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Welcome to the School Holidays, and to our Monthly North Shore wrap for March. To view the full report click here. With Easter next week and the school holidays we’ll be taking a break from updates for the next couple of weeks, so please have a great Easter break and If you’re heading away pleaseRead more

Whilst of course our focus for most of the season is building these kids up to be enthusiastic rugby players, we do like to break it up with some fun club days and nights! As a committee member and grade co-ordinator, I really enjoy helping to organise these sessions, – from mud slides to tug-of-warsRead more

Over the last couple of years we have introduced the Harcourts Cooper & Co Sportsmanship Award which I present at 5 different prizegiving ceremonies. We introduced this trophy as no matter what we teach our kids, when it comes to sports, no matter which one they are involved in, teaching and commending great sportsmanship shouldRead more

Beaten for the first time by my 9-year old son, at least he set a good pace so we could make it back in plenty of time to cook some sausages! This year we went through over 500 sausages so they took a while but with some great help on hand, everyone who wanted aRead more

In 2018 the Under 13 Harbour Hockey rep team were involved in a series of tournaments against other North Island teams in the lead up to the Nationals in Nelson in October. We sponsored their kit bags – it was awesome to go and present these to the boys and meet their families.Read more

In 2018 we sponsored the photo booth at two discos at Takapuna Normal Intermediate School. Although I don’t have any kids at the school it always feels good to help out schools in the community.Read more

This one was instigated by my son, and my involvement was largely just supporting him when he organised a blanket drive for the City Mission – he got himself well represented at the school and I got him some good exposure at Harcourts! He collected nearly 40 blankets for the Auckland City Mission.Read more

We have been teaming up with the cafe next door, Little King, since 2016 to do ‘Can for a Cup’ – bring in a can to donate to the City Mission and receive a free coffee! In 2018 we went for more and made it ‘Two Cans for a Cup’ – we have collected wellRead more

Welcome to this week’s wrap on North Shore property. To view our full weekly email click here Hard to believe its April already and Summer is over. With School Holidays and Easter just around the corner the level of new listings hitting the market should slow, but look out for a surge post the schoolRead more

Welcome to this week’s wrap on North Shore property. To view our full weekly email click here. It’s a little strange waking up on a Saturday morning not having any kids sports to go to as we transition from Summer sports to Winter.  Not really sure what to do with myself! 😂 It’s been aRead more