GABBS dates for 2025
The next Great Auckland Bargain Book Fair will be held on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd November 2025.
Location: Barfoot & Thompson Stadium (Corner of Kepa Road & Kohimarama Road).
BOOKS WANTED!
If you have good condition second-hand books that you would like to donate, you can drop them off at our sorting depot behind the Barfoot & Thompson Stadium (Kohimarama) throughout the year.
Access via gate 2 of Selwyn College - follow the road to the left around to the back of the school / stadium to the drop off point by the large containers. There is a red staircase to the left and under this is a covered drop off area.
Please put your donations in a box or bag and leave it on our shelves under shelter. If you have a substantial number of books, contact us in advance to coordinate the most ideal time for your donation. We often receive books that have been sitting in garages for years, covered in mould, which will end up in the rubbish bin, which costs us money to dispose of. So, before you make the trip and to save us the trouble, please read what we do and don’t accept below:
We accept:
– Good-excellent condition, resalable, second-hand books
– Children’s books
– DVDs & CDs
– Puzzles & games
– Records & vinyls
We DON’T accept:
– Worn, dirty, moldy or in poor condition books
– Ex-library books
– Magazines older than 1 year
– Encyclopedias
– Cassettes
– Video tapes
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Witnesses sought in relation to mass disorder on K-Road Auckland
Police are appealing to the public for any footage they may have of the mass disorder that occurred on Karangahape Road in Auckland in the early hours of Sunday 28 December.
Emergency services were called to the disorder around 3.41am where it is estimated around over 50 people were present.
A Police investigation is underway after there were three serious assaults on and around Karangahape Road during the mass disorder.
A portal has been set up to allow the public to upload any footage they have of the disorder and the serious assaults.
The portal is https://dahr.nc3.govt.nz/
Police have arrested one person but are asking for help to identify and locate others involved.
• Around 4:15am there was a serious assault outside the Crown Bar on Queen Street.
A 33-year-old man received serious injuries and was hospitalised.
The offender is still unknown, and the Police file number is 251228/4647.
• Around 4:30am there was another serious assault on a Cobden Steet just off Karangahape Road.
A 27-year-old man received serious injuries and was hospitalised.
The offender is still unknown, and the Police file number is 251228/4462.
• Around 5am there was third serious assault at the Mobil Service Station on the corner or Karangahape Road and Ponsonby Road.
A 46-year-old man received serious injuries and was hospitalised.
A 21-year-old man has been charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
He has been bailed to appear in court again on 16 January 2026.
The Police file number is 251228/4774.
Police would like to speak to anyone who has witnessed or filmed the assaults.
Witnesses can call Police directly on 105.
Please quote one of the above file numbers.
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