A contribution by Mercury Bay Radiology
Tuesday, 26 January 2021
From September last year, you might have noticed a weekly recipe in The Informer, created by Stacey Conning and published by Whitianga Social Services as part of their “Healthy Eating, Healthy You” programme. The recipes have been consistently yummy, easy to prepare and focused on achieving a healthy diet on a budget, which is a useful goal for all us.
The Mercury Bay Environmental Trust has just completed a repaint of the stone Kiwi on the hill above Wharekaho.
The Mercury Bay Art Group’s 2021 Summer Exhibition will be finishing on Monday next week and the month-long event held at the Whitianga Art Centre and Gallery in School Road (an old school building from Kuaotunu) has already exceeded all expectations.
Miss Sybil Smith, Whangapoua postmistress, was uneasy. The weather was very unsettled and the sea rough and here was Samuel Peddle assuring her his launch, Enterprise, would breast the waves like a duck. He was also totally confident in the ability of William Brown to manage the launch.
It’s a well-known fact that after retirement, many men yearn for and miss the company of other blokes. There is a desire and need to get out of the house occasionally and rub shoulders with fellow retirees who talk a similar language and who are on a similar wavelength to themselves.
Anniversary Weekend sees the return of the “10 Artists” for another exhibition of diverse and engaging artwork in Kuaotunu.
For the month of January, while a helicopter operated by the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust is based at Crosby Field in Whitianga, we report in every issue of The Informer on the missions flown during the previous week by the Whitianga-based helicopter.
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