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WHĀRANGI 6|NGĀ PŪKŌRERO OTEWIKI KI RAUKĀPUKA |TAITE, <strong>24</strong>HERE-TURI-KŌKĀ, <strong>2023</strong><br />

AD SPONSORED BY GNEWS<br />

gnewsCOMMUNITY<br />

geraldine toy library<br />

Forpuzzles,games, Duplo, activity centres,<br />

Lego, train sets, electronic toys, ride-on,<br />

dress-ups, puppets, art sets, garden toys<br />

and much, more...<br />

117 Talbot Street, Geraldine<br />

OPENING HOURS:<br />

TUESDAY 10.30am-12pm<br />

SATURDAY 2pm-3.30pm<br />

Our business goal is simple:<br />

to help you achieve<br />

your business goals.<br />

Offices in Geraldine (Wed) and Timaru<br />

PHONE: 03 687 9045<br />

MOBILE: 021 109 0149<br />

EMAIL: tanyaf@compassbp.co.nz<br />

WOODBURYSCHOOL<br />

QUIZ NIGHT<br />

FUNDRAISER<br />

TUESDAY 29 AUGUST, 7PM<br />

VILLAGE INN SPORTS BAR<br />

$10 per person; $40 team offour<br />

Register your team with Trudy<br />

027 330 9381<br />

WIN PRIZES! RAFFLE TICKETS<br />

FUNDRAISER FOR<br />

UPDATING SCHOOL LIBRARY BOOKS<br />

Christmas<br />

Choir<br />

GERALDINE<br />

Geraldine Festival Photography Competition <strong>2023</strong> call for entries<br />

WHERE:<br />

The Lodge Theatre, Geraldine<br />

WHEN:<br />

Friday 17 -Sunday 19 November,<strong>2023</strong><br />

CATEGORIES:<br />

1. Documentary:CountryLife<br />

2. CreativePhoto of Flora,Plants,<br />

Trees,Fungi<br />

3. Open: South Canterbury<br />

GRADES:<br />

-Senior(over18years)<br />

-Junior (under18years)<br />

Forfurther informationand theentry<br />

form, go to:geraldine.nz/geraldine-festival<br />

Entries close Monday, 9October, <strong>2023</strong><br />

Abig thankyou to the Geraldine<br />

PhotographyClub.<br />

FACEBOOK/ HARCOURTS GERALDINE FESTIVAL<br />

u Free measure and quote (no-obligation)<br />

u Amobile van loaded with samples<br />

u Interior design service<br />

u Upholstery blinds, shutters, tracks<br />

u Wool and assorted haberdashery<br />

u Best price every time<br />

89 KingStreet, Temuka Phone03615 7289<br />

www.completecurtains.co.nz<br />

AD SPONSORED BY GNEWS<br />

Sunday 27 <strong>August</strong><br />

4pm @StMary’s<br />

77 Talbot Street<br />

Families exploring faith through<br />

science<br />

craft<br />

play<br />

food<br />

music<br />

ENTRY FREE |DINNER FOR ALL AFTER THE SESSION |PLEASE ADVISE FOOD REQUIREMENTS IN ADVANCE<br />

EVERYLAST SUNDAYOFTHE MONTH<br />

AD SPONSORED BY GNEWS<br />

Afun music session for parents,<br />

carers and young children<br />

9.30am Tuesdays in term-time<br />

St Andrew’s Hall<br />

If you love to sing,* love Christmas,<br />

and would like tobepart ofan all-age<br />

community choir taking carols,<br />

old and new, tothe rest homes,<br />

to aconcert, and onto the street,<br />

please dojoin us.<br />

ef<br />

Weekly rehearsals begin:<br />

THURSDAY <strong>24</strong> AUGUST<br />

2pm @StMarys Church **<br />

email: fi@hislopstreet.co.nz<br />

*Ability toread music not apre-requisite*<br />

**Evening rehearsals closer to the season**<br />

for those who work during the day<br />

GERALDINE HIGH SCHOOL<br />

READER-WRITERS NEEDED<br />

We are looking for volunteers<br />

to act as reader writers during our<br />

internal exams at the end of this term.<br />

You'll be helping some of our Year 11-13<br />

students by reading out questions and<br />

writing down answers.<br />

If this sounds like you and you<br />

have some time during the week<br />

of 18-22 September please get in<br />

touch with the office.<br />

PHONE: 03 693 0017<br />

SAVE THE DATE<br />

GERALDINE<br />

CHRISTMAS<br />

PARADE<br />

Friday1<br />

DecembeR 6.30pm<br />

It was ajam-packed Village Inn Sports Bar for the NLM quiz fundraiser. PHOTO: Facebook NLMP<br />

No Laughing Mequiz night fundraiser asuccess<br />

On their Facebook page this week,<br />

organisers of the NoLaughing Me<br />

Publications quiz night fundraiser<br />

extended thanks toeveryone who helped<br />

make the Tuesday night event such<br />

asuccess. The team are delighted that<br />

the quiz night has helped them reach<br />

the halfway mark intheir fundraising<br />

efforts toget the whole team to the<br />

Auckland Zoo. FI MCCAFFERTY<br />

Welcome to Community qxin<br />

qxin<br />

DAFFODIL DAY<br />

FRIDAY 25 AUGUST<br />

Calling allGeraldinians -individuals, groups, clubs and societies.<br />

This is your FREE space to tell us about stuff.<br />

Fundraisers, calls for new members, updates on your activities...<br />

if youre doing it, we want to hear about it.<br />

Send your wordsand pictures to:<br />

fi@gnews.co.nz<br />

Daffodil Day merchandise<br />

and bunches of fresh daffodils<br />

available this Friday from<br />

Barkers Foodstore &Eatery<br />

Flowers Inc<br />

and<br />

FreshChoice<br />

in the front and back<br />

on both Friday and Saturday<br />

ALL PROCEEDS TO<br />

SOUTHCANTERBURYCANCER SOCIETY

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