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Kapa Haka by Westmere Primary School
The kids from Westmere Primary School came to the Spark NZ atrium to perform a Kapa Haka. Originally intended for another audience which didn’t work out at the last minute they moved to Spark City in Auckland and boy they put on a great show. The costumes were fantastic, the singing was great and the… read more…
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Sister Act Too!
Swanson School does it again with it’s production of “Sister Act Too!” What a fantastic time, these kids were great, so talented and having such a mighty good time. It really was lots of fun and of course the music from “Oh happy day” through “Ain’t no mountain high enough” to “Fresh Prince Rap” –… read more…
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A block of a good time
We hadn’t really watched earlier seasons of TV3’s “The Block NZ” but when Josh was captivated by Australia’s “House Rules” I suggested he watch The Block NZ — as they say the rest is history. When the time came for the open home on October 25th 2014 we were in. We caught an early train… read more…
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New Train Driver At Manukau Live Steamers
Manukau Live Steamers, https://manukaulivesteamers.co.nz/ at Centre Park on Robertsons Road Mangere are a great place to go for some fun out for the kids. This club “was formed in 1980 to build a ground level track so members that were building miniature locomotives would have a track on which to run their locos.” Adults and… read more…
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Steamies at Motat 2
During a conversation in the weekend I was reminded of a visit to Motat 2 where they hide the steamies. We paid a visit in November 2016 as a member of the Western District Model Railway Club and we had a great time traveling around on the trains and riding in the cab. The kids… read more…
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Back To The Future – Swanson School Production 2017
Once again at the direction of deputy principle Chris Hood, Swanson School puts on a fiery rendition of another classic full of life, energy and fun. Back to the Future has to be one of the best classic movies of all time and no small task to bring to the stage. The original classic written… read more…
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Hook – Swanson School Production 2015
Swanson School had it’s first production under the leadership of Mr Hood as they weaved the classic J. M. Barrie tale of Captain Hook and Peter Pan with this adaption for stage written by Mr Hood. [show_slider name=”hook-swanson-school-production-2015″] Follow Peter, Wendy, John and Michael do battle with Captain James Hook and his band of pirates including… read more…
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Kids Arts Festival – Corbans Estate 2015
[satellite h=200 w=600 gallery=20 caption=on auto=on thumbs=on] We went to the kids arts festival at Corbans estate in Henderson on the 16th of May 1015 and had a great day. There was lots of things to do and once you got into it lots of activities to try out from painting, to making things out… read more…
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Our mate Zephaniah
Watch out for our mate Zephie if he hits your league field. We don’t go to many of his games for the Glenora Bears Rugby League “Under 8 Opens” team, in Glen Eden Auckland, very often but every time we do he seems to score 2 or 3 tries. He’s also a pretty mean tackler… read more…
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Kids DIY at Mitre10
Wow that was fun ! Today we went to the “Easy As For Kids Free Workshop” at the Henderson Mitre10 Mega. Josh had been looking forward to this for quite a long time. We heard about DIY for kids months ago and when we asked they said they didn’t do it anymore – bummer. Then… read more…