Langs Beach Lodge – walking adventures

Bream Bay has a new tourist accommodation which focuses on walkers …

Langs Beach Lodge has been developed by the former owners of the successful Naja Garden Centre in Mangawhai Natalie and Jac Spyksmas.  They are offering their lovely home as an accommodation base for 2-3 day short break walking adventures. Natalie and Jac are both keen walkers themselves, they appreciate and enjoy the sense of camaraderie and wellbeing that having an adventure like this creates. Over the last 18 months, they have enjoyed walks in Europe, Japan and New Zealand. Read more

Waipu Montana Poetry Day Winners

The winners of this year’s Bream Bay News Poetry Competition: are Michael McRae (Primary School Section), Rachel Roberts (Secondary School Section) and Peter Stevensen (Open Section.) Each received a $50 book voucher at the Montana Poetry Day Evening held at Cafe 45 in Waipu on Friday night, 24 July. Read more

Another Great Weekend in Waipu

Photo Competition – Sunday Market – Platters and Plays

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Waipu Sunday Markets a success and will keep going monthly

Banners for Waipu Family market

Waipu Sunday Markets and “Jane’s Caf√©” had their second outing yesterday and was once again a great success.¬† Great food and wine for sale, the caf√© did a great trade, lots of local fruit and veges, german sausages, boutique beer, honey, olive oil and great local crafts – Sue Matthews cloth tiki’s and woodwork.¬† This is a great event, and its nice to see that Rosie and Jane are going to make it a monthly event¬† – check out the Bream Bay Events Calendar for dates.

Take a moment to … Catch your breath

Sunday 12 July @ 9.30am – 12.00pm

An invitation to stop for a morning and remember what it feels like to breathe fully and truly relax. Trudy Ryan invites you to come and experience correct breathing, learn breathing techniques to change your mind state, practice relaxation methods to release tension in a beautiful environment that will replenish you.
Where: Waipu Cove Surf Lifesaving Clubrooms
$30 – book with Trudy Ryan 432 1386 Email Trudy Read more

Classic Hits in Waipu for Tartan Week

Tartan Day in Waipu was helped along by Will and Jax from Classic Hits Northland who got into the spirit of tartan, winter@waipu broadcasting their Breakfast Show live from Food 45. Locals dropped in for coffee and breakfast, and there were lots of great interviews and free giveaways. Read more

Evensong in Waipu

The Waipu Anglican Church and Lauchie McLean got into the spirit of Winter@waipu and organised a traditional Evensong service on Sunday evening 28th June. A choir of about 20 gathered from surrounding districts and met to practise at 2.30pm on the afternoon before the service.
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DubDub is the dog’s name…

Michael McRae, 10 years old, lives in Waipu and attends Waipu Primary School. He is the winner of the “Find the Dog Competition” run by Good Ground Real Estate as a a Winter@Waipu promotion.

Michael received a $100 voucher to the Waipu Pizza Barn. Well done Michael.

This month the competition is to find which shop DubDub is in!

Also in the 4 Square there is a guess the tartan competition – so be into win

Hear Patsy Montgomery on radio

Move over Dunedin, the small Northland town of Waipu is angling for the title of the most Scottish town in the country. Today residents are donning their kilts to mark international tartan day.

Hear Patsy Montgomery, Waipu Museum, on National Radio Morning Report on Tartan Day, I july. Podcast here Read more

A Country Women’s Constitutional Evening

Corralie writes: Billed as “a wonderfully informative and hilarious health night for women” the title was definitely tongue in check as a sell out crowd of 150 women gathered at Artform Restaurant for a girls night out. Read more

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