Evolve Tennis Coaching is running a tennis-specific holiday programme during the April school holidays at Khandallah Tennis & Squash Club and Thorndon Tennis and Squash Club. The camps will run from 9am-12pm, 19-22 and 26-29 April. To book, please visit our website www.evolvetenniscoaching.co.nz or contact us at info@evolvetenniscoaching.co.nz. Spaces are limited!

At Bigair Gym, the classes are structured and follow a badge programme. This quality coaching & structure creates motivated and focussed learning, which allows children to focus on goals, gain feedback, reflect, and apply this to achieve through the levels! This type of training develops confidence, resilience and a positive attitude towards personal challenges and new learning. Parents keep telling us that Bigair Gym Classes are having a positive influence on their children, and they are benefiting from learning these lifelong skills outside of the gym. So, don’t miss out on this for your children! Book online for Term 2 classes from the 4th April into GYMNASTICS, TUMBLING, FREE RUNNING (Parkour with flips), TRAMPOLINING & CHEERLEADING!

Bookings are OPEN NOW online for Bigair Gyms active, fun & popular upcoming April HOLIDAY PROGRAMME. Half day & full day sessions: 8.30am-1pm or 1-5.30pm = $30, & 8.30am – 5.30pm = $45. We offer BIRTHDAY PARTIES at Bigair too, so please inquire today.

The Makara Beach Craft Market is a locally run community market full of highly talented stallholders showcasing a huge variety of quality items including:• Plants, flowers & seedlings
• Jewellery
• Clothing, bags and accessories
• Crochet & knitted toys
• Scented Candles
• Homewares & soft furnishing
• Children & baby items
• Skincare & soaps
• Wheat bags & hot water bottle covers
• Wooden Products
• Ceramics & pottery
• Pet accessories
• Carvings & sculptures
• Freshly ground coffee from Rich Coffee Roasters
• Homemade West Coast Pies
• Fresh goats’ milk from Brooklyn Creamery
• Much much more.Located at the Makara Beach Café, come along and get some delicious food and drink, peruse the various treasures, enjoy the local walks and soak up the wild West Coast atmosphere!Invite a friend or 2 and have a great day out at this fantastic community event.
#supportlocalOur first market will be held on Sunday, 17 April 2022 and will run every third Sunday of each month after that.

Helen O'Grady Drama Academy 

Drama Classes. For over 40 years.Our international curriculum will help explore performance skills and creativity, overcome shyness, develop positive self esteem, grow imagination, , make new friends and have lots of fun. Fun after-school classes for 5 – 17 year olds held in Khandallah, Tawa, Whitby, Lower Hutt,. To enroll or for more information please visit our https://www.helenogrady.co.nz/

An Introductory Course to Game Programming.

Whitby Collegiate will be hosting an introductory course in game programming. Students will start their journey by creating some classic games using the Pygame source library to create graphical 2D computer games. The emphasis will be on learning the techniques needed to be able to move on to computer game programming using software like Unity, Godot and Unreal Engine.

By the end of the three days the course members will have moved beyond beginner level Python programming and will have developed two games as a group. They should have the skills needed to customise these games and be able to create simple games of their own.

DATE: 27 - 29 April 2022

TIME: 9:00am - 4:30pm

VENUE: Whitby Collegiate
AGE: 10 +
COST: $250

Students must have a laptop, a Chromebook cannot be used. Students must be able to install software on the first day of the programme - Python & PyGame.

There is an optional fee for lunch of $10 per day - pizza or fish and chips available.

Register online here:

https://form.jotform.com/whitbyenrol/game-programming-holiday-programme

April Holiday Computer Classes

Grand Training runs educational and fun computer classes over the holidays Wellington City location on Lambton Quay for ages 5 to 15.

• Roblox
• Minecraft from Introduction to Mods and Servers
• Learn to Code; Scratch, Python or Java & Create 3D Games.
• Web Design, HTML and CSS
• Build a PC
• Film and Video Editing
• Discovery Course in Computing - suitable for younger children

  For information & bookings 499-2211 or grandtraining.co.nz

Nga Manu Easter Celebration 2022

Ngā Manu Nature Reserve, 74 Ngā Manu Reserve Road, Waikanae, Kapiti Coast

Friday 15th April – Monday 18th April 10:00am – 5:00pm

Gather your family, pack a picnic, and come and celebrate Easter at Ngā Manu Nature Reserve. We have Easter eggs, children’s activities and awesome daily prizes throughout the long weekend!

Full event details on our website https://ngamanu.org.nz/upcoming-events/nga-manu-easter-celebration/ or on Eventfinda: https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2022/nga-manu-easter-celebration/waikanae or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1147243622704903

Families can visit our Easter Zone to make a decoration to hang on our Easter Wishing Tree, hunt for Ngā Manu Easter Rocks and Winner eggs throughout the reserve to win chocolate eggs and prizes throughout the long weekend. It’s going to be lots of fun!

As a charitable trust, your visit to Ngā Manu supports Nga Manu’s wildlife and conservation programmes.

The Northern United Junior Hockey Club registrations for the 2022 season are open. We are a local hockey club looking for players for 2022.

Registrations are open at http://www.nujhc.org.nz/.

Hockey Club Day

The Northern United Hockey Club is starting the hockey season with a Club Day on Saturday.Years 3/4 - 2-3pmYears 5/6 - 3-4pmYears 7/8 - 4-5pm
Players will be allocated to their teams and issued shirts, and we will begin the year with games against other teams. 
Don't forget to bring shinpads, mouthguard and stick!
First TrainingThe first training will be on Wednesday 4th of May (Star Wars Day) at Newlands College. We will have all trainings on Wednesday nights at Newlands. We are delighted that we will have technical support for training the Years 7/8 from some of the P1 Mens and Womens players!
Season StartThe season starts on Saturday 7 May.