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Sun 11 Oct - Sun 21 NovFood, Gourmet, Wine
Hawke's Bay Farmers' Market
Delight in a shopping event of taste sensations at one of New Zealand’s oldest and largest traditional Farmers’ Markets
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Sports & Outdoors
Flaxmere Parkrun
Flaxmere parkrun hold free, weekly, 5km timed events every Saturday at 8am at Flaxmere Park for you to run, walk, or jog at your preferred pace
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Tea With Tales
Brought to you by Hastings District Libraries and the NZ Blind Foundation, come and listen to short book readings and share what you have been reading while enjoying a cuppa and a biscuit
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Introduction to Essential Oils Class
This is the perfect space to come and learn, in a relaxed environment, about how to use essential oils safely and effectively for your whole family
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Performing Arts
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff and experienced comics a place to try new material
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Performing Arts
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff, and experienced comics a place to try new material
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Hastings Creative Writing Group
Are you or would you like to be a writer? Be inspired to get started or continue your writing journey by joining our creative writing group
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Napier Urban Farmers' Market
Walk down Emerson Street and end up in a perfect little market offering a true Hawke's Bay experience
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Landmarks Local History Talk
The Landmarks Local History Talk takes place on the second Tuesday of each month from February to November 2020
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Social Rock N Roll Club
Come along to a great night of rock n roll every Tuesday night for beginners and experienced dancers this is a social rock n roll club, we welcome those who want to learn rock n roll and we will assist you
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Performing Arts
Hastings Music Society
Hastings Music Society Concerts, held every second Sunday of the month, March-November at St Matthew's Anglican Church, feature local vocal, instrumental and group musicians performing varied musical styles representing centuries of beautiful music
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Havelock Handmade Market
A great variety of stalls with locally made products by talented stallholders who set up behind Peak Pizza on Te Mata Road, Havelock North on the first Saturday of every month Feb-Dec each year
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Here Comes the King Series - Book of Matthew Bible Study
Come and join us as Pastor Eric Flores takes us on a journey to systematically study the Book of Matthew of the Bible in Calvary Chapel style of verse by verse exposition
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Exhibitions
Kohua Maori Art
Thanks to the assistance of Iwi Toi Kahungunu - Maori Artists, the CHB Museum presents an art exhibition showcasing local contemporary indigenous art supporting the importance of Maori Arts and honouring Te Tiriti of Waitangi
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Exhibitions
Waka kōrero Māori Exhibition
Waka kōrero Māori: waka carrying the taonga, te reo
The Waka Kōrero Māori exhibition encourages learning the Māori alphabet by pronouncing the names of the kaharehe animal treasures on display
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Exhibitions
1931 Hawke’s Bay Earthquake Exhibition
“The outline of the hill turned into a giant serpent as it heaved up and down
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Exhibitions
Billy Apple® A Brand Looking for a Product Exhibition
The naming of a new apple cultivar Billy Apple® fulfils a long-held ambition for the artist and is the natural culmination of his 1962 self-branding exercise
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Tech Club
Do you like Robots? Are you interested in coding? Are you interested in Tinkercad? Tech Club may be for you!
For ages 8-18
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Digital Seniors Internet Hub
Need some help with your digital device? The Digital Seniors Internet Cafe is on every Tuesday afternoon from 1 to 2
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Baby Bounce
Join us for a half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and finger plays
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Story Time
Join us for some fun and excitement as we journey through a collection of adventurous stories and songs all preschoolers can enjoy
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Clive Community Market
A vibrant collection of local artisans offering you a huge variety of their amazing handcrafted goods
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Exhibitions
Larisse Hall: Of the Essence
Larisse Hall: Of the Essence | Alcove Gallery
31 July - 14 November 2021
We wake and sleep to the rhythm of light
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Art for Tots
A fun art experience for under-fives, consisting of playful art conversations or whimsical storytelling and hands-on art-making
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Teens After-School Art Classes - 12 to 16 years
A weekly class for 12-16-year-olds wanting to improve their drawing and illustration skills and develop their own style
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Exploring Painting (Art Course)
Exploring Painting: Improve Your Painting Skills Through Practice
Take your painting further with a series of subject-based painting projects to keep you motivated!
This eight-week course is suitable for students who have tried acrylic or watercolour painting before and who would like to improve their painting skills in a supportive environment with guidance and feedback
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Baby Bounce
Join us for a half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and fingerplays
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Story Time
Join us for some fun and excitement as we journey through a collection of adventurous stories and songs all preschoolers can enjoy
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Explore Watercolours with Studio Sparks
This class will introduce you to a variety of watercolour techniques classic and modern
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Drawing People (Art Course)
Drawing People: Learn How To Draw Portraits And Figures
Take your drawing to the next level and start drawing people!
In this eight week course Emily will introduce you to a variety of beginner drawing approaches and techniques for drawing figures and portraits
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Studio Sparks - Afterschool ART
Term 3 Studio Sparks--AfterSchool Art Class
Classes will start the first week of August
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Exhibitions
Ashton Lexie Jamieson and Sharleen Gamble: Young Art
Ashton Lexie Jamieson and Sharleen Gamble: Young Art | Foyer Gallery
7 August – 24 October 2021
The contemporary concept of young art is work not defined by the age of the creator, but by the stage the artist is at in their career
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Exhibitions
Lewis Evans: Of Time and Place Exhibition
Lewis Evans was born in Birmingham, 1878, the second eldest in a family of eleven children
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Laser Cutting With Adobe Illustrator - Weekend Workshop
An introduction to vector drawing for laser cutting using Adobe Illustrator
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Kapa Kōrero
Nau mai, haere mai! Welcome to Napier Libraries' te Reo conversation club
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Performing Arts
Live at The Cabana
Hawke's Bay is churning out some awesome comedic talent, so it's time we start seeing them regularly!
We're bringing monthly shows to the home of live comedy in Napier, The Cabana! After last month's postponement due to someone called Delta, we're kicking off in September with a Level 2 spectacular!
Hosted by the Matriarch of Hawke's Bay Comdey Karen Leslie, the line up features Nikki Dela Paz, Luke Glover, Lex and Ben Tito Caldwell!
Online tickets are $15 pre-sales
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Mack at the Filter Room
Join Mack at one of the premium ale and cider houses in the Bay and order from a menu packed with plenty of options as you treat yourself to a taste sensation from the wide range of locally crafted beers and ciders
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Fraser Mack at Hygge Cafe
Come chill with Mack and check out a venue he has never played before! Should be a great day with lovely food and lovely people!
See you there!
About Hygge at Clifton Bay
"hygge" - a Danish concept/atmosphere perhaps translated as embracing the mind or something that is good for the soul
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Beginners Sketch & Paint in Watercolours
Unleash the Artist within and dig a little deeper into watercolour painting with local artist Michele Jung from her studio in Napier, Hawke's Bay
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Exhibitions
Hawke’s Bay Art Review Exhibition and Gala Opening
Join us on Friday 3 September for the Gala Opening of this year's Hawke's Bay Art Review
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Simple and Intentional Living Meetup
Do you wish you had more time for the people and things that truly matter in your life? Would you like to invite more peace and joy into your life every day? Are you at a turning point in your life, wondering what’s next?
If your answer to any (or all) of these questions is YES, our free meetup group could be for you
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Exhibitions
Images of Me - An Exhibition by Clayton Guthrie
This exhibition has been extended through to the end of September due to lockdown restrictions
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Exhibitions
The Hawke’s Bay Art Guide Exhibition
New dates confirmed! 10
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Exhibitions
Postcards from the North & South
An unselected, travelling exhibition of 118 postcard sized fine art prints by artist members of Print Council Aotearoa NZ (PCANZ) in collaboration with Australian printmakers
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Gwavas Homestead, Garden and Puahanui Bush Tour
Enjoy a gorgeous day at Gwavas Homestead and Garden with a sit down lunch and guided tour of the homestead, gardens and native bush
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Digital Skills Workshop: Spydus Mobile
Learn more about our library app
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Glow in the Dark Paint Night - A Glowy Night: POSTPONED
Paintvine After Dark is New Zealand’s first glow in the dark paint party!
Grab a drink in one hand, a brush in the other and get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going with ultra-violet lights, neon lights, glow in the dark paint, a DJ and nothing but laughs all night long!
This is the perfect unique night out for those looking for something a little different
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Threestyle Thirstdayz Ep.34 (ft. Dali Susanto)
Yol legends! We're STOKED to be bringing this Threestyle Thirstdayz episode to Spaceship in Hastings this coming Thursday for our 34th episode
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Exhibitions
The Shape of Water - A Collection of works by Glen Colechin
In line with current Level 2 restrictions, please wear a mask and use your COVID Tracer app when entering Creative Arts Napier
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Performing Arts
Equus - Napier Theatre Company
“A galvanizing psychological thriller” - Time Magazine
‘Equus’ is a psychological drama about Dr
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Sourdough Breadmaking Workshop
In this workshop, you will learn how to create, feed and care for your own everlasting rye sourdough starter, and from this to make fresh sourdough bread
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Dinner in the Daffodils: CANCELLED
Take your time to wander through the daffodils before heading to the Shearers quarters to experience the best of Central Hawke's Bay food and wine
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Stan Walker - All in Tour: POSTPONED
With no need for introductions, Stan Walker embarks on his nationwide ‘ALL IN’ tour performing 9 spectacular shows across Aotearoa, singing all of his hit songs and some brand new music!
Boasting a stellar career that spans 5 studio albums, Stan Walker has been creating acclaimed New Zealand/Australian anthems for more than 12 years creating hit after hit including Black Box, Take It Easy, Loud, Galaxy, Thank You, Aotearoa, Bigger & Tua which features his goddaughter Ibanez Maeva
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Great Gable (OZ): CANCELLED
Off the back of a solid 2020 which saw them release their debut album Tracing Faces, hit #4 in the ARIA Vinyl Charts, spend weeks in the Top 10 most played songs on triple j and broadcast their first Live At The Wireless, Great Gable are heading over the ditch for a massive run of shows across New Zealand
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Sports & Outdoors
Hawkes Bay Harley MC Spring Run
Hawkes Bay Harley are holding their annual Spring Run, in support of The Acorn Foundation Hawkes Bay, on 25th September 2021
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Napier Lymph Info Day: CANCELLED
Learn about lymphoedema, lipoedema and phleboedema - all conditions that can cause debilitating swelling and health problems
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Mack and The Three Wise Birds
Come and join Fraser Mack at Hawkes Bay's newest Garden Bar! Relax, socialise, soak up the sun while Mack entertains you with his dynamic and distinctive sound influenced by blues, rock, folk and flamenco
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Night - Peony Bouquet
The concept is simple - take a brush in one hand, a drink in the other and let’s paint a masterpiece!
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting in Napier! No previous painting experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going!
The need to know:
Drinks: Does not include a complimentary drink but available for purchase throughout the event
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Craggy Range Presents Liam Finn: CANCELLED
UPDATE: DUE TO THE CURRENT LOCKDOWN, AND LIAM FINN BEING BASED IN AUCKLAND, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO SUNDAY, 26TH SEPTEMBER
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Sports & Outdoors
Lake Tutira Off Road Half Marathon - 12k & 5k Trail Run
Located just 40 minutes North of Napier, Lake Tutira offers a beautiful and challenging course, with stunning views
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Performing Arts
The Justice of Bunny King with Heretaunga Women's Centre
All our events are always LGBTQQIP2SAA inclusive
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Digital Skills Workshop: Emails
*New mini class* Learn how to create an email account
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Sports & Outdoors
Super Sixes Hawke's Bay
This year, Super Sixes Hawke’s Bay will be held on the 29th and 30th of September at the Mitre10 Park on the outskirts of Hastings
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Annemarie Rawson - My French Platter Revisited
In the first book My French Platter we heard how Annemarie and her husband, Steve, left their life in New Zealand to manage a 15th-century farmhouse in France, but ended up living in filth and becoming homeless
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Festivals & Lifestyle
German Film Festival Screening - Napier
We proudly present one film of the German Film Festival with a cinema screening at the Globe Theatrette in Napier
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Travel the World - Chinese Dumpling Workshop
Jie Pang will introduce you to skills of filling, shaping and making dumplings
Jie Pang’s origins’ lay in the Chengdu, city in southwestern province Szechuan in China
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Performing Arts
Speak up the Peak - Hawke's Bay Poetry Slam 2021
EARLY BIRD TICKETS ON SALE NOW - POETS WHO TAKE PART DON'T NEED A TICKET, BUT SPACE IS LIMITED SO SIGN UP NOW!
Motif Poetry is proud to present the fourth annual Hawke's Bay Poetry Slam! A friendly, inclusive space for poets to come together and share their work
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Soul Nourishment Women's Weekend
Revitalise your mind, body & soul at an indulgent weekend for women
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Performing Arts
Dill Pickles and Delight, Readers Theatre.
DILL PICKLES AND DELIGHT-READERS THEATRE By Verona Nicholson
Four people on stools reading aloud from scripts
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Performing Arts
American Refugees
American comics Aaron Barber and Gavin Hews perform a combined hour regaling their stories, jokes, and anecdotes of traveling, working, and living in foreign lands eventually making their home in NZ
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Central Hawke's Bay Homestead Trail
Three of Central Hawke’s Bay’s beautiful historic homesteads are opening their doors for another year, for our highly anticipated Spring Fling Homestead Trail weekend
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Sports & Outdoors
Windsor Park Plate Raceday
Windsor Park Plate - Bostock New Zealand Spring Racing Carnival
Gates Open: 10
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Sports & Outdoors
Brews & Ques - Windsor Park Plate Raceday
Enjoy the best of the thrilling racing action, delicious BBQ'd food, Emerson's craft beer & Three Wise Birds cider and music in the sun throughout the afternoon!
Secure yourself a spot in this social package - located outside right on the track fence!
This will be the perfect afternoon spent with friends, family or social groups!
TAB services and a Bar provided in the area + 1x complimentary drink on arrival!
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Exhibitions
Artists Floor Talk: Ashton Lexie Jamieson and Sharleen Gambl
Hear Ashton Lexie Jamieson and Sharleen Gamble talk about their exhibition Young Art
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Mozzarella, Feta and Haloumi Cheese Making Workshop: SOLD OUT
In this three-hour long workshop, you will learn how to make Haloumi, Mozzarella and Feta
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Late Lattes
Everybody loves Isaac and Dali!
Two of Hastings most happy and inviting characters,
Together they join forces to put on a chill Dj and drumming session, come on down and enjoy a latte ahead of a great night at the SAFE AF
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Performing Arts
Double Headliner Comedy Show
The American Refugees and the Irish and English comedians of Half in Half Out have gotten together to present their double headliner show for one night only
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Concerts & Gig Guide
The Upbeats: POSTPONED
Supreme D&B proponents, The Upbeats, announce album release date and New Zealand Tour
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Felting with Yvonne Monk
Felting with Yvonne Monk
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Exhibitions
Children's Holiday Art Workshops
Fun tutor Holi Shannon has a week jam-packed full of fun kids workshops, over the upcoming October school holidays!
Book in for just the morning, afternoon session or the whole day!
Morning sessions: 9 - 11
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Exhibitions
HBAF 2021 - Remembering Roy
Remembering Roy
Tribute Exhibition
Exhibition runs October 4th - 30th
Mon - Fri 9
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Performing Arts
Wonderland Glow Show
The GLOW SHOW team is back with WONDERLAND GLOW SHOW, a ‘kiwified’ interpretation of the classic ‘Alice in Wonderland' tale for tamariki, educators and whanau! Let your imagination soar as you're transported by the magic of giant scale glow-in-the-dark puppetry
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Art for Tots
Please note that under alert level 2 restrictions, there will be limited spaces available
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
School Holiday @ MTG - Virtual Museum
Join us for some fun these October School Holidays @ MTG
Virtual Museum
Have a look around the MTG to find inspiration to design your very own museum
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
School Holiday @ MTG - Pop Art
Join us for some fun these October School Holidays @ MTG
Pop Art
Ode to the late Billy Apple
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
School Holiday @ MTG - Trick Photography
Join us for some fun these October School Holidays @ MTG
Trick Photography
Learn some new tricks for taking photographs with your phone!
Try your new skills out in the museum galleries and the classroom
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Performing Arts
Tu Meke Tūī!
Adapted from the children’s book by Malcolm Clarke
Original artwork by Flox
Original direction by Renee Lyons
Adapted from the best-selling book Tu Meke Tūī!, join two unlikely heroes, Tere the excitable tūī and Taitū the flightless takahē, as they work together to outwit Stan, the sly stoat, who has a beady eye on our native birds for his dinner
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
School Holiday Program
School Holiday Program with Maria Melino
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
School Holiday @ MTG - Clay
Join us for some fun these October School Holidays @ MTG
Clay
With the help of our best 19th century Ngāti Porou tohungawhakairo (master carvers) we will create clay tiles of our ancestors
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Seasons Art Class for Adult Beginner to Improver
Have you ever wanted to learn to draw and paint? Do you want to improve your skills? We incorporate a happy, relaxed feel to our friendly, fun, easy step-by-step lessons, providing not just a high level of tuition to help develop potential artists, but a bubbly social gathering that all our students look forward to attending
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Night - Hydrengea Vase
The concept is simple - take a brush in one hand a drink in the other and let’s paint a masterpiece!
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting! No previous painting experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going!
Get your tickets now
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
School Holiday @ MTG - Wearable Arts
Join us for some fun these October School Holidays @ MTG
Wearable Arts
Design and construct your own fashion statement from our collection of recycled materials or BYO
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Night - Farmland Sheep
The concept is simple - take a brush in one hand a drink in the other and let’s paint a masterpiece!
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting! No previous painting experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going!
Get your tickets now
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Concerts & Gig Guide
O’juliet
Songwriter, singer and keyboard player O Juliet’s music spans folk and jazz, blues and soul, gentle rock and a “drop of pop”
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Waipawa Spring Festival Duck Day
Mark the date – this is a long-standing institution in the Central Hawke’s Bay event calendar and is an absolute must do
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Waipawa Spring Festival AKA Duck Day
Mark the date
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Sports & Outdoors
Indoor Rowing Competition
What: An Indoor Rowing Competition that is an open event for all ages, abilities, skill levels
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Performing Arts
Performing 101 workshop with Cherry & Cici: CANCELLED
Come along to this workshop with the amazing Cherry Boomb and her sidekick Cici von Rouge
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Garden to Vase with Foraged and Found
Discover the beauty of spring flowers with a Foraged and Found floral workshop at the historic Aramoana Homestead
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hastings Blossom Festival 2021: POSTPONED
Hastings Blossom Parade - POSTPONED!
The Hastings Blossom Parade, initially scheduled to take place on September 11th 2021, has now been postponed until October 9th 2021 due to the latest Government announcement that the country will remain at Level 4 until nearly the end of August
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Show Me Shorts Film Festival - Whānau Friendly
Children love short films! Let the magic of cinema inspire and fire their imaginations! This collection of films is suitable for the whole family
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Show Me Shorts Film Festival - The Sampler
Sit back and enjoy some of the best and most vibrant short films from Aotearoa New Zealand and around the world
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
All Things Herbs Masterclass
Ever wondered if you’re making the most of the herbs in your garden? Thought perhaps there was more you could do but not sure what the next step would be? Then this masterclass is one for you!
Join respected herbologist Julia Sich and Malo Head Chef Bert van de Steeg for a journey into the dynamic world of herbs, discovering centuries of their use and how to harvest and cook with herbs to the best effect
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Performing Arts
Austen Found - The Undiscovered Musicals of Jane Austen
Addicted to Darcy? Bonkers for Big Balls? Lost all Sense and Sensibility? Well put down your cross stitching and get ready to enjoy an entirely improvised musical in the style of Jane Austen
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Making Movies 3 day Workshop
Get a taste of working in the Film industry with this 3 day introduction to screen production workshop
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
School Holiday Program
School Holiday Program with Maria Melino
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
'Her Say' - Forum - With Jackie Clarke & the Aunties
This Women only event includes Non-binary and Trans women and LGBTQQIP2SAA
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hawke's Bay Home and Garden Show 2021
NEW DATES!
Turning houses into homes for over 30 years!
The Hawke’s Bay Home & Garden Show is packed with all the ideas and information that you need to transform your surroundings into the space you’ve always dreamed of
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Sports & Outdoors
Spring Challenge Napier
Welcome to the Spring Challenge! Spring Challenge North, a women adventure race
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Performing Arts
Drag up your Life!
HAWKE'S BAY! Are you ready to Drag up your Life?! Kelly Fornia is taking her drag lip-sync extravaganza all over the nation this 2021, and we are stepping foot in glamorous Hawke's Bay!
Drag up your Life features a fabulous selection of Wellington's finest Drag Queens & Kings as we bring you lip-syncs and Drag stage challenge realness honey that'll leave you GAGGED and your wigs SNATCHED
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Professor Dynamite | Ōma | CASHEK | S:.U:.A:.T
Kia ora and welcome e hoa!
The Spaceship doors will be opening at precisely 7
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Black Smoke Trigger Live In Concert W/ Fyveyes
[VENUE CAPACITY SOLD OUT]
Tickets available for the 2nd show on Saturday 16th October
For the first time in 2021, rock band BLACK SMOKE TRIGGER is performing live and set to blow the doors off the legendary Cabana in Napier
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Riding in Remembrance 2021
Riding in Remembrance 2021 is a fundraising event and family fun day hosted by Sands Hawkes Bay
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Red Cross Knitting and Book Sale & Shop Open
Wonderful knitted garments
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Sports & Outdoors
Foodscapes Open Garden Trail
Central Hawke’s Bay is renowned for its rolling and picturesque gardens, and there is no better time to discover them than in spring
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Sports & Outdoors
Livamol Classic
BOSTOCK New Zealand Spring Racing Carnival - Livamol Classic
Hawke's Bay's most iconic and glamourous raceday - the Livamol Classic is back for 2021 and is set to be the biggest party of the season!
Enjoy the thrill of racing, beats and fashion on Saturday 16 October at the Hawke's Bay Racing Centre!
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Afternoon - Peony Bouquet
The concept is simple - take a brush in one hand a drink in the other and let’s paint a masterpiece!
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting! No previous painting experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going!
Get your tickets now
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hawke's Bay Arts Festival 2021
The Hawke’s Bay Arts Festival is happening again - from 16-31st October 2021, and includes Labour weekend
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - Mana Wahine
Mana Wahine - Ōkāreka Dance Company
To celebrate the start of the 2021 Hawke’s Bay Arts Festival we are delighted to partner with the Napier Municipal Theatre and local supporters to present Ōkāreka Dance Company’s runaway success story, Mana Wahine, as part of Nuit Blanche – Art After Dark
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2021 - Nuit Blanche, Art After Dark
Nuit Blanche – Art After Dark
To kick off the 2021 Hawke’s Bay Arts Festival we return to Napier with a fantastic line-up of visual and performing arts
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Black Smoke Trigger Live In Concert W/ Fyveyes - 2nd Show
[Second Show Added - Venue Capacity Sold Out for Friday Night]
BLACK SMOKE TRIGGER is performing live and set to blow the doors off the legendary Cabana in Napier, two nights in a row - after selling out Friday 15th October, Saturday 16th October has just been added
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Sports & Outdoors
Backpaddock Lakes Off Road Challenge
The Platinum Homes Back Paddock Off Road Challenge is an unique off road multi-sport experience in an absolutely stunning Central Hawke’s Bay location Backpaddock Lakes (just 10 minutes from Waipukurau) with both family friendly and challenging disciplines to suit EVERYONE!
Solo swim, solo/walk run, solo mountain bike options for kids and adults plus, aquathlon, short and long course Duathlon and Off Road Triathlon, we really do cater for all
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - The Haka Party Incident
The Haka Party Incident
BY KATIE WOLFE
An Auckland Theatre Company production
The last New Zealand war took place in Auckland in 1979
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - April's Fool
April's Fool
By David Burton
Hawke’s Bay Youth Theatre presents a powerful work of verbatim theatre, written by Australian playwright David Burton
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - The Cunning Little Vixen: CANCELLED
The Cunning Little Vixen - Directed and Conducted by José Aparicio
In partnership with the 2021 Hawke's Bay Arts Festival, Festival Opera proudly presents Leoš Janáček’s operatic fable The Cunning Little Vixen
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hawke's Bay A&P Show 2021
Fantastic Family Fun! Come along and see the animals and the people at New Zealand's biggest A&P show
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - Ka-Shue (Letters from Home)
Ka-Shue (Letters from Home)
Co- Producers Jo Marsh & Lynda Chanwai-Earle, Ice Floe Productions Tapui Ltd
Ka-Shue is an epic story of love, laughter and loss over a hundred years, seen through the eyes of a Chinese family struggling to resettle in Aotearoa
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Glow in the Dark Paint Night - Tropical Beach
The concept is simple - take a brush in one hand a drink in the other and let’s paint a masterpiece!
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting! No previous painting experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going!
Get your tickets now
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - The Artist
The Artist
Circo Aereo
New Zealand’s answer to Mr
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Napier - Forging and Fold Formed Jewellery
This 2-day class is a great introduction to forging and fold forming jewellery materials to create delicate, wearable pieces
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2021 - Fire & Music
Fire & Music - Waiohiki Creative Arts Village
Waiohiki Creative Arts Village is a thriving hub of artists and craftspeople, near the spectacular historic Ōtātara Pā site
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Concerts & Gig Guide
White Chapel Jak - Napier
"One of the hottest and exciting acts to emerge in NZ in the last 18 months" - Paul Ellis, NZ Idol_NZ Got Talent Judge, Former Sony Music Executive
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - Urzila Carlson: It's Personal
Urzila Carlson: It's Personal
Welcome to the days of mind your own business and don't comment on others’ business
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Garageland - Last Exit to Garageland 25th Anniversary Tour
Banished Music & Under The Radar presents
Garageland
“Last Exit to Garageland” 25th Anniversary Tour
Citizens, it’s been roughly 9125 days since Flying Nun chart invaders Garageland released Last Exit to Garageland to the world and the band are happy to announce an October 2021 return
Take yourself back 300 months to 1996 as the band dig into an album that NME described as having “enough catchiness and sonic adrenaline to incite a teenage riot… a collision of Sonic Youth, Pavement and a massive lorry-full of hooks… half Pixies, half-mass-slaughter-of-oxen
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Concerts & Gig Guide
AFRO MUSIC EXPERIENCE
Performance by SAM MANZANZA & AFROBEAT with Miss LEADING
Sam Manzanza's Afrobeat Band will be performing his infectious high-energy Afrobeat to make you dance at Afro Music Experience at Paisley Stage Live Music Venue at Napier alongside Miss Leading is an electronic music producer, singer, poet
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Festivals & Lifestyle
The Hawke’s Bay Art Trail 2021
Be your own art tour guide! Grab an Art Trail map and over Labour Weekend take an inspiring meander around Hawke’s Bay artists’ studios, galleries and pop-ups
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Exhibitions
Hastings Public Art Walking Tours
Join our Hastings City Art Gallery guide for a fascinating tour of the much loved public art of Hastings
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Labour of Love
Fabrik & The Good Batch are infatuated with music
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2021 - Dream Garden
Be open to circus, cabaret and music under the trees
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Concerts & Gig Guide
HBAF 2021 - Che Fu and the Kratez: Return of the Navigator
Che Fu and the Kratez: Return of the Navigator
Che Fu is one of the best-selling hip hop acts to ever come out of Aotearoa, but his commercial success is only part of his achievement
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - Mrs Krishnan's Party
Mrs Krishnan’s Party - INDIAN INK THEATRE COMPANY
Mrs Krishnan’s Party - you’re invited! Written By Jacob Rajan and Justin Lewis Starring Kalyani Nagarajan and Justin Rogers Step into the back room of Mrs Krishnan’s dairy where garlands decorate the ceiling, music flows and Mrs Krishnan is throwing a party like no other
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Performing Arts
Drag 101 workshop with Hugo Grrrl
Want to do drag but don't know where to get started? Doing drag but want to up your game? Learn how to create slick, simple but sickening stage spots that are guaranteed to stick in this drag basics workshop
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Napier - Torch Fired Enamels
A two-day session with torch-fired enamels - designed as a stand-alone class or as a follow on from the fold formed jewellery class
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - Furnware Ambassador Programme
Furnware Ambassador Programme - Tūrangawaewae
The Festival is proud to celebrate the 6th year of the Furnware Ambassador Programme
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Mack at Gods Own
Mack is always rapt to spend the afternoon at one of his favourite venues, GodsOwn Brewery
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Sir Dave Dobbyn
Sir Dave Dobbyn is set to play a one-off show at iconic Black Barn Vineyards in Hawkes Bay!
Fabrik presents iconic Kiwi singer-songwriter Sir Dave Dobbyn live in concert at Black Barn Vineyards
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - Hello Darkness
Hello Darkness
By Peter Wells, Adapted by Victor Rodger
While receiving treatment for prostate cancer, writer Peter Wells - an intensely private person - reached out to the world via Facebook, where he examined his life as he also contemplated the end of it
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Concerts & Gig Guide
PRINS - NZ Tour
Kiwi singer-songwriter PRINS is returning to the stage this September with a 20-stop trip around Aotearoa - her biggest tour to date
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - Faces of Nature
Faces of Nature
Ta'alili
Led by award winning artists Aloali'i Tapu and Tori Manley-Tapu, Ta’alili are a company that work in theatre, dance, stage design, film and visual art, exploring how perceptions shape communities and reflecting on personal experiences of tension between cultures, systems and stereotypes
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Concerts & Gig Guide
HBAF 2021 - Ishtopia
Be open to a musical journey around the world
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 Whare Kōrero: Stories Within Stories
A Thousand Thoughts A Minute
A guide into the unequivocal world of Kristyl Neho, a self-confessed Drama Queen
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Concerts & Gig Guide
HBAF 2021 - Teremoana Rapley: Of a Housegirl
Teremoana Rapley: Of a Housegirl
Fresh from her sold-out 2021 Kia Mau Festival theatre debut, Daughter, Teremoana Rapley continues her live creative research and development inquiry triptych series with Of a Housegirl
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - The Trojan War: CANCELLED
The Trojan War
A Slightly Isolated Dog
Following the success of Don Juan and Jekyll & Hyde, A Slightly Isolated Dog brings you the third installment in the trilogy of very sexy works: The Trojan War! This explosive and hilarious work uses a cast of faux-French performers to create a joyful interactive celebration
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Sports & Outdoors
Multiple Steps for Multiple Sclerosis 2021
Join us for our 10th Multiple Steps event
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
North Island Regional Young Winemaker Dinner
Join us to celebrate our North Island Regional Tonnellerie de Mercurey Young Winemakers of the Year Competition Competitors and Winners
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
HBAF 2021 - An Evening w/ Ayesha Green & Carole Shepheard
An evening with Ayesha Green & Carole Shepheard
Be open to the strength of women in visual arts
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - Tierra y Mar Flamenco Project
Tierra y Mar Flamenco Project
Paul Bosauder
Paul Bosauder is a cultural ambassador, performing around the world as a highly regarded flamenco guitarist and composer, promoting his love of this music along with his love for his country of origin New Zealand
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Fashion for a Cure Hawke’s Bay
Join us in Hawke’s Bay for a night of New Zealand’s finest fashion, to support research into a breast cancer CURE
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - Strauss, Pärt and Mendelssohn
Strauss, Pärt and Mendelssohn - HBO and Friends
This concert explores the most-loved chamber music of the string repertoire, making it a joy for classical fans as well as for people who want an experience of live classical music for the first time
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - WERK IT: CANCELLED
WERK IT
Circus Trick Tease
WERK IT is an all-new, late-night, high-energy, acrobatic comedy romp
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2021 - Storytime with Kyle Mewburn
Readers + Writers - Presented by Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Trust in association with Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
Storytime with Kyle Mewburn
Join multi award-winning children's author Kyle Mewburn as she reads her most lovely, funny and entertaining works aloud to a no doubt captivated audience
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2021 - Stepping into the Sun
Readers + Writers - Presented by Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Trust in association with Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
Stepping into the Sun
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Wine Options presented by Hawke's Bay Women in Wine
We're back this year and calling all wine lovers & enthusiasts to get a team of friends, family, or colleagues to join us at our Wine Options Quiz Night!
The event will be held on Friday the 29th of October from 6
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Concerts & Gig Guide
HBAF 2021 - Reb Fountain
Reb Fountain
Following sold out shows at the Spiegeltent, Reb Fountain returns to the Festival, with her all-star band including Dave Khan, Earl Robertson and Karin Canzek, premiering her highly anticipated new album IRIS along with other favourite material from her Taite Prize winning self-titled album
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2021 - Funny Ha Ha ...
Readers + Writers - Presented by Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Trust in association with Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
Funny Ha Ha - Tom Sainsbury and Catherine Robertson die on stage
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Sports & Outdoors
Omakere Coastal Hill Country Walk
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For the third consecutive year, the Omakere School and Community Association brings you the Coastal Hill Country Walk fundraiser
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Festivals & Lifestyle
CHB Holistic Wellbeing Expo
This amazing event is run over 2 days
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
HBAF 2021 - Writing for Children, Workshops w/ Kyle Mewburn
Readers + Writers - Presented by Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Trust in association with Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
Writing for Children - Workshop with Kyle Mewburn
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - Motuhake: CANCELLED
Motuhake
Jandel J & The Funky Friends
“You are Special / I am Special (Motuhake)” is a highly interactive and magical show for children and families
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2021 - She is Not Your Rehab, Matt and Sarah Brown
Readers + Writers - Presented by Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Trust in association with Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
She is Not Your Rehab - Matt and Sarah Brown
At My Fathers Barbers, Mataio (Matt) Faafetai Malietoa Brown offers men a haircut with a difference: a safe space to be seen and heard without judgement
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2021 - Maori Made Easy, Scotty and Stacey Morrison
Readers + Writers - Presented by Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Trust in association with Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
Maori Made Easy - Scotty and Stacey Morrison
Getting on a course to learn te reo Māori in involves a waiting list these days
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2021 - Dead Girls Don't Lie
Readers + Writers - Presented by Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Trust in association with Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
Dead Girls Don’t Lie - Becky Manawatu, Jacqueline Bublitz and Tina Clough on changing the narrative
The dead girls are frustrated
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Concerts & Gig Guide
HBAF 2021 - Troy Kingi with Delaney Davidson
Troy Kingi with Delaney Davidson: Black Sea Golden Ladder
Troy Kingi (Te Arawa, Ngāpuhi) has arrived at the halfway point of his 10 10 10 Series: ten
albums, ten genres, ten years
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Luke Buda - BUDA Album Release Tour
Throughout October and November, Luke Buda (The Phoenix Foundation) will travel the length and breadth of both Te Ika A Māui and Te Waipounamu, to celebrate the release of his new album Buda; his first solo excursion in twelve years
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2021- The Edible Backyard
Readers + Writers - Presented by Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Trust in association with Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
The Edible Backyard - Kath Irvine in conversation with Lizzie Russell
Gardening guru Kath Irvine has been helping Kiwi gardeners design build, grow and maintain their own productive edible gardens for more than 20 years
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Picnic in the Peonies
Gather the family for a stunning Central Hawke’s Bay picnic at Tikokino Peonies
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2021 - Mana/va, Tusiata Avia & Karlo Mila w/ Nafanua...
Readers + Writers - Presented by Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Trust in association with Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
Mana/va - Tusiata Avia and Karlo Mila with Nafanua Kersel
“Va is the space between… not empty space, not space that separates but space that relates, that holds separate entities and things together in the Unity-that-is-All, the space that is context, giving meaning to things
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Mozzarella, Feta and Haloumi Cheese Making Workshop
In this three-hour long workshop, you will learn how to make Haloumi, Mozzarella and Feta
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - The End of the Golden Weather
The End of the Golden Weather
“I invite you to join me, in a voyage into the past, to that territory of the heart we call childhood
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2021 - A Lite on the Move, Geoff Chappel w/ Roger Hall
Readers + Writers - Presented by Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Trust in association with Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
A Life on the Move - Geoff Chapple with Roger Hall
Geoff Chapple once sat up in the bath and said, “I’ll do it!”, “it” being the walk from Cape Reinga to Bluff, some 3000km
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - Not Christmas, but Guy Fawkes
Not Christmas, but Guy Fawkes
A richly autobiographical monologue in which an adolescent boy tries to find his place in an adult-dominated world; a young man retraces an intensely felt boyhood experience of bullying; and a playwright, in his last days, reconciles the value of an artistic life and challenges the idea of New Zealand identity
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Sports & Outdoors
2021 Trinity Hill Hawkes Bay 4 Course Golf Classic
Welcome, PaR nz Golfing Holidays is pleased to reconfirm our partnership with the award-winning Trinity Hill Wines and World #22 Cape Kidnappers in an awesome line-up of courses for the 6th annual Trinity Hill Hawkes Bay 4-Course Golf & Wine Classic to be held from Monday 1 November to Friday 5 November 2021
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
HBAF 2021 - Edible Garden Workshop
Edible Garden Workshop
Gardening guru Kath Irvine has been helping Kiwi gardeners design-build, grow and maintain their own productive edible gardens for more than 20 years
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Jo Morris Advanced Memoir Writing
Advanced Memoir Writing Workshop
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Hawke's Bay Legends with Cuisine Magazine
Before Summer F
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Night - Kōwhai Tui
The concept is simple - take a brush in one hand, a drink in the other and let’s paint a masterpiece!
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting in Napier! No previous painting experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going!
The need to know:
Drinks: Does not include a complimentary drink but available for purchase throughout the event
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Hawke's Bay Wine Car Boot Party
Rev your engines because the Car Boot Party is back for a second year, more “souped-up” than ever! More than 40 Hawke’s Bay wineries will roll into the Waikoko Gardens and park-up ready to pour an amazing selection of Hawke’s Bay’s finest wines
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Ten Years of TOM
Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of F
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Bubbly Club
Ever dreamed of living the lifestyle of the rich and famous? Well, here’s your chance! The Urban Winery are throwing a party befit of the most glamorous with an evening of French Grande Marque Champagne and luxurious seafood canapes
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Performing Arts
Equus
“A Galvanizing Psychological Thriller” - Time Magazine
‘Equus’ is a psychological drama about Dr
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Brunch by Bikes with Nici Wickes
Join everyone’s favourite Kiwi foodie Nici Wickes for a culinary cycling adventure through the stunning Cape Kidnappers coastline and along the Tukituki River
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Sausage Making Masterclass
Learn how to make the perfect sausage every time, ensure your meat binds without unnecessary additives and how to link your sausages like a pro!
Find out which sausage casings are best, and pick up tips so you can make and flavour your own delicious sausages all summer long
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Photography Weekend Workshop
A beginner’s guide to DSLR photography
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Napier Wellbeing & Vegan Market 2021
The biggest free mind-body-spirit weekend in Hawkes Bay!
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Lamb Workshop
The Farmhouse Kitchen and Waipawa Butchery join forces to teach you the secrets of the trade with “The Lamb Workshop”
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
The Grand Long Lunch
What’s better than long lingering lunches in Food and Wine Country? How about a long lingering lunch set in stunning secret location, with five-courses devised by five of Hawke’s Bay and New Zealand’s leading chefs?
Sound like you? Then welcome to the inaugural F
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Pranzo dell'Opera in Giardino
The Mission Restaurant & Festival Opera bring you an Italian “Opera Lunch in the Garden”, coming together for a luncheon that celebrates Italy's culinary and musical heritage in a stunning garden, vineyard setting
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Food Truck Park-Up Party
Anyone with a craving for street food will want to nab a ticket to this evening of food truck fare, quality wines, craft beers and cider and exceptional entertainment
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Taittinger Oyster & Whitebait Street Bar
The world-famous in Havelock North Advintage car park bar is back for Summer FAWC! 2021
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! A Hapi Cabaret
What good is sitting alone in your room? Come hear the music play
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Performing Arts
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Let the Royal New Zealand Ballet transport you to a fantastical world of dazzling dance, music and enchantment
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Performing Arts
Tom Sainsbury - Snapchat Dude Live
Comedian, snapchat satirist and now unmasked as the dancing Alien on The Masked Singer NZ, Tom Sainsbury is about to add another string to his bow
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! At the Races
Hawke's Bay Racing and Waipukurau Jockey Club host the best Christmas end of year party full of delicious food and quality Hawke’s Bay wine
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! At the Chef’s Table
Join Wallingford’s impassioned Chef Christopher Stockdale at his table for a culinary ‘happening
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Lane Road Petanque Society
Gather for an afternoon of French-styled frivolity at one of Hawke’s Bay’s most intriguing homesteads
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! No Menu. No Complications. Chile meets Tuki Tuki
Enjoy an intimate, elevated dining experience as Giulio Sturla, Cuisine Chef of the Year 2018, brings his artistic mastery to the Black Barn River Room overlooking the Tuki Tuki Valley and Te Mata Peak
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Brew-tiful Desserts
It will be a brew-tiful afternoon at Bistronomy when they join with local roasters Third Eye Coffee to serve up one heck of a buzz
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Wine Studio Cinema Series
Hosted by Smith & Sheth’s talent sommelier, enjoy a selection of world class wines from our family of fine wine estates across New Zealand while you enjoy a feel-good wine-focused film in our intimate studio theatre
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Fish and Bish
Finish off the weekend with an evening of fish and Bish – The Urban Winery way!
Fish & Bish is the perfect way to chase away those Sunday night blues
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Malaysian Mama
Milk + Honey Owner Sean Burns is putting his mum back to work for a night in the Milk kitchen
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! CBD Safari Supper
Napier City Centre is overflowing with delicious options for dinner
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! A night with Emma Galloway
An evening to nourish your mind, your soul and of course your stomach, you won’t want to miss your chance to sit down with Emma Galloway, of My Darling Lemon Thyme
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Wild Buck
Two chefs and one passion for game equals a memorable night of delicious Hawke’s Bay fare
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Trauma Based Behaviour
Professionals working in, and in partnership with schools will be familiar with the complex demands created by children and young people with challenging behaviours
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Firsthand Coffee Workshop
Join Firsthand Coffee at their Havelock North roastery as they explain the journey that specialty coffee takes from farm to roastery to cup
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Bienvenue! A night in Paris
Step through the doors at Mary’s and transport yourself into a warm and bustling Parisian bistro
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! BBQ at Millar Road! Someone call the Fire Station!
Is there anything better than a BBQ with spectacular coastal views? How about when that BBQ is prepared by one of the Hawke’s Bay’s most in-demand chefs?
Central Fire Station Bistro is teaming up with the team at Millar Road Accommodation and Supernatural and Decibel Wines to kick off summer in the ultimate fashion
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Kesariya Balam: CANCELLED
Inspired by the most famous Indian folk song, this is a reception with age-old Indian tradition where the guest is considered as “God”
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Night - Bob Ross Snowy Mountain
The concept is simple - take a brush in one hand, a drink in the other and let’s paint a masterpiece!
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting in Napier! No previous painting experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going!
The need to know:
Drinks: Does not include a complimentary drink but available for purchase throughout the event
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Performing Arts
West End to Waipawa. Musical revue;
The Waipawa Musical &Dramatics Club winter Musical Revue
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Off the Hook
New Zealand’s masters of seafood cuisine Fleur Sullivan and Jeremy Rameka will deliver a feast of epic proportions at F
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Bringing our Origins Home to Hawke's Bay
The secret of good food lies in memory, which is why EIT’s Level 5 Diploma of Cookery students will be inspired by memories of home for this stunning eight course degustation
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Flavours of the 70s - Wine, Food and Musical Mayhem
Step back 50 years and relive (or experience!) the 70s!
Let food and wine be your memory as you travel back to a time of peace and political upheaval, the Vietnam War and nuclear power struggles
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Sports & Outdoors
Cole Murray Cape Kidnappers Trail Run
The Cole Murray Cape Kidnappers Trail Run is located in beautiful Hawke’s Bay
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Real life. Still Life: PLUS Food Styling Workshop
Pink Lady® apples New Zealand are proud to bring this food styling and photographic workshop to the F
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Real Life. Still Life: When Food becomes Art
Pink Lady® apples New Zealand are proud to bring this food styling and photographic workshop to the F
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Under a South African Rainbow
A Celebration of Hawke's Bay-grown South African food and wine
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hawke's Bay Wine Auction
The Hawke’s Bay Wine Auction celebrates 30 years in 2021, with Hawke’s Bay’s most talented winemakers providing over 40 lots of wine, many of which are being specially blended
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Pelvic Floor Workshop
Sneeze Pee? Back Pain? Weak Core?
This women's only Pelvic Power workshop is a comprehensive breathing and movement workshop to help you restore and reclaim your pelvic floor function
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
The NZ Cider Festival 2021
A festival to celebrate all things Cider!
The NZ Cider Festival is the only dedicated Cider Festival in New Zealand
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Afternoon - Hydrengea Vase
The concept is simple - take a brush in one hand, a drink in the other and let’s paint a masterpiece!
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting in the heart of Hastings! No previous painting experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going!
The need to know:
Drinks - No drinks are included in the ticket price but available for purchase
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Get Lucky
A Mexican street party as it should be – a little bit spicy and packed with fresh and funky flavour
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Festivals & Lifestyle
The Enchanted Ball Supporting Te Mata Park
SOLD OUT!
The Enchanted Ball supporting Te Mata Park
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Of the Ocean
Of the Ocean is a special showcase of Hawke’s Bay’s incredible seafood bounty
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Picnic, Wine and Flick
Dust off the picnic rugs and pop the corn! Te Awanga Estate + Picnic Cinema present the first ever outdoor movie experience on the Te Awanga Estate winery lawn
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Herstory
Herstory will be a showcase of creative women in music in Hawkes Bay, The lineup includes the likes of de Lune, Kitty Day, Sarah Wiig and The Cellars as well as local Poet Joanna Collins and more
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Cider, Sunday & Pies
The team at Zeffer are here to help you through your post-festival Sunday with a special Cider Sunday & Pies
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Ka Kai Tahi Tātou i te Hākari
Pioneering restaurateur Fleur Sullivan of Fleurs Place is heading north to Wairoa, and bringing her immensely talented, up-and-coming chef Lyall Minhinnick with her
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Small Plates, Bold Flavours
In this hands-on culinary event where you can experience a touch, smell and taste of small speciality South American dishes that well and truly pack a flavourful punch
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! A Touch of Decadence
Indulge your sweet tooth with some of Askerne’s finest dessert wines superbly matched with truly decadent desserts
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Nomads Dinner – Unseen Asia
Step out of your comfort zone and explore Asia's Hidden Cuisines
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Hawke's Bay Soul Choir at Spaceship
Come and listen to the Hawke's Bay Soul Choir sing soul music classics from the 70's and 80's
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Glow in the Dark Paint Night - Female Glow
Paintvine After Dark is New Zealand’s first glow in the dark paint party!
Grab a drink in one hand, a brush in the other and get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going with ultra-violet lights, neon lights, glow in the dark paint, a DJ and nothing but laughs all night long!
This is the perfect unique night out for those looking for something a little different
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Don McGlashan & The Others - Bright November Morning Tour
Renowned Aotearoa musician Don McGlashan has announced his eagerly-awaited new album today
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Exhibitions
Hawke’s Bay Art Review Exhibition and Gala Opening
The 2021 Hawke’s Bay Art Review will now be on display at CAN from Friday 19 November – 8 December 2021
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Performing Arts
NZ String Quartet | National Tour 2021
***RESCHEDULED TO FRIDAY 19 NOVEMBER, 7
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Adobe Indesign Weekend Workshop
After editing your images in Photoshop, and designing your logo or images in Illustrator, learn how to use Adobe InDesign to layout text and images to produce your pamphlets, brochures and books
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Fermentation Workshop
Be ready to turn all your garden produce into your own probiotics!
Come and learn the practical skills for some basic vegetable ferments
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Lake South 'The Light You Throw' Album Release Tour
Home Alone Music is proud to present the third album from Te Whanganui-a-Tara based electricUTOPIA artist Lake South, 'The Light You Throw'
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Sports & Outdoors
Flemington Mud Run
Join us for an action-packed mud run full of obstacles, laughs and plenty of mud!
Get your friends or family together and pick out a costume, we have great prizes for the best dressed, as well as a tonne of spot prize's
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Tahaenui Christmas Fete
The Tahaenui Christmas Fete will be an unrivalled fixture on the 2021 Christmas shopping calendar
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Afternoon- Bob Ross Autumn Forest
The concept is simple - take a brush in one hand, a drink in the other and let’s paint a masterpiece!
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting in Napier! No previous painting experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going!
The need to know:
Drinks: Does not include a complimentary drink but available for purchase throughout the event
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Sports & Outdoors
North Island KiwiTag Tournament
New Zealand Rugby League (NZRL) has committed to growing the game of Kiwi Tag across the country, building on what Auckland Rugby League has achieved to establish the Kiwi Tag sport in the Auckland district
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Sports & Outdoors
Run the Vines Paritua
Join us at the beautiful Paritua Vineyard & Winery for Run the Vines, in the wine-growing region of Bridge Pa, Hastings
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Bay View Market Day
The Bay View Market day is an annual fundraiser for Eskdale School and is well known in the market circuit
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Sports & Outdoors
Top Team Hawke's Bay
Are you Hawke’s Bays Top Team?
The iconic 80’s travelling game show saw teams representing New Zealand towns pitted against each other, in a series of colourful challenges
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Bring Back The 70's Cabaret
Get your tickets now for a great night out!
Dust off your disco shoes and jive the night away with live music from Sir Duke as they pump out all your favourite 70’s tunes!
Come dressed in your best 70’s outfit and enjoy a fabulous night of dancing, spot prizes, frolics and fun! Enjoy a complimentary drink on arrival and a delicious supper all included!
Perfect opportunity for social clubs and businesses to treat the staff!
Don’t delay, tickets won’t last long!
A fabulous way to kick off Spring and support this fundraiser brought to you by the committee of Strathmore Highland Dancing CHB!
$10 Pick up and Drop off Bus available -Please pre-book with ad-on ticket, Pick-up locations to be confirmed
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Lawrence Arabia Does Chant Darling
Lawrence Arabia Does Chant Darling with special Guests Na Noise
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Wonder Christmas Markets 2021
Save the date!
Wonder Christmas Markets 2021 are back after a hugely successful first year
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Salmonella Dub "Return To Our Kowhai" Spring Tour 21
Aotearoa’s Dub & Bass heavy-weights, the space-weaving SALMONELLA DUB, are heading out on the road with a run of spring shows nationwide, across September, October, November and December this year
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Motel California
Motel California is the Eagles Tribute you've been hearing about, selling out gigs across the country
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Performing Arts
A Celtic Christmas by A Taste of Ireland
"Jingle Jigs, Reels a Treat
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Fiesta of Lights
There's so much more to see at our celebrations
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Performing Arts
Friends! The Musical Parody
So, no one told you life was gonna be this way! Not even Phoebe with all her psychic connections could have foretold the events of the past 12 months
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Cape Estate - Boxing Day Festival 2021
Iconic to the Hawke’s Bay social calendar, the Boxing Day Festival returns for its sixth occasion to Cape Estate in 2021
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Performing Arts
Glitter Boomb - Burlesque Show
Glitter Boomb
This show will be a supercharged spectacle for the senses
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Concerts & Gig Guide
LOU'ANA Moonlight Madness Tour
LOU’ANA
Tāmaki Makaurau based artist with her seven-piece band are going on the road this summer to serve up her soul-funk grooves with a dose of Magick
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Clash Tribute Show - Combat Rock NZ Tour
Aotearoa's Premier Clash Tribute Show, touring New Zealand in February 2022 celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the album "Combat Rock" and 20 years of Wazzo Clash, an authentic tribute to the legend that is, The Clash
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Festivals & Lifestyle
East Coast Farming Expo 2022
The two-day event, which is hosted by Wairoa Community Development Trust, will be held at the Wairoa A&P showgrounds
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Puketapu Auction & Country Fair
A genuine Country Fair and rural Auction set around a beautiful lake
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Lorde
For the first time in five years, Frontier Touring and Eccles Entertainment are thrilled to announce formidable pop queen Lorde will return to stages around New Zealand and Australia in February and March 2022
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Jon Stevens - Noiseworks INXS collection - with The Narcs
Jon Stevens is delighted to announce his Hawkes Bay concert has been rescheduled to Friday 4 March, with the venue switching to Black Barn, instead of Exhibition Hall at the Showgrounds
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Trauma Based Behaviour
Professionals working in, and in partnership with schools will be familiar with the complex demands created by children and young people with challenging behaviours
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Neuro Nurture
We now have remarkable insight into what the growing brain needs to thrive from infancy through adolescence and beyond
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