Counties Racing Season Commences

Come and join in the fun at Counties Racing Club for the first race meeting of the 2008-09 season

For details on packages available, please call Jen at the Racing Club on 09 238 8049 or email crcms@ihug.co.nz

Pukekohe Light Opera Club
Proudly Presents the outrageous musical  THE PRODUCERS.  

This production features a gifted and enthusiastic cast of six leads accompanied by a company of 19, more than 200 costumes, a production team of more than 40, as well as a professional orchestra.  This is a comedy / musical like no other - Mary Gray the Director,  indicates the show contains adult themes!  It features two theatrical producers who scheme to get rich by overselling interest in a Broadway flop.  Complications arise however when the show turns out to be a hit.

 Location:  Harrington Hall Theatre, Pukekohe

Dates:  November 8 - November 29

Cost:  $25.00 per adult

Tickets:  Can be purchased from the i-SITE, 12 Massey Avenue, Pukekohe

Contact:  Pukekohe i-SITE 238 4081

Franklin Bride of the Year

Location:  Pukekohe Town Hall, Massey Avenue, Pukekohe

Date:  Friday 21 November

Cost:  $20 entry

Contact: 

Watch for details in local papers as they come to hand. Contact Nicky/Heather on 09 238 2253 or 021 1144947

BNI is the largest business networking organization in the world. The Franklin Chapter meet weekly at Stone Willow, Goldings Road, Pukekohe at 7am Thursday mornings.

Hypnotist Show - Wine & Cheese Evening (+ cash bar)

This is a night that's planned to be full of amazement, fun, and mayhem as Dave Upfold will use his unique brand of humour to deliver a show like no other. 
Dave has been involved in the Entertainment business as a motivational speaker, compere, and for the past 14 years as a magician and hypnotist. 

Leave your serious hat at the office and get your work mates together, have a christmas catch up with friends, or group outing, and support this Fundraiser for Breast Cancer.  The evening will commence with an auction with items ranging in value from $25 to $2500 - thanks to local sponsorship. 

Date:  Friday December 5

Time:  7.30pm  -  10pm

Location:  Pukekohe Intermediate School Hall, Edinborough Street, Pukekohe

Cost:  $35.00 per ticket, tables of 8.  Tickets available from Chapters Book Shop on King Street, or Pukekohe Intermediate School.   NO DOOR SALES.

Contact:  Robyn Harawira  rtlb@pukekohenorth.school.nz or phone 09 2386568

Christmas On Bledisloe

An event modelled on Auckland's Coca-Cola Christmas in the Park, to be held in our own Bledisloe Park, Pukekohe. MC Lynne McCutcheon.

Artists: Joe Cotton's band The Mermaids, Galley Slaves, Dennis Marsh, Courtney Janssen. Groups - Pukekohe Youth Choir, Tuakau Apostolic Beat Box Gospel, Nicky's School of Dance, and Franklin's up and coming 13 year old singing star Caitlin Turner will also entertain the crowd.

This is a free event encouraging family's and friends to converge on the Park with your picnic basket, lay a blanket and wait for the show to begin.  Look out for some Counties Steelers players who will be wandering through the crowd to extract you of a Gold coin donation towards the Franklin Silver Lining Trust.  A trust set up to help out family's in need of a break from diversity, or caring for someone ill.

In the event that this event is cancelled there is no postponement date.

Date:  Saturday December 6

Location:  Bledisloe Park, Pukekohe

Contact:  Sarah Innes at Kopykatz 238 3344   enquiries@kopykatz

Pukekohe Christmas Parade

 This year's Parade will start with entertainment from 11am to 12.45pm.

The Parade will start at 1pm and floats will go around the main street twice.

Theme for this year is Fancy Dress

Date:   Sunday, 7 December 2008

Location:  Pukekohe Main Street area

Time:  Festivities beginning at 11am

Contact:  Glenda Stewart,   glenda@franklinlife.co.nz  or                09 2390510

Pukekohe Youth Choir - Christmas Concert

This year they present BREVE - their 2008 Concert, a celebration of the Spirit of Youth and Christmas to be held at Franklin: The Centre in the Stevenson Room.  

Date:  Saturday 13 December   

Venue:  Franklin: The Centre, Massey Avenue, Pukekohe

Cost:  Adult $10, Children $5

Contact:  Nicki Turner 09 236 4266,   pukekoheyouthchoir@xtra.co.nz

Kids in Cars - 2009 Camp Quality family track day.

For the past four years Kids In Cars has organised a track - family fun day at Pukekohe Park Raceway for Camp Quality.  Camp Quality is a non-profit organisation that cares for children aged between 5-16 living with cancer.  There will be a truck convoy - last year there were 309 big rigs track side - a spectacular sight to see them rolling down the southern motorway.

To break the Guiness world record for the biggest convoy of trucks - 417 trucks will be needed.  We need your help to break this record !!

As part of the family day out, there will be a variety of fun track side rides, with the highlight being rides in cars and trucks around the track.  Celebrity race car drivers on site ....... many more attractions.   

When:  Sunday, 4 January 2009

Venue:  Pukekohe Park Raceway, 222-250 Manukau Road, Pukekohe

Cost:  Entry per car -             $10
           Driver for truck rides   $50
           Show'n'shine trucks    $20
           Show'n'shine cars       $20

Contact:  www.kic.org.nz  or  nkarl@kic.org.nz   

Tasman Grand Prix Meeting

This is the first of 3 meetings for F5000 cars recreating the glory days of the Tasman Series.  This is a two day meeting.  There are several invited groups attending this meet.  There are F5000 cars coming from Australia, USA and England. 

Practice and some racing Saturday 26 January.  Racing starts 10.30am Sunday 27 January.  

Location:  Pukekohe Park Raceway, Manukau Road, Pukekohe.  To get to Pukekohe, follow the Southern Motorway to the top of the Bombay Hills.  Take the Pukekohe turnoff - turning right.  When you get to Pukekohe turn left at the roundabout - Manukau Road, continue straight ahead to the track. 

Cost:  Adults $25, children under 12 free.  Free car parking, free grandstand and free entry to the pits.

Contact:  Fur further information contact www.grandprix.org.nz 

P76 Car Club AGM 2009

Preliminary notice that the annual general meeting of the P76 Car Club will be based in Pukekohe for the weekend 12, 13, 14 March 2009.

Itinerary:  Get-together / welcome on Friday night, a tour of the local area on Saturday followed by a formal meeting and a meal.

Further details will be provided as they become available

Contact:  Philip Meyer, National Secretary 09 2380652

Franklin Sports and Cultural Festival

In conjunction with Counties Manukau Sports and the Counties Manukau Ethnic Council, the 2009 Festival will once again be held at Bledisloe Park, Pukekohe.

Inter-school sports competition will begin at 9.30am - 12pm.  Kabbidi-Indian wrestling and Kilikitti were played in 2008, with the programme being similar for 2009.

Cultural entertainers are planned from 12.30 - 3pm, and a variety of foods will be for sale - Asian, European and Pacific flare.

The children's fun will be taken care of all day with bouncy castles, face paiting etc.  

Location:  Bledisloe Park, Pukukohe

Date:  Sunday 22 March 2009

Contact:  Jim Stafford-Bush principal@puni.school.nz    09 238 7403