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Manawatu Home & Lifestyle Show
About to tackle a renovation, DIY project or looking for some home décor inspiration?
The Manawatu Home & Lifestyle Show has got you sorted with over 250 companies showcasing everything from kitchens and bathrooms, to heating and insulation, artisan food, lifestyle and homeware products and much more.
The event is a gold coin entry and kids under 12 are free
Don’t miss the amazing show-only deals across the weekend!
The Manawatu Home & Lifestyle Show
Central Energy Trust Arena, Palmerston North
Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th July from 10am to 5pm
Sunday 25th July from 10am to 4pm
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More than $25,000 worth of bricks from his collections sat on the tables. It s a labour of love, Averes said as he watched his audiences peer over the masterpiece in awe.
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Model maker extraordinaire and show winner Frank Averes his winning exhibit of Erskine College complete with chapel that once stood in Island Bay, Wellington. “I build big. It had to look like the original chapel within the limitations of lego. “But the formation of the pews, the layout of the chapel behind the alter is pretty close.” Averes, like many, loved Lego as a child, but grew away from it in his teenage years.
“I feel really good,” she said. “I’m a mixture of elated and exhausted, I haven t had time to stop and think.” It s been a huge community effort to get the sale up and running, with schoolchildren and other community organisations coming together to set up 300 tonnes worth of books for avid readers to peruse over Queen’s Birthday Weekend. “Most of the people come here year after year after year. People come here for their bargains and their treasures,” Spicer said. Ella Diprose, 29, and her 14-month-old daughter were ready for a rest after their second trip to the book sale in a day.