Dear all,
Join us at the Mt Eden Village Centre for a busy April of events and classes!
VillageMusic presents the brilliant You, Me, Everybody here on Friday 10 April at 8.00pm. The band has earned widespread acclaim, including a global audience, after their song “Stranger” featured in Netflix’s Sweet Tooth. Founding brothers Laurence and Sam Frangos-Rhodes are on vocals, guitar, mandolin and fiddle, with Nat Torkington on banjo, Rob Henderson on double bass and Kim Bonnington on vocals and guitar. Bring friends, bring family and BYO. Tickets at Eventfinda here.
Kākā have been spotted on the Epsom side of Maungawhau/Mt Eden and we are excited that Auckland Museum Bird Ecologist Josie Galbraith is here on Thursday 16 April from 6.00pm to talk about how native birds are doing in Auckland. Phil Simpson from Urban Ark-Manawa Taiao will also weave in Maungawhau Ecological Halo information so Mt Eden locals can learn about creating conditions for native birds to thrive. Registration is essential here.
Turn the tide on climate change… join the Albert-Eden Climate Action Network on Friday 17 April at 7.00pm for a free screening of Ocean. The much loved documentary featuring David Attenborough was released last year to great acclaim. As politicians make decisions around our moana, Attenborough will show why ocean recovery is vital for stabilising our climate and how marine protection can help to turn the tide. Bring friends, bring family and maybe a cushion for the kids. Popcorn provided!
A Free Sewing Repair Café is here on Saturday 18 April from 1.30pm to 3.30pm. Fabulous members of the New Settlers Family and Community Trust NFACT will be here to help with your clothing repair or minor alteration. Enjoy a cup of tea and a chat while you have your minor repairs and alterations taken care of. This event is part of the Albert-Eden and Puketāpapa Eco Festival.
We are part way through the fabulous Albert-Eden & Puketāpapa Eco Festival and are privileged to host the Native Bird Talk, Oceans Movie and NFACT Sewing Café here at the Village Centre. For an ecopy of the Festival booklet please go to this link here and visit Facebook here for updates.
The Mt Eden Village Craft Market is here on Saturday 11 April from 9.30am to 3.00pm. The Market is an amazing NZ Handmade market with talented and passionate crafters you will enjoy meeting and admiring. Shop local and shop NZ Handmade to support our community. More information is here.
Adult Children of Alcoholic and Dysfunctional Families are hosting weekly ACA Tony A’s 12 Step Meetings here in the Lounge every Sunday at 6.00pm from 19 April. ACA is a safe place that can help work through the impact of growing up in a dysfunctional family. This meeting focuses on 12 steps that supports us to learn to love ourselves. Email enquiries to acaauckland@gmail.com and more information on the ACA website here.
We have the Auckland Somatic Dance Collective here on Friday 24 April at 6.45pm. Somatic dance is a guided free form movement journey deep into the layers of the body, supported by a carefully curated soundscape in a non judgemental space. Auckland Somatic Dance are a collective of certified somatic dance facilitators and DJ’s who regularly offer dances in Auckland. Follow them on Facebook here.
The Mt Eden Wellbeing Market is in the Hall and Lounge on Saturday 25 April from 10.00am to 3.00pm and is Central Auckland’s regular monthly mind, body and spirit market. The market is here on the last Saturday of every month from February to November. Visit their Facebook page for updates here.
A big thank you to everyone involved with our recent Little Day Out, a wonderful roll call of sponsors, supporters and our fantastic volunteers. Ray White Mt Eden, Albert-Eden Local Board, Mt Eden Business Association, Maungawhau Playcentre, Eden-Epsom Playcentre and all our performers and amazing local people like Pform, Baby Sensory and the Library Bus. Thank you also to Mt Eden Village businesses Frasers Cafe, Chapter Book & Tea Shop, The Urban Studio, Roses Florist, Eden Nails & Spa, Essential Deli, KC Loo, Time Out Bookstore, De Post, The Seafood Collective, The Garden Shed, Circus Circus , Altar Café, Xoong, Workshop Bread Company, Mercy Hospice Shop, Black Bull Liquor, Ray White and Pform for their fabulous contributions to our Raffle prizes!
Ngā mihi/Best wishes
Ngaire Malpass