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Music at the Lakes
Lakes Resort Pauanui
Mother's Day May 11th

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Dragon Drawing Lesson
Elizabeth Kyle Gallery
May 10th
Phone or message
022 350 3043

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Kerepehi Brass wants Drummers!
Lessons for budding players. Come see us at our Open Night
May 8th 6:00pm
14 Matai Street Kerepehi

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Musicians' Workshop
Monkeyhouse Cabaret
Sunday May 25th 12:00pm

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Thames Maker's Market
Grahamstown Hall
Last Saturday of every month
8:00am to 12:30pm

Portrait Workshop
at The Creativity Room
May 10th 10am - 3pm

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Bite Cafe Thames

The Mighty Covertones
at The Refinery Paeroa
May 31st 6:30pm

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Comedy Hypnotist
Thames High School Hall
June 14th 7:00pm

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Thames Gymsports
Term 2 Classes

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Paeroa Society of Arts
Create a Mother's Day card
May 2nd - 3rd

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Karangahake School
Mother's Day Raffle
Drawn May 9th

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Comedy Hypnosis Show
at Waihi Memorial RSA
May 31st at 7:00pm

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Bridge lessons at
Thames Bridge Club
starting May 7th

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Storytelling Through Art
Thames Community Centre
June 3rd - July 8th

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REGULAR EVENT

Quiz Nights
at Gastronomics
every Tuesday 6:30pm

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Ukelele Course
Karangahake Hall
6 weeks from April 30th 5:30pm

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Hauraki High Tea
at Ngatea Hall
May 10th 2025

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Rodeo Disco at
Thames Rugby and Sports Club
May 3rd 7:30pm

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Port Jackson Road Repairs
Slip repair work starts Monday April 28th for approx 10 weeks

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Hauraki Plains College
Bowls Day Fundraiser

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The Aviator is an amazing addition
to Grahamstown Thames.
Flight simulators, great food and coffee!
Now open Wed - Sun!

Hauraki Rowing Club
50th Jubilee
June 6th at 6:00pm

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Children In Care
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GiveaLittle Page

Thames Hockey needs
a Hoodie Sponsor

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Ladies Exercise Group
at Paeroa Elim
Starts June 11

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Pink Ribbon Lunch
at Tapu Hall
May 18th 11:00am

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Whitianga Run Fest
May 31st

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Comedy Hypnosis Show
May 31st

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Mixed Netball
8 weeks, starts in May

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Ladies'
Exercise Group
Starts June 11th

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Pink Ribbon Lunch
Turua Hall
May 24th

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Thames Music and Drama
presents 'School of Rock'
May 17th to 24th

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Need Tarsealing or Asphalting?
Coastal Asphalts is a
local company specialising
in top-quality
surface treatments.
Call Colin on 027 266 1133

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As a CAB volunteer, you will have the chance to make a difference in people’s lives
through your voluntary work.

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Diamonds on Seddon (Waihi) is NOT relocating.
But Paul himself is.
We've made the decision to split into two separate businesses.We'll no longer be referring to 'his side' and 'her side'. Paul will be opening a new boutique store where he can solely focus on designing and creating beautiful bespoke jewellery.
This is where his passion lies. He needs more quiet and fewer interruptions throughout the day to concentrate on what he does best - turning gold and diamonds into exquisite heirloom pieces just for you.
Diamonds on Seddon will remain the same. Still stocking all our beautiful jewellery, watches, gifts and homewares.
Jewellery repairs will be at ROXX, watch battery replacements will be done at Diamonds on Seddon (just not while you wait, it will be pick up next day).
We hope for ROXX to be up and running sometime in May, and will keep you updated along the way. We're looking forward to taking you with us on our next stage of business.

Thames Workies

Children in Care now has a
GiveaLittle page

Creative Workshops
at Flowers on Pollen
07 868 9891

Club Night is
Tuesday at 6:00pm
Penny Farthing
(opposite Orizen Tyres)

New Product for
Seagull Centre

The Seagull Centre is excited to announce the addition of Will & Able to our Thames store!
Will & Able is a New Zealand based company that employs Kiwis with disabilities to create eco-friendly cleaning products.
We will be stocking a range of products;
Laundry Liquid
Toilet Cleaner
Multi-purpose Cleaner
Hand Wash
Refill products - return your container to us for new product.

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Important information from FENZ

This is what can happen when lithium-ion batteries aren’t used safely
Earlier this month, a crew from Mount Maunganui was called to a car fire. The crew found the cause of this fire was an iPad left in the parked car and exposed to direct sunlight. The iPad was sitting on a blanket, which caught alight when the battery exploded, starting a fire inside the car. When lithium-ion battery powered devices are exposed to sunlight, they heat up and can cause fires like this one. Never leave your devices or batteries in direct sunlight, or where they can be exposed to heat or moisture.
Thankfully nobody was hurt in this fire, however we have attended calls where that hasn’t been the case. Please use your devices safely

The Thames Volunteer Fire Brigade are excited to let our community know about our 2025 fundraiser ..... We are going to be selling FIREWOOD. We will confirm ordering details in the coming days as we finalise these details. We will be offering a delivery service for a fee, within the Thames area and other areas may be considered.

SOLD OUT!

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The Waikato and Coromandel are in a total fire season.

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Coromandel Independent Living Trust
Please help yourself to the food available in our Pātaka Kai. You can find our pantry outside of Te Mana Tangata's orange cottage, located at 100 Pound Street. Thank you to Four Square Coromandel for their kind donation of bagged lettuce and their continued support of our foodbank and pātaka kai.
Remember; “take what you need, leave what you can!"

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We are open again! We hope you all had an enjoyable and relaxing Christmas and New Years. ALL our donor centres are now open again, as well as multiple blood drives being available. The demand for blood and plasma hasn’t gone anywhere, so if you can, we’d love to see you donating at one of our donor centres or blood drives. Become a lifesaver in 2025.

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Thames Volunteer
Fire Brigade
Callouts for 2024

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By law, appliances that contain refrigerants—like fridges, freezers, and air conditioners—need to be degassed properly before disposal.
DIY is a no-go - avoid any 'Gas-Tastrophes'. Refrigerants must be safely removed by certified contractors. Why? Because releasing just 1 kilo of heat-pump refrigerant is like burning 1000L of petrol
Bring your appliances to our Paeroa or Waihī Refuse Transfer Stations for safe degassing - for $12 per unit.

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Worth checking out...

Jump Rope Classes
from Sun Feb 16th

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What we respect:
Dignity
Wellbeing
Respect
Equity

200 Mary Street Thames

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In 2025, Thames Swimming School faces new challenges as we are no longer fully funded by Council.
We are reaching out to our community for support.
If any businesses or local individuals would like to be part of our Club's story and contribute coaching, equipment or other needs, we would love to connect with you.
Click 'Details' for
further information.

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Check it's alright before you light.
Get the information you need direct from FENZ

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Have you had a Spring cleanup and now have no idea what to do with your old electronics?
We can help you by picking them up free of charge if you are in Thames, Ngatea or anywhere in between.
Your old devices will be given to people in need if they are still usable in this modern day and age.
Anything that doesn't meet this standard will be disassembled, separated and disposed of responsibly and securely.
Please enquire by text on
020 4144 6262

Below is a list of items that CANNOT be accepted because repurpose is not likely
or the cost of recycling is too high:
TV's of any type
Computer screens older than 10 years
Printers of any type

Free Budgeting Advice

with Thames Budget Service

Nau mai,
welcome to Thames Budget Service.
We help people in
Thames/Thames Coast and the Hauraki Plains
with free advice and education.

Robin's Room is our classroom space available for the community to hire.
If you have been looking for a space
to hold a hui or a workshop
get in touch today.
Priority will be given to events
that meet the Seagull Centre's values.

Worth checking out...

June 21st 2025

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Age Concern Hauraki
Dance for Parkinsons

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Elizabeth Kyle Gallery
726 Queen Street
Thames

What a milestone!
Pegasus is now flying high!
Ron needed to crawl on rafters in the 2-storey-high
ceiling in 40 degree heat.
He hit his head a few times
in the diminishing truss space.
There is now a permanent chainblock and safety chain up there, with which he hauled Pegasus up.
I found it all quite scary - it's so very good
to have a practical partner. Whew!
Our gallery is open in the weekends, 1:00 - 4:00pm.
Polite children may ride the unicorn or carousel horse
if a parent lifts them on.

Kia ora!
You may have noticed the growing Nursery at 111 Queen street Thames behind the railway station.
After a lot of hard work growing native plants to be planted in revegetation projects all over the coromandel peninsula we are excited to announce that we are open for public sales!
Our trees and plants have been sourced from the Thames, Colville and Hauraki area.
We have plenty of stock for large planting projects or a few trees to add to your garden.
Now's the time to plant and our plants are ready to go in the ground.

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Sovereignty and Soul
at 230 Main Road Tairua
offer women's clothing,
jewellery, homewares
and furniture.

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Whiti Farm Park.
Animals, Birds and reptiles
and so much more.
A true Kiwi experience!

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GALLERY HOURS

Tairua (next to Manaia Cafe)

OPEN Friday to Monday 10am to 3pm

May be open other days - phone 021 888 420

Whangamata (next to Chill Cafe)

OPEN 7 DAYS 10am to 3pm

Private Viewings Available

phone Faye on 021 888 420

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Going for a Driver's Licence?
Thames Community Centre
can help with courses and funding
in exchange for some
community help.

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Thames Toastmasters
Toastmasters is the leading movement devoted to making effective oral communication and leadership a worldwide reality.

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Soft plastics are anything your food is wrapped in, such as chip packets, bread bags and chocolate wrappers.
All soft plastics need to be clean and dry.
They are then sent to various places in New Zealand,
but mainly to Future Post in Waiuku
to be made into fence posts.

Volunteer
with St John

We simply couldn't deliver our life-changing health and community services
without the support of our incredible volunteers.
We first started as a voluntary organisation, and still today 70% of our
workforce are volunteers.
So we mean it when we say they are the lifeblood of our organisation.
They're a mighty team of 8,000 amazing people doing important work in all sorts of different roles, from driving health shuttles to teaching first aid,
helping in our retail stores and visiting people in care homes.
We couldn't do the work without them, and we are always keen to see that our volunteers enjoy the benefits of their involvement too.

Tech help at
Thames Community Centre

Need Tech help?
Get that new phone, laptop or tablet sorted, group all those photos and folders where they need to be, organise emails, Facebook, websites and social media, all at no cost, thanks to the generosity of our funders. We're operating individual digital technology tuition and problem solving by appointment with Brennan Dollard our IT guy and super volunteer. In action below working with a couple of satisfied tech users.
Free to you but any Koha gratefully received.
Here’s what others had to say about this service
“Brennan was really helpful; he made me feel safe and explained things in a way I could understand. He made the learning easy and I felt we solved the problem together. I highly recommend this wonderful service.
Brennan has a great sense of humour and he is really professional in his approach – absolutely fabulous and I highly recommend. Thanks TCC”
Please get in touch with the centre if you’d like to book a session. 027 8689797 [email protected]

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!


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