Events & Activities
What's On At TheNewDowse
D.I.Y Creative Activity >> Frame Your Family!
Available Daily
Here's your chance to create a special one-of-a-kind magnetic photo frame for your favourite family snap shot.
Purchase the frame from the Info Desk, decorate it to your heart's content, insert your favourite photo and pop it on the fridge!
Price: $5
Craft 2.0
Saturday 19 July, 11am – 3pm
This mid-winter indie craft fair will feature all variety of toe, ear, neck and booty warmers, as well as the usual bounty of toys, treats, t-shirts, prints and fashion wear. The first 50 kids and first 50 adults through the door at 11am win bags full of fun. Plus anyone can enter our prize draw to win over $200 of crafty creations courtesy of felt.co.nz.
For more info visit www.craft2.org or email craft@craft2.org
Cafe Scientifique >> CSI in Hutt City
Wednesday, 30 July, 6pm, FREE [Meet at Cafe Reka]
Counterfeit pharmaceuticals & criminal investigations...
Guest Speaker : Dr Dallas Mildenhall,
GNS Science, Lower Hutt
In Hutt City we have our own forensic scientists, squirreled away in laboratories working to solve mysteries and crime.
Come along to Cafe Scientifique, and hear Dr Dallas Mildenhall from GNS Science speak about his fascinating work using pollen grains and spores to assist the police to catch rapists and murderers. He also specialises in detecting and sourcing physical contaminants in counterfeit “life saving” drugs and other “health” products that are also contaminated with chemicals, including carcinogens, toxins and inactive pharmaceuticals.
More than ever before our imaginations have been captured by the science of crime solving. Television is saturated with crime dramas giving us tantalizing, if inaccurate, insights into the lives of forensic scientists and every night the news seems to have another drug, rape or murder scandal.
Join us for some true life insights into this fascinating field.
Proudly supported by GNS Science, the Royal Society of New Zealand Wellington Branch, TheNewDowse, Cafe Reka and Hutt City Council.
Amy Szostak,
Wedding of June and Bjorn.
Stitch N Bitch
Wednesday 6 August, 6pm onwards
Learn top tips from the knitteratti at this informal monthly meeting. This gathering is a great opportunity to exchange ideas, patterns and meet fellow craft enthusiasts. Meet at Cafe Reka. One complimentary coffee for every craftster - just mention the code word "BITCH' to the barista on arrival.
FREE
Stitch N Bitch
Wednesday 3 September, 6pm
Glean tips with some of the most avant-garde knitters in town at this informal monthly meeting. This gathering is an opportunity to exchange ideas, patterns and meet fellow craft enthusiasts. Meet at Café Reka. One complimentary coffee for every craftster – just mention the code word “BITCH” to the barista on arrival.
Guided Tours
TheNewDowse offers a range of tailored tours for community groups, corporate clients and training institutions.
Photo: Andrew Gorrie, The Dominion Post