MAY BULLETIN
Café-Croissant will be on Saturday 6 April. We will be meeting at 9:30am at TBC in TBC.
It's a great opportunity for breakfast and chat in French, Frenglish or French.
There will be a French speaking part of the table avec un petit drapeau français!
RSVP to Barbara by Thursday 4 April and include whether you would like croissants.
Notre "Café-Croissant" vous permet de rencontrer des francophiles tout en prenant le petit-déjeuner !
It's a great opportunity for breakfast and chat in French, Frenglish or French.
There will be a French speaking part of the table avec un petit drapeau français!
RSVP to Barbara by Thursday 4 April and include whether you would like croissants.
Notre "Café-Croissant" vous permet de rencontrer des francophiles tout en prenant le petit-déjeuner !
Un film sobre et intense, éblouissant de maîtrise." - Le Figaro |
May's film
Our third film for 2024 is about a middle-aged man who goes to work for a Tech company and what he needs to avoid! We start each Cine-Club in the cinema entry foyer from 6:00pm. We will be serving $5 glasses of Beach House wine and complimentary bread and cheese. The film starts at 6:30pm and supper is available afterwards at Pipi's café (please note on your registration if interested) Tuesday 9th April, Event Cinemas, Havelock North. Cost: Members $10; Other $15 Jusqu' à la Garde/Custody (2017) M - Offensive Language - 93 mins, France French with English subtitles Winner of 4 Césars in 2019 "Miriam and Antoine have recently separated. While she’s willing to permit their 17-year-old daughter Joséphine to decide living arrangements for herself, Miriam is desperate to keep her youngest, [...] away from his father. But the magistrate rules in favour of joint custody,..." (Alliance Française Australie) Le couple Besson divorce. Pour protéger son fils d’un père qu’elle accuse de violences, Miriam en demande la garde exclusive. La juge en charge du dossier accorde une garde partagée au père qu’elle considère bafoué. Pris en otage entre ses parents, Julien va tout faire pour empêcher que le pire n’arrive. Legrand operates in the raw social realist tradition of such auteurs as Maurice Pialat and the Dardenne brothers, stripping away sentimentality in favor of direct, observational filmmaking." - Variety |
Join us at Onehunga Road in Bay View for a Sunday afternoon walk meeting at 2:00pm. It is the Whakamaharatanga Walkway, We will go for a drink afterwards.
"The walkway crosses farmland through two old pā sites with terraces, pits and middens (shell dumps). Most of the farmland was under water prior to the Napier earthquake in 1931." DOC website Bring good shoes, hat, sunscreen, drink bottle and a sense of adventure. Venue: Onehunga Road, Bayview Date: 2:00pm on Sunday 15 October RSVP and on the day we meet at the walk’s car park just.off Onehunga Rd as you vine to Bayview from Napier. It’s the guest left turn. The walk is about 1 hour and then we plan to go to the Westshore Inn. |
Soirées de Conversation
Napier Conversation Evening organised by Barbara, on 29 April and 27 May
Havelock North Conversation Evening, organised by Belinda on Wednesday 1 May.
For new enquiries visit this link, send a message to either Belinda or Ann, you will then be added to the monthly mailout (regular attendees please respond to the monthly email sent to you). Everyone is welcome.
Soirée virtuelle continues on non-Conversation Evening Mondays - contact James for more information.
Havelock North Conversation Evening, organised by Belinda on Wednesday 1 May.
For new enquiries visit this link, send a message to either Belinda or Ann, you will then be added to the monthly mailout (regular attendees please respond to the monthly email sent to you). Everyone is welcome.
Soirée virtuelle continues on non-Conversation Evening Mondays - contact James for more information.
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