August 2015 – Healthy Choices

I have a left handed Husband who thinks he’s always right! He is convinced that some of our kitchen appliances come with a hidden cost – our hearing! We bicker a lot so it will come as a surprise to some that on this point I agree with him, however it took him a bit...

Helensville Playcentre: parent run, child centred

While Helensville has several early childhood centre options, it pays to remember that one option is a local playcentre with a good pedigree; it has been running for around 50 years and continues to receive the tick of approval from the Education Review Office (ERO)....

The River and other stuff

The River and other stuff – Noeleen Healey’s Exhibition of Art Works celebrate the artists 85th year of living and loving! “Painting is just another way of keeping a diary” said Pablo Picasso and since 1996 Noeleen has been keeping a visual diary of her feelings for...

August 2015 – The Lions Roar

You will no doubt have seen us out and about this month working on the Riverside Walk.  We are extending the footpath from Creek Lane to where we left off below the old Post Office.  It is a lovely walk so please do use it. We had our first meetings with our new...

The River

Artist’s Statement by Noeleen Healey I take the realities of nature and work with the fantasies of my imagination. The river is like a sensuous living animal, winding through and over flats that are forever changing, with colour and texture, buttercup, dandelion, dock...