What’s Happening in and around the Franklin District

Pukekohe

  • Franklin Parents Centre Antenatal Course at Pukekohe Matetniry Unit – Visit the Parents Centre website for course dates – click here for full details.
  • Franklin Parents Centre Baby and You Course: ESSENTIAL course for any mum with a new baby.  Only $60.00 for non-members and $40.00 for members, sign up today and connect with other parents.  Contact Franklin Parents Centre for full details - click here for full details
  • Stories and More: 2-5 year olds come along for stories, songs and fun activities 10.30am to 11am Wednesday and Thursday at Pukekohe Library - click here for full details
  • La Leche League Pukekohe Coffee Group: Monday 10am to 12pm held at Pukekohe Maternity Hospital.  Click here for more details.
  • Music and Movement for Under 5′s: Held every Friday 10am at Pukekohe Plunket Building hosted by Franklin Parents Centre.
  • Tots N Tune: Held every Tuesday 10.30am and 12.30pm.  Music, dance and action for 0-5 years.  Gold coin donation.  Plunket rooms, cnr Edinburgh St and Wesley St.
  • Casual Walking Group: Walk from Colin Lawrie Fields to Pukekohe, Thursday 10am.  For more details call Celeste 092386971
  • Buckland Play Group: Wednesdays 9.30am to 12pm at Buckland Hall, Gold coin donation.
  • Mainly Music Pukekohe: Friday 9.30am at CFC church Belgium Rd.  $4.00 per family per session. Mainly music is a half hour music and movement session followed by a yummy morning tea for both the kiddies and the adults.  Click here for more details
  • Pukekohe Gymnastics Club: Kiddy gymnastics on Tuesday at 10.00am, $6 per week
  • Franklin Parents Centre/Porse Tuesday Playschool: Rooseville Park (at the end of Totara Road) in Pukekohe, 10am – 11am
  • Franklin Parents Centre Baby and Toddler Expo: 16th June 10am to 1pm at Franklin Bapist Church, Pukekohe
  • Franklin Parents Centre Jaffa Race: 13 July, 25,000 Jaffas will be rolled down Baldwin Street in Dunedin.  FPC has 400 tickets to sell! To purchase a ticket, please contact Astrid at astridshirley@yahoo.comor look out for our sellers at Countdown South Pukekohe on 23 June and New World Waiuku on 30 June.

Waiuku

  • Babywearing Franklin: Monthly meetings due to start in 2012, potluck morning tea.  Bring your carrier, your kids and your questions about babywearing.  Venue/Time to be Confirmed.  Phone Louise 2359305 for more details or click here.
  • Runamocha Playgroup: Every Monday and Thursday 10am to 12pm, 3 James Bright Lane - click here for more details
  • Stories and More: 2-5 year olds come along for stories, songs and fun activities 10.30am to 11am Tuesday and Wednesday at Waiuku Library - click here for full details
  • Waiuku Plunket Tots and Tunes:  Held every Friday except school holidays, at 10am in the Waiuku Civic Centre. Entry is by Gold Coin donation per family. Call 2355777 for more details.
  • Mainly Music:  Tuesday 10am held at the St Andrew Centre, 85 Queen Street, Waiuku.  Phone 235 2238 for more details or click here.
  • Babies and Buggies: Thursday 9.30am to 11.30am held at the Hold Trinity Anglican Church.  Phone Natalie 235 6404 for more details.
  • Wriggle and Rhyme: Held Tuesdays, 10.30am at Waiuku Library for Babies 0 to 2 years.

Otaua

  • Otaua Aka Aka Playcentre, 32 Factory Road, Otaua.  General Sessions for babies to school age: Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings 8.45am – 11.15am.  Kauri Kids sessions for 3yr old to school age: Tuesday and Thursday mornings 8.45am – 12.30pm.  Term starts 7th Feb.  Contact Ali Ryan for details ali@imagenz.com or phone 235 2845

Patumahoe/Mauku

  •  Patumahoe/Mauku Playcentre: We offer a range of play sessions from General Sessions for children from birth to school age (0-6) and Extended Sessions for children over 3 (provided they are happy to be left in supervised care). Children and adults have great fun during sessions learning alongside one another in a fun, stimulating environment. Favourite activities include play dough, collage work, carpentry, sandpit, water play, story time, musical instruments and messy play which all help to develop the children’s creativity. First 3 visits free! Only $30 per family per term! We have a range of session times. For more info please call 236 3902 or browse http://www.playcentre.org.nz/playcentreDetail.php?id=108&assocID=10

Glenbrook

  • Calendula Baby Fair: Next one will be in December
  • Glenbrook Vintage Railway: Open between Labour Weekend (late October) and continues until Queens Birthday (early June).  Click here to visit their website

Clarks Beach

  • Franklin Parents Centre/Porse Thursday Playschool: Torkar Road (behind the bowling club) in Clarks Beach, 9:30am – 11am