by TastyBytes | Aug 31, 2016 | Posts Archive
Saturday 24th September – 10am-2pm
Last year, thanks to the generosity of our community, we raised in excess of $30,000. This was an outstanding result for a school of only around 80 children! These funds have been set aside for the completion of our new turf development. This year our goal is to fundraise to complete our turf project, to upgrade our aging playground and to purchase some school banners to use at sporting events.
Donations Needed
Meantime, we are collecting donated goods for our various stalls. Anything you would like to donate will be gratefully received! You can drop items into the school or telephone Charlotte Walker on 0274411624.
The items we require include second hand books, toys, clothes & hangers and bric-a-brac. (Obviously we need items to be in good working order). Non-perishable grocery items, crafts and produce and items for our quick fire raffles and auction would also be hugely appreciated.
We thank you for all your community support. Kaipara Flats PTA
by TastyBytes | Aug 30, 2016 | Posts Archive
Come to the Club on Friday 14th October for Registration and Subs payment from 3.30 – 4.30pm
Lessons start October 28th for 7 weeks!
by TastyBytes | Aug 18, 2016 | Posts Archive
Kaipara Flats Village Fayre
Saturday 12th November 2016 at Ranfurly Hall.
10am till 4pm.
* FREE ADMISSION! *
Live Music | Devonshire Teas | Crafts for Sale | Jams & Pickles | Paintings | Plants | Photography | Jewellery | Pottery + More!!
Support your Local Community!
by TastyBytes | Aug 5, 2016 | Front Page/News, Posts Archive, Website
Welcome to the Kaipara Flats Community Website. We hope you will find it useful & discover something about Kaipara Flats you didn’t know before. If you notice something missing or incorrect (or have suggestions to improve it) please contact us.
If you are one of the community who help run our local clubs, a big Thankyou for your efforts – please keep us updated with new information.. and keep up the good work.
Please think to use our local companies from the business listings wherever you can – and if you have a local business of your own, please sign up. It’s cheaper any other form of local advertising, you will ‘Google-Friendly’ – and will be helping us keep this website running.
The Kaipara Flats Website Team | Email Us
by TastyBytes | Aug 4, 2016 | Kaipara Butchery, Posts Archive
One of Kaipara Flat’s most enduring icons is the old Butchery near the railway bridge. Having been closed for many years it is showing the ravages of time and is in danger of collapse. Owner Gail McDowell has agreed to work with a group of locals to fix it up – so that this charming link to the past can survive.
Kaipara Butchery was initially started by local patriarch Harry Mason over 100 years ago and was subsequently run by a number of other locals over the decades including Stan & Iris Phillips, Les Hallam and Bert and Pearl McMasters, who were the last to run it as a butcher’s shop before they started home-kills. A slaughterhouse at the top of Thomson Road was used to feed the shop it’s product..
This was continued by Rupert Berger, and then John Fletcher – who was the last person to use the ship for processing in the early 1970s. John still lives in Kaipara Flats, but the Kaipara Butchery hasn’t sold a sausage for the best part of 50 years.
It remains one of the most identifiable and popular buildings in the whole area, so it’s great it will be prevented from disappearing.. and that it will still be there as something from the past for future generations of locals to enjoy.
The floor and timbers are in need of repair and the large tree which is damaging the foundations will sadly have to go. If anyone can help with materials or manpower on this worthwhile project please contact Brett Innes Email or donations can be sent to Sioux Anich Email.
