Kaurihohore Public Hall

19/02/2025

UNWANTED VISITORS TO NEW BUS SHELTER

Message from Hall Committee

We’ve had some unwanted visitors to our new bus shelter recently judging by the drug paraphernalia and human waste we had to clean up! Not a pleasant task and obviously one we do not want to have to repeat.

The incidents have been reported to the Police which will result in extra patrols in the area.

👀We ask that locals keep an extra eye open for any suspicious activity at the Hall and report it to us and/or to the Police.

On our part we want to improve the security in and around the Hall by installing additional lighting and security camera(s). We are looking for some (preferably free) advice from a local security expert to help us with the selection and suitable location for these items. Please contact us with your details, many thanks.

Henry Smits, Chairperson

26/11/2024

CHRISTMAS CUPCAKE DECORATING CLASS

Krystal's Cakes & Platters will be hosting a Christmas-themed cupcake decorating class for ADULTS at the Kauri Hall on 15 December.

Book direct with Krystal.

Adults here’s your chance to come and decorate 6 Christmas themed cupcakes and learn a few new techniques. Message me if you’re interested and I’ll book you in. Bring some friends with you will be a fun arvo

13/11/2024

🙌FAREWELL TO OUR POSTIE - AFTERNOON TEA 🍰🫖

Just a reminder about the afternoon tea for Lynette Taylor this SUNDAY 17 November from 1.30pm - 3.30pm at the Kauri Hall. All are welcome.

Please bring a plate to share. Whangarei District Council, local Ward Councillor Gavin Benney will present a gift on behalf of the community between 2.00pm and 2.30pm.

And in case you missed it, this is the article in the The Northern Advocate about Lynette's long service as our local Postie: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/whangarei-rural-postie-lynette-taylor-retires-after-nearly-40-years-with-nz-post/ZGXDTWIHDREP5PIWITMFQ47PVY/

06/10/2024

🪴🌻PLANT & 🍋🥬PRODUCE SALE

It was great to see and meet more people from our community and surrounding areas at the Plant & Produce Sale held at the Hall on Saturday.

A great team effort from the Hall Committee and Community.

Our takings for the day came to $1,381.70, which will go towards the Kitchen Refurbishment project.

Many thanks to all those that donated plants, produce or helped out on the day. You know who you are 🙃 And thank you to Fonterra for donation of the flavoured milk cartoons for the kids.

The NEXT event at the Hall is the ever popular MONDAY MARKET with local craftspeople selling their speciality crafts. Get started on your Christmas shopping.

Labour Day, 28 October 9am-1.30pm run by the Kaurihohore / Kamo Co-operating Church.

For more details see:
https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2024/monday-market-kaurihohore/whangarei

26/09/2024

Plant and Produce day 5th October, at our local hall, 8am-2pm.
This year we are including a table for fresh produce. This is to give local residents the opportunity to donate and share fruit and vegetables that are surplus to their own needs. It will be nice to pay it forward to those who don't have gardens. Please drop off any fruit and veges on Friday 4th October 2pm-6pm.
Any enquiries phone ot txt Claire 0210426437

14/09/2024

Shout out to our newest followers! Excited to have you onboard! Kimberly Dow, Joanne Malcolm

01/09/2024

PLANT & PRODUCE MARKET - SAT 5 OCTOBER

Our popular Plant & Produce Market is back in October:

Saturday 5 October 8am - 2pm at the Kaurihohore Hall.

This will be a fundraiser towards our kitchen renovation.
Seedlings and small plants will be gold coin/coins, with bigger plants and natives $5 and more. Banana palms $10 and $20.

We will have native trees, shrubs, banana plants, succulents, ground cover, indoor plants, strawberry plants and vegetable and flower seedlings for sale.
The 'Dahlia table' with Kimberley, will be back again.

We will also have a table for fruit and vege. So if you have surplus, bring it along to share.

Tea, coffee and cake will be available for $5
No eftpos.

Drop-off for any plants, fruit or vegetables being donated is Friday 4th October 2pm-6pm.

Contact Claire 0210426437 with queries

27/08/2024

HIRE THE HALL FOR YOUR EVENT

The Hall is available to hire by the hour. It makes a great venue for special family friendly celebrations and all manner of community events.

Note that this is a community hall with neighbouring properties. Responsible consumption of alcohol only and no loud noise after 10pm.

It can comfortably seat up to 80 people and has 15 tables. It has a fully functioning kitchen with stove and oven, fridge/freezer, dishwasher, hot water zip, microwave. It has four heat pumps keeping it warm in winter and cool in summer.

Costs range from $25/hour for local bookings to $30/hour for outside bookings. A $80 cleaning fee is generally charged as well for bookings over an hour. WIFI is available

If you would like to enquire about a booking, or to view the Hall please contact our Bookings Officer, Claire Gifford at [email protected] or on 021 042 6437.

More details can also be found on our website: https://www.kaurihohorehistory.org/hall

27/08/2024

SEEKING LOCAL BUILDER

As part of our kitchen refit project we want to strip back the kitchen wall where the sink is, insulate and re-gib.

We will need to apply for funding to complete the job, so the work may only go ahead early next year. But we are keen to find a local builder (not a big corporate builder) to do this little job as part of this bigger project.

If you are interested in finding out more, please contact Claire Gifford on 021 0426437 or email [email protected] to arrange a time to come and view the kitchen.

19/08/2024

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - TUESDAY 20 AUGUST

A reminder to please join us tomorrow evening from 6.45pm for some cheese and wine as we look back over the past year for the Kaurihohore Public Hall and talk about ideas for the future.

The business part of the AGM will commence from 7pm.

Have your say on important matters to secure the ongoing operation of the Hall as a shared community asset for the 2,000 or so local residents of Kauri.

All members of the Society get to vote on resolutions, so please come along, join as a member and have your say.

We are also keen to have someone help take on Caretaker duties, so if you are interested please come along. This role can be shared and you will be supported by other Committee members.

Please find attached a copy of:

The Agenda for the AGM:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rSHX4PXF5-Ncalox2eN-tTVE2ZbP6maJ/view?usp=sharing

The Annual Report:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sjGsjjqVJYYfjJ6a_f87eeH_pO0QGXfq/view?usp=sharing

The Annual Financial Accounts:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PXlMzU4qDhquzrRdqe5nN6c3U1uNORym/view?usp=sharing

15/08/2024

SPONSOR APPRECIATION - WHANGAREI DISTRICT COUNCIL & CROFT POLES & TIMBER

How great does the new fencing and carpark area by the Hall look? And have you seen that volunteers, Dave Garrick and Aubrey Gifford, are busy constructing a new bus shelter as well next to the Hall. This will be a great addition for school kids waiting for bus in the mornings, but can also be used as a shelter for BBQs etc for hall users.

These improvements have been possible thanks to a generous grant from the Whangarei District Council last year of $9,982 and in-kind support from Croft Poles & Timber for materials.

Thanks also to NorthEnd Contractors who did the big job of removing the two old tree stumps, Mark Thorne from MBT Contracting who did the fencing job, and Noel Moffatt for donating funds for new metal and spreading it.

If your community organisation wishes to apply for a grant from WDC go to: www.wdc.govt.nz/funding to find out more.

04/08/2024

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Kaurihohore Public Hall Incorporated Society Committee cordially invite you to attend our AGM

6.45pm - Tuesday 20th August, 2024
Kaurihohore Public Hall 16 Apotu Road, Kauri

Everyone welcome!

Wine and Cheese welcome from 6.45pm
Meeting to start 7.00pm and close by 8.00pm

Come and hear what we have been up to at the Hall over the past year and plans for the future. Have your say on important matters to secure the ongoing operation of the Hall as a shared community asset.

All members of the Society get to vote on resolutions, so please come along, join as a member and have your say.

We are also keen to receive nominations for new Officers/Committee members (Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer, Caretaker/Custodian). These roles can be shared as well. No prior experience necessary, just a willingness to join a group of fellow Kauri residents in giving back to our community. We plan to meet around 8 times a year.

For further information email [email protected] or call Bronwyn 020 4105 1121 or Claire on 021 042 6437

Copy of agenda can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rSHX4PXF5-Ncalox2eN-tTVE2ZbP6maJ/view?usp=sharing

03/08/2024

QUIZ NIGHT FUN

A big thank you from the Kaurihohore Hall Committee to all those wonderful personalities that made up our 13 Quiz teams last night.

You all helped to make the night a successful community event. A big thank you to Warrick Harkness - Ray White Real Estate for sponsoring the event, which meant we were able to raise an impressive $1,560. This will go towards saving for a kitchen refit we are planning.

Congratulations to Quizzy Rascals, Kitty Kats and Smooth Operators for winning 1st, 2nd and 3rd places.

A big shout out to Claire Gifford for being the driving force behind the night - from proposing the idea in the first place, to finding sponsors for all the prizes, to handling the bookings, and helping to set up the hall on the day. You are a superstar. 🌟

Other thanks go to Bronwyn and Steve for braving the weather and helping with parking; to Cassie for assisting Warrick with marking and to Judith and Christine for their general all round willingness to support where needed.

And a final thanks to MC Tommo for providing a great quiz 👍 and to all the other sponsors of the spot prizes 👍 Croft Poles & Timber Event Cinemas BockyBoo.NZ Milk and Honey Kamo Bin Inn Kamo Liquorland David's Pharmacy little foodie Amici Italian Restaurant Whangarei Mitre 10 MEGA Whangarei Z Energy Split Bar & Restaurant Grimmer Contracting Refuel Cafe

Next up is our ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING on Tuesday 20 August 7pm. Agenda to be posted next week.

01/08/2024

SPONSOR APPRECIATION - CROFT POLES AND TIMBER

We want to acknowledge the generosity of local business, Croft Poles & Timber, who donated all the timber for our recent fencing upgrade and towards a soon to be completed bus shelter.

They also came to the party, together with one of our awesome Committee members, Noel Moffat, to donate funds towards some metal to fill in the potholes in our parking area.

Thank you Noel and Crofts!

21/07/2024

UPDATE FROM HALL COMMITTEE - JULY 2024

Hello to all of our Facebook followers. It's been quite a while between posts! We lost access to the account for a while which explains the silence.

We will endeavour to be more active in posting about upcoming events at the hall.

The next two are:

QUIZ NIGHT, Fri 2 August 7pm - now SOLD OUT (although one team has 3 spots to fill - so get in touch if you want to grab one of those, $20pp). All proceeds go towards fundraising for a kitchen refit

AGM, Tue 20 August 7pm - at our Annual General Meeting we will review the past year, consider priorities for the year ahead and look to appoint Officers and confirm annual subscriptions for members.

We are on the hunt for a new Chairperson with Geoff Crawford having resigned in May after serving as our Chair for the past two years. But nominations for any of the roles are welcome (Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Officer) - send nominations by 19 August. We meet four times a year and our main role is to look after the ongoing maintenance of the hall and its financial sustainability so that it remains an attractive and useful community amenity. It does not take up a lot of time and is a rewarding way to give back to the community.

NEW WEBSITE

We are in the process of creating a new website to document stories about the local history of Kaurihohore. If you wish to contribute a story about your family's ties to Kaurihohore please see the contact form on the website. The website has a page for the Hall as well.

www.kaurihohorehistory.org

HIRING THE HALL

If you are interested in hiring the Hall for an event, Claire Gifford is our friendly Bookings Officer and she can be contacted by email at [email protected] or on 0210426437. Hall hireage is generally $25/hour with an $80 cleaning fee.

13/08/2022

PUBLIC NOTICE: AGM this coming Tuesday. All welcome!!

03/07/2022