Photos, plays, rock 'n opera

Volunteer Service Abroad is holding its 50th anniversary photo exhibition, in the Australis Room at Britomart until June 24. It features 50 photos from the years of Kiwis volunteering overseas. VSA was formed at a meeting at Victoria University on March 30, 1962, and Sir Edmund Hillary became its first president in February, 1963, and held that role for 13 years.

The first VSA volunteers went on assignment to Thailand in July 1963.

WHAT VSA 50th anniversary photo exhibition.

WHERE Australis Room, Britomart, 36 Customs St East

WHEN On now, until June 24, 9am-5pm, today and tomorrow, 10am-4.30pm, weekend.

QUICK PLAYS

From today until June 24, Unitec Theatre's Quick Fix runs at 7pm, with an additional 2pm This weekend is the finals of Manukau's and the North Shore's Smokefree Rockquests. FILEperformance at the weekend. The short and sharp plays are penned by Unitec writing students and directed and performed by their fellow students. Stuart Hoar, from Playmarket, is supervising this year's production with well-known actor Elizabeth Hawthorne.

WHAT Quick Fix at Unitec

WHERE Unitec Theatre, Carrington Rd

WHEN June 21-24, 7pm Thurs/Fri, 2pm and 7pm Sat/Sun

HOW MUCH $15 Adults, $10 Concession (unwaged, seniors, Unitec staff), $5 Students

www.iticket.co.nz/events/2012/jun/quick-fix-2012 or (09) 361 1000. Door sales available.

CONSERVATION TALK

US Conservation biologist Guy McPherson will give a talk this Sunday, June 24, at Parnell Community Centre, about the world's declining energy resources and how this will affect the world economically.

WHAT Climate Change talk

WHERE Parnell Community Centre, 545 Parnell Rd

WHEN Sunday, June 24, 7pm

HOW MUCH $10 waged, $5 unwaged.

ROCK STARS OF THE FUTURE

Finals of the Manukau and North Shore Smokefree Rockquests are this weekend.

MANUKAU: Telstraclear Pacific Events Centre, Friday, June 22, 7pm. Tickets $20 at Ticket Direct or at the door.

NORTH SHORE: Bruce Mason Centre, Saturday, June 23, 7pm. $20 at Ticketmaster or at the door.

OPERA ON

Handel Consort & Quire will perform Handel's opera Acis & Galatea on Saturday, July 7, complete with costumes and actions.

WHAT Acis and Galatea.

WHERE Pitt St Methodist Church

WHEN Saturday, July 7, 7.30pm

HOW MUCH Send a cheque with SAE to: Handel Consort & Quire, 2/31 Forbes St, Onehunga 10 per cent off door prices), or deposit at 06-0222-0142901-00 and email Robert Howell, inverted_mordent@hotmail.com, with details of tickets bought and name.

Door: waged $35, unwaged $30, students $10, groups six-plus save $5 each.Enquiries ph 535 5493

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