Small Scale Sustainable Gardening – Focus on Grow Your Own Pantry Plot
2017-10-22 10:00 - 12:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Kaipatiki
Learn how to supplement your pantry with seasonal produce, succession crops and perennials. The focus will be on building soil fertility, crop rotation and plant diversity. We will be working in a plot 1m x 1m sq.

HPRS Annual Meeting
2017-10-24 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | Hobsonville Point Secondary School, 70 Hobsonville Point Rd, Auckland, 0616, New Zealand
The 2017 Annual Meeting of the Hobsonville Point Residents Society will be held at 6:30pm on October 24 at the Hobsonville Point Secondary School. Open to all HPRS members.

Jams and Jellies
2017-10-29 13:00 - 15:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Beach Haven Community House, 130 Beach Haven Rd, Auckland, New Zealand
You open your pantry and there in front of you is your own selection of home-made Jams and Jellies. You’ve been able to fill up your stores and still give some as presents and best of all, because you have this skill, you can do it successfully – anywhere!
Join Julie Craig to learn all you need to know about Jam and Jelly making. Julie will take you through the steps of the jam and jelly making process, showing you how to turn your good quality excess fruit into decadent treats that extend your seasonal produce.
Tutor: Julie Craig Julie is a tutor, author and columnist who is passionate about living sustainably in Auckland’s urban environment. A horticulturally trained, historic food practitioner, Julie is the Wild Crafter that weaves together the classes for the Oak and Thistle team. Specialising in teaching food initiatives, brewing, foraging, making medicine and household products, Julie is passionate about fostering strong communities through bartering, sharing and teaching.

Hobsonville Point Gardening and Landscaping Tour
2017-11-25 10:00 - 16:00 UTC
The Hobsonville Point Garden Club is hosting the Hobsonville Point Garden and Landscaping Tour. This is a residents’ initiative with support from HPRS and HLC. We have 12 local gardens for you to visit; some new and some established. You can learn what planting works, ask questions of owners and gather ideas. Gardens will offer you ideas about raised gardens, ‘no grass’ options, extra decking; everything from garden rooms to a subtropical paradise.
If you are seeking inspiration for your outdoor space please come along. Also a chance to meet some of your neighbours.
PLUS there will be experts on hand….Compost Collective, HP Community Garden, Kaipatiki Project, Tigerturf (imitation lawn), Kudos Louvres (shade pergolas), Stealing Spaces (garage storage systems), North Harbour Landscaping and a plumber for drainage and water features. Special offers on the day.
A flyer with full details will be delivered to all HP households closer to the time. Full details will also be available on this website in due course.
HP Gardening & Landscaping Day programme

Composting Workshop
2018-03-03 13:00 - 15:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Sunderland Lounge, Cinema Road, Hobsonville Point, Auckland, 0618, New Zealand
This hands-on course will be facilitated by Pip and offers an introduction to three ways of composting – bokashi, worm farming, and cold composting. Come and discover what suits you best! Confirmed participants will receive a $40.00 discount toward purchase of a composting system that can be redeemed online. This course is proudly supported by Auckland Council and delivered by the Compost Collective.

Music in the Park
2018-03-04 13:00 - 16:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Hobsonville Point Park, De Havilland Rd, Auckland, New Zealand
Mel Parsons, Kendall Elise and Jed Parsons are performing from 1pm-4pm.

Love Food Hate Waste – Creative Cooking with Leftovers
2018-03-14 19:00 - 21:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Hobsonville Point Primary School, 18 De Havilland Road, Auckland, 0616, New Zealand
Hobsonville Point’s own environmentally conscious group ‘Eco Point’ are very excited to invite you to this event in conjunction with Compost Collective and Love Food Hate Waste. To attend this free workshop, please register on the link provided in the event invite (website address below).

Neighbours Day at the Waterpark
2018-03-25 16:30 - 18:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Hobsonville Point Water Park, Onekiritea Road, Hobsonville Point, Auckland, 0616, New Zealand
It was pretty quiet at the waterpark on Rangihina Road when we took this pic, but there’ll be plenty of buzz on Sunday, March 25.

Celebrate Neighbours Day Aotearoa on the Point by joining in some relaxed family activities, enjoying the company of other locals and friends. Kids love this place and the time – 4.30 – 6pm – is the mellow end of day while the sun’s still up but not too hot. There’s a free sausage sizzle or BYO picnic and drinks – or grab something good from Crusty’s or Indian Summer on the way.

For more info, contact Gavin 021 346 997. NB Subject to fine weather.

This event is run with the support of Hobsonville Community Trust, Harcourts Cooper & Co and the Upper Harbour Local Board.

Come Fly With Me
2018-04-08 10:00 - 14:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Bomb Point/Te Onekiritea Park, Bom Park, Catalina Bay Drive, Hobsonville Point, Auckland, 0616, New Zealand
Last year around 800 people enjoyed the annual kite flying day at Hobsonville Point.
It’s on again this Sunday, April 8, 10am-2pm.
Star of the show will be kitemaster, Peter Clark, who will be back with his giant 3D flyers.
For the 5th year in a row, there’ll be kites, flags, parasols, bunting, face painting, games, crafts, and food trucks offering great local food and organic coffee – so come relax and picnic with us, bring your kites, games and sunscreen! Best of all, it’s FREE.
Call up your friends and families and gather on the grassy area at Bomb Point (weather permitting).

Hobsonville Point Gathering
2018-04-29 14:00 - 16:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Hobsonville Point Secondary School, 70 Hobsonville Point Rd, Auckland, 0616, New Zealand
As per the instructions above, please email hobsonvillepoint@crockers.co.nz to RSVP for catering purposes.

The Pesky Pest Party!
2018-05-30 18:30 - 20:30 (Pacific/Auckland) | Hobsonville Point Primary School, 18 De Havilland Road, Auckland, 0616, New Zealand
An event offering heaps of help on making our area pest free. Kaipatiki Project and EcoPoint (Hobsonville Point’s very own environment champions) are combining forces, supported by the Upper Harbour Local Board, for an exciting project much in demand by residents: Pest Free Hobsonville.

Garden clean-up Opportunity - POSTPONED
2018-06-01 - 2018-06-04 | Hobsonville Point
PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO FORECAST BAD WEATHER. UPDATED DETAILS WILL BE POSTED HERE WHEN WE HAVE CONFIRMED NEW DATES.

As has already been advised, six garden waste Flexi Bins will be scattered around the neighbourhood for your use over Queen’s Birthday Weekend, which is June 2-4.
NB If the weather looks bad, we will delay. If this happens you’ll be notified by email.
The bins will be put down on Friday, June 1, and picked up the following week.
We will keep an eye on them and if they get too full we will supply more.
The bins are bright orange and you can put flax in them (not allowed with green bins).
PLEASE ONLY USE THEM FOR GARDEN WASTE
Where possible, we will place the bins on hard areas so as not to damage grass on berms. The locations will not impede footpaths, driveways or parking spaces.
Check red stars on the below map for bin locations

Corner Buckley Ave and de Havilland Drive
Station Street, opposite motorway end of Lester St
Corner Kittyhawk Way and Meteor Drive
Corner Onekiteroa Road and Chaffinch Street
Corner Ponga Street and Kotuku Lane (not Kanuka Rd as previously advised)
Bomb Point Drive, opposite end of TuaTua Rd

Garden Trim’n’Tidy is ON this weekend
2018-06-08 - 2018-06-10 | Hobsonville Point
With a fine spell coming up we will be distributing orange Flexi Bins around the Point for your use.

Six bins will go out on Friday June 8 in the spots marked as red stars on the map below.

Bin locations

Corner Buckley Ave and de Havilland Drive
Station Street, opposite motorway end of Lester St
Corner Kittyhawk Way and Meteor Drive
Corner Onekiteroa Road and Chaffinch Street
Corner Ponga Street and Kotuku Lane
Bomb Point Drive, opposite end of TuaTua Rd

They will remain for a few days into next week. The waste company cannot supply a specific date for bin removal but they’ll be taken away during the week of June 11-15.

We got orange Flexi Bins because you CAN dump flax in them (banned from green ones) but please, ONLY GARDEN WASTE – NO OTHER GENERAL RUBBISH.

Kind volunteers will be keeping an eye on the bins so that if they’re in danger of spilling over we can supply more.

So clip those hedges, pull those weeds, and let’s make our place look great!

Best wishes,

HPRS Committee

An Invite from The Lions Club
2018-07-17 19:00 - 21:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Hobsonville Point Primary School, 18 De Havilland Road, Auckland, 0616, New Zealand
The Lions Club has been putting on our fantastic annual ‘Hobsonville Point Runway Challenge’ for a number of years.
This evening, Tues 17 July, a Lions Club information evening is being held at The Hobsonville Point Primary School at 7.00pm.
This is a meeting to discuss how you and a Lions Club can benefit your local community.

The evening will have a guest speaker and will conclude with a networking opportunity and a supper, provided by the Lions.
Visit the club’s website for more info on opportunities provided by Lions and what’s involved by being a member of a local Lions Club.

Gathering 2.0
2018-07-22 14:00 - 16:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Hobsonville Point Primary School, 18 De Havilland Road, Auckland, 0616, New Zealand
We’re looking to the future
and want your ideas
Dear Residents,
Your committee has begun work on a long-term plan for this great place we live in.

We believe your society needs to have a firm foundation on which to push towards fulfilling our idea of creating the best possible future for Hobsonville Point, not just short-term but for the next five years or so.
At a recent one-day workshop we came up with this mission statement, which is to build and maintain:
an embracing, vibrant, village style community
But the committee doesn’t ‘own’ the society to which we belong. You do. We all do.
That’s why we want to hear your views.
We have a draft plan we’d like to share with you. We believe it’s important to have not just airy ideas of how we’d like life to be on the Point, but a sound action plan to ensure projects are managed efficiently and well and we are making best use of the funds to which everyone contributes every year.
You are therefore invited to:
GATHERING 2.0
WHERE
Hobsonville Point Primary School
WHEN
JULY 22 (next Sunday) 2pm
Everyone welcome. No need to register ahead of time. NB It’s at the primary school – not the secondary school, where we had our first gathering in April.
We know this is short notice but the end of this committee’s term is approaching and we have a lot to do! Can’t make it? Be assured we will make the draft public so you can offer feedback. Then, with everyone’s views on board, we will put the plan to the community for approval at our annual general meeting on October 24.

The Hobsonville Choir
2018-07-26 19:15 - 21:15 (Pacific/Auckland) | Hobsonville Point Primary School, 18 De Havilland Road, Auckland, 0616, New Zealand

Headquarters Open Day
2018-08-25 10:00 - 13:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Headquarters Building, Corner Marine Parade and Buckley Ave, Auckland

Hobsonville Point Culture Evening
2018-09-05 17:00 - 19:45 (Pacific/Auckland) | Hobsonville Point Secondary School, 70 Hobsonville Point Rd, Auckland, 0616, New Zealand

Community Consultation re Proposed Waterpark Sun Protection
2018-09-09 15:00 - 16:30 (Pacific/Auckland) | Headquarters Building, Corner Marine Parade and Buckley Ave, Auckland
The Hobsonville Point Residents Society Inc (HPRSI) is considering options for providing sun protection at the Hobsonville Point waterpark for our most vulnerable residents – babies and small children. Read more about what is proposed here.
You are invited to a community consultation meeting to discuss the options and be a part of the final result. The meeting is at 3pm Sunday 9th September in the De Havilland Room at The Headquarters on Buckley Road (down by the Sunderland Lounge).
If you are unable to attend but would like to comment please email hobsonvillepoint@crockers.co.nz with the subject header “Waterpark”.

Life Begins at 50 Travel Festival
2018-09-16 10:00 - 15:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Summerset at Monterey Park, 1 Squadron Drive, Auckland, New Zealand
An opportunity for the 50-plus crowd to look for ideas and inspiration for their next big adventure. It’s on at the retirement village on the Squadron Drive roundabout. Preregister and you can go in the draw to win a South Pacific holiday at Return to Paradise, flying Air New Zealand. Buzz Thomson at the House of Travel office on Hobsonville Point Road has all the details.

Film Screening of A Mindful Choice: A Path to Peace and Happiness
2018-09-17 19:00 - 21:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Headquarters Building, Corner Marine Parade and Buckley Ave, Auckland
Free screening of documentary film – A Mindful Choice: A Path to Peace and Happiness – at Headquarters, plus guided meditation. Email mahima.ishaya@gmail.com to confirm your spot.

Hobsonville Point Men's Event
2018-09-23 09:00 - 11:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Hobsonville Point Primary School, 18 De Havilland Road, Auckland
Men’s Event at Hobsonville Point Primary School, with free breakfast, speakers and fun activities led by Massey Men’s Shed.

Hobsonville Point Photography Exhibition
2018-10-12 19:00 - 21:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Headquarters Building, Corner Marine Parade and Buckley Ave, Auckland
If you love taking photos then you might like to show off your work at the inaugural Hobsonville Point Photography Exhibition.
Opening night: Fri, Oct 12, 7-9pm: Meet The Photographers at Headquarters – all welcome for this free event!
The show will remain open each day from 10am to 5pm (Tues to Sat) and 9-4, Sun. Exhibition closes 4pm Sat, Oct 27.
If you’d like your images to be included check out the details here.

Whisky Appreciation Evening
2018-10-16 17:45 - 21:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Headquarters Building, Corner Marine Parade and Buckley Ave, Auckland
A new event for Hobsonville Point – whisky appreciation evening at Headquarters. Coming your way Oct 16 at Headquarters.
$70 for canapes and carefully chosen Scotches to taste.
Strictly R18.
Arrive any time from 5.45. The talk starts at 6.30.

Spring Garden Trim ’n ’Tidy - POSTPONED
2018-10-27 - 2018-10-28 | Hobsonville Point
Update:

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Now that everything’s growing like crazy, it’s nearly time for flexible garden waste bins to be placed around the Point so you can weed, trim and prune and get rid of all the clippings.
Back in early winter we put out 14 bins, mostly in older streets where planting has become lush enough to need a trim. Here’s the location map we distributed last time. Bins were dropped where you see red stars marked on the map – and a few of those places were so popular they needed two or three bins.

Please check out the map. If we did not put a bin near your place last time, and you think you and your neighbours could fill one, please email hobsonvillepoint@crockers.co.nz to provide your suggested location and put BIN LOCATIONS in the subject line. We may be able to rejig distribution by spreading the bins around.
NB The bins are for GARDEN WASTE ONLY, not ordinary household rubbish.
By the way, we know many of you are keen for the Society to spread the good Berms, Beers & Barbecue idea (as run by Sunderland A residents) all over the Point.
We haven’t had time to organise that but you can do it yourself. If you share a laneway, street or terrace block – why not get your neighbours together that weekend around someone’s barbecue and make it a social event.
Fill a flexibin during the day and, as the sun sinks, cook up something tasty for the kids, share drinks and snacks with your neighbours and reward yourselves for making your street look great!
GARDENING TIPS
Obviously, yank out unsightly weeds!. There are thistles and prickly things springing up everywhere – and if you’re living anywhere near a phoenix palm you need to watch out for new spiky seedlings. They’re easy to dig out when they’re small but very hard to deal with as they get bigger.
But even ornamental plants need attention. Beds of pretty dietes lilies have been putting on a great show this spring around Hobsonville Point but their white and purple flowers are now dying off. If you have them in your garden or in front of your fenceline, here’s how to have them look just as good next season…
White dietes
Once the flowers have turned brown, those stalks need deadheading. If you don’t trim them back, the plants will drop seeds and soon you’ll have ever-growing numbers of unruly clumps full of shabby brown stalks.
There are many areas planted with hebe’ as well. Most are New Zealand natives and are pretty hardy but they also benefit from some TLC after their pink flowers have died away. Trimming them back ensures good flowering next spring and also stops them becoming too leggy, which makes them susceptible to a sucking insect called scale.
Pink hebes
Now the weather’s warming up (finally!) it’s a good idea to attend to those small tasks and chuck the clippings in the garden waste bins. Date reminder: the weekend of Oct 27-28.
This time around, they’ll be Green Gorilla flexibins.

HPRS AGM
2018-10-30 19:00 - 21:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Hobsonville Point Secondary School, 70 Hobsonville Point Rd, Auckland, 0616, New Zealand
The 2018 Annual General Meeting of the Hobsonville Point Residents Society will be held at 7pm on October 30 at the Hobsonville Point Secondary School. Open to all HPRS members.

Garden Trim ‘n’ Tidy this weekend
2018-11-03 - 2018-11-04 | Hobsonville Point
We’re distributing Green Gorilla flexible bags around the Point so you can tackle weeds and overgrown shrubs and get rid of the clippings.
Thirteen bins will go out before the weekend of Nov 3-4, and will be collected again during the following week. The weather looks pretty bad this weekend, so if the bins are slow to fill we’ll leave them out over the following weekend too in the hope that some finer conditions will come along.
Where to find them:

Bin locations
* Corner Buckley Ave and de Havilland Drive
* Corner Buckley Ave and Harvard St
* Station St, midway along rear stretch
* Corner Station St and Toheroa St
* Corner Kittyhawk Way and Meteor Drive
* Corner Corsair St and Harvard St
* Onekiritea Road and Chaffinch St by waterpark
* Corner Ponga St and Kotuku Lane
* Kanuka Rd, on the curve by Kotuku Lane
* Bomb Point Drive, opposite end of Tuatua Rd
* Lester St, halfway along
* Torea Tai Rd, close to the petanque area
* Liquidamber Drive, rear side close to playground
They usually fill up fast so, please, ONLY GARDEN WASTE, WEEDS AND FLAX. NO OTHER HOUSEHOLD RUBBISH.
Clip those hedges, pull those thistles, and let’s get our area looking super for summer!
NB If you’re a landlord with tenants whose rent covers garden maintenance, remind them too of the need to weed. And if they’re not doing it, please get it seen to. The neighbours will love you for it.
Best wishes,
HPRS Committee

The opening of Te Ara Manawa – Hobsonville/Onekiritea Coastal Walkway
2018-11-17 - 2018-11-18 | Hobsonville Point
Celebrate the opening of Te Ara Manawa – Hobsonville/Onekiritea Coastal Walkway
10am-2pm, Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th November
You’ll be able to walk the entire 5km loop that hugs the coast of Hobsonville Point. There’ll be lots of fun stuff happening along the route, including kids activities, music, and opportunities to discover the area’s rich history. Auckland’s best food trucks, a Little Creatures Brewing NZ craft beer pop-up, the Catalina Farmers Market and coffee carts will keep foodies happy, too. EATRefuel at pit stops all the way around the loop. With food trucks, a Little Creatures craft beer pop-up, coffee carts, ice cream, and the Catalina Bay Farmers Market, you won’t go hungry (or thirsty). PLAYPlay along the way, with live music, fun activities for all ages, and award-winning parks and playgrounds.ROVEMeander along the easy, pram-friendly 5km coastal loop, and discover Hobsonville Point’s fascinating military and natural history as you go.
FAQsHow long is the walk?The walk is 5km of flat, easy terrain. You can choose to do the whole loop, or just part of it. There are points of interest, food, drinks and activities spaced the whole way round. Is the event kid-friendly?Absolutely! There will be plenty of fun activities and ice cream stops around the whole loop to keep the kids interested, and the walk connects a number of parks, including Harrier Point playground on Launch Road (featuring a giant bucket swing and flying fox overlooking the water), and the award-winning Hobsonville Point playground on Buckley Avenue. The walk is pram, cycle and scooter-friendly for little ones. Is this a sustainable/green event?Yes. Sustainability is very important to us at Hobsonville Point, and we’ll be working hard to minimise the amount of waste going to landfill. Please bring your reusable water bottles and coffee cups. Can I bring my dog?Sure thing. Just remember your leash – there are some important bird breeding grounds along the walkway. Can I cycle?Usually, that’s a resounding ‘yes’. However, we’re expecting a lot of people for the Gala Opening weekend, so please keep this in mind. Is it wheelchair-friendly?Yes. Some of the walkway is boardwalk, some footpath, and the rest is reasonably flat, graded gravel. There are disabled parking and toilets at Catalina Bay. Will there be toilets?Yes, there will be plenty of portable toilets all around the loop.

If you have friends living elsewhere who’d like to come, invite them to visit: www.hobsonvillepoint.co.nz/visit/getting-here/
During the gala opening weekend, there’ll be special CBD-Hobsonville Point return ferry tickets available for $25 per family. Check out the Facebook event page here and simply RSVP on that page to be notified when tickets are available for purchase.

Want to Help the Point be Even More Amazing?
2018-11-21 19:15 - 20:30 (Pacific/Auckland) | Headquarters Building, Corner Marine Parade and Buckley Ave, Auckland
There’s a meeting in Headquarters’ Baffin Lounge on Wed, Nov 21, 7.15, for residents willing to help create or help to run some great local events in 2019.
Bring your ideas and be willing to brainstorm.
Maybe it’s heritage events, a midwinter Christmas and/or Matariki celebration, movie nights, art shows??? There are already some great ideas being floated… and it’s up to all of us to make things hum.
HPRS committee rep Lindsey Dawson and Gavin Gunston from Hobsonville Point Community Trust will both be there with the aim of gathering great thoughts, finding out who wants to do what, and putting together the beginnings of a great calendar of events for 2019.
SEE YOU THERE!

Bling on Point - Joy of Diwali
2018-11-24 17:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Headquarters Building, Corner Marine Parade and Buckley Ave, Auckland
You’re welcome to enjoy a splash of Indian fun, dance, music and bling at HQ (214 Buckley Ave) on Saturday evening, Nov 24, from 5pm. Residents Amar and Dee Trivedi are organising this as a local tribute to Diwali – the Festival of Lights.
It’s the Hindu New Year, celebrated all over the world to signal the triumph of light over darkness, good over bad and to welcome in peace and prosperity.
There’s a $10 charge to help cover expenses (though kids under 10 are free) but they’ve also got great support from HQ, as the venue; Indian Summer, supplying Indian eats and snacks; and Hobsonville Countdown, providing beverages and refreshments.
Chuck on your ethnic gear or simply something bright, as there’s a prize for best dressed male and female.
Expect live Indian music and dancing, henna painting, authentic decorations and a traditional welcome. It’s great to see residents creating and running bright and happy events like this that everyone can enjoy!
If you use Facebook you can see more about it under Events, where you can also indicate if you’re planning to go. Go to Bling on Point The Joy of Diwali.
