The Seagull Centre

13/06/2026

🙋‍♂️AUCTION! AUCTION! AUCTION!
Join us on the day (5 July, 1pm, Seagull Centre Thames) or bid online!!
🫶 Something for everyone!

🎉🎂 THE AUCTION IS LIVE! 🎂🎉

To celebrate 20 years of the Seagull Centre, we're hosting a special Birthday Auction as part of our celebrations on Sunday 5 July at 1:00pm!

🔨 Our auction is now LIVE online! - www.seagullcentre.co.nz/auctions
Here are the last 36 items!
✅ View items online
✅ Place absentee bids if you can't attend
✅ View auction items in-store
✅ Bid on the day

Whether you're hunting for a bargain, searching for a unique treasure, or simply want to join in the fun, we'd love to see you there!

🎈 20th Birthday Celebrations
📅 Sunday 5 July
⏰ Auction starts at 1:00pm
📍 The Seagull Centre

Plus enjoy birthday celebrations, raffles, a sausage sizzle, cake, and more throughout the day!

Don't miss your chance to grab a great deal while helping us celebrate two decades of reuse, recycling, and community impact. ♻️💚

11/06/2026

🎉🎂 THE AUCTION IS LIVE! 🎂🎉

To celebrate 20 years of the Seagull Centre, we're hosting a special Birthday Auction as part of our celebrations on Sunday 5 July at 1:00pm!

🔨 Our auction is now LIVE online! - www.seagullcentre.co.nz/auctions
✅ View items online
✅ Place absentee bids if you can't attend
✅ View auction items in-store
✅ Bid on the day

Whether you're hunting for a bargain, searching for a unique treasure, or simply want to join in the fun, we'd love to see you there!

🎈 20th Birthday Celebrations
📅 Sunday 5 July
⏰ Auction starts at 1:00pm
📍 The Seagull Centre

Plus enjoy birthday celebrations, raffles, a sausage sizzle, cake, and more throughout the day!

Don't miss your chance to grab a great deal while helping us celebrate two decades of reuse, recycling, and community impact. ♻️💚

Explore the Seagull Centre's auctions page for unique secondhand treasures, upcycled items, and affordable finds. Join us in supporting sustainability while discovering great deals!

10/06/2026

Don't forget to check out the 2026 Hauraki Coromandel Business Awards

🏆 Entries are open for the 2026 Claymark Hauraki Coromandel Business Awards.

With seven award categories and two nomination categories, there are opportunities to showcase innovation, leadership, customer service, sustainability and business excellence.

👉 Discover the award categories:
- Community Contribution
- Customer Experience
- Employer Excellence
- Marketing and Digital Edge
- New and Emerging
- Excellence in Sustainability
- Māori Business Excellence

Public Nominated Awards:
- Service to Business
- People's Choice Thames Coromandel
- People's Choice Hauraki

Entries and nominations close July 31, 2026.

09/06/2026

❄️ WINTER WARMTH TIP ❄️

Want a simple way to stay warmer on those chilly winter nights? 🥶

🛏️ Try placing a thick blanket or duvet inner underneath your fitted bottom sheet.

The extra layer helps insulate you from the cold mattress, trapping warmth and making your bed feel much cosier before you even pull the covers up!

💡 It's an easy, low-cost trick that can make a surprising difference to your comfort and may even help reduce heating costs.

What's your favourite tip for staying warm in winter? Share it below! 👇🔥

♻️ Check out your local second-hand store for quality blankets, duvets, and bedding to help keep your whānau warm this winter. 💙

09/06/2026

As I left the Seagull Centre Thames this afternoon I noticed a table covered in handbags 👜
There were a range of sizes, shapes, makes and colours 🛍

😚 If you are in need for a new bag, head into the Seagull Centre Thames, first thing!
Gates open at 9am 🫶

07/06/2026

Seagull Centre Thames
7 days
9-4pm

06/06/2026

🔴🔵⚫ PLASTIC BOTTLE TOP COLLECTION! ♻️
Your plastic bottle tops can be recycled through the Seagull Centre.

💡 We accept:
✅ Clean, washed plastic lids (no liners or metal)

📍 Drop-offs accepted at Seagull Centre Thames, Pauanui, Tairua & Matarangi.

Each year we fill 5 240L wheelie bins of plastic lids. Let’s keep going!

More details on our website: https://www.seagullcentre.co.nz/recycling



👇 Tag someone below that get creative with bottle tops!

04/06/2026

We agree! Rachael is doing great mahi with the Enviro group at Thames High School!
There is always lots going on and many ways that the students can participate - if you think the Enviro group is something your child would be interested in then, tell them to keep an ear out in the notices for meetings or flick us a message and we will pass their details on! 💚

🌱 Enviroschools Partnership: Shout out to Rachael

We want to acknowledge the fantastic support and mentorship Rachael provides to our student environment leaders. As part of Enviroschools and various other organizations—including climate summits and Hauraki Plains Environmental events—Rachael brings a wealth of sustainability knowledge to our kura.

She has been a massive help with our recent initiatives:
organisations
International Food Festival: Last week, she helped set up the systems to recycle plates and manage food waste effectively.

Daily Support & Planning: She regularly attends our Enviro Group meetings to help our student leaders plan and organise. At last week's food festival, she prepared all the gear and even sourced vouchers and prizes to encourage students to separate their waste.

Community Projects: Last year, she coordinated with our students for a planting day at Parawai School.

What’s Next?
Rachael is also helping us plan our upcoming waste audit, managing the booking and providing all the necessary equipment.

Thank you, Rachael, for your practical support, your gear, and for helping our students drive these positive changes! 🌍

03/06/2026

🌟 Looking for something NEW?
Why not head into the Seagull Centre Thames and see what you can find? 😉

👀 Don't forget we take drop offs as well!
💚 clearing space
💚 got too much
💚 no longer needed
💚 wrong size
Whatever the reason, check with the Seagull Centre before sending it to landfill.

Located at Thames, Pauanui, Tairua and Matarangi 9-4pm.
*specific days and locations available on our website 💻 seagullcentre.co.nz