July LIVE DAY at Howick Historical Village! 50% off admission!
Come to this festive Live Day to celebrate Matariki, explore connections to our taiao (environment) and learn more about the tenets of the Māori New Year such as remembrance, acknowledging our bounty and planning for the future.
Step back in time and experience the Village alive with costumed volunteers undertaking daily tasks such as baking on the range, butter-making and their specialised trades. Interactive demonstrations will take place throughout the day, as well as the following highlights:
- Raranga Harakeke: Weaving Workshop at 11am (adults) & 1:30 (children)
- Poi Workshop with Poi Yeah at 10:30
- Gardening Talk: Plants and their 1800s Medicinal Uses at 11:30am & 1:30pm
- Kite Making craft
Admission: 50% OFF ALL TICKETS for this special Live Day! All Welcome! Adult $8, student/senior $6, child $4.
No booking required except for weaving and poi workshops as places are limited. Book via Eventfinda or email village@historicalvillage.org.nz or call (09) 576 9505. Children’s weaving workshop suitable for age 10+, ages 8-10 must be supervised. Participating and non-participating parents must purchase admission
⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️
It's a message we share time and time again, and this year, we're calling on you to help us spread that message further.
Did you know that calls to SPCA about dogs left inside hot cars made up a whopping 11% of all welfare calls last summer? This is a completely preventable issue, and one which is causing hundreds of dogs (often loved pets) to suffer.
Here are some quick facts to share with the dog owners in your life:
👉 The temperature inside a car can heat to over 50°C in less than 15 minutes.
👉 Parking in the shade and cracking windows does little to help on a warm day. Dogs rely on panting to keep cool, which they can't do in a hot car.
👉 This puts dogs at a high risk of heatstroke - a serious condition for dogs, with a mortality rate between 39%-50%.
👉 It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act to leave a dog in a hot vehicle if they are showing signs of heat stress. You can be fined, and prosecuted.
SPCA has created downloadable resources to help you spread the message even further. Posters, a flyer, and a social media tile can be downloaded from our website here: www.spca.nz...
We encourage you to use these - and ask your local businesses to display the posters if they can. Flyers can be kept in your car and handed out as needed.
This is a community problem, and one we cannot solve alone. Help us to prevent more tragedies this summer by sharing this post.
On behalf of the animals - thank you ❤️
Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?
Just a bit of a fun poll to get you thinking.
If you had to live out your Christmas days, would you prefer it was a summer Christmas or a winter Christmas?
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61.9% Summer
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36.4% Winter
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1.7% Other - I'll share below
Worst Xmas ever?
There's a a lot of planning that goes into Christmas day and sometimes things just don't go to plan. But it can be a good thing - a family mishap or hilarious memory that you can laugh about in Christmases to come.
Whether you burnt the dinner or were stranded at an airport...
Share your Christmas mishaps below!
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