Howick Village

04/06/2026

Discover the organisations helping to create a more sustainable future at Eco Day.⁠
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On Saturday 4th July, a range of local environmental and community groups will be hosting information stands throughout the event, sharing practical advice, educational resources, and opportunities to get involved.⁠
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Learn more about native wildlife protection, pest plant management, habitat restoration, composting and worm farming, community conservation initiatives, and local gardening groups.⁠
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Featuring:⁠
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- Hands on Creatures⁠
- Pest Free Howick⁠
- Composting Collective⁠
- Friends of Mangemangeroa⁠
- Cockle Bay Restoration Project⁠
- Pigeon Mountain Garden Club⁠
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Whether you're looking to expand your knowledge, support local initiatives, or connect with like-minded members of the community, Eco Day offers something for everyone.

04/06/2026

04/06/2026

So great to see our village businesses and charities supporting each other!

Thank you to lovely Christine at the beautiful Cinnamon Brown Home Store, for her valued support of The Charity Boutique! 💕.

Cinnamon Brown features a carefully edited collection of beautiful linens, homewares, gifts, home fragrance, scented candles and baby products. You can experience their beautiful range at 69 Picton St, Howick.

🌱 Thank you Cinnamon Brown and the Howick community, for supporting ME Respite www.merespite.org.nz and The Charity Boutique … helping those with ME/CFS, fibromyalgia and Long Covid, to live their best lives 🤍

Locals supporting locals 💕🙏🏻

30/05/2026

We will finish our 'May Memories' with a this Picton St throwback - taking us to a time when the Village looked a little different…⁠
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Where Barfoot & Thompson stands today, you would have found Rishworth’s.⁠
Where Bayleys is now, there was once an ASB branch.⁠
And tucked in between ASB and Paper Plus? A hunting and gun shop.⁠
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It’s always fascinating to see how our main street has changed, with each business adding its own piece to Howick’s story.⁠

28/05/2026

From beauty and wellness to hair, skincare, and self-care moments, there’s no place like Howick Village for a little pampering this winter.⁠
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Take some time for yourself and discover the businesses helping our community look and feel their best, right here in the heart of the village.

28/05/2026

May Memories in Howick Village.

Pictured here is the start of the 13-mile marathon race from Howick to Auckland on Saturday, March 6, 1909. Long before busy roads and running shoes, competitors raced through dusty streets lined with horses, carts, spectators, and historic village buildings.

A glimpse into the energy, community, and character that has always been part of Howick.

27/05/2026

We are going back to 1947 and Picton Street had plenty of parking on the grass verges!

Can you spot the top of The Marine Hotel, now The Good Home off in the distance?

26/05/2026

Picton Street, Howick - captured here in the late 1940s, when grass verges doubled as parking spots and the village was still growing around its churches, local shops, and tight-knit community.⁠
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If you look closely, you can spot the top of The Marine Hotel in the distance - known today as The Good Home. So much has changed over the years, but the heart of Howick Village has always remained the same. 🤍⁠
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Do you recognise any other landmarks in this photo?

26/05/2026

Taco Tuesday! Sounds delicious!

Taco Tuesday!

Where all tacos are just $6 all day - no need to buy one to get one free! Too easy!

See you soon!

26/05/2026

📣The Charity Boutique (and the charity behind it, ME Respite www.merespite.org.nz) has been featured in the latest issue of the Eastern Times https://www.times.co.nz/digital-issues/
🙏🏻🌱👀. Thank you so much for illuminating our cause!!

The Charity Boutique LOVES being part of the Howick Community!! Super grateful for you all! By supporting The Charity Boutique you are supporting our charity ME Respite - wrapping around those who live with ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia, and Long Covid. Many of our recipients are housebound or bedbound and your support makes a massive difference 🌱

We currently have a clearance sale at The Charity Boutique in Rice’s Mall … and we will be having the opening of our new bigger space at 10 Central Terrace (next to the carpark by the markets) on Sat 6th June👏🏻 💕. We hope you will join us!!

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26/05/2026

26/05/2026

Enjoy live music and a pint while Maskara play some rock at the Barrel Inn this Friday!

Starts 8:30pm, don't miss it! 🎶🎸

25/05/2026

Looks a bit like a country town doesn't it? Don't see tractors in town anymore!
Hill & Stewart and Village Interiors, where Ray White now is.
Circa 80s Howick.

25/05/2026

There's a few more days to drop off blankets.
Our friends at Rotary Club of Howick continue to do great work for our community.

We are now well through the month of May where our focus is on those families struggling to provide warm cuddly blankets for their children. Maybe you would like to help but no longer have blankets to give away. All donations received will be used to buy more blankets for this project. It is very easy to donate. Simply click on the link to our club website below where you will find the DONATE button. Click this and follow the instructions. Receipts will be issued for all donations received. Every $ helps make a difference. Thank you to all who have helped make a difference for others in our community.
https://howickrotary.org.nz/

23/05/2026

We live in a Village with such rich history.

Howick Beach and wharf, circa 1920.

Built in 1896, the wharf was 800 feet (240 meters) long and 7 feet (2 meters) wide! The wharf was demolished in 1935, but the piles can still be seen at low tide.

22/05/2026

Weekend plans = sorted ✔️⁠
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From morning coffees and brunch spots to boutique shopping, fresh market finds, and evening drinks with friends - there’s always something happening in Howick Village.⁠
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Spend your weekend local and discover why there’s no place like Howick Village.

21/05/2026

Miss Emilia Maud Nixon, photographed at the age of 90, seated on the bridge of remembrance in Tainui Garden of Memories, Uxbridge Road, Howick, 1960. The statue Miss Nixon had commissioned as a memorial to pioneer women can be seen in the background.
It's well worth taking a few minutes to 'discover' the Garden of Memories on Uxbridge Rd, a tranquil garden and bushland right in the centre of Howick.
Kotahitanga: Ō Wairoa Marae in the Tainui Garden of Memories

20/05/2026

Fresh flowers have a way of making everyday moments feel a little more special.⁠
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Whether it’s a bouquet for someone else, your dining table, or a simple treat for yourself, there’s no place like Howick Village for fresh blooms and beautiful little moments. 💐

19/05/2026

Continuing with our May Memories theme...some of us may even remember Rishworths, before Payless Plastics (now Barfoots), and Howick & Eastern Buses in our 'Howick' colours. The Howick Bus Station is now Crawford Reserve.
All Saints always iconic, our beacon at the end of Picton Street.

17/05/2026

May is the month for Memories - here's an aerial view of Howick, looking over Picton Street from the east, with Cockle Bay and the Mangemangeroa Estuary in the distance.
Hard to imagine it now, but this was Howick nearly 80 years ago.
🕰️ Slower days, familiar streets, and a whole lot of history beneath our feet.
Picton Street, Howick - from the east; c.1947

17/05/2026

Celebrating award-winning New Zealand fiction at Poppies Books, Howick. 🇳🇿📚

In her book All Her Lives, which has won the Jann Medlicott Acorn prize for fiction at the Ockham Book Awards, Ingrid Horrocks takes us into the lives of nine women across nine different life stages and generations, as they navigate politics, gender and motherhood.

We have your copy waiting for you at Poppies Howick Village

14/05/2026

Pop into Unichem Main Street Pharmacy Howick on Monday - they'll do your blood pressure for FREE!

14/05/2026

The Prospect of Howick - Bosun's is OPEN!
Love our local pub....know they can count on awesome community support!

14/05/2026

13/05/2026

Celebrating one year of Amsterdam Gourmet Store

This week, the team is marking their first anniversary in Howick Village with three days of celebrations, gourmet tastings, prizes, and in-store experiences from 14–16th May.

Known for their selection of European cheeses, gourmet foods, fresh produce, and beautifully curated platters, Amsterdam Gourmet has become a valued part of our local community over the past year.

If you’re in the village this week, be sure to stop by and join the celebrations.