Bay Harbour: February 13, 2019

Wednesday February 13 2019
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WāKōrero/Storytimes
Today, 10.30-11am
Encouraging learning
through a love for stories, this
interactive programme includes
stories, songs, rhymes and play.
This is a free drop-in session.
Matuku Takotako: Sumner
Centre
JP Clinic
Saturday, 10am-noon
A justice of the peace will
be available to members of
the community to witness
signatures and documents,
certify document copies, hear
oaths, declarations, affidavits
or affirmations as well as sign
citizenship, sponsorship or rates
rebates applications. There is no
charge for this service.
Matuku Takotako: Sumner
Centre
Social Games Club
Monday, 10-11.30am
This free session is for those
who enjoy playing board
games such as Scrabble, Chess,
or Rummikub. No bookings
required.
Matuku Takotako: Sumner
Centre
Technology Help Sessions
Monday, 2-3pm
If you need help using your
computer, smartphone, iPad
Email louis.day@starmedia.kiwi by 5pm
each Wednesday
or tablet, go along to these free
drop-in sessions. Learn to use
email, search the internet, use
the library catalogue, eBooks
and other computer functions.
Take your devices or use one of
the libraries computers. This free
event requires no bookings.
Matuku Takotako: Sumner
Centre
Akaroa Craft Group
Monday, 1.30-2.30pm
Go along and join the friendly
Akaroa Craft Group. Sit in
the beautiful library on the
comfortable chairs and have
a relaxing chat while working
on your craft project. Share
skills like needlework, knitting,
quilting, handicrafts, making
dolls, teddy bears and spinning.
Akaroa Library
Create and Connect
Thursday, 9.30am-noon
Enjoy some company while
creating. Take your project or get
some inspiration. Cost is $3 to
cover morning tea. Phone Beth
for more information on 022 678
1252.
St Andrews Church, 148 Main
Rd, Redcliffs
Sumner Market
Every Sunday until April
There will be a great range
of stalls from fresh veges to
Check out the Mt Pleasant Bridge Club on Wednesday, 7.20pm, and Friday, 1pm. There
will be two sessions each week at the Mt Pleasant Yacht Club. All visitors are welcome –
players need to be seated 10min prior to the start of play. Phone Kay on 384 9113 for more
information.
amazing food from all over
the world and amazing crafts.
You’ll find the market right next
to the beach as you go in to the
village.
Corner of Marine Pde and The
Esplanade
Loopy Tunes Preschool Music
Tuesdays during school term
time at Sumner, 9.30am, and
Redcliffs, 10.30am
Each session takes about half an
hour and is followed by a playtime
for the children. All children aged
Ferrymead
We Must be Brave
by Frances Liardet
A woman; a war; a child that changed everything.
Spanning the sweep of the twentieth century, We Must Be Brave
is a luminous and profoundly moving novel about the people we
rescue and the ways in which they rescue us back. She was fast
asleep on the back seat of the bus. Curled up, thumb in mouth.
Four, maybe five years old.
I turned around. The last few passengers were shuffling away from
me down the aisle to the doors. ‘Whose is this child?’ I called. Nobody
looked back.
December, 1940. As German bombs fall on Southampton, the city’s residents flee
to the surrounding villages. In Upton village, amid the chaos, newly-married Ellen
Parr finds a girl sleeping, unclaimed at the back of an empty bus. Little Pamela, it
seems, is entirely alone.
Ellen has always believed she does not want children, but when she takes Pamela
into her home the child cracks open the past Ellen thought she had escaped and
the future she and her husband Selwyn had dreamed for themselves. As the war
rages on, love grows where it was least expected, surprising them all. But with the
end of the fighting comes the realization that Pamela was never theirs to keep…
A story of courage and kindness, hardship and friendship, We Must be Brave
explores the fierce love we feel for our children and the astonishing power of that
love to endure.
Not Bad People
by Brandy Scott
Three friends, thirty years of shared secrets, one impulsive gesture.. and a terrible
accident. When friendship goes bad, someone has to pay. For fans of Liane Moriarty
and Robyn Harding.
It’s New Year’s Eve. Three thirty-something women - Aimee, Melinda and Lou - best
friends for decades, let off sky lanterns filled with resolutions: for meaning, for
freedom, for money. As the glowing paper bags float away, there’s a bright flare in
the distance. It could be a sign of luck - or the start of a complete nightmare that will
upend their friendships, families and careers.
The day after their ceremony, the newspapers report a small plane crash - two
victims pulled from the wreckage, one a young boy. Were they responsible? Aimee
thinks they are, Melinda won’t accept it, and Lou has problems of her own. It’s a
toxic recipe for guilt trips, shame, obsession, blackmail and power games.
They’re not bad people. But desperate times call for desperate measures.
WIN THIS BOOK
up to five years plus their parents/
caregivers welcome. Cost is $2 per
child. For more information, call
Siu Williams-Lemi – 022 632 6140.
Matuku Takotako: Sumner
Centre and Uniting Church hall, 4
Augusta St, Redcliffs
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We have one copy of We Must Be Brave to give away, courtesy of Take Note Ferrymead. To be in the
draw, email giveaways@starmedia.kiwi with We Must Be Brave in the subject line or write to Take Note Book
Giveaway, We Must Be Brave, Star Media, PO Box 1467, Christchurch 8140. To be eligible for the draw, all
entries must include your name, address and contact number. Entries close Tuesday, February 26th. Winner
of The Dog That Saved My Life is Samantha Phillips of Phillipstown.