KAPITI TEENAGE AUTHOR LAUNCHES FOURTH BOOK

Kapiti’s award winning teenage author, Ben Spies, is launching his fourth book next month. Ben, who recently won a bronze medal at the Moonbeam Children’s Book Award in the United States, has written three highly acclaimed children’s books. His much awaited fourth book ‘2020’ is a science fiction novel and tackles the topic of climate change from a child’s perspective.

Ben’s passion for writing led him to become a published author at the age of nine with his first book, ‘Weirdo’. ‘The Magic Pencil’ followed soon after at age ten, and ‘The World of Greek Mythology’ at age eleven. Ben is thirteen years old now and is already planning his fifth book.

Kapiti Now Workshops - Time Management & Planning
 

THIS WORKSHOP IS SUITABLE FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS AND ALL PEOPLE WHO WANT TO ACHEIVE THEIR PERSONAL GOALS.

You will learn...

-How to build a personal plan
-How to use effective time management skills to acheive your goals
-Tricks and Tools that will help you keep on track
-How to ensure you reduce work life stress and keep your life in balance
-Understand your values and why they are so important
-How time management skills improve your study and/or work life
-A simple system that you will use to track your Monthly Goals and Daily Tasks
-How to look after the things you love
-How to keep your health goals on track

Workshop Cost $65pp (Limited to 12 people only) Bookings via email to hello@tonycuttingdigital.co.nz

ARE YOU DE-CLUTTERING OR CHURNING?

Spring is a time for throwing open the windows and letting the sunshine in! It’s also a time for sorting through and getting rid of stuff. They don’t call it ‘Spring Cleaning’ for nothing!

However, de-cluttering is not easy – suddenly there are lots of scary decisions to make:

• what to keep?

• what to let go?

• how/where to store items you've decided to keep? 

If you find making these decisions challenging, sometimes it's just easier to churn...

KAPITI JUDO CLUB MEMBERS SUCCESSFUL AT THE JUDONZ NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

The National Judo Championships were held in Rotorua 19-20th October.

The competition was of high level with the biggest recorded number of entrants for National Championships, especially from Auckland and Waikato Bays.  The number of entrants and a high level of competition created an exciting atmosphere for all competitors.  Junior Men were contested on Saturday with Freddie Espinosa winning the Bronze medal in Under 60kg division.  Competing in the Under 73kg division was challenging for club mates Dima Gladkih and Russell Jones trying to judge their competitors’ strengths and weaknesses.  Dima fought hard through to the final winning the Silver medal.

Cello for Africa

Cello for Africa, directed by Sinfonia for Hope, brings together musicians from Africa, UK and New Zealand in a concert to raise funds for the Tamariki Education Centre, a primary school in the slums of Kenya, founded by our fellow Kapiti Now member, Denise Carnihan.

Featuring top NZ cellists, Sam Manzanza from the Congo, musicians from NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, Universities of Otago and Victoria, youth groups Lyrica Choir (Kelburn School), Virtuoso Strings and Stringendo, this will be an extraordinary event.

Date: Sunday 24th November from 6-8 pm

Venue: Te Rauparaha Arena, Porirua

Price: $11 - $20 plus family concessions

Tickets can be purchased through Ticketek ...   https://premier.ticketek.co.nz/shows/show.aspx?sh=CELLOFOR19

Denise would be extremely grateful for your support.

THE LIGHT AND COLOUR OF VIETNAM COMES TO KAPITI

Kapiti artist Tania Dally has recently returned home with a series of 20 paintings created while living in Hoi An, Vietnam for three months. The collection: Hoi An: Light and Colour will be featured at Tania’s Boatshed Studio, across the footbridge from the carpark at Marine Gardens, Raumati Beach, as part of the upcoming Kapiti Arts Trail. 

“The idea was to escape the New Zealand winter, experience a different culture and find new and interesting scenes to paint,” said Tania. 

Hoi An is a city of 120,000 residents in central Vietnam renowned for its tailors, lanterns, cuisine, beaches and historic township – all of which are featured in the collection of paintings.