Bay Harbour: December 05, 2024

4 <strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong> News Thursday <strong>December</strong> 5 <strong>2024</strong><br />

what’s on<br />

Stoddart Cottage Christmas<br />

Arts & Crafts Market<br />

Until <strong>December</strong> 28 during opening<br />

hours<br />

Stoddart Cottage Gallery<br />

Each year Stoddart Cottage<br />

transforms into a Christmas market,<br />

with work for sale all made by<br />

local artisans –ceramics, paintings,<br />

soaps, wooden toys and platters,<br />

advent calendars and Christmas<br />

decorations, cards and much more.<br />

Food Truck Alley<br />

Sundays, 4-8pm<br />

Mt Pleasant Community Centre<br />

Sunday is looking good with a full<br />

cohort of trucks and Shards of Fire<br />

playing. Select from pizza, burgers,<br />

Thai, Korean, crepes, BBQ, Mexican,<br />

Indian and Filipino and more. Dogs<br />

welcome. Free parking available.<br />

The Linwood Woolston<br />

Rotary Bumper Christmas<br />

Market<br />

Sunday, 8am-12.30pm<br />

Woolston Club<br />

Head along to the bumper Christmas<br />

market. Stalls include food, fresh produce,<br />

books, preserves, plants, brica-brac,<br />

children’s toys, secondhand<br />

homewares. Coffee available.<br />

Technology Help Drop-in<br />

Sessions<br />

Mondays, 2-3pm<br />

Matuku Takotako: Sumner Centre<br />

Do you need help using your<br />

Mt Pleasant Art and Craft Market, Saturday, 9am-noon,<br />

Mt Pleasant Community Centre. Shop for a special Christmas gift at the<br />

market, with more then 25 traders offering a variety of high quality<br />

goods. There’s plenty of parking, a cafe on site and the Farmers Market<br />

also operating. See you there!<br />

computer, smartphone, iPad, or<br />

tablet? Go along to these drop-in<br />

sessions for help with email, the<br />

internet, eBooks. Free, no bookings<br />

required.<br />

LAF Drama’s Red Riding<br />

Hood<br />

Thursday and Friday, 6.30pm<br />

Lyttelton Arts Factory<br />

LAF Drama presents the level 3<br />

production of Red Riding Hood,<br />

especially written by Joe Bennett<br />

and directed by Mike Friend.<br />

Tickets $10 at LAF.<br />

Little River Farmers’ Market<br />

Sundays, 9.30am-2pm<br />

4243 Christchurch Akaroa Rd<br />

Head over to Little River for a<br />

market of quality products and fresh<br />

produce. Live music and food after<br />

a Sunday drive makes this a lovely<br />

weekend spot for all ages.<br />

Lyttelton Craft Market<br />

Saturdays, 9am-1pm<br />

Collett’s Corner<br />

Explore creations by artisans and<br />

crafters, with a touch of Lyttelton<br />

eccentricity. Jewellery, woodwork,<br />

clothing, body products and more.<br />

One Stitch at a Time<br />

Craft Group<br />

Thursdays, 10am-noon<br />

Mt Pleasant Community Centre<br />

Expand your stitching talent every<br />

week with this casual and friendly<br />

group. Members practice a diverse<br />

range of crafts.<br />

WANT YOUR COMMUNITY<br />

EVENT FEATURED HERE?<br />

Email all info to<br />

dylan.smits@starmedia.kiwi<br />

by 5pm each Wednesday<br />

Staff ‘a bit shaken’<br />

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Fraser said the brazen theft left had left park staff a bit<br />

shaken but it was great to get a “valued member of the<br />

team” back.<br />

Ferrymead Heritage Park management will be assessing<br />

the damage to the ute and working with their insurance<br />

company to get the vehicle back up-and-running.<br />

The Toyota Hilux was recently named as the most stolen<br />

car in New Zealand, according to finance firm MoneyHub.<br />

Over the six-month period between May 1 and October 31,<br />

171 Hilux utes were stolen around the country.<br />

Mystery over report of missing boat<br />

The search for a boat reported missing has been called off<br />

with police believing no one was actually unaccounted for.<br />

Emergency services were called by a member of public last<br />

Thursday evening who said a small sailboat had been blown<br />

out to sea at Boulder <strong>Bay</strong> near Sumner. Police search and<br />

rescue teams, a helicopter and the Coastguard searched the<br />

area, but nothing was found. Police said they hadn’t found<br />

any information to suggest there was a missing boat.<br />

Big fare rise possible<br />

Canterbury may have $8 bus fares if a Government transport<br />

request is followed. The NZ Transport Agency has asked<br />

local authorities to boost private revenue in a bid to reduce<br />

central and local government funding of public transport.<br />

Currently bus fares are $2. Private revenue makes up 11.7<br />

per cent of Environment Canterbury’s current operational<br />

expenditure but NZTA wants the private revenue proportion<br />

to rise to 38 per cent in the next three years.<br />

Get amongst the fun and show us<br />

your biggest manu!<br />

Giant inflatables,<br />

bouncy castles,<br />

ice cream and more!<br />

Sunday 8 <strong>December</strong>, 12pm–5pm<br />

Jellie Park<br />

ccc.govt.nz/poolparties<br />

competition<br />

Sunday 8 <strong>December</strong>, 12pm–2pm<br />

Jellie Park<br />

ccc.govt.nz/manu