Refinery Celebrates 50 years with an Open Day
Marsden Point Oil Refinery turns 5o!
To help celebrate the company’s 50th anniversary this year, and to show its appreciation to its neighbours and the wider community for the support they’ve given over this time, the New Zealand Refining Company is opening its gates to the public on 9 October 2011. Read more
Business and Ratepayer Groups in Bream Bay
There are lots of ways to get involved in the communities of Bream Bay, one of them is to get involved in local business and community groups.
I belong to the Waipu Business and Promotions Group and the Waipu Residents and Ratepayers, and have just become a part of a new group – Bream Bay Business Network which meets on the 2nd Wednesday of the Month at 7am at Waterline Cafe in Marsden Cove. Great breakfast and networking. Come along some time!
We have a page with contact details for these groups on the Bream Bay website HERE
Please let me know details of other similar groups operating in Bream Bay to add to it contact Rosemary
New Charter Boat business in Marsden Cove
Jacqui Taylor – Lynds and Robert Lynds started Bay Fishing Charters Ltd in Tauranga over 5 years ago. Over the years they grew the business to include 4 charter boats all of various sizes and employed Skippers and Deck Hands and took thousands of people out onto the water. Now they are based at Marsden Cove. Here is a bit more about them…. Read more
Bream Bay supports Christchurch – come on lets get involved
Come and help raise money for Christchurch and have a great time doing it:
16 April 2011 from 5pm at Marsden Cove Marquee
$10/adult $5 student 12yrs and under free
Tickets available from Ruakaka Take Note and Waipu Stationary and Lotto and at the Door
Follow them on Facebook
Live Band: Jim Wallace and sons
Prize for best dressed – Black & Red Costume!
5pm – 5:30pm Circus performers
5:30 – 6:30pm Short Performances from three schools interspersed with quick fire raffles
6:30pm Charity Auction (see partial list below)
7pm Live Band: Jim Wallace and Sons (formerly The Outlaws)
Meals will be available from 5pm. Kids meals as well. Ice Creams and cokes. Cash Bar.
All proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity’s project: SHELTER: “getting a roof over Canterbury”.
Auction Items
- Bay of Islands Holiday: Accommodation at the Copthorne (with breakfast) and Hole in the Rock Tour from Explore NZ.
- Bag a Builder – Fancy finishing up a deck or other project? Craig Cogan will supply 3 of his best for 8hrs each!
- Beauty Therapy vouchers from Pure Essence! Think – Mother’s Day
- Holiday Bach in Mangawhai – accommodation vouchers.
- Hop over to the Matakohe museum with a family pass.
- Art – Richard Robinson limited edition print: “Coming Home II”. Check it out on www.newzealandartist.com.
- Entertaining this winter? You’ll be sorted with this package: The Marsden Yacht Club venue with the use of a spit-roaster (donated by Cowley’s Hire Centre) and a sheep for the spit.
- And why not put the out of town guests up at a Farm-stay? They also get golf and a massage!
- A unique gift idea…..A Vasectomy Operation. Donated by our local Urologist, Dr. Nixon of Cardinal Points Specialists.
- Aussie winter holiday? Try Magnetic Island! Just off the coast of Townsville in North Queensland in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. A week’s stay in a holiday home that sleeps 8. Show the kids the real Australia this year. We’ve got a $100 travel voucher from The Travel Brokers to help with the airfare.
- The Patchwork Group is working on a special quilt commemorating Bream Bay’s effort to help Canterbury!
…..And More: There are silent auction items, baskets, dinner vouchers, something for every budget.
The organising committee wishes to extend a huge THANK YOU for all of the generous donations and support services from our community members and Bream Bay businesses.
See more on Facebook: Bream Bay Supports Christchurch
Listen to “Battle of the Sexes” MoreFM the week prior to: 16 April 2011
Chicks at the Chicks
Marsden Cove Fishing Club is holding its annual ladies fishing competition namely Chic’s @ The Chicks over the weekend of 9/10 April 2011 and will be based at Marsden Cove Marquee, One Tree Point. The costs of the tickets are $35 includes a meal on the Sunday. Read more
Kayaking the Ruakaka Estuary
October Long Weekend – a big high was predicted, and a morning high tide – perfect conditions for a paddle in the Ruakaka Estuary and wildlife reserve. Simon Ellison lives in a small cottage on the estuary in Princes St. From this location he hires kayaks, we rang him and made sure he had a double kayak waiting for us. Read more
Northland Seafood Festival
Marsden Cove is one again going to host The Northland Seafood Festival
If you enjoy good wine, seafood and are looking for an enjoyable outing to celebrate the arrival of spring, Northland’s inaugural Seafood Festival is the answer. Read more
New Year at Marsden Canals
Marsden Cove Marina and Canals and Hopper developments present:
FREE NEW YEAR’S EVE Jazz & Blues Festival – CONCERT ON THE CANAL
Thursday, 31 December 2009 5:00 p.m. – Friday, 1 January 2010 12:00 a.m.
There will be music and a great fireworks display. Read more
New Convenience Store at Marsden Cove
Marina View Store
Kathy Pantling and Gary have opened a brand new convenience store at The Marsden Cove Marina in One Tree Point, it is open 7 days a week selling groceries, newspapers and Magazines as well as
- yummy New Zealand Natural scooped Ice cream
- fresh espresso coffee
- freshly baked bread
- slices, cakes and pies
- we also hire out DVDs.
Many locals and boaties have already become regular customers as have some local refinery workers… worth a look.
The Godwits have arrived
Bev and Ron McCracken of One Tree Point have reported their first sighting this season of hundreds of Godwits landing on the beach at Marsden Bay at the turn of the tide on Sunday 19 September.
Around 4,000 bar tailed godwits return to Whangarei Harbour each summer after overwintering in Siberia and Alaska.  They fly 11,000 kms non stop to reach these shores and arrive thin and exhausted.  Over summer they can frequently be seen feeding at Marsden Bay, and on King Tide when other parts of the harbour are under water, they flock to the sand spit at the Ruakaka River Mouth.
