Community Notices 27 June 2025
Sports, community events and community contacts.
No Landfill at Whiterock Fundraiser
Shows at the Isaac Theatre
Aunty Claus’ Mid-Winter Christmas Kids Gala
On Saturday 19 July, join Aunty Claus (Santa’s Big Sister) for a merry Mid-Winter Christmas Kids Variety Gala. This fabulous cabaret extravaganza promises to warm your heart and tickle your funny bone. In collaboration with the Isaac Theatre Royal, the multi-award-winning Tessa Waters, the “Undisputed Queen of Stupidity” (TimeOut London), leads this rollercoaster of fun, featuring the best in comedy, cabaret, circus, and drag the country has to offer.
Aunty Claus and her mate Jeff Parsnips invite the whole family to a joyful afternoon of songs, games, circus tricks, bubbles, and maybe even a sheep herding lesson! Fun is guaranteed for all ages, making it an event you won't want to miss.
Both events are set to provide unforgettable experiences for the whole family. Be sure to mark your calendars and get your tickets early to enjoy these fantastic shows at the Isaac Theatre Royal!
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the Isaac Theatre Royal website.
Discover the Night at View Hill School
2025 North Canterbury Wearable Arts Show
Schools Alpine Competition
Pre-loved Market in July
School Holiday Activities
Rapunzel – A Stage Musical
Rangiora Town Hall (School Holidays), Thursday 3rd July - Saturday 5th July
Shows at 2pm Daily, 7.30pm Shows on Thursday and Friday
Based on the Grimms Brothers tale, this stage musical tells the story of Rapunzel, the spirited young woman who was kidnapped from her parents by a witch and held captive in a tall tower. With the arrival of Prince Charming, Rapunzel escapes the witch only to end up on a mad caper through the forest in search of her Prince Charming. Along the way she encounters many well-known fairytale characters in a comic escapade filled with music and dance from across the genres.
This is a show for all ages, plenty of colour and magic for the kids as well as some humour for the parents!
Presented by the HSPA Intermediate and Senior school. First week of School Holidays!
Thursday 3 July 2pm & 7.30pm
Friday 4 July 2pm & 7.30pm
Saturday 5 July 2pm.
Tickets $20 & $25, available from Rangiora Town Hall Cinemas, or online here: https://www.townhallcinemas.co.nz/movie/rapunzel---hspa
Suitable for the whole family. The show will run for approximately 2 hours, with a 20 minute interval. Food and drinks available onsite. Door sales available on the day.
Ticket Link: https://www.townhallcinemas.co.nz/movie/rapunzel---hspa
Facebook Event link:https://www.facebook.com/events/1244828570624366
Performing Arts ‘Winter Camp’
Brought to you by Hartley School of Performing Arts
Learn different styles of dance, singing, & acting from our multi-talented tutors. Each day consists of three sessions including one each of dance, singing and acting with a lunch break and snack break (Afternoon tea provided!)
Daily Mon 7th - Thurs 10th July, 10.30am - 4pm. Come along for one day, or as many as you like!
Several age groups available. (6-8yrs/8-10yrs/11-13yrs)
62 Ashley Street, Rangiora
Cost: $38 a day. A discount is available for bookings of all 4 days - promo code: 4DAYDEAL
Contact: admin@hspa.co.nz or 021 899440 for more information or click the link below to register through HSPA’s online portal.
Register with this link:https://app.thestudiodirector.com/hartleyschoolofperform/portal.sd?page=Login
More information available at our website: https://www.hspa.co.nz/bulletin-board/up-coming-events
Canterbury Volleyball skills session
Canterbury Volleyball is excited to be running our holiday skills session for Primary aged children through the 2025 School Holidays.
It will be a fun, action packed morning where we will cover all the basic skills of serving, passing, setting and spiking with lots of fun games and drills.
These sessions will be great for any children from Yr 5 to Yr 8 of any ability.
Children will get to learn all the skills in a fun way, play a lot of game like drills and get to meet heaps of new friends while playing volleyball!
All sessions are 10am - 12 pm on the following dates:
Tuesday 1st July + Wednesday 2nd of July
Tuesday 8th + Wednesday 9th of July
Where: Pioneer Stadium
Cost: $20 per day or $30 for two days per week
SKIDS
Royal NZ Ballet Dance Workshops
We are excited to let you know that we will be hosting dance workshops in Christchurch from Tuesday 5th to Friday 8th August during our season tour of Home, Land and Sea (https://rnzb.org.nz/show/home-land-and-sea).
Our workshops are extremely flexible and can be adapted depending on age and ability- We normally structure the lesson with a warmup, some short warmup sequences and travelling steps/progressions and then finish off by teaching some choreography based off some RNZB repertoire. It’s an awesome way for the students to learn some choreography that has been performed by us on stage!
The cost of the workshops is $5 per student, minimum 10 and a maximum of 30 students per workshop. Although, If funding is a barrier please get in contact as we may be able to provide financial assistance.
Feel free to email us with any questions and if you would like to go ahead and book some dance workshops in!
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Ngā mihi,
Neve Pierce
Dance Educator | Royal New Zealand Ballet
PO Box 27050 I Wellington 6141
m: +64 21 197 3131 e: neve.pierce@rnzb.org.nz
Kidsfest and Library Reading Challenge
Waimakariri Libraries are delighted to offer fun for the whole family in the July School Holidays, and interactive learning opportunities for Term 3 2025.
Kids Fest returns to all three Waimakariri libraries in the July school holidays with a range of exciting water-themed events and activities for you and your whānau to engage with.
KidsFest runs from 28 June to 13 July 2025, to entertain and educate our tamariki. With hundreds of events on offer, don't miss it.
For more information see the attached document.
If you pop into any of our libraries in the holidays, pick up a Winter Reading Challenge Booklet, complete 5 challenges, and return your booklet to a staff member by 31 July 2025 to go into the prize draw.
When you pick up a booklet for your child, remember to pick one up for yourself, too! Participating in this challenge is great role-modelling for your child and will encourage them to complete it.
We will have displays with plenty of reading suggestions for the challenges across our three libraries, including resources from our eLibrary.
Please see the Winter Reading Challenge 2025 attachment for more information.
Winter Writing Workshops
Stem Programs
