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- Hauraki Rail Trail
- Goldmine Experience Thames
- Cathedral Cove Walk
- Waihi Gold Discovery Centre
- Driving Creek Railway
- The Lost Spring
- Coromandel Coastal Walkway
- Hot Water Beach
- Owharoa Falls
- Coromandel School of Mines & Historical Museum
- New Chums Beach
- Miranda Shorebird Centre
- Goldmine Experience Thames
- Waiau Falls & Kauri Grove Lookout Walk
- Karangahake Gorge
- Oamaru Bay
- Pahi Coastal Walk
- Mercury Bay
- Coromandel Zipline Tours
- Kauri Block Track
- Waihi Beach
- Hauraki Bike Hire
- Bullswool Heritage Farm
- Whangamata Surf School
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Mother's Day Market
Mother's Day market at Ngatea , we will have delicious food , heaps of craft stalls .The kids rides are back with us in May yay , train ride and tea cup ride .Come bring Mum down to markets , go get some tasty food , buy something nice for Mum ,and we will have tables and chairs set up in the lounge so you can sit down.
Kid's Jump Rope
at
Jack McLean
Community Centre
May 5th, 2:30pm to 4:00pm
Very excited to be bringing these two jump rope World Champions to
Thames and teaching alongside them on Sunday 5 May.
They are not to be missed, you have to see it to believe it!
Viv's Retirement Sale
at Arkwright's Antiques Paeroa
BEFORE SHE HANDS OVER THE REINS OF ARKWRIGHTS, VIV'S RETIREMENT SALE RUNS FOR 2 WEEKS - MONDAY APRIL 22ND - SUNDAY MAY 5TH - 9..00AM - 5.00PM.25% OFF ALL STOCK!Thanks to all my loyal customers over the years for all the support and patronage.
I have loved serving you and the community!
Natural Art-Making Classes
Tutors: Sarah Nicholson and Emma Cowan.
Location: Kauaeranga Valley Hall, Thames, NZ
Create your own art supplies from nature, and be inspired to see the creative potential of the natural world around you.
Over 8 weeks, we will be creating a wide variety of art-making tools and materials from plants and foraged fibres from the gardens, homes and land around us. These include making brushes, dip pens for drawing, artist charcoal and coloured inks for painting, all using natural materials we can harvest ourselves.
Students will be encouraged to work at their own pace, with one on one help to learn new skills. They will be guided to create their own collection of art materials and resources which they can take home at the end of the term, along with the knowledge and practical experience to experiment further alone.
Suitable for all levels of art experience,
from age 8 - 14yrs.
TERM TWO, 2024
Wednesdays 4pm - 5.30pm
8 weeks, starting 8th May 2024
VENUE: Kauaeranga Valley Hall, Thames
COST: 8 classes for $160
Pauanui Plantathon
We need your help with this year’s Plantathon! Please rally friends, family, and neighbours for our third major planting event, working again in collaboration with TCDC and Coastcare Waikato.We will be planting about 10,000 native dune plants over two days, this time at four sites. It's going to be a fantastic community event, and we'd love to have you join us for one or both days.Where and when do we meet:
• On Friday 17th May 10:00 am, we will meet on the reserve adjacent to the Mountain Vista parking area for our morning plant to complete the Southend restoration and then move up once we have finished to the airfield windsock parking area, we expect around lunch time, to plant the Jacksons Claim site.
• On the Saturday 18th May 9:30 am, we will meet at the surf club to plant a large upper dune area at Claxton Avenue and then move to Royal Billy Point once that are is completed to plant a small area here too.What to bring:
• Closed-toe footwear suitable for working in the sand
• Water bottle and lunch
• A spade, ideally narrow ended
• Gloves (if desired)
• Hat, sun screen etc depending upon the weatherA request:
• Please e-mail info@pauanuidunes.org.nz if you are coming to help plant, which days and how many planters you will bring with you.IMPORTANTLY IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS/QUESTIONS please e-mail us info@pauanuidunes.org.nz or give Martin a call on 021 410 008.IN CASE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER, any changes or postponements will be promptly announced on our Facebook page.THANKS TO THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE MADE DONATIONS to enable this event to happen. A special thanks for funding from WWF NZ in partnership with the Tindall Foundation and also to Hopper Construction.HOPEFULLY WE WILL SEE YOU ON ONE OR BOTH DAYS. YOUR PARTICIPATION WILL TRULY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. Together, we can preserve and enhance our local dune environment for generations to come. See you on the dunes
• On Friday 17th May 10:00 am, we will meet on the reserve adjacent to the Mountain Vista parking area for our morning plant to complete the Southend restoration and then move up once we have finished to the airfield windsock parking area, we expect around lunch time, to plant the Jacksons Claim site.
• On the Saturday 18th May 9:30 am, we will meet at the surf club to plant a large upper dune area at Claxton Avenue and then move to Royal Billy Point once that are is completed to plant a small area here too.
• Closed-toe footwear suitable for working in the sand
• Water bottle and lunch
• A spade, ideally narrow ended
• Gloves (if desired)
• Hat, sun screen etc depending upon the weather
• Please e-mail info@pauanuidunes.org.nz if you are coming to help plant, which days and how many planters you will bring with you.
Driver Training
April - June 2024
Major Oak Safety Training is pleased to announce that we have secured limited spaces for fully funded driver licensing upgrades. We are super excited to be able to offer these opportunities to our local community with more to come!Entry requirements to be met are; Class 2 - hold a full class 1 license for at least 6 months Class 4 - hold a full class 2 license for at least 6 months if under 25 and 3 months if over 25WTR Endorsements - hold a full class 1 license, People completing courses must be based in either the Hauraki or Thames/Coromandel Districts. There is a small criteria screening process to be completed. If you would like to apply for any amount of spaces, please email info@most.kiwi.nz to receive the application form. If you have any questions at all please do not hesitate to contact us so you do not miss out.
Europe's Premier Tribute to
Shania Twain
Thames Workies
Sunday May 5th at 3:00pm
Make sure you catch this highly acclaimed international act
at The Thames Workingmens' Club on Sunday May 5th at 3:00pm.
Tickets $30 available at the club or eventfinda.
Comedy Night at
Monkey House Whitianga
May 2nd
DAI HENWOOD & PAUL DOUGLAS: 2 fantastic comedians for you Whitianga at Monkey House Lounge & Cabaret!! (18 Coghill St) Paul Douglas & Dai Henwood are going to be bringing all the hysteric laughs, so you better be prepared to laugh all night long! This will sell-out, so grab your tickets now!
New Info Centre for Thames
Vitalise is adding an Info Centre to its office at 507 Pollen Street Thames, which will enable more visitors and locals
to locate all our businesses and services.
(We will also supply maps to help them find everything).
Everyone who is in charge of one of our local enterprises
is welcome to display a rack card or leaflet
in the Info Centre - call in to see Bevan or Jono.
The Treasury Research Centre
and Archive Catalogue is now online!
Dive into History with us!
Our Treasury Research Centre and Archive
Catalogue is now LIVE online.
About 40% of our archive collection has been catalogued,
and some of that digitised.
Now you can explore it yourself!
Ukelele Lessons
in Thames for 2024
Fundraising for
Leukaemia and Blood Cancers
Brendon Guthrie
(from local business Needles 'n Pins)
will be taking part in the 2024 Sky Tower Challenge
to raise funds for leukaemia and Blood cancers.
Please support this local fundraising project!
BBQ's at Needles 'N Pins on
March 16th, April 13th,
May 11th, June 8th and July 6th
Thames Tittle Tattle
by Meghan Hawkes
Thames Music and Drama
does 'Chicago' in 2024
Our committee is excited to announce that for our Big Show in 2024 we will be staging CHICAGO!
Set in Chicago in the jazz age, the musical is based on a 1926 play of the same title by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins, about actual criminals and the crimes on which she reported. Directed by our very own Asha Peppiatt!
If you're keen to get in on all the action, be sure to keep a close eye on our website for details and auditions.
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