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Tue 1 Jan - Thu 31 DecExhibitions
Tēnei Tonu Exhibition
This stunning exhibition features a broad range of historic and contemporary taonga from the collection of the Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Ta-u-rangi
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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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Sports & Outdoors
Flaxmere parkrun
Fun, free, forever, 5km timed run/walks around the beautiful Flaxmere park
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
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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Pastel Art Group
Hastings Artists Group Pastel group
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Watercolour Painting Group
Are you a watercolour artist? Join other enthusiasts with the Hastings Artists Group!
Hastings Artists Group Watercolour sessions are held every fortnight on Thursday afternoons at Hastings Library
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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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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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Singing Crystal Bowls with Rob Clemens
Lie down, Bliss out, Float away
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Festivals & Lifestyle
The Ossian Street Market: CANCELLED
The Ossian Street Market is a fantastic local market that specialises in vintage, collectables and quality secondhand goods
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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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Concerts & Gig Guide
Hastings Music Society Concert
Local musicians, soloists and groups present a variety programme, incorporating youth and those reaching out to further experiences - from vocalists, youth orchestras, Symphonic Band, "Fours Company" and Deco Brass
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Hastings Public Art: Walking Tour
Join our Hastings City Art Gallery guides for a fascinating tour of the much loved public art of Hastings
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On Art & Activism Exhibition
On Art & Activism presents art from key moments in Aotearoa, New Zealand's history
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Napier Sunday Market
What is the Napier Sunday Market?
The biggest Market in Hawkes Bay!
Well over 60 stalls to explore and featuring live music and buskers
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Exhibitions
Tika Tonu: 30 Kahungunu Artists
Tika Tonu brings emerging and established contemporary painters and sculptors from the iwi of Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa, ki Heretaunga, ki Wairarapa together in an exhibition of artwork derived from, but beyond the tradition
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Ready2Rock Preschool Active Movement Session
Ready2Rock is a free community active movement class for children 0-6yrs funded by the Ministry if Education and facilitated by Rockmybaby
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Akiko Diegel: lost, lost property
Akiko Diegel: lost, lost property
Japanese-born artist Diegel lives and works in Auckland, her work often dealing with the realisation of existence: Things that are consumed, worn, worked, carried, forgotten or collected
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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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Festivals & Lifestyle
Mini Market
Our monthly mini markets are back in business after the cold winter months and the interruption of COVID-19 lockdown, with bigger bargains than ever
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Spring Sessions
30 Saturday Spring & Summer Sessions at Abbey for the Summer season!
- Coastal Rhythm Section
- Ian Munro
- Ariana Henare
- Lady Larisa
- Climate
- Fraser Mackenzie
- The Acoustic Project
- Little Big Noise
Kickback and relax and listen to the chilled sounds of local talents while sipping away on some of our boutique wines and beers in the vines
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Spring Sundaze
30 Spring & Summer Sundays at Abbey for the Summer season!
- Coastal Rhythm Section
- Ben Throp
- Ian Munro
- Ariana Henare
- Alex Richardson
- The Pukes ukhelele rock band
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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
Vinyasa Flow
Vinyasa is an evolving form of yoga rooted in traditional Hatha
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Jingo
Jingo! Musical Bingo
Back by popular demand! This is the musical game to beat all music games
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Vinyasa Flow
Vinyasa is an evolving form of yoga rooted in traditional Hatha
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Food, 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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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Not Yoga Awareness Through Movement Classes
Move better and feel more awesome with "Not Yoga" classes
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‘Sew Fun’ Weekly Classes - Term 4 2020
Recycle, re-use and re-purpose your hoarded fabric! Sew up a storm while making new friends in the relaxed atmosphere of the CAN workshop
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Not Yoga Awareness Through Movement Classes
Move better and feel more awesome with "Not Yoga" classes
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'CAN SEW' Evening Sewing Classes - Term 4 2020
Recycle, re-use and re-purpose your hoarded fabric!
This evening class is for beginners to experienced students of mixed abilities
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Not Yoga Awareness Through Movement Classes
Move better and feel more awesome with "Not Yoga" classes
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Exhibitions
Skeletons of Society Exhibition - Sean Duffell
Sean Duffell’s assemblages are historical remnants created and represented as somewhat of a cabinet of curiosity, depicting environments of a lost and forgotten yesteryear combined with found historical elements relating to specific areas of Aotearoa
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Festivals & Lifestyle
The Amazing Dinosaur Discovery
The Amazing Dinosaur Discovery is a 2 hour interactive dinosaur walk through that brings prehistoric times alive again!
Come and explore the prehistoric ages and discover over 30 lifelike dinosaurs
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Church Road Live Summer Sessions 2020
Returning again for another sunny Hawke’s Bay summer are the Church Road Live Summer Sessions
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Call for Artisans: Christmas Makers Market
A chance for artists and designers to showcase their quality handcrafted work
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Art for Beginners
Art for Beginners 8 weeks of classes Wednesdays 21 October - 9th December: Come and have a go, explore the world of colour and form, and discover your artist within
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2020 Hawke's Bay A&P Show: New Format
We welcome the general public into the Tomoana Showgrounds Via Gate 3 to enjoy the Mahons Carnival and 'Favourite bits' from the A&P show including Animal World Petting Farm, vintage machinery displays and our pop-up buy local market
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HBAF2020 Presents - Ecology In Fifths
Ecology in Fifths
Inspired by H Guthrie Smith’s (1921) Tūtira: The Story of an NZ Sheep Station, Ecology in Fifths unravels the NZ myth of a ‘clean green and natural landscape’ — revealing the environmental tensions that lie underneath our grassy paddocks and forest canopies
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Wine Options presented by Hawke's Bay Women in Wine
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 Thursday 22nd of October from 6
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Linocut Evening Classes - Term 4
Lino is a printmaking medium suitable for extended exploration, so if you have some experience of printmaking and want to get experimental, sign up and join in the fun
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Night - Banksy Save The Queen
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
Guns Of Brixton (Clash Tribute) with Plush AZ
Guns of Brixton play the Brilliant tunes of the Clash One of the greatest bands out of the UK
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2020 Present - Tell Me on A Sunday: CANCELLED
PLEASE NOTE - Due to a tragic family bereavement of a cast member, The Real Theatre Company is no longer able to present 'Tell me on a Sunday' as part of the Harcourts Hawke’s Bay Arts Festival Programme
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HBAF2020 Presents - Troy Kingi - The Ghost of Freddie Cesar
The Ghost of Freddie Cesar - Troy Kingi and The Clutch
The Ghost of Freddie Cesar is the fourth instalment in multi-award-winning musician/actor Troy Kingi’s aspirational 1O 1O 1O Series, to release 10 albums in 10 genres in 10 years
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Guns Of Brixton (Clash Tribute) with Plush AZ
Guns of Brixton play the Brilliant tunes of the Clash
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Performing Arts
Comedy: DJ Trump & Alexander Sparrow: CANCELLED
“He’s good” - TV3
“Very good” - TVNZ
“He nails it” - Prime TV
Two hit comedy shows, one hilarious night!
DJ Trump:
See public Trump at a rally AND private Trump in therapy! The Don's had a hard life – he’s never fitted in, his dad hated him, and he’s in a minority group (the top 1%)
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HBAF2020 Presents - The Perfect Gift
The Perfect Gift
After sell-out shows with the White Face Crew’s Double Derelicts and La vie dans une marionette in previous Festivals, Justin Haiu returns with The Perfect Gift
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Wairoa Maori Film Festival 2020
Nau Mai! Nau Mai! Haere Mai! Wairoa Maori Film Festival 2020!
Join us for the 15th annual Wairoa Maori Film Festival, to be held at the Gaiety Theatre
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Happy Hour with Alexander Nicole
Come join us for happy hour specials from 5 pm and stick around for a free acoustic live music set with Alexander Nicole from 6 pm
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Shapeshifter
SHAPESHIFTER’s Music Is Crafted By a Living, Breathing Band of Musicians, With All the Form-changing sonic possibilities live instrumentation offers
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Spring Fling - Labour Weekend
Spring Fling - let's welcome the warmer months with a great weekend of music
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HBAF2020 Presents - Tami Neilson: the F Word
The F Word: Songs of Feminism in Country Music - Tami Neilson
From Dolly to The (Dixie) Chicks, THE F WORD is the journey of feminism through song from the first #1 hit for a female country artist in 1952, through to today
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Outer Space Art Workshop
Welcome to Outer Space! Use fun art techniques to create galaxies and planets and draw weird and wonderful creatures to inhabit them! Two separate workshop spaces for ages 5 - 7 yrs and 8 - 11yrs
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2020 - Billy Lids Creative Festival for Kids
The festival is delighted to support The Drama Workshop and include the inaugural Billy Lids Creative Festival for Kids in our programme
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The Hawke’s Bay Art Trail 2020
This year sees the return of the Hawke’s Bay Art Trail, a revitalised weekend of art indulgence, offering a rare glimpse into the studio spaces of the region’s creatives, artists and designers that are listed in the Hawke’s Bay Art Guide
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Hawke's Bay Inkers Pop Up Gallery and Print Sale
The Inkers "Pop Up" Art Trail Exhibition and Gallery at Labour weekend will include live printmaking demonstrations and unframed bargains, as an exciting addition to the Art Trail
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Fun at the Museum
Come have some fun at the Faraday Centre these holidays, and enjoy this cool Interactive Hands-on museum
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Matt Arbuckle: Recto-Verso
Matt Arbuckle: Recto-Verso
Holt Gallery
Arbuckle’s practice is a process-driven exploration of place, bridging the notions of landscape with the languages of abstraction
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Performing Arts
Superhero Circus
'Superhero Circus' from Rollicking Entertainment! A show for the whole family! 10am and 4pm
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Artist Floor Talk: Matt Arbuckle
"Challenging the concept of space both metaphorically and physically, Arbuckle imbues his paintings with complex and emotional narratives, evocative of a sense of the concrete and of the abstract
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Rhubarb
Join Mary Kippenberger and Peter Charlton-Jones for an hour of fun-filled fantasy storytelling! Interactive storytelling with music, costumes, reworked fairytales, laughter and lots and lots of volunteers
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Sports & Outdoors
Spring Trail - Run, Walk, Ride
Run, walk, cycle or mountain bike the Tukituki Trails, enjoying this beautiful trail on the banks of the Tukituki River in the heart of Central Hawke’s Bay
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Wallingford Spring Writing Retreat
The Wallingford Spring Writing Retreat is an exclusive weekend workshop where you are invited to discover your inner writer whilst surrounded by nature, beauty and other like-minded people
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Arty Animals Art Workshop
An animal themed art workshop for animal lovers
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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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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Creatures of the Deep - Art workshop
Dive down to the depths of the ocean and take a look around in this ocean themed workshop
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF2020 Presents - Tūtira mai ngā iwi
Tūtira mai ngā iwi featuring: Don McGlashan, Hollie Smith, Lisa Tomlins, Louis Baker, Tama Waipara and Whirimako Black
Tūtira mai ngā iwi is a special concert for the community of Te Matau a Maui
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Opening the 20th Celebrations and Book Launch
The Hawke's Bay Farmers' Market has been operating for 20 years
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2020 - Ecology in Fifths
Inspired by H Guthrie Smith’s (1921) Tūtira: The Story of an NZ Sheep Station, Ecology in Fifths unravels the NZ myth of a ‘clean green and natural landscape’ — revealing the environmental tensions that lie underneath our grassy paddocks and forest canopies
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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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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2020 - NZTrio: Interfusions
NZTrio is renowned for its eclectic repertoire, outstanding talent and warm kiwi stage presence
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF2020 Presents - Avantdale Bowling Club
Avantdale Bowling Club
When you think about the history of New Zealand hip hop over the last 10 years in terms of era-defining artists, not many stand out ahead of Tom Scott
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF2020 Present - Bic Runga
Bic Runga
Since the release of her first single Drive in 1996, certified multiple platinum artist Bic Runga has been awarded almost every musical honour in New Zealand, making her New Zealand’s undisputed pop royalty
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Sports & Outdoors
Multiple Steps for Multiple Sclerosis
Join us for our 9th year of running our fun event up and over Bluff Hill or for a more sedate course you can meander along Marine Parade's Rotary pathway
Register via our website
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Performing Arts
The Shows Must Go On
Dust off those musical theatre cobwebs and return to your seats to indulge in the magic of the very best songs from stage and screen
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Performing Arts
Jamie Patterson: Awokening
Fresh off a smash-hit tour in 2019, Jamie Patterson was due to debut his first solo hour 'Awokening' at The Melbourne International Comedy Fest until it was cancelled due to Covid
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Fraser Mack
Come along for a great evening immersing yourself in Fraser Mack's distinctive mix of blues, rock, folk, and flamenco!
Have you The Urban Winery tapas? Or their craft beer, cocktails and premium Hawke's Bay wine? What are you waiting for?!
Great music, excellent food and fine beverages what a night!
Like what Mack does? If you would like to support him further, go to Patreon NZ and consider becoming his Patron
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Stories for the Season
Sharing Christmas memories is fun! Write about what Christmas means to you, and create something that will be cherished by your loved ones
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Exhibitions
Night Before Halloween by Lee Gaylor - Opening & Exhibition
Painter/composer Lee Gaylor’s ‘Night Before Halloween’ exhibition is a collection of new, never previously exhibited works, all, as he likes to say, ‘diabolically hatched’ during his 2020 season
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THe WILder Opening & Exhibition by Art of Poots
Sam Poots is an emerging artist branding herself as "Art of Poots"
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Reb Fountain - Album Release Tour
Award winning New Zealand singer-songwriter, Reb Fountain, announces an extensive 10-date tour in celebration of her upcoming self-titled album, her debut for Flying Nun Records
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Movement & Wellness 1-day Retreat
Our 1-day Movement and Wellness Retreat is completely about you
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Harakeke Weaving Workshop
In this fun and relaxed workshop you will learn how to create a small open woven kete using the whakapuare method, and a small decorative ipu using the kupenga method, out of harakeke (flax)
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Zeff Fest 2020
Zeff Fest is back!
This Halloween bash is not to be missed
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Festivals & Lifestyle
The Amazing Dinosaur Discovery
The Amazing Dinosaur Discovery is a 2 hour interactive dinosaur walk through that brings prehistoric times alive again!
Come and explore the prehistoric ages and discover over 30 lifelike dinosaurs
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Performing Arts
Inspirato
From a year full of challenges comes “Inspirato” a performance of Inspiration – Inspired dancing, Inspired Creativity, Inspirational music and celebrating our Inspirational young Dancers
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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 halloumi, feta, and mozzarella
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Scented Soy Candle Making Class
Learn Two Crafts In One Lesson
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Music in the Park at Crab Farm!
We're opening up our outside park area for a relaxing afternoon of live music, delicious casual food and a few wines! We'll provide the soundtrack to summer as you kick back and enjoy a range of platters and casual style snack food in our outside park area
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Performing Arts
Stage Fright
Stage Fright is a 40 minute terrifying tour behind the curtain at Toitoi’s Opera House
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Homecoming - NZ Tour: POSTPONED
LIKE A STORM - GLOBAL ANNOUNCEMENT
We are really sorry to announce that due to the worsening of the Covid-19 pandemic, all of our upcoming NZ/UK/EU dates will be rescheduled for later on this year
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Winter Hoedown With Albi & The Wolves
It's been far to long since Albi & The Wolves swept through Hastings and caused a little ruckus at the beloved Common Room
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Sports & Outdoors
Gisborne Canoe and Tramping Club
Taheke Station is next to Rere Falls
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Doggie Day Out
Pints and pooches at the pub! Bring your doggie out for lunch and drinks in our beer garden
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Sustainable Backyards - Sow Your Summer Salad and Herbs
This is a fun, practical workshop to get your seeds sown
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Sustainable Backyards Fossil Facts
From dinosaurs to seashells (and lots in between) learn about fossils and how they tell us about what the world was like millions of years in the past- and how the world may be in the future
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Sports & Outdoors
Trinity Hill Hawkes Bay 4-Course Golf & Wine Classic
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 5th annual Trinity Hill Hawkes Bay 4-Course Golf & Wine Classic to be held from
Tournament packages include 4 rounds of golf playing Cape Kidnappers in carts, Hastings GC, Napier GC and Maraenui GC, player pack, registration with wine tastings at Trinity Hill Winery, a Welcome Function with food and wine matching and a Prize Giving Dinner with food and wine matching
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Sustainable Backyards- Litter Intelligence Project
The Litter Intelligence Project is organised by Sustainable Coastlines and is the first in-depth investigation into the amount and types of litter on New Zealand's shores
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Biodiversity in Hawke’s Bay – What’s Our Future?
Bruce Clarkson, University of Waikato will talk on Biodiversity – the variety and diversity of living things that inhabit our world; a hot topic
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Degustation Winemaker's Dinner with Beach House Wines
5-course degustation dinner prepared by Chef Malcolm Redmond matched with Hawke's Bay Beach House Wines presented by the owner and winemaker himself, Chris Harrison
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Night - B Ross Snowy Mountains
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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Festivals & Lifestyle
Blast In The Park
The StockCo Blast In the Park, Hawkes Bay's biggest annual fireworks event is held in the Havelock North Village at Anderson Park
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Wokou: Cantina & Grill
The music will be hot, the drinks will be cold and the food will be delicious at Wokou: A Japanese-Brazilian Street Party
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
TdM NZ Young Winemaker of the Year National Final Dinner
This year’s National Final of the NZ Young Winemaker of the year is taking place in Hawke's Bay
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Keeping it Local & Fresh
The up-and-coming talent at EIT are set to impress when they plate up a 10-course degustation, featuring Hawke’s Bay’s freshest and best produce
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Performing Arts
Godspell - The Famous Rock Musical!: CANCELLED
One of the most successful musicals in history, Godspell is a contemporary version of parts of the Gospel according to St
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Havelock North Handmade Market
The Havelock Handmade Market is held once a month (and occasionally a couple of times a month during the summer months) Tucked in the courtyard behind Peak Pizza on Te Mata Road, Havelock North we're an enterprising group of stall holders who enjoy sharing our products
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Design your own Day Retreat with Kate & Cam McLeay
Cape South Country Estate and Wellness Retreat hosts Kate & Cam McLeay are delighted to open the doors, for a one-off, especially for you, FAWC event
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Magpie Market First in November
We're on again, 7th November for the greatest indoor market in Hawkes Bay
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Sustainable Backyards Fossil Facts- Central Hawkes Bay
From dinosaurs to seashells (and lots in between) learn about fossils and how they tell us about what the world was like millions of years in the past- and how the world may be in the future
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
'Urban Sanctuary' Children's Printmaking Project
Sign up and give your children the opportunity to discover printmaking as an art form, tutored by the friendly and experienced printmakers of the Hawke's Bay Inkers, and then see it on show!
We will be using found natural materials, the sort of thing that can be discovered when exploring the local parks and recreational areas, so bring some with you!
The children’s completed creative works will be exhibited at CAN for 2 weeks as part of the ‘Urban Sanctuary’ exhibition from Friday 13 November
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! That’s a wrap
Mission Estate Executive Chef Ricky Littleton will deliver a degustation with a difference – five courses, five different styles of wrapped delicacies
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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, like
You will fill 3 jars, to nurture and care for at home, and have the benefits of homemade probiotics!
Sauerkraut and/ or kimchi
Fermented tomato ketchup and
Pickled carrots or cauliflower
Pauline will also demonstrate how to make quark and make and use milk kefir
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Where the Wild Things Are
A stylish affair overlooking Supernatural Wine Co
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! VinoTech with Cameron Douglas
This very special tasting event looks at Hawke’s Bay Wines through the outstanding mind of Master Sommelier Cameron Douglas
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Rock, Brews and BBQs
Everything you need for a great night out is right here
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Wine a Go Go
Delight in the Mediterranean way of life, if only for a night
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! VCP Oyster and Whitebait Street Bar
World famous in Havelock North, the Advintage carpark street bar is up and running again for summer F
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! A Night at the Opera
Great wines, great food, enjoyed with great company and the serenading of opera all combine for an elegant evening at Sileni Estates
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Gifts from the Sea
A menu designed to honour fresh kaimoana, from the winery that rose from the sea itself
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! An evening with Cameron Douglas
Ever wondered what it would be like to dine with New Zealand’s first ever Master Sommelier?
Well wonder no more because here is your chance to take part in an intimate evening with Cameron Douglas at the award-winning Bistronomy
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Meet the Makers
The Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Market is celebrating 20-years by giving foodies exclusive insight into the goings on for five of their most popular artisan producers
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Sabre @ Dawn: CANCELLED
Start the day at dawn
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Flour and Stone
Under and overrated by many, flour is the beginning of so many of our favourite dishes
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Learn to paint our Beautiful City
To inspire members of our community to experience our gorgeous City along the Marine Parade, Napier with a Fun Creative Workout
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Pipi's Pizza Picture This
An event for young and young at heart alike, this is your chance to learn to draw like a published artist, all while devouring the delicious delights of Pipi’s Pizza
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Still Life Hawke's Bay
Paintings like Van Dyck’s “Still Life with Cheese” to Cézanne’s “basket of Apples” have inspired generations of artists to create their own Still Life”
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Sports & Outdoors
Rose Sunday 2020
Rose Sunday returns to the beautiful Rose Gardens
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Fork 4 the Whole Family
Can’t find a babysitter? Never fear, Moana Park has you covered with Forks for the Whole Family
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Meet the Makers - Greta Carney
The Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Market is celebrating 20-years by giving foodies exclusive insight into the goings on for five of their most popular artisan producers
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Puketapu Sunday Sessions With Fraser Mack
Get down to The Puketapu - time for another Sunday Session with Mack's magic on guitar
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Sustainable Backyards Fossil Facts
From dinosaurs to seashells (and lots in between) learn about fossils and how they tell us about what the world was like millions of years in the past- and how the world may be in the future
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Shaken & Stirred Long Lunch
Are you ready to be shaken and stirred? Famed Southern liquor artisans Cardrona Distillery, including their Master Distiller Sarah Elsom, are heading to Hawke’s Bay with their haul of gins, whiskeys, vodkas and liqueurs with them to create cocktails of all descriptions
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Holy Smoke - Global Grilling at the Races
Taste international flavours, grilled, smoked, spit-roasted and BBQ'd by renowned Grill Jockey, Raymond van Rijk, at Hawke's Bay Racing this summer
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Cellar Thief!
We have raided Warren Gibson's cellar and you get to reap the rewards!
Renowned Hawke's Bay wine producers Lorraine Leheny and Warren Gibson of Bilancia (be-larn-cha) are sharing exclusive vintages of their Syrah, La Collina to taste alongside the inspiration behind the wine – the internationally revered Jarnet Cote-Rotie
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Secret Cellar Doors with Cameron Douglas
Discover the secrets hidden within some of Hawke’s Bay’s leading wineries with this behind the scenes tour with Master Sommelier Cameron Douglas
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Sustainable Backyards-Bokashi and Worm Farm Workshop
Learn how to operate either Bokashi or worm farms, what the differences are, who they suit best, how they can complement your lifestyle
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Linear to Circular Bioeconomy: New Zealand’s Opportunities
Dr Florian Graichen
Scion’s General Manager for Forests to Biobased Products,
and Co-Leader of a Science for Technological Innovation National Science Challenge Spearhead around 3D and 4D Printing
Florian will talk on:
How do you create a world without waste, where value stretches beyond monetary value? On the journey towards true sustainability, economy, environment and society must work together, not against each other
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Sustainable Backyards- Aunty's Garden
Aunty's Garden is an exciting and innovative initiative that encourages the sustainable development of Māori land in conjunction with the establishment of a premium Māori-based brand to take Māori produce and products to market
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Through the Grapevine: CANCELLED
Ever wondered how your favourite Chardonnay is made? Join us for this behind the scenes tour of Askerne winery and learn about the wine making process
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Exhibitions
Sustainability from a Maori Perspective
Join MTG Maori Curator Te Hira Henderson for a tour of the Tenei Tonu exhibition with a focus on tikanga in sustainability
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Four Seasons Fine Art - Collection Tour
Update 28/07 - This tour has now SOLD OUT
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Behind the Bean
Go behind the scenes at Hawthorne Coffee Roastery & Espresso Bar and see how your favourite coffee goes from bean to cup
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Exhibitions
Wildflower Sculpture Exhibition Gala Opening
Join artists, organisers, sponsors and art buyers for the elegant outdoor opening of the seventh biennial Wildflower Sculpture Exhibition
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Nici Wickes - Come Travel With Me!
Remember when we used to travel to wildly fabulous overseas destinations? Well you still can with this event described by culinary and travel queen Nici Wickes as “The ultimate eating escape
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Sustainable Seafood with Tora Collective
This is dinner with a difference as you discover the practices that allow you to relish exquisite, sustainably-sourced seafood and produce
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Exhibitions
Wildflower Sculpture Exhibition 2020
Join us for the seventh biennial Wildflower Sculpture Exhibition – a highlight of spring in Hawke’s Bay
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Four Seasons Fine Art - Collection Tour (Tour#2)
Join us for a 'behind the scenes' tour in Ahuriri
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Hawke's Bay BMW presents Driving Exceptional Taste
In the pursuit of the absolute extraordinary, Hawke's Bay BMW presents a collaboration like no other, bringing together two exceptional chefs at ever-splendid The Farm at Cape Kidnappers
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! A Horizontal & Vertical Cheese Tasting
To really understand how time influences the texture, strength and complexity of a cheese you need to do a vertical tasting –tasting the same cheese at 3 different ages
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Wine Studio Cinema Series
Get settled in for a wine evening at its finest: world-class wine in hand (plus popcorn!), and a wine-focused film screening in this intimate studio setting
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Performing Arts
7 Days - Live Tour
The 7 Days Live tour is now officially a November tradition
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Performing Arts
The Pink Hammer
Written by Michelle Amas
Directed by Monique Cowern
Four very different women answer a flyer for “The Pink Hammer Workshop” - a ladies-only woodwork class
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Holy Trinity
Since man first discovered the magic of fermentation, food lovers have recognise that the combination of wine, cheese and bread is the perfect trinity> The French even have a mantra du, pain, du vin, du boursin [a very creamy cheese with garlic] they learn to chant from the cradle
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Backyard Bloody Mary's
Drink in the sun as well as a delicious Bloody Mary to the sounds of summer beats and quality banter with F
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! From Hive to Table High Tea
Gold makes the world go around, and here in Hawke’s Bay we have a different type of gold
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Progressive Cocktail Evening
A self-guided free progressive cocktail evening, this event is designed to be taken at your own pace
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Giant's Dumpling House
Craggy Range introduces another exciting pop-up concept in their cellar door, Giant’s Dumpling House
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Prime Cuts
An evening to savour with Matangi Station and Central Fire Station Bistro
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Around the World in Chardonnay
Join Tony Bish, New Zealand's golden boy of Chardonnay, and Yvonne Lorkin, Hawkes Bay's leading wine writer, as they explore and taste trendy, cutting edge and innovative chardonnays from around the world
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Book Sale
A Friends of Hastings District Libraries fundraising event
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hawke's Bay Better Home & Living Show
Get tomorrow's ideas today! With over 120 exhibitors, 'Ask an Expert' sessions, latest trends, innovations and exclusive show specials it’s the place to be for solutions for sustainable homes, gardens and better living
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Hawke's Bay Wine Car Boot Party
Who doesn’t love a car boot party, especially when those boots are jam packed with Hawke’s Bay wine! More than 40 Hawke’s Bay wineries will roll into the Waikoko Gardens, ready to park up and pour you an amazing selection of this region’s finest wines
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! A Vintage Odyssey
Church Road invites you to relive one of Hawkes Bay's most legendary vintages
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Nathan Haines x Frank Booker
The collaboration of Nathan Haines x Frank Booker x Black Barn is summer evening entertainment at its finest
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Gochu Got You Good
Bistronomy brings Jason Kim, Executive Chef of Auckland’s hottest new eatery Gochu, to Napier for an evening of inspired Korean cuisine
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! It might sound cheesy
Excellent wine is the perfect partner to outstanding cheeses – so when Oak Estate and Nieuwenhuis Cheese team up to deliver a four-course tasting menu, you know something special is in the works
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Just Desserts
EIT’s talented students are at it again, this time preparing a six-course dessert degustation menu for your lucky F
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Blindspott
Blindspott proudly announce the rescheduled BLINDSPOTT The Tour
Just a week into the much anticipated 2020 Blindspott tour it was stopped short as NZ went into lockdown
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Mad Hatter's Tea Party
What if Alice went to Wonderland and found herself in Napier?
Join the Emporium for all the grandeur and excitement you would expect from a tea party laid on by The Mad Hatter, with an adult twist! You’ll enjoy food prepared to challenge and excite your senses, our mixologists will be pushing the limits with experimental and exciting cocktails straight from the teapot, all topped off with fun, games and over the top extravagance
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Concerts & Gig Guide
White Chapel Jak - Return of the Jak Tour
Rescheduled to 13 & 14 November! We can't wait to get back to The Bay!
Doors open: 7
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Central Hawke's Bay A&P Show 2020
A&P show stands for Agricultural and Pastoral Show
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Eat it all, walk it off with Mojo Journeys: CANCELLED
The 2020 Mojo Journeys FAWC! Walk takes place at another of Hawke's Bay iconic coastal settlements - Waipatiki Beach
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Swap Meet & Car Display
A 2 day car event not to be missed
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Japanese Woodblock Printmaking
Join us for a two day Postcard Printing Workshop with Artist and Printmaker, Sybille Schlumbom
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Bon Appetit
It's no secret that the French create seriously delicious pastry and cheese; and this year, since you can’t cross international borders to taste it, why not make it for yourself at Farmhouse Kitchen
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Take the Cake Decorating Masterclass
Learn how to decorate a cake with Florencia Menehem of Floras Cake Studio
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Rod & Stu's Excellent American Adventure
Let Rod McDonald & Stu Devine take you on an Excellent American Adventure as they recount tails of their wine travels around the USA
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Taste of Caribbean with Tropical Downbeat Orchestra
Delicious food, superb beverages and the smooth tunes of boogie-dub specialists Tropical Downbeat Orchestra are what’s on offer at Abbey Winery & Brewery’s Taste of the Caribbean
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Sip, Sliders & Sounds with Dick Johnson
Slide on into summer at Hawke's Bay premiere venue for burgers and views, Peak House on Te Mata Peak
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Festivals & Lifestyle
The Enchanted Ball Supporting Te Mata Park
Presented By Etiquette & the Flagship Events Company
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! An Italian Agriturismo
Hasting’s hottest new Italian eatery, Sazio, is inviting you to dine as Italians do, savouring simple cuisine that heroes the natural flavours of fresh, high-quality Hawke’s Bay ingredients
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Champagne, Chardonnay, Cabaret
Music, laughs and a bit of trouble will be brought to you by local jazz sensation, Lady and the Tramps
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Eat, Drink and Share
Join us in our relaxed neighbourhood environment for a set five-course chefs tasting menu with each course matched to a deliciously local Hopesgrove Wine
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Concerts & Gig Guide
An Evening with Amanda Palmer
Caught in Hawke's Bay for the outbreak of Covid, and currently residing in Hastings until the smoke clears in her hometown of New York, Amanda Palmer, the front-woman of the internationally acclaimed punk cabaret duo The Dresden Dolls presents a very special show at The Opera House
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Sports & Outdoors
Gisborne Canoe and Tramping Club
An 8km loop along farm tracks and gravel road, beside Orongo wetland, and undulating along the coastal cliff tops, with patches of bush
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Gluttons Feastival
“There is no love more sincere than the love of food”
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Meat the Leading Ladies
Two women, one kitchen and an array of the most delicious beef and lamb you are likely to eat
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Complexion Perfection | Makeup Coaching Workshop
Following our SOLD OUT first workshop: Complexion Perfection
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Harry Potter Quiz
Gee Quiz is at a new venue in Napier with a brand new Harry Potter quiz!
Based on both the books and films, you and your team will need to negotiate 5 rounds of HP trivia, our Bonus Baffler and the dreaded Alphabetical round, plus some fun Harry Potter inspired games! As well as a Harry Potter-inspired menu, there are heaps of HP-related prizes to win!
There will be lots of content for everyone, including you more casual fans that haven't managed to read the books 38 times! We're sure you'll still be challenged though!
Like usual, we encourage dress ups and will have a prize for best-dressed team
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Walk of Wonders
Walk of Wonders is a new media, light art, fire and audio experience for all ages
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Night - Wheat Fields
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
Kitty Day
For one night only, enter the charming and disconcerting world of Kitty Day
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Introduction to Specific Learning Disabilities, Hawkes Bay
Are you struggling to support a child or adult with dyslexia?
Are you a parent concerned about your child’s learning journey?
Are you a teacher/teacher aide who wants to reach more children in your classroom?
Are you a Learning Support Coordinator taking on a new role?
Are you aware of children who are disruptive, withdrawn, bright but not achieving?
Are you working with a child who is not progressing as you would expect?
Speld NZ’S two-day introductory course is for you!
Our Level 3 NZQA-approved Introduction to Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) course gives great insights into what it’s like to have an SLD and why SLD occurs
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Performing Arts
Relaxed Concert Series
The Relaxed Concert Series is our award-winning series of relaxed and accessible concerts in partnership with the IHC Foundation
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Napier Cathedral Christmas Fair
Arts & Crafts, Family Fun, Food and Entertainment
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Nourish Retreat for Mothers
Join us in the stillness and beauty for our one day retreat to relax, revive and renew
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Exhibitions
EAST 2020
Main Gallery
EAST 2020 is the flagship biennial exhibition for Hawke's Bay
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Monoprint Mania - A One Day Fun Weekend Workshop
Monoprinting is the most free, playful and surprising printmaking technique that you can try
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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 halloumi, feta, and mozzarella
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Tahaenui Christmas Fete
The Tahaenui Christmas Fete will be an unrivalled fixture on the annual shopping calendar
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Performing Arts
Oh The Places You'll Go
Sophie Jean Dance Company presents "Oh The Places You'll Go"
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Th' Dudes - Th' Bliss Tour
Update: Th' Dudes - Th' Bliss Tour new dates announced
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Spring Rejuvenate Yoga Retreat
Included in the retreat
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Youthful, Fresh, Fabulous | Makeup Coaching Workshop
Our second round of Youthful, Fresh, Fabulous, after a sold out first class!
Harness the power of your makeup
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Change your Brain, Change your Life! - Napier
‘Change Your Brain! Change Your Life!’ takes a broader perspective than Nathan’s previous talks
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Concerts & Gig Guide
TWO FIRES Australia's Ultimate Jimmy Barnes and Cold Chisel: CANCELLED
Postponed to November the 26th
TWO FIRES Australia's Ultimate Jimmy Barnes and Cold Chisel Show has been Touring nationally and selling out venues across Australia
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Concerts & Gig Guide
The Phoenix Foundation - Friend Ship Tour of Aotearoa
Garage Project, Radio Hauraki, Banished Music & Under The Radar presents
The Phoenix Foundation - Friend Ship Tour of Aotearoa
On the band's first nationwide tour in 5 years, they will perform 8 dates across Aotearoa this November
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Grassroots Hawkes Bay 2020
After the postponements of our event in April and September the STAROS Affected by Suicide Support Trust is pleased to let you know that we're underway once again and we're excited!
Join us for another day of inspired presentations by people telling stories of the struggles they have faced, how they managed them then, how they manage them now and the tools they use in their wellbeing kete
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Eco Dyeing Workshop
Eco-print Day
Eco printing or Eco dyeing is a contemporary development of natural dyeing
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Sports & Outdoors
Bay Skate Bowl Comp 2020
The Bay Skate Bowl Comp 2020 is back on!
The 2020 event of the year! Bay Skate’s inaugural Bowl Comp is now locked in for 28 November
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Performing Arts
The Sleeping Beauty
In an enchanted kingdom, a princess was born
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Concerts & Gig Guide
BURST
First ever BURST Rave event at the iconic Music venue The Cabana in the Art Deco City of Napier in the beautiful Hawke’s Bay
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Arahi - Love, Rust and Other Wild Things
Face your fears and indulge in your unconscious desires with this multi-media installation sound experience
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Gisborne Canoe and Tramping Club
Along the ridges from Turihaua Station, following part of the old Coast Road, then farm tracks and forestry roads to Pihitia Station, then Christopher Road back to SH2
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Port Ahuriri Playcentre Creative Market
Come and help us celebrate the end of 2020 and the arrival of the festive time of year
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Finn Andrews (The Veils) & Band NZ Tour
Kia ora folks,
Due to Covid 19 restrictions, the following shows are affected and have been rescheduled:
St Andrews Church, Hastings
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Clothes Swap
For a new look that doesn't cost the Earth come along to our clothes swap! Simply bring along your pre-loved, quality clothes that you'd like to swap
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Night - The Bach
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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Festivals & Lifestyle
Wonder Christmas Markets
Wonder Markets 2020
Save the date!
Wonder is a brand new Christmas market concept for Hawke’s Bay
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Sanctuary Sounds Music Festival
New Zealand's Biggest Little Festival!
31 Bands!
3 Days in Sunny Hawkes Bay!
Sanctuary Sounds is a not-for-profit music festival showcasing an eclectic mix of music from all over New Zealand and abroad
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Concerts & Gig Guide
You Should Be Dancing - New Zealand Tour
"You Should Be Dancing" is a great big disco dancing celebration! A night of exceedingly danceable disco hits
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Concerts & Gig Guide
French for Rabbits - The Dark Arts Tour
Ethereal dream-pop luminaries French for Rabbits are bringing their naturalistic musical alchemy to intimate venues around New Zealand in November and December on The Dark Arts tour
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Harcourts Christmas Parade 2020
Santa's coming to town for the Harcourts Christmas Parade and we can't wait!
The 2020 parade will be jam-packed with Christmas themed displays and floats - and of course Mr Claus himself!
Start time is 1 pm, followed by a Christmas Fiesta held in Clive Memorial Square where you can catch up with Santa in his grotto
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Performing Arts
NZTrio: Constellations
Join us for the third and final of our 2020 Home Series concerts: Constellations, in the beautiful estate residence of Tiromoana
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Night - A Starry Christmas Night
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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Labretta Suede & The Motel 6
Your favourite Rock ' n' Rollers have been stranded here in paradise with you all and are ready to
hit Napier by storm
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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
Hawke's Bay Christmas at the Park
Hawke’s Bay Christmas at the Park is a free to enter, family-friendly, community, outdoor Christmas concert
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Sports & Outdoors
Gisborne Canoe and Tramping Club
Whareongaonga Bay is a spectacular place to visit and has an interesting history as well
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Te Awanga Estate
Join us for a Sesh on the lawn - our wine, their music and your vibe
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Teen Queens | Makeup Coaching Workshop
LIMITED TICKETS! THIS EVENT WILL SELL OUT!
Finally a makeup coaching workshop for the teens! Ladies, this fully practical, interactive workshop will teach you all the fundamental basics about makeup application, and more! Forget everything you've learnt on YouTube, this workshop will take you through an easy, age appropriate soft look (suitable for work, uni, day events, job interviews), then teach you how to transition that to a night look, ready for parties and nights that require extra glam! No matter your skill level, Micki will teach you exclusive professional application tips and techniques and unlimited product knowledge to also boost confidence in your makeup shopping experience
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Blackcaps v Pakistan 3rd T20
International cricket is back! It all starts with the Blackcaps taking on the West Indies to open the summer with three T20s including opening night at Eden Park, and two Test Matches
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