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Live Day | Victorian Valentine's

Howick Historical Village Pakuranga, Auckland from Howick Historical Village

Love is in the air at Howick Historical Village! ❤️
Step back in time this Live Day to learn about the history of romance, courtship, marriage, and the traditions of Valentine's Day in the Victorian era.

🌹 Make a card or lavender sachet for that special someone
🌹 Purchase sweets for your sweet in the old-fashioned sweet shop
🌹 Stroll the picturesque streets and picnic in the gardens blooming with summer colour!
🌹 Book a special portrait session to receive a unique keepsake you will treasure forever

Meet costumed villagers, attend a Victorian school lesson or learn about blacksmithing, woodworking and bookbinding. Watch the Morris dancers at 10:30am & 11:30am and the bagpipe band at 12pm.

Tintype portrait session $150 (includes admission). Bookings are highly recommended as sessions are limited. Book at events.humanitix.com...

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Why are ghosts such bad liars?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

...You can see right through them.

No, we haven't lost the plot! July 1st is International Joke Day and because laughter is good for your body, we want to get involved.

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Can you figure this one out, neighbours?

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1 day ago

Assault on Chinese schoolboy on Pakuranga bus.

Stephen from Pakuranga Heights

First of all, I wish the the boy a speedy recovery from this ghastly and traumatising assault on him. However, the mental scarring will take much longer .
What gives someone the right to attack another person who is of a different ethnicity ?
The attack was premeditated as the attacker boarded the bus with a long steel rod . The apathy shown by fellow passengers, apart from one, is a sad reflection of what is becoming the norm in NZ ; the acceptance of random acts of violence . People walking out of supermarkets with trolley loads of ‘free ‘ goods , ram raids, attacks on shop owners are far too common, as are racial attacks.
The answer may lie in a more caring and friendly attitude towards our fellow human beings. NZ once had this, in days gone by . It’s not too late ..