Information for your day

Compiled by PHOEBE FALCONER

On-ramp repairs

The Constellation Drive on-ramp northbound to the Northern Motorway will be closed from 9pm until 5am tomorrow for repairs. Detours will be marked.

Blood call

Stocks of O-negative and A-negative blood are very urgently needed, and A-positive blood is urgently needed.

Auckland donor centres are open from Monday to Friday this week at Auckland (71 Great South Rd, Epsom), North Shore (120 Shakespeare Rd, Milford) and Manukau (AMI Building, Manukau City).

Mobile collections: GlaxoSmithKline, 6A Pacific Rise, Mt Wellington 9am to 3pm today; Bay of Islands College, Derrick Rd, Kawakawa 12.30pm to 5.30pm; Auckland Donor Centre, 71 Great South Rd, Epsom 7.30am to 8pm tomorrow; Kerikeri High School, Hone Heke Rd 9am to 3pm tomorrow; Waikato Blood Donor Centre, Ohaupo Rd, Hamilton 7am to 7pm tomorrow;

Far North Community Centre, South Rd, Kaitaia 10am to 3.30pm Wednesday, 8.30am to 2.30pm Thursday; St John Ambulance station, Kerikeri 8.30am to 2.30pm Friday; Rotorua Soundshell 9.30am to 1pm Friday.

Rolls due to close

Electoral rolls for this year's general election close tomorrow so they can be printed. People who miss out must still enrol, but will have to cast a special vote on polling day, a process which takes longer than the normal ballot.

Enrolment update forms were sent to all registered electors early last month, and electors need return them only if their details need updating. Anyone who did not receive a pack is not enrolled. Enrolment forms can be obtained from PostShops, public libraries and council offices, by calling 0800 Enrol Now (0800 36 76 56), or by visiting the Elections website.

Make new friends

The Cameo Club is a Christian-based non-denominational organisation which meets once a month to encourage folk to get together and make new friends. New immigrants and senior citizens are especially welcome. The next meeting is at 1pm today at Greyfriars Church hall at 544 Mt Eden Rd, Mt Eden. If you need help with transport phone Ann on 636-3091.

Animal welfare campaign

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has launched a campaign to improve animal welfare at livestock saleyards, starting with educating people about their responsibilities under the Animal Welfare Act. MAF officers will visit farmers supplying unfit stock, to gauge the condition of the rest of the stock on the farm, and saleyards will be inspected for compliance. If you have any information that might assist in this campaign, call your nearest MAF office.

Opera

Operatunity, featuring soprano Susan Boland, perform songs from the home and the heart at the Rose Theatre, Belmont, today and in the Jubilee Hall in Parnell tomorrow. The shows start at 11am and the $20 ticket includes a light lunch with the artists. For bookings and information call 625-9909.

Wish list

Do you know how to make your wishes come true? A free introductory workshop organised by Wish Craft might help. The workshop starts at 7.30 this evening at the Anchorage Park Community House, Swan Crescent in Pakuranga. Everyone welcome.

Quartet at theatre

Goldfingers string quartet is in concert tonight at the University of Auckland School of Music theatre at 6 Symonds St. The quartet comprises violinists Lara Hall and Alisha Hunt, Christine Bowie on viola and Victoria Simonsen on cello. Tickets are $10 and $5 and door sales are available. Phone 473-6510 for more information.

Pacific film showing

A young Samoan dying of tuberculosis seeks out an old man wise in the ways of the old gods in Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree, directed by Martyn Sanderson from the novel by Albert Wendt. The film is being screened by the Auckland Film Society at the Rialto Cinema in Newmarket at 6.30pm, and everyone is welcome.

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