Wharekaka News

Happy New Year to all! What a wonderful festive season we have had at Wharekaka. As always we had a variety of community groups come in to the facility to share their christmas spirit with us. A thank you goes out to all in particulary the Rotary who came and performed carols for us in December. Also to the Martinborough School children and the children from D.O.T Kids Daycare centre for visiting with us. It was much appreciated.

The main event on our December calendar is our annual Residents Christmas Party. This year was a little different as we were lucky enough to receive a special visitor and it wasn’t Santa Claus! Local man and kiwi icon Mark Hadlow came and performed for us after our Christmas feast. We thank him and Martin Lawrence who accompanied him on the piano for the wonderful music. The residents really enjoyed themselves, what a performance!

Thank you to those who have responded to our requests for volunteers on the P&K noticeboard. We appreciate your help and that of all those in the community who give their time to Wharekaka.

Congratulations to Jenny Peacock who was the winner of our Xmas Ham raffle.

Auxiliary News
The Auxiliary hold an annual New Year Lunch at Whareakaka every January. It is an event that all of us at Wharekaka look forward to every year.

We were treated to a wealth of culinary delights some of the highlights being: glazed ham, minted potatoes (out of someones garden!), home made ice cream, fresh berries and some very special home made Lemonade that everyone wanted the recipe for.

All of this was enjoyed over two hours of fun, laughter and conversation. A big thank you to the Auxiliary not only for this lunch but for all that they do for us. We are very lucky to have you all.

Notices
Wharekaka currently have rooms available in our main facility. If you would like more information about this please contact our General Manager Corlette Doherty on 06)3069781 or pop in and see us at 20 Oxford St, Martinborough.