Hello, my dear Frankies! This past weekend, something pretty cool happened: Waiuku Softball Club was named the best softball club in the whole of New Zealand!! Which is a massive, massive deal for a gutsy little club that only started five years ago. Seriously...when you stop and think about it, it is kind of mind-blowing . In just a few short years, they have gone from one team of rookie women - more than half who hadn't even touched a softball before! - to a club with 29 teams across all...
10 days ago • 14 min read
Hello my dear Frankies! This week, we’re going hard celebrating our local legends ♥ I had an inspiring chat (and tour around the station!) with Grace from the Waiuku Volunteer Fire Brigade, and I’ve just been sitting here in awe of what our volunteer firefighters do for our community. It is one of the most important jobs around, and one of the toughest too - physically, mentally, and emotionally. And they do it all as volunteers. Seriously, can you imagine what we’d do without them? On some...
17 days ago • 13 min read
Hello, my dear Frankies! 💜 When you think about it, there are so many little ingredients that go into a full, happy life. Family and friends, of course. Work, school runs, the weekly groceries, the usual bits and pieces. But most important are all the other things - the hobbies, the classes, the new foods, the local events, the art on the walls, the sports you’ve never tried, the people you haven’t met yet. I remember reading once that time feels slow when we’re little because everything is...
24 days ago • 12 min read
RB Painting Services Hello, my dear Frankies! It was one of those weeks where I felt especially lucky to live in our little corner of the world ♥ First, Waiuku Steel ’n Wheels rolled into town, and man, that was cool! The streets were full, the cars were shiny, the food was flowing, and everywhere you looked there were local businesses, community groups, volunteers and families making the whole town feel properly alive. It felt like one big, shiny (loud!!) street party! Otto and I also went...
about 1 month ago • 12 min read
Hello, my dear Frankies! 💜 Well, it’s finally the week all the Frankie petrolheads have been waiting for - Steel ’n’ Wheels is set to roar into town this Sunday. Read on for the Frankie guide to the festival, including what’s on, when it’s happening, and the practical logistics you’ll want to know before you head out. This week we’re also so excited to be partnering with local baker Sarah from Puffed for our very first Frankie Partner Series. For the next four weeks, Sarah will be co-hosting...
about 1 month ago • 12 min read
Hello my dear Frankies! It’s been a week, hasn’t it? School holidays are officially here, and if you peek at the events section, you’ll see there are heaps of classes, workshops and local happenings to help keep the kids entertained this week - which, frankly (see what I did there!?), feels like a public service from our amazing local groups and businesses helping us out! Mother’s Day is sneaking up too, so we’ve put together a little round-up of local photographers offering mini sessions. I...
about 1 month ago • 11 min read
Hello, my dear Frankies! This week’s a little bit special…because the school holidays are officially knocking on the door 🎉 We’ve pulled together a very comprehensive guide to what’s on around Franklin - think workshops, holiday programmes, shows, sports, crafty bits, painting, tiny miniatures, and a whole lot more. It’s impressive how much is happening…there’s something for every kind of kid, which means no bored kids allowed 🙃 We also caught up with Fi from Printifique Studios and got a...
about 2 months ago • 11 min read
Hello, my dear Frankies! This week I’ve been chatting with Alisa from Recovery Lane in Waiuku as she celebrates one whole year in business! If you’ve ever had a little “maybe I could do that…” thought about starting something of your own, you’ll want to read this. And now I have to know…have you ever thought about starting your own business or side hustle?! Have you ever thought about starting your own side hustle?! Yes! I think about it everyday... Nope! I've already started! In other news -...
about 2 months ago • 11 min read
Hello, my dear Frankies! 💜 Okay, I am way too excited about this…Frankie Fest has officially started 🎉 This idea has been living rent-free in my brain since we hit 1,000 email subscribers last year (!!!), but between the absolute chaos of 2025, I never actually stopped to celebrate it properly. And now we’ve flown well past that number (and still growing every week - thank you so much for sharing it with your people 🙏), so I thought, why not stretch out the summer vibes a little longer and...
2 months ago • 12 min read