Village Song
- Village Ukes
- Five Good Ideas
- Spanish Lessons - Free
- Belmont Toastmasters
- Devonport Toastmasters
- Raeburn House
- English Language Partners
- Act French - French classes through drama for all abilities
- Bebe French
- Preschool trampoline class
- Karate at the Community House
- Belmont Park Raquets Club: tennis and squash
- Creative Kids Yoga
- Yoga Flow Evenings
- Lawn Bowls in Stanley Bay
- Learn to Play Petanque
- Croquet at Devonport – twilight season & club play
- Ngataringa Runners
- Devonport Squash Club
- Belmont Park Bowling Club
- Ngataringa Tennis Club
- Tai Chi at Devonport Community House
- Learn to Live Well with Diabetes
- Devonport Craft & Fine Food Market
- Devonport Spinners, Weavers, Knitters, etc meetings
- Peggy Purl in Your Community
- Black Matter Jewellery - Nautical Collection available now
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Devonport eNEWS is a monthly email listing community events and news. To subscribe or to submit a notice, please contact Chris by email or 022 125 4522 or enter your details on our website form. Submission deadline is seven days before the month. Inclusion is free to community & not-for-profit organizations and dependent on space.
Chris Cudby, Promotions Coordinator: 022 125 4522 or: chris@devonportpeninsulatrust.nz.
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