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Thu 6 Oct - Thu 19 DecWorkshops, Conferences & Classes
Late Night Which Craft
Take time out for you on a Thursday night to join with a community of crafters
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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
Bee Encounter
Meet us at the Arataki Honey Visitor Centre where you will be kitted out with overalls, beekeeping veils and gloves then taken to visit an onsite hive
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Hastings Library Book Chat
10:30am on the third Wednesday of each month
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Performing Arts
Flaxmere Book Chat Group
Flaxmere Book Chat Group meets at Flaxmere Library every second Tuesday, 10
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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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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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Festivals & Lifestyle
Havelock Handmade Market
The Havelock Handmade Market will return on the 3rd of February 2024 (you'll find us in the courtyard behind Peak Pizza & E's Cafe in Havelock North between 9am and 1 pm first Saturday of every month except January)
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Exhibitions
Silver Shadows: The Story of Marineland
A visit to Marineland was always something special, a treat, an adventure - the first on the agenda when visiting family or holidaying in Hawke's Bay
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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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Performing Arts
Baby Bounce
Baby Bounce
When: Tuesdays, 10am Where: Taradale Library
When: Fridays, 10am Where: Napier Library
Baby Bounce is a half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and noisy, wiggly, bouncy, fun
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Performing Arts
Storytime
Storytime
When: Tuesdays, 11am Where: Taradale Library
Storytime is a half-hour - forty-five-minute programme of songs and various picture books from our collection being read
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Festivals & Lifestyle
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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Festivals & Lifestyle
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
Beginner Roller Skate Lessons
Want to learn to roller skate but not sure where to start? Here at Bay Skate, we are now offering roller skate lessons every Monday! These lessons are smaller group lessons with Tiff and will be more focused on progress and exploring different aspects of roller skating
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Sports & Outdoors
Intermediate Roller Skate Lessons
Learn to Skate Sundays not enough for you? Wanting to take your roller skating to the next level? Here at Bay Skate, we are now offering roller skate lessons every Monday! These lessons are smaller group lessons with Tiff and will be more focused on progress and exploring different aspects of roller skating
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Sports & Outdoors
Private Roller Skate Lessons
As well as our group roller skate lessons, we also offer private 1 on 1 lessons
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Exhibitions
Eye Spy: Curious Stories
Eye Spy: Curious Stories brings together some weird and wonderful objects from the Hawke’s Bay’s Museums Trust’s collection
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Sports & Outdoors
Guthrie Smith Arboretum Visit
On Sundays from October to May the Guthrie Smith Arboretum is open to the public from 9
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
The Seasons Art Class Hawke's Bay Art Classes for Adults
Hello Art Enthusiast,
Are you ready to dive into the world of art and explore various mediums? At Seasons Art Class, we're excited to offer a diverse range of adult art classes designed to spark your creativity and enhance your skills in acrylic, watercolour, pencil art, and oil pastels
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
The Seasons Art Class Hawke's Bay Art Classes for Adults
Hello Art Enthusiast,
Are you ready to dive into the world of art and explore various mediums? At Seasons Art Class, we're excited to offer a diverse range of adult art classes designed to spark your creativity and enhance your skills in acrylic, watercolor, pencil art, and oil pastels
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Church Road Gwen Live Summer Session
Returning again for another sunny Hawke’s Bay summer are the Church Road Live Summer Sessions
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Te Awanga Estate Sunday Sessions
World-famous-in-Te Awanga! Join us for a cruisy Sesh on the lawn - our wine, their music and your vibe
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Exhibitions
Pictures and Other Works
Celebrating 10 years of the MTG Foundation; a group of Hawke’s Bay people who have supported the expectations of this museum’s community and worked collectively to turn ambition into reality
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Exhibitions
Vital Machinery
25 Noema - 25 Pēpuere 2024
25 November – 25 February 2024
Ka tūhuratia e Vital Machinery ngā hononga i ngā mahi a te tokorima ringatoi wāhine o Aotearoa i roto i te hopu whakaahua me ngā ata nekeneke
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Exhibitions
Student Art Portfolios Exhibition
Thanks to the assistance of CHB College Arts Department, the CHB Museum presents an art exhibition showcasing past and present student art portfolios supporting the importance of teaching creativity within our community
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Summer Sparks Challenge 2023-24
Hastings District Libraries Summer Sparks Challenge is for children aged 5-12
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Exhibitions
Empty Vessels & Desert Narratives
Empty Vessels: Matthew Galloway & Desert Narratives: Mohamed Sleiman Labat
Exploring the shifting political grounds of global food production, Empty Vessels and Desert Narratives is a dialogue between Aotearoa New Zealand artist Matthew Galloway and Sahrawi Western Saharan artist Mohamed Sleiman Labat
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Exhibitions
He Whare Ātaahua: Jade Townsend
He Whare Ātaahua is an installation by Jade Townsend which combines different traditions of painting, adornment, and decoration
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Sports & Outdoors
School Holiday Beginner Rollerskate Lessons
Want to learn to roller skate but not sure where to start? Here at Bay Skate, we are now offering roller skate lessons every Monday and Thursday! These lessons are smaller group lessons with Tiff and will be more focused on progress and exploring different aspects of roller skating
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Sports & Outdoors
School Holiday Intermediate Roller Skate Lessons
Learn to Skate Sundays not enough for you? Wanting to take your roller skating to the next level? Here at Bay Skate, we are now offering roller skate lessons every Monday and Thursday! These lessons are smaller group lessons with Tiff and will be more focused on progress and exploring different aspects of roller skating
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Sports & Outdoors
School Holiday Beginner Skateboarding Lessons
We have a jam-packed summer ahead with skateboarding lessons scheduled for 5 out of 7 days each week
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Sports & Outdoors
School Holiday Intermediate Skateboarding Lessons
We have a jam packed summer ahead with skateboarding lessons scheduled for 5 out of 7 days each week
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Abbey Winter And Summer Sessions
30 Saturday Spring & Summer Sessions at Abbey for the Summer season!
Local Artists like
- Coastal Rhythm Section
- Ariana Henare
- Lady Larisa
- Hand Picked
- The Pukes
- Fraser Mackenzie
- The Acoustic Project
- Little Big Noise
- Hoos The Boss
- Scarlett Eden
- Groove Foundation
- Jackson
- Magnetix
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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Festivals & Lifestyle
SAYL Summer at Your Library Makerspaces
Bored? Come and play, create and explore our wonderful makerspaces across all three libraries
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Festivals & Lifestyle
SAYL Summer at Your Library Makerspaces
Bored? Come and play, create and explore our wonderful makerspaces across all three libraries
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Festivals & Lifestyle
SAYL Summer at Your Library Makerspaces
Bored? Come and play, create and explore our wonderful makerspaces across all three libraries
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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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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Toitoi Summer Tours
Have you ever wondered how it would feel to stand on the Opera House stage and look out towards the audience? Would you like to take a peek in the dressing-rooms frequented by world renowned performers? Or perhaps you’re a history buff who wants to discover the history behind the beautiful buildings within Toitoi - Hawke’s Bay Arts & Events Centre?
This summer the Hastings isite Visitor Information centre invite you to join them on a behind the scenes guided tour of Toitoi
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Black Barn Market
The Black Barn Market is held every Saturday of Summer on Black Barn Road
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Ceasefire Now! Peace Rally
An hour-long gathering of caring citizens to demand an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza
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Festivals & Lifestyle
SAYL Tiny Art Show: The Kids Edition
Create your own tiny masterpiece
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Festivals & Lifestyle
SAYL Tiny Art Show: The Kids Edition
Create your own tiny masterpiece
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Festivals & Lifestyle
SAYL Tiny Art Show: The Kids Edition
Create your own tiny masterpiece
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Summer at Waiaroha
Come along with the kids and enjoy these water themed activities at Waiaroha Heretaunga Water Discovery Centre this January
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Sunflower Farm Havelock North
Come on down to The Sunflower Farm to experience our stunning 10-acre sunflower field
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Performing Arts
Enchanted Forest Storytime and Craft
Suitable for all ages
Come along and join us for some enchanted stories and songs, and make an enchanted craft!
Where: Taradale Library
When: Tuesday 16 January From 11am
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Tai Chi For Health Classes
Janett's Tai Chi for Health is a gentle exercise class with great health benefits - stress relief, flexibility
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Concerts & Gig Guide
The Sonia & Nigel 'Home Is Where The HeART Is' Tour
Home is Where the HeART Is
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Exhibitions
Lines And Hues
Downstairs on our south wall, we have ‘Lines and Hues’ by Elizabeth Humphreys-Cole
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Exhibitions
'Dreamscapes' - Emma Stannard
On our north wall downstairs, we have ‘Dreamscapes’ by photographer Emma Stannard
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Festivals & Lifestyle
SAYL Planting & Pot Painting
Lets bring some life and colour into the world - we've got the pots, the paint, the seeds and the soil, all you need to bring is your creativity!
Registration is required
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Bumper Boats
Come and make a splash in Hastings on our inflatable bumper boats!
This bumper boat water-based activity is suitable for users up to 70kg
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Performing Arts
VR Challenge
For ages 8+
Can you beat those pesky squirrels and save the acorns? Do you have what it takes to duck and dive and get past the tree? Join us and pit your wits against the rest in a battle for supremacy with our VR challenge Acron: Attack of the squirrels
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Sayl Box City Returns
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a city just waiting to be built- by you! Come along to add your architectural skills to our collaborative build
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Performing Arts
Zines Workshop
For ages 10+
Zines are cheaply made magazines of anything you like! Poetry, fandoms, information and more! Come along with what you want to put in your zine or make it up as you learn
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Sports & Outdoors
FRS New Zealand Scooter Nationals 2024
Join us for the exhilarating 2024 New Zealand Scooter Nationals, taking place in the picturesque city of Napier at the renowned Bay Skate facility on the 19th and 20th of January
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Sports & Outdoors
MG100 Rally Celebrating 100 Years of MG Cars
MG Cars are celebrating 100 years of motoring excellence with over 80 MGs of all ages rolling into Napier on Thursday 18th January as part of an 8 day Rally from Auckland
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Performing Arts
Enchanted Yarns Crochet Workshop
For ages 10+
If you have ever wanted to learn the basics of crochet, this workshop is for you! Learn as you make a pair of enchanted fingerless gloves
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Festivals & Lifestyle
SAYL Ultimate NERF Battle - Capture the Flag
You asked for it
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Performing Arts
Miss Boombfunk Has A Secret
Miss Boombfunk has a SECRET
19 January 2024
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Performing Arts
Napier's Amazing Race
For ages 7+
We've teamed up with NCC facilities and local businesses to bring you our version of the popular show
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Performing Arts
Vinci's Comedy Night
Join us at Vinci's Pizza for a laugh with some of the best local Comedians from here in the Bay!
Come early for a slice + drinks!
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Festivals & Lifestyle
SAYL Pages to Pictures Treasure Hunt
Search the stacks for some of your favourite book characters and find the hidden codes
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Festivals & Lifestyle
SAYL Pages to Pictures Treasure Hunt
Search the stacks for some of your favourite book characters and find the hidden codes
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Festivals & Lifestyle
SAYL Pages to Pictures Treasure Hunt
Search the stacks for some of your favourite book characters and find the hidden codes
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Relax & Renew Summer Series
Back by popular demand, “Not Yoga” Summer Series is here for 2024!
Experience 3 fun, easy, movement classes over 3 consecutive days
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Exhibitions
'Small Wonders' - Leonard Lambert
Opening on january 22 we have a full-gallery exhibition by local poet and artist leonard lambert
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Performing Arts
Teddy Bear's Picnic and Teddy Bear Sleepover
Join us at Taradale Park for a Teddy Bear’s Picnic! Bring along a picnic lunch and your favourite stuffed toy and enjoy some stories and songs
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Festivals & Lifestyle
SAYL Designer Book Bags
We provide the fabric paints, you provide the creativity
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Festivals & Lifestyle
SAYL Teddy Bears Sleepover
Drop your favourite teddy bear off for an overnight sleepover at the Library! What mischief will they get up too? Note: Collection of Teddy Bears is any time from 12:00pm, Thursday 25th January 2024
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Performing Arts
Mysterious Benedict Society Adventure
For ages 10+
Seeking applicants to the Mysterious Benedict Society! Do you have what it takes to triumph over evil? Can you decipher secret codes, unravel puzzles and solve riddles? Pit your wits against others in this cross between a scavenger hunt and an escape room
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Festivals & Lifestyle
MEH 23 Library Lock-in
Pizza, snacks, games, friends - what more could you want? Let's celebrate one more time before school goes back with our epic Library Lock In
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Performing Arts
Fun with Perler Beads
Suitable for ages 6+
Create pixel art with Perler beads
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Exhibitions
Down the Rabbit Hole By Arkay (Rob Kemp)
Introducing “Down the Rabbit Hole”: A captivating solo exhibition by a multi-talented artist, Arkay Rob Kemp
With a lifelong passion for art, stemming from early encounters with a pencil, Rob has journeyed from offset printing to the vibrant world of tattoo artistry
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
What's Next For Your Health, Wealth And Happiness
What Next 2024 is here to give you more
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Festivals & Lifestyle
SAYL Ultimate NERF Battle - Adults vs Kids Capture the Flag
You asked for it
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Exhibitions
'Trick Or Treaty' Waitangi Exhibition
As Aotearoa ventures into a new coalition that vows to undermine the rights of tangata whenua under our partnership the Treaty of Waitangi
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hawke's Bay Helicopter Open Day - CHB
Join the Crew as we hold our first Open Day in Central Hawke's Bay! On Saturday the 27th of January, 2024 from 10 am to 2 pm
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Ceasefire Now! Peace Rally And March
Hawke's Bay residents aghast at the 25,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza since October are protesting against visits to the Port of Napier by Israeli-linked ships
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Mac Summer - Back 2 Bass Party
Mac Summer is back with a special line-up of tasty Drum and Bass
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Taradale Sunday Market
Napiers only weekly indoor Market
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Halo Making Workshop
Join Delle - the owner of Whānau Collective and creator of Halo Macrame
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Ditey Sunflowers Open Day
It’s happening
Sadly the weather ruined our chance of sharing our beautiful boutique, family run, sunflower field with you all last year
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Sports & Outdoors
Forest And Bird Blowhard Bush Public Open Day
Kia ora!
Our Forest and Bird branch is continuing our centenary celebrations with an open day at our special reserve, Blowhard Bush
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Concerts & Gig Guide
South America By The Sea
Cyan
South American Sounds
Relax by the sea this Sunny Sunday
Enjoy a captivating global musical journey, blending fresh and classic tunes, by talented South American duo, Cyan
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Performing Arts
Silly Storytime
Join children's librarians Kate and Ellen for a forty-five minute programme featuring some silly stories from our collection and some fun songs!
Suitable for all ages
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Gingas In the Stings
A celebration of redhead pride and connection
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Sports & Outdoors
Beginner Skateboard Lessons
Want to learn to skateboard but not sure where to start? Well we're here to help! Bay Skate offers small group lessons for skaters of all ages and beginner to intermediate skill levels
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Sports & Outdoors
Intermediate Skateboard Lessons
Been skating around your backyard but wanting to add some new tricks to the bag? Bay Skate offers small group lessons for skaters of all ages and beginner to intermediate skill levels
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Bob Marley 79th Birthday Tribute
Hawke’s Bay favourite reggae band The Rude Boyz pay respect to the right honour-rebel Robert Nesta Marley for his 79th Birthday Tribute Livication
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Festivals & Lifestyle
1931 Hawke's Bay Earthquake Commemoration 2024
Hastings District Council is holding an Earthquake Commemoration Ceremony on Saturday 3 February 2024
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Te Awanga Wine Strip
Welcome to the Te Awanga Wine Strip!
Join us for an epic day out here along the Te Awanga Wine Strip! In true Te Awanga styles, this isn’t just your ordinary wine festival
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Bob Marley 79th Birthday Tribute
Hawke’s Bay favourite reggae band The Rude Boyz pay respect to the right honour-rebel Robert Nesta Marley for his 79th Birthday Tribute Livication
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Bad Schematics Album Release Tour
Join Palmerston North alt
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Pop-Up Fun
Enjoy Free summer fun in Hastings CBD!
Try your skills on our Bumper Cars and challenge your family to a round of mini-golf
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Assembly Room Tunes - February 2024
'There Are Only 88 Notes, What Could Go Wrong?'
With David Selfe at the keyboard and morning tea, you help write a tune, learn to swing, and find out how it all works, all in an hour
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
8 week Pandora Project Workshop
The Pandora project stemmed from the Art Recovery classes which were held at can following Cyclone Gabrielle
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Waitangi Day Family Celebrations 2024
Together with Hastings District Council, Napier City Council, Central Hawke's Bay District Council, Hawke's Bay Regional Council and Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Inc, we invite you to join us at this free and family friendly event to celebrate family, community and nationhood
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Waipureku Waitangi Commemoration 2024
Te Hokinga Mahara o Waipureku Waitangi
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Otane Waitangi Day Fair
Otane will be buzzing on Waitangi Day with the annual Waitangi Day Fair hosted by Progressive Otane
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Kōwhaiwhai And Paint
Celebrate Waitangi Day with the whole whānau by learning to paint your own kōwhaiwhai! Our experienced kaiako (tutors) from Te Wānanga o Aotearoa will guide you as you paint a kōwhaiwhai that you can take home
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Beginners Ballroom & Latin 8-Week Course - Feb/March 2024
Ballroom & Latin Dance Lessons - Beginners course starts Tuesday 6th February 2024
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Beginners Salsa 8 Week Course - February/March 2024
Salsa Dance Lessons - Beginners course start Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hastings Pop Up Summer Carnival
Back by Popular Demand-the Pop UP Fun Summer edition 2024- and its free entry
Open:
Thursday 8th February 6
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Beginners New Vogue (Partner Required) Feb/March 2024
New Vogue Dance Lessons - Beginners course starts Thursday 8th February 2024
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Baby Bounce
Baby Bounce
When: Tuesdays, 10am Where: Taradale Library
When: Fridays, 10am Where: Napier Library
Baby Bounce is a half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and noisy, wiggly, bouncy, fun
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Chinese New Year at MTG
This year, MTG is offering a range of themed activities to celebrate the Chinese New Year – the year of the Dragon
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Sports & Outdoors
Central Stags Ford Trophy one-dayer v Auckland Aces
National champions the Central Stags head home to Napier for a big Ford Trophy game at the very place they won the national title last year
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Bottomless Rosé Brunch
Enjoy a delicious brunch featuring Quiche, Croissants and sweet treats, paired with pours of our award-winning Rosé
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Haloumi, Feta and Mozzarella Cheese Making Workshop
In this three-hour long workshop you will learn how to make Haloumi, Mozzarella and Feta
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Outfield Music, Food & Arts Festival 2024
Nestled in the rolling Te Awanga hills of Te Matau-a-Māui / Hawke’s Bay, Outfield is a one day, family friendly event — a world class independent festival with a distinctive local vibe
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Sue Brown & Wil Sargisson Trio
THE LOVE SONG COLLECTION
Listen to Jazz version of classic love songs of the greats
such as Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Dusty Springfield to classics from Carol King, Aretha Franklin, Alicia Keys etc
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Concerts & Gig Guide
The Puketapu Band and Buffet Night: Pulse
The Puketapu are Hosting Pulse Band for our first of many buffet and band nights !! Come join us on the 10th of February from 8pm onwards for a night of good music and food
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Festivals & Lifestyle
The Magical Garden World of Colin Harvey-James
*NEW DATE**
The Spirit of Napier Lions Club presents the magical garden world of Colin Harvey-James
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Repair Cafe Hastings - Camberley
Haere Mai
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Larisa Ans Arahi
Larisa & Arahi reunite on the Clifton coastline at Hygge Cafe for an afternoon of dreamy acoustic music on Sunday February the 11th
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Performing Arts
Russell Howard Live
Russell Howard, “one of the world’s top comedians”(Sunday Times) is on his way to New Zealand in 2024
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Exhibitions
Gary Waldrom - John Lancashire - Angus Walker - Exhibition
Hastings Community Art Centre is hosting a landmark exhibition by a trio of Hawke’s Bay painters which promises to be a feast of bold artistic expression and a tribute to the perseverance of three individual artistic visions, crafted over decades
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Festivals & Lifestyle
SAYL Tiny Art Show: The Kids Exhibition
Come and check out the BIG art show, filled with TINY masterpieces, all created by our talented tamariki
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Super Bowl Party
Come join the fun at Hawkes Bays' premier Superbowl Party!
Ticket price includes:
All you can eat Chicken Wings & Fries for the game
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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 2023
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Learn To Draw For Beginners
// Have you always wanted to learn how to draw? //
In this specialist drawing class we delve into the seemingly magical skills of drawing to learn how to really look at a subject and draw it accurately
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Performing Arts
Cine-Club Second Tuesday Most Months
On the second Tuesday of most months Association Française de Hawke's Bay shows a French language film at Event Cinema in Havelock North
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Performing Arts
Romeo & Juliet
Presented by: Festival Opera
Experience the most famous love story of all time like never before, with Festival Opera
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Performing Arts
Festival Opera - Romeo And Juliet
Experience the most famous love story of all time like never before, with Festival Opera
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Sports & Outdoors
Hastings Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon™ 2024
Join us at your local Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon™ ! Open to Kiwi kids aged 6 to 15 years
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Art Deco Winter Fashion Walking Tour
Get Deco ready! Each year Napier City Business Inc supports the Art Deco Festival weekend with these popular free tours
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hastings Commemoration Service - Cyclone One Year Anniversar
Te Matau a Māui Hawke’s Bay faced unimaginable devastation and loss from Cyclone Gabrielle – one of the worst storms to hit Aotearoa New Zealand in living history
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Art Deco Festival Napier 2024
Art Deco Festival Napier has grown into one of the great festivals of the world
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Festivals & Lifestyle
The Devil In a Little Green Bottle
The Devil in a Little Green Bottle is an immersive art deco experience held in Hawke’s best kept secret – the intimate Cedric’s Bar - set in the historic Municipal buildings in Hastings
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Earthquake Resistant Building Structures
The 1931 Hawke’s Bay Earthquake Commemoration Lecture, presented by the Hawke’s Bay Branch of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, is a pivotal event that delves into the Art Deco heritage of Hawke’s Bay
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Performing Arts
From Berlin With Love
Come “Misbehave” with Opéra Risqué in their brand-new fun, funny, and far from frivolous cabaret From Berlin with Love
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Art Deco Festival 2024 Prohibition Party
The party to end all parties, Paisley Stage will greet you with their unique energy from the get go, amazing live band, dancing, burlesque, cocktails, fancy dress and more – be ready to party in style
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Toitoi Tea Dance
Step back in time to an era of timeless charm at the Toitoi Tea Dance
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Performing Arts
NZ Male Choir In Concert with Havelock North High School
The joy of singing in a choral setting is what brings the New Zealand Male Choir and the choirs of Havelock North High School together for an evening of music
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Like a Lotus
We have had too many friends, whanau and loved ones take their lives over the years and it seems way too often at the moment
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Crafty Critters by Creative Fibre HB
Join Crafty Critters! Wool and Fibre Textile Craft: Do you want to sit and natter, swap ideas and inspirations with like-minded people? Do you work, go to school or have young kids at home during the week? Want time for yourself? This could be the answer for you!
This is a Creative Fibre Hawke's Bay group that anyone (16 years plus) can join
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Pipe Band Art Deco Concert
Have you heard that great pipe band tune Highland Cathedral played in a cathedral? Well, St Paul's isn't a cathedral but its a venue with wonderful acoustics and the Napier Pipe Band enjoys playing in this venue
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Margot And Wil - Art Deco Twilight By The Sea
After returning from Australia, Wil Sargisson is back and gets together with Margot Pierard to create a magical moment for this special twilight evening to match the Art Deco events here in Hawkes Bay
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Twilight Jazz with Margot Pierard and Wil Sargisson
Returning from Australia, Wil Sargisson is back and gets together with Margot Pierard to create a magical moment for this special twilight evening to match the Art Deco events here in Hawkes Bay
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Swingin' Deco Delights: A Jazz Variety Night
Join The Madeleines Trio and special guests as you step back in time to the enchanting era of the Art Deco movement
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Art Deco Classic Silent Movie - The General by Buster Keaton
Join us at the beautiful CHB Municipal theatre for Buster Keaton's :The General" a classic silent movie, which will be accompanied by International Musician Chris Hainsworth
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Beginner's Therapeutic Art
Therapeutic Art classes starting again for 2024!
Sonya Lethbridge is once again offering Therapeutic Art classes this term at Taruna
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Exhibitions
Retrospective - Marie Clare and Lisa Clare
This exhibition will trace the dual artistic paths and legacies of mother and daughter, Marie and Lisa Clare
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Multicultural Women's Group Course
ONLINE & SOCIAL MEDIA SKILLS
Wednesday afternoons 3
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Performing Arts
Glorious!
Glorious!
by Peter Quilter
Directed by Anne Corney
Glorious! is a delightful comedy based on the life of Florence Foster Jenkins, the legendary New York heiress and socialite, and the enthusiastic soprano whose pitch was far from perfect
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Is There a War On Cars
How we get around is an issue for everyone, and there is no shortage of opinions on what works and what doesn’t
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Sports & Outdoors
The Big Bike Film Night 2024 - Hawkes Bay
Let the good times ROLL Hawkes Bay!! The Big Bike Film Night is on a mission- bringing the best cycling short films from around the world together for you
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Private Function - Aus With Dartz - Wgtn
Napier and Gisborne Only! Dartz Return to the east coast for two very exclusive shows with the worlds other best band, Australia's Private Function
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Sam Manzanza Half of My Face Tour
Sam Manzanza Half of My Face Tour
Sam Manzanza is coming to perform at Paisley Stage on Thursday, 22/2/2024, as part of the Centre North Island Tour to promote his single "JAMENA HALF OF MY FACE," released on January 3rd, 2024
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Sports & Outdoors
Impact Pro Wrestling - Trouble in Taradise 3
Live Pro Wrestling finally makes its way to Taradale! Courtesy of Powerplay, you don't want to miss the best of the Bay taking on the best of the rest!
Impact Pro Wrestling has been entertaining fans up and down the country for more than 20 years and has seen many of its talented wrestlers go on to perform in WWE, AEW, New Japan Pro Wrestling and more
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
All Ferments Weekend Workshop
Come to Farmhouse Kitchen and join Pauline for a weekend of fermenting
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
All Ferments Weekend Workshop
Come to Farmhouse Kitchen and join Pauline for a weekend of fermenting
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Exhibitions
Sione Faletau: Ata Moana
'Moana' is a term deeply rooted in Pasifika and Māori communities, where its meaning is the vast expanse of the ocean, sea, and waterways
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hawke's Bay Helicopter Open Day
Join the Crew as we invite you to the Graeme Lowe Rescue Helicopter Centre on Saturday the 24th of February, 2024 from 10 am to 2 pm
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Exhibitions
Artist Talk: Selina Ershadi and her mother, Azita Chegini
Artist Talk Saturday 24 February, 11am
Join us to hear artist Selina Ershadi and her mother, Azita Chegini, in conversation with Elham Salari as they discuss their collaboration in creating Amator, a film which features in the exhibition, Vital Machinery
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Bay Batucada Presents Bay Bloco, a Samba Extravaganza
Join us at the Napier Soundshell on Saturday 24th February 2024 and experience a samba extravaganza with Bay Batucada!
To celebrate it's 10th anniversary, Bay Batucada presents Bay Bloco: an incredible event, full of samba music and dance, all free to the public
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Performing Arts
Farewell Organ Concert - Hans Hielscher
Hans U
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Sports & Outdoors
Impact Pro Wrestling - Mad King's Court 3
Live Pro Wrestling finally makes its way back to Bay View! Courtesy of Powerplay, you don't want to miss the best of the Bay taking on the best of the rest!
Impact Pro Wrestling has been entertaining fans up and down the country for more than 20 years and has seen many of its talented wrestlers go on to perform in WWE, AEW, New Japan Pro Wrestling and more
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Concerts & Gig Guide
The Aotearoa HipHop & RnB - Gospel Tribute
Join us for a Gospel Tribute to some of Aotearoa's HOTTEST Hip Hop & RnB Tracks
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Vinyl Day
Wonderful event to look forward to in February, more vinyl, cool drinks, summer sounds! Dig the crates and quench your thirst
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Blue Grass On a Blue Sky Day
Tucker Lane are a 5 piece Bluegrass band hailing from Clive, Hawkes Bay
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Performing Arts
Tutus on Tour
Tutus on Tour will feature excerpts from former Artistic Director Russell Kerr’s beautiful production of Swan Lake, ahead of the company’s full-length Swan Lake season in May 2024
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Sports & Outdoors
Aotearoa Surf Film Festival - Hastings
Welcome to the 12th annual Aotearoa Surf Film Festival
ASFF 2024 National Tour - Hastings
Wednesday Feb 28th - Common Room, Hastings (227 Heretaunga Street East, Hastings 4122, New Zealand)
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Concerts & Gig Guide
The Michael Jackson HIStory Show
Showtime Australia presents this spectacular music tribute and full-scale stage production honouring the one and only King of Pop, Michael Jackson
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Late Night Which Craft Recycled Paper Flowers Workshop
Hastings District Libraries Late Night Which Craft presents a Recycled Paper Flowers Workshop!
This February, spend a relaxed evening making a bouquet of flowers that will last all year round
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Manioro Opening - Turama Exhibition
Manioro Opening - Turama Exhibition: Takatāpui and Pasifika Rainbow+ suicide prevention through life promotion project focusing on our lifelines
Thursday 29 February 2024, 6
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Dress for Success Hawke's Bay Fashion Fundraiser: CANCELLED
Join Dress for Success Hawke's Bay at our inaugural fundraising event of 2024! Get glitzy with friends and family for an evening featuring:
A Dress for Success Hawke's Bay fashion showcase, highlighting new season offerings from local designers
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Performing Arts
Postponed - Living the Dream - a One-woman Show: POSTPONED
Due to Covid, this performance has been postponed and a new date will be advertised at a later date
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Manioro 2024 - Navigating the Vā : Education Session
Toitoi: Hawke’s Bay Arts & Events Centre, 109 Hastings Street South, Eastbourne Corner, Hastings 4122
There is a Samoan proverb that goes “E taua le fuafuaga, ae sili le mafutaga” essentially it means it
is good to meet and plan but is more important to focus on relationships
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Manioro 2024 - “Our Stories” - Reclaiming our Narratives
Can disruption ever be positive? Prepare yourself for an evening of inspiring, motivating and mana enhancing stories
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Car Boot Sale
Come find some treasures!
Household items, furniture, baking, clothes, toys, books, games, art, crafts, knick knacks, jewellery, antiques, sausage sizzle and more!
Fundraiser for youth cultural trip to Vietnam
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Manioro 2024 - Creative Wānanga - Toi Moana
WHĀNAU & COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS: FREE COMMUNITY EVENT - We ask everyone to please register for their free ticket
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Taradale Holistic Wellbeing Expo
Join us at the Taradale for a day filled with mind-expanding workshops, soul-nourishing experiences, vibrant connections and healings
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Festivals & Lifestyle
International Cultures Day 2024
Join us at Cornwall Park, Tomoana Road, Hastings, from 10:30 am to 4:00 pm, for a day filled with cultural exploration, mouthwatering cuisine, captivating performances, and so much more!
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Exhibitions
He Maikuku ātaahua: Beautiful Nails
Join local nail artist Tilly Merson and artist Jade Townsend for a morning of inspiring conversation and decoration
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Sourdough Pizza and Pasta Workshop
In this Sourdough Pizza and Pasta workshop, you will learn how to create and use Sourdough for Pizza, Pasta and some sweet doughnuts
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Collins Street Festival
Come together for Napier’s newest and boujee-ist street party
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Urban Sketching at International Cultures Day
Urban sketching event where we draw about everyday events on location
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Manioro - Fiafia Manioro Concert
YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS OUT ON OUR FIAFIA MANIORO NIGHT! Come and experience the best of the best Pasifika/Rainbow+ Takatāpui talent in Aotearoa
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Dead Empire, the B.U.Ms and Paddy and The Cryptids
3 bands
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Festivals & Lifestyle
MANIORO 2024 - All Access Pass
This ticket is the VIP/CORPORATE ALL ACCESS PASS - This gives you entry to all sessions, a gift bag, merchandise, and other exclusive extras
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Manioro 2024 - Playing us out! (After function)
White Chapel Jak band will be playing us out! For 1 hour only, after the FIAFIA night, you can dance the night away
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Lindisfarne College Gala
Annual Gala, fun day for all the family
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Sports & Outdoors
Junior Triathlon And Family Fun Day
Te Mata Kindergarten’s annual fundraiser triathlon open to all Children
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Sports & Outdoors
Te Mata Kindergarten Family Triathlon And Fun Day
Come along for a great day at Te Mata Kindergarten's Annual Family Triathlon & Fun Day!
There will be a Junior Triathlon (ages 3 to 6) as well as a Duathlon for older kids (ages 7 to 10)
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Children's Day Picnic In the Park
Pack a picnic, grab the family and head to Russell Park to celebrate Children's Day!
There will be plenty of activities for the kids including pony rides and bubbles, so make the most of the last of the summer days with a massive community picnic
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Dumpling, Baobun And Steambun Workshop
Jie Pang will introduce you to skills of filling, shaping and making Dumplings, Steamed buns and Baobuns from scratch
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Into the Sun From the Cellars
WIth Beautiful Harmony and Original Songa, The Cellars are a local indie acoustic duo of Sinead and Bella perform with tune and lyrics sifting through the confusion and tensions that arise as they reflect on their ongoing journey through womanhood
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Ceilidh Club
What is a ceilidh (and how do you say it)?
A Ceilidh (kay-lee) is a fun filled night of dancing, good music and great company!
This workshop and ceilidh will have an Irish theme
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Cornwall Park Playcentre Open Week
We invite you to our open week during the first week of March
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Taradale Playcentre Open Week
We invite you to our open week during the first week of March
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Havelock North Playcentre Open Week
We invite you to our open week during the first week of March
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Exhibitions
'Out of the Closet' - The Two Brushketeers
'Out of the Closet' - Christine Parnell - Gail Davidson
Gail and Christine (aka 'The Two Brushketeers') welcome you to their eleventh exhibitions of original paintings
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Art for Tots 2024
Art for Tots is a fun, art-making experience for under-fives, which takes inspiration from current exhibitions at the Gallery, as well as from the environment and wider community
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
John Walsh - A Style Guide to New Zealand Cities
John Walsh is a writer specialising in architecture
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Sports & Outdoors
Land Rover Horse of the Year 2024
Welcome to the highly anticipated Equestrian Event Showcase in New Zealand
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Rhythm and Rhymes
A weekly half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and fingerplays especially for children aged 0-2 years and their parent/caregiver
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Performing Arts
International Women's Day Movie Shepherdess
The Heretaunga Women's Centre celebrates International Women's Day annually usually with a movie and nibbles
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Biology and Conservation of Kororā (little Penguins) – 2024
In the face of declining kororā (little penguin) populations along New Zealand’s coastlines, Dr John Cockrem’s upcoming lecture aims to shed light on the pressing challenges these charming birds face
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Takapau Playcentre Open Day
We invite you to our open week during the first week of March
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Tamatea Playcentre Open Week
We invite you to our open week during the first week of March
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Tikokino Playcentre Open Week
We invite you to our open week during the first week of March
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Lunch Hour Concert
This free community concert is held on the first Wednesay of each month and presents a varied programme by talented local performers : Alice Sip, Violin accompanied by Ethan Xu; Ethan Xu (aged 11), Piano; Paul Carnegie-Jones
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Sports & Outdoors
Let's Talk ... Breeding to Podium
Join us for an exciting evening at Horse of the Year 2024! Breeding to Podium is a must-attend event for all horse enthusiasts
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Lone Star x NDC Gin Night
Join the team at Napier Lone Star as they explore fantastic local products in a series of tasting nights with local producers including beers, ciders, wines and spirits
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Otamauri Playcentre Open Day
We invite you to our open week during the first week of March
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Exhibitions
'The Figurative Collective' Group Exhibition
The Figurative Collective
8 March - 16 April, 2024
New and selected works by Gary Waldrom, Andy Leleisi’uao, Delicia Sampero, and Richard Boyd-Dunlop
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Rebel Round Up 2024
Rebel Round up is a Hot rod, Vintage and Rockabilly festival
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Exhibitions
Cosmic Business - Jenny Milne
The colourful abstract paintings in Jenny Milne’s debut exhibition explore techniques with acrylic pouring and the use of resin to enhance and bring out different figurative and landscape elements which reference the cosmic, earthly, and everything in-between
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Phil Edwards Band
Mark your calendars for a fantastical fiesta on Saturday the 9th of March! Join us for a laidback afternoon in our lush vine-covered courtyard area
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Repair Cafe Hastings - Flaxmere
Haere Mai
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Hastings Music Society Concert
Remaining concerts for the 2024 year
8th September Bay Cities Symphonic Band
13th October Fours Company
10th November Musicians, vocalists and groups
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Assembly Room Tunes - March 2024
Lindisfarne College Symphonic Band
This touring 30 piece band entertains the public again with its Marches, Symphonic Masterpieces and guest young soloists
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Performing Arts
Cine-Club Second Tuesday Most Months French with Subtitles
On the second Tuesday of most months Association Française de Hawke's Bay shows a French language film at Event Cinema in Havelock North
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Argentine Tango Dance Class - Tuesdays
Experience a taste of dancing Argentine Tango in the most fun way!
Learn how to dance Argentine Tango with Napier Team Tango
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
EIT Public Lecture: Dr Pippa McKelvie-Sebileau
Food security, food sovereignty and children’s health and wellbeing: A Hawke’s Bay research perspective on why kai is at the centre of it all
Dr Pippa McKelvie-Sebileau is a founding member of the EIT /University of Auckland Nourishing HB: He wairua tō te kai research team who have been working to improve children’s nutrition and health in Hawke’s Bay since 2020
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Lift Off 100s & 1000s Club
Lift Off is Toitoi’s new, annual children’s Festival for 3 to thirteen year-olds, dedicated to igniting young imaginations and celebrating children’s creativity!
We’ve developed an accessible and inclusive festival, committed to elevating our children with creative experiences that support their wellbeing, and nurture connection to identity and belonging
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Matt Brown - She Is Not Your Rehab
She Is Not Your Rehab
Matt and Sarah Brown MNZM, together founded She Is Not Your Rehab and launched the concept in Matt’s 2019 TEDx talk; The Barbershop where men go to heal
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Te Mata Estate - Showcase 2024
Showcase celebrates the latest release of Te Mata Estate’s premium wines
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Individual and Systemic Climate Action
Have you ever wondered if or how individual climate action makes any difference? What’s the relationship between your household composting and the international Paris Climate Agreement? In this conversation, we will explore how international climate commitments, national climate legislation, regional climate plans, and household action are all essential for enabling rapid and equitable climate mitigation
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Argentine Tango Dance Class - Thursdays
Experience a taste of dancing Argentine Tango in the most fun way!
Learn how to dance Argentine Tango with Napier Team Tango
Want to learn to dance… then this is the class for you… If you can walk then you can dance tango
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Performing Arts
The Drowning Girls
Waipukurau Little Theatre and Director Madeleine Howard are thrilled to announce our latest production, based on the early 20th Century real life serial murder case dubbed ‘The Brides in the Bath’
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! The Small Cellar Door Session
Prepare for an unforgettable evening as Te Awanga Estate hosts an intimate event marrying the finest Wildsong wines with a captivating performance by the legendary Reb Fountain! With only fifty tickets available, the performance will take place inside the small yet perfectly formed Te Awanga Estate Cellar Door
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Spirit of the Bay
Let the good times be-gin!
Napier’s National Distillery Company will share their spirit-making secrets in this intimate masterclass!
Hosted at the Swiss Belboutique Hotel’s restaurant ‘Swiss Kitchen’, F
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Hawke's Bay Origins
Silver Fern Farms will deliver a premium dining experience at the iconic Mission Estate Winery
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Black Smoke Trigger
Catch them before they head overseas for one night at The Paisley Stage!
Black Smoke Trigger continues to ride the high of their dynamic rock, anchored by the distinctive guitar work of Wallace and the commanding vocals of Baldrick combined with their pummeling rhythm section courtesy of bassist Dan Fulton and drummer Josh Te Maro
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Church Road Harvest Experience
Join us for Vintage 2024 on the Church Road Harvest Experience
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Exhibitions
Gabby O’Connor: All the Colours - All the Light
In the Antarctic, moisture particles in the air can freeze and act as tiny prisms, reflecting a rainbow of light that creates twinkling clouds known as ‘diamond dust’
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Maraekakaho Country Market Day 2024
It's your 'Rural Day in the Bay! The 11th annual Maraekakaho Country Market Day will be held on the 16th March 2024
Keep an eye out for the fresh lamb sales, silent auction, Freshmax apple sales and more!
All proceeds go to Maraekakaho School and Gumboots Maraekakaho Early Childhood Centre
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Exhibitions
Can You See Us Now? Jasmine Togo-brisby
Jasmine Togo-Brisby is a fourth-generation Australian South Sea Islander of Ni-Vanuatu ancestry
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Exhibitions
Foundations and Additions: Plans for The Heretaunga 100 Bloc
This exhibition presents a sample of the original architectural features and evolution of the Heretaunga streetscape, bringing together hand-drawn plans for a cluster of Art Deco buildings in central Hastings
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Exhibitions
Foundations and Additions: Plans for The Heretaunga 100 Bloc
This exhibition presents a sample of the original architectural features and evolution of the Heretaunga streetscape, bringing together hand-drawn plans for a cluster of Art Deco buildings in central Hastings
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Sports & Outdoors
Plunket Shield championship - Central Stags v Auckland
How good is free admission to witness our defending national champions, the Central Stags, go toe to toe with Auckland's best cricketers, in the cauldron of national first-class cricket!
People pay big bucks to watch this in England, but we're all about showcasing the training ground for our current and future Test BLACKCAPS so head along to the park to see the stars in a national championship that dates back 117 years
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Nostrana with Bri DiMattina
Nostrana means homegrown, ours; growing food with the intent of sharing it
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Opening Weekend Talk: Jasmine Togo-brisby and Imelda Miller
Jasmine Togo-Brisby will discuss her new installation Can you see us now? commissioned for Te Whare Toi o Heretaunga Hastings Art Gallery, in conversation with Imelda Miller, curator of Torres Strait Islander and Pacific Indigenous Studies at Queensland Museum
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! All for 10. And 10 for All.
Just $10 and you’re in the door; anything more is just $10 more
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Relay for Life 2024
Relay for Life is an opportunity to celebrate survivors of Cancer and remember those who have passed
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Sunset Soiree
Indulge in an evening of sophistication and glamour at our sunset cocktail soiree, where the radiant hues of the setting sun provide the perfect backdrop for an unforgettable experience
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! A Wine Bromance
Explore the magical Smith & Sheth Wines through stories and reflections of long-time collaborators and mates Smith & Sheth and Mister D Dining
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Great Wine Capitals: Adelaide Showcase
To celebrate Hawke's Bay's inclusion in the Great Wine Capital network, F
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Salsa & Bachata Night at the Common Room
Sonora Tumbao is Here!
Get ready for a night of Latin Dancing, Brass & rhythm!
This Group of experienced Jazz musicians from Cuba, Colombia, USA, Chile and NZ have got together to give Hawke's Bay a Latin-American experience by bringing Latin Jazz with their Salsa & Bachata show at the Common Room's Backyard
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Concerts & Gig Guide
CMNZ Series - Barton & Brodsky
A sensational combination of the incomparable didgeridoo virtuoso William Barton together with the musicians of the Brodsky Quartet, and a first for New Zealand audiences
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Sound Journey with Sika
A magical evening of visioning and sound
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Black Smoke Trigger
We have to do it again! After selling out on Friday 15th, we have a second show on Saturday 16th - this is going to be an EPIC weekend!
Black Smoke Trigger continues to ride the high of their dynamic rock, anchored by the distinctive guitar work of Wallace and the commanding vocals of Baldrick combined with their pummeling rhythm section courtesy of bassist Dan Fulton and drummer Josh Te Maro
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Foo Fighters, The Killers, Pearl Jam and Coldplay Tribute
Join us for an unforgettable night of live music as "Lounge Apes" takes the stage for a tribute extravaganza! Immerse yourself in the electrifying atmosphere as they pay homage to four iconic bands - Foo Fighters, The Killers, Pearl Jam, and Coldplay - each with their own dedicated set!
Get ready to rock out to the anthems of Foo Fighters, feel the indie vibes of The Killers, relive the grunge era with Pearl Jam, and soar through the melodic sounds of Coldplay
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Grand Long Lunch
It’s back! Sold out in 2022, the F
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Foraged and fed; a lunch break
Join us for an autumnal roam in and around the Wallingford grounds where you’ll help assemble a basket of edibles
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Opa!
We may be tucked away at the opposite end of the world but that doesn’t mean the flavours, colours and rustic, romantic vibes of the Mediterranean are out of reach
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! The Great Vinous Odyssey
Traverse the Great Wine Capitals of the world with an immersive masterclass hosted by Smith & Sheth wine concierge, Jason Lambert
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Exhibitions
'Our Story' Art Exhibition - Brain Injury Hawke's Bay
Brain Injury Hawke's Bay is hosting the annual ‘Our Story' art exhibition
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Taste Fusion: Collaborative Cuisine
After more than 20-years of cooking, Giulio Sturla still loves to push boundaries and his latest F
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! CBD Summer Sundowner - Bubbles, Bites, & Beats
We’ve lined up six top-notch spots, each serving up their own unique twist on sparkling bubbles paired with mouth-watering bites, all to make your taste buds sing
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Napier CBD Summer Sundowner
Napier CBD F
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Supernatural and Fireman Sam
Central Fire Station and The Supernatural Wine Co
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Performing Arts
Sydney Hotshots
A brand-new Sydney Hotshots show is locked and loaded, and you are invited! Two hours of non-stop action-packed entertainment from some of the sexiest guys direct from Sydney! The ultimate lady’s night out, complete with high-powered dance routines, spectacular lighting, and fabulous costumes
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Experience Vintage with Trinity Hill
Discover what vintage at Trinity Hill is all about!
Join the Trinity Hill winemaking and viticulture team as you participate in vintage activities and learn about the process of harvest and creating wine from grape to bottle
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! A Taste of Asia
Imagine a small restaurant in Asia off the beaten track, something that you just happened to stumble upon
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Discover Čuvar Winery by Sir George Fistonich: SOLD OUT
With his inspiring energy and lifelong dedication to pioneering progression in the wine industry, Čuvar is the vision of legendary wine entrepreneur and Villa Maria founder, Sir George Fistonich
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Sports & Outdoors
Scooter - World Skate Oceania Continental Championship
Get ready to witness the adrenaline-pumping action as the World Skate Oceania Continental Championships for Scootering descends upon Bay Skate in Napier, New Zealand, on March 22nd and 23rd! This thrilling event promises to showcase the very best riders from Australia and New Zealand, as they battle it out in both Park and Street disciplines across Junior, Women's, and Men's categories
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Tacoteca Takeover
Auckland’s Tacoteca brings their own style of taqueria to Hawke’s Bay to join forces with Hands Down Tortillas for a collaborative Summer Taco Party
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Sundown Groove: CANCELLED
Join us for an unforgettable evening of entertainment at our 'Sundown Groove' guided picnic
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Cheers to Whisky
Join us for an evening of whisky appreciation and discovery at the historic Hawke's Bay Club, where you will sample a range of whiskies from around the world, paired with delicious dishes made with fresh and local ingredients from Design Cuisine
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Performing Arts
Drag B-I-N-G-O Napier - with Anita Wigl'it!
Join Anita Wigl'it (from 'RuPaul's Drag Race') as she plays with her balls!
Enjoy three competitive rounds, a drag show and lots of laughs over an hour and half!
Doors 7pm
Balls drop 7:30pm - approx 8:30/9pm
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Little Cubby Spaces - Pop Up
Kia ora, to celebrate the launch of Little Cubby Spaces, we are having a pop up playtime at the Havelock North Function Centre
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Vege vibes with Alby Hailes
Alby Hailes has always been passionate about delicious, flavourful food and in this 3
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! The Craggy Range Harvest Party
Close out summer in the best way possible and celebrate Craggy Range’s 25th vintage celebrations in the breathtaking surrounds of the Craggy Range gardens
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Creative Writing Workshops
In this workshop series held over 3 weeks, Jo will be introducing participants to the delights of creative writing - poetry, prose, and whatever lies between
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! The Late Lunch
Take in the panoramic farm to ocean views as you enjoy a sumptuous long lunch at Waihua Station
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! The evolution of Tony Bish Wines
An exclusive and indulgent wine-tasting experience, celebrating exceptional Chardonnay wines
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! The Taittinger Oyster & Whitebait Street Bar
The world-famous in Havelock North Advintage car park bar is back for summer F
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Gin-spiration
Join us for a night of gin appreciation and discovery at the Hawke’s Bay Club, where you will taste a range of gins, paired with mouth-watering dishes made with fresh and local ingredients from Design Cuisine
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Concerts & Gig Guide
P.Diggs
PDigsss!! Singer and front man for the band Shapeshifter, is coming home for a one-off show!
Just as comfy behind the decks and on the mic as he is on stage with the band
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Rain & Brand New Secondhand
HiViZ Jamz are excited to be taking some beautiful Wellington talent outside of the capital and up to the beautiful Hawkes Bay, this March!
Playing an eclectic mix of moods comes Rain; from soft and sweet through to driving and sideways, every song subtle and syncopated, from the heart of front-woman Cathy Elizabeth to yours
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Danny Rascal - Cunning Stunt Album Release
Over the past 30 years, Danny has been the driving force behind 3 of New Zealand’s most underrated, yet still very successful bands… from the bouncy Ska Punk of Monkey Puzzle, through the classic rock of Faster She Said, to the punchy Punk crossover of The Rascal Kings, Danny has crafted a legacy of catchy, hook laden tunes which have finally been compiled on to an album that is part ‘Best Of’ and part ‘Anthology’ and a precursor release to his upcoming debut solo album
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Palm Sunday Services
Haere Mai - All Welcome
We have two services on this day (8am & 10am), see post for details
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Tacoteca MasaClass: CANCELLED
Auckland’s Tacoteca is sharing their exciting Chef Jean Brito with F
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Festivals & Lifestyle
MWIW - Sustainable Fashion Market
Welcome to the MWIW community!
Here you can buy and sell preloved, vintage, upcycled and handmade - clothing, shoes, jewellery and accessories
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Sports & Outdoors
Plunket Shield championship - Central Stags v Otago
How good is free admission to witness our defending national champions, the Central Stags, in the cauldron of national first-class cricket!
People pay big bucks to watch this in England, but we're all about showcasing the training ground for our current and future Test BLACKCAPS so head along to the park to see the stars in a national championship that dates back 117 years
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Festivals & Lifestyle
MTG Sunday Cinema: Musical Romance Classics - Easter Parade
Join us for two classics and snuggle up in the luxurious MTG Century Theatre on a Sunday afternoon
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Performing Arts
Songs From the Shows - Encore!
By special request, Napier's favourite small choir, Octavius, will present their popular "Songs from the Shows" concert once more! Devised by Musical Director Anthony Tattersall, this program was wildly popular when we sang it last year in Napier and Dannevirke; it is a brilliant selection of the best solos, choruses and medleys from musicals such as My Fair Lady, Chicago, Les Miserables, Westside Story, several Gilbert & Sullivan shows and other favourites
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Low'n'Slow Sunday
For one night only Mary’s Restaurant is going low and slow for a special menu jampacked with American BBQ classics
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Festivals & Lifestyle
MTG Sunday Cinema: Musical Romance - An American in Paris
The second film of this Sunday Cinema session!
Don't miss:
4pm - An American in Paris
Three friends struggle to find work in Paris
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Performing Arts
Rainbow Storytime with Erika and CoCo Flash
Rainbow Storytimes with Erika and CoCo Flash
Wednesday, 27th March at Hastings Library
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Performing Arts
Shake, Rattle & Roll
Let’s twist again, shimmy, shake, rattle, roll and rock around the clock with our singers and great band! We look forward to seeing you!
Starring:
Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua
Karl Perigo
Russell Dixon
Kelly Lim Harris
Grant Winterburn (Piano)
Chet O’Connell (Guitar)
Ollie O’Loughlin (Drums)
NZ Tour 28 Feb - 28 March
Concerts start 11am
General admission seating
Doors open 10am
Complimentary morning tea included
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Performing Arts
Rainbow Storytime with Erika and CoCo Flash
Rainbow Storytimes with Erika and CoCo Flash
Wednesday, 27th March at Hastings Library
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Performing Arts
Living Library with Erika and CoCo Flash
Living library with Erika and CoCo Flash
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Performing Arts
Napier Performing Arts Easter Competitions
Performing Arts competitions in Instrumental, including piano, strings, baroque instruments for ages 5 years to adults
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Maundy Thursday Service
Haere Mai - All Welcome
Join us for this late evening service, see post for details
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Performing Arts
Napier Performing Arts Easter Competitions
Performing Arts competitions for Junior and Senior Vocal
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Kieran Callaghan
Playing all throughout the day on our beautiful Extravaganza Fair Stage - with guest appearances also from our resident performers , the one and only Ashton Family Circus & guest musicians
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Performing Arts
Ashton Family Circus
The Ashton Family Circus are bringing back a fast-paced, humorous family show with a message to Aotearoa
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Performing Arts
Burns the Dragon & The Silver Lady
He’s part man, part dragon, and all wonder
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Become an EGGsplorer at the National Aquarium
Get ready to embark on an EGGsploration at the National Aquarium!
From 29 March until 30 April, nine lovable animals will be tucked away in their eggs throughout the aquarium, just waiting to be discovered
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hop! Hop! Hop!
Hey Kids! Hop, Hop, Hop to the Hastings City Easter Egg Hunt!
Join the hunt and be in to Win a private cinema experience for you and your friends at Focal Point Cinema to watch the new, ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ movie
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Good Friday Services
Haere Mai - All Welcome
We have two services on this day (10am & 12pm)
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Easter Weekend 2024 - Train Rides
Looking for a fantastic family outing this, Easter? Look no further than our Easter Open Weekend! Join us for four days of train rides as we welcome visiting drivers and locomotives to our event
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Performing Arts
A Very Special Good Friday Event
Waiapu Cathedral in Napier offers a unique service on Good Friday, from midday until 3pm
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Salty Palate
Salty Palate – A Seafood Celebration
Event brought to you by Etiquette & Orton's
Presented by Saltwater Seafoods
Saturday, 30 March, 2024, 1pm - 7pm
The Old Church
Kia Moana
Beverages
Entertainment
Tickets on sale Tuesday 23 January @ 2pm
General admission early bird - $140
General admission second release - $155
General admission final release - $175
Vip - $350
General admission ticket includes:
- entry into the event
- 4 x seafood dishes
- 4 x beverage matches (wine, beer, and cider)
- cash bar (beer, wine, bubbles, cider, cocktails)
- cash bluff oyster shucking shack (pay as you go for bluff oysters)
- cash crayfish roll shack (pay as you go for crayfish rolls)
- live entertainment playing throughout the day (to be announced)
- lounging zones
- lawn games
- more to be announced
Vip ticket includes:
- entry into the event
- entry into vip lawn
- 4 x seafood dishes
- 4 x beverage matches
- all-inclusive beer, wine and cider at vip bar
- rolling bluff oyster and crayfish rolls on the vip lawn
- live entertainment on the vip lawn
- vip toilets
- lounging zones
- lawn games
- more to be announced
Get ready to embark on a seafood journey at the inaugural salty palate seafood celebration
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Holy Saturday Service
Haere Mai - All Welcome
Join us for this late evening service
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Performing Arts
Brayden Coldicutt Aria Competition
Discover opera stars of the future at the Brayden Coldicutt Aria Competition at the MTG in Napier as part of the Easter compeitions
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Tribute to Queen and the Bee Gees
A tribute to Queen and Bee Gees show performed by Paul Madsen and Band at Pukeora Estate, Waipukurau
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Dateline's 'Choose Me' Tour - Heretaunga / Hastings
Dateline are celebrating the release of their new single Choose Me by going on tour throughout Aotearoa
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Easter Sunday Services at Waiapu Cathedral
Haere Mai - All Welcome
We have two services on this day (8am & 10am), see post for details
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Easter Sunday Service At Ormond Chapel
Haere Mai - All Welcome
Join us for this morning service at our stunning Chapel
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Exhibitions
Hawke's Bay Woodturners Exhibition
From Tuesday April 2, 2024 members of the Hawke's Bay Woodturners Guild are holding their annual exhibition and sale of beautifully decorative, and delightfully practical, items made from wood
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Exhibitions
'Camilla and Friends' Art Exhibition
CAMILLA SAMPER
Nature is my biggest inspiration
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Beginners Ballroom & Latin 8-Week Course - April/May 2024
Ballroom & Latin Dance Lessons - Beginners course starts Tuesday 2nd April 2024
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Lunch Hour Concert
A free community concert featuring a variety of talented local performers: Grace Guo, Piano; Kayleigh Purvis, Soprano; Sameer Al Saharia, Guitar and Hoos the Boss - Jeff Reid, Guitar & Angela Pivac, Vocals
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
The Seasons Art Class Hawke's Bay Art Classes for Adults
Hello Art Enthusiast,
Are you ready to dive into the world of art and explore various mediums? At Seasons Art Class, we're excited to offer a diverse range of adult art classes designed to spark your creativity and enhance your skills in acrylic, watercolor, pencil art, and oil pastels
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Beginners Salsa 8 Week Course - April/May 2024
Salsa Dance Lessons - Beginners course start Wednesday 3rd April 2024
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Napier Port Primary Sector Awards
We extend an invitation for you to attend the 2024 Napier Port Hawke's Bay Primary Sector Awards
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Womans Wellness Retreat
Join us for our first ever event!
Come and escape with us to a private lakeside sanctuary, leave refreshed and restored ready to go
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Exhibitions
'Wong & Cross' Exhibition Opening by Brent Wong & Mark Cross
Wong & Cross
Join Us for the Exhibition Opening of New and Selected Works by Brent Wong and Mark Cross at Boyd-dunlop Gallery, on Friday Th April, Pm
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Performing Arts
CMNZ Series - Delaney Davidson - Out Of My Head
Artists
Delaney Davidson, Vocals & Guitar
String ensemble
Delaney Davidson Band
One of the most distinctive figures in Aotearoa’s musical landscape, Delaney Davidson is well known for his hypnotic and original One Man and his Ghost Orchestra
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Exhibitions
'Wong & Cross' Exhibition by Brent Wong and Mark Cross
Wong & Cross
An Exhibition of New and Selected Works by Brent Wong and Mark Cross at Boyd-dunlop Gallery
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Haloumi, Feta And Mozzarella 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
Harvest Moon ft Tom Jones, Gin Wigmore and The Magnificent 7
TOM JONES - the Welsh music legend whose iconic career has spanned more than six decades is bringing his powerful and soulful voice to headline a NZ exclusive performance at HARVEST MOON, held at MCLEAN PARK, NAPIER on SATURDAY, APRIL 6 2024
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Rationalist and Humanists of Hawke's Bay and East Coast
Guest Speaker will be Eru Hiko-Tahuri, speaking about his book Māori Boy Atheist
In this book, he sketches his life of being knocked from religious pillar to religious post before finally finding the personal freedom that atheism allows
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Assembly Room Tunes - April 2024
A Jazz Affair
With Anton Wuts on Sax, James Lowe on Trumpet and David Selfe on piano, this show jumps from Ellington to Monk, Benson to Garner, in the coolest spot on a Monday Morning, to have morning tea and a show!
This performance is part of the 2024 Assembly Room Tunes
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Osmanthus Gardens Lantern Festival: POSTPONED
Update - Friday 12th April
With heavy rain forecast, the lighting of Osmanthus Gardens in Cornwall Park has been cancelled tonight, Friday 12th April
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
The Ultimate Guide to Understanding our Kids Online World
Join us for an evening with Rob Cope, a multifaceted Filmmaker, Author, and Speaker renowned for his groundbreaking documentary "Our Kids Online
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Natalia Murray Presents Samuel Courtauld and His Collection
The associate lecturer at the Courtauld Institute of Art, independent curator and BBC presenter, Natalia Murray will share with us her intimate knowledge of the collection as she explores Courtauld’s collection and his role in promoting Impressionism in the United Kingdom
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Sports & Outdoors
2024 Apollo Projects NZ Swimming Championships
Don’t miss any of the action as our top NZ swimmers meet at the Hawke’s Bay Regional Aquatic Centre from Tuesday 9 – Saturday 13 April as they try to Unlock Their Greatness and qualify for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris
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Exhibitions
CHB Museum: Wet Plate Portrat Sessions
The CHB Museum: Wet Plate Portrait Sessions
The Central Hawkes Bay Museum
Waipawa
9th April 2024
10am - 3pm
This April, photographer Adrian Cook takes his mobile darkroom (a 1950's Bond-wood caravan) to the CHB Museum in Waipawa to craft timeless portraits using the wet plate collodion process, a 19th century method of development that predates film photography
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Volunteering HB Library Drop - in Session
Do you have a burning question about volunteering? Come in and ask us! Volunteering is an awesome way to give back to your community - and studies show that volunteering increases overall wellbeing
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Pecha Kucha at MTG
We're looking forward to seeing you in Napier, for the first event of 2024!
We hope you can join us on Tuesday, April 9th at MTG Century Theatre
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Performing Arts
Cine-Club 2nd Tuesday Most Months French Film/Eng Subtitles
On the second Tuesday of most months Association Française de Hawke's Bay shows a French language film at Event Cinema in Havelock North
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Building a Wind Farm Through Covid-19 and Cyclones
Join us for an insightful session with James Mears, Project Manager for Meridian Energy’s Harapaki wind farm
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Performing Arts
Romeo & Juliet by The Barden Party
Get ready for an injection of joy into your summer
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Author Talk: an Evening With Tina Clough and Karen Mcmillan
Come and hear these two sensational authors as they discuss their books and writing lives
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Exhibitions
Solar Tsunamis Exhibition At the Faraday Museum
Tūhura Otago Museum is thrilled to bring its newest science showcase to the Faraday Museum of Technology
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Performing Arts
Land of the Long Long Drive
This show for Kiwi kids features iconic New Zealand creatures, landscapes and fresh waiata by NZ singer-songwriter Benny Tipene, and beautiful costumes from Gridley by Victoria, costumier for the Royal New Zealand Ballet and is suitable for ages 3-10 years
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Performing Arts
Land of The Long Long Drive
Land of the Long Long Drive
This show for the whole family is the third tour from the 2024 stable of touring artists with Arts On Tour NZ
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Volunteering Hb Library Drop - In Session
Do you have a burning question about volunteering? Come in and ask us! Volunteering is an awesome way to give back to your community - and studies show that volunteering increases overall wellbeing
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Performing Arts
Romeo & Juliet by The Barden Party
Get ready for an injection of joy into your summer
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Brodie Street: Starting The Spectrums
Hi friends
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Performing Arts
Flutter by Stringbean Puppets
A bat who is afraid of the dark encounters a glow worm who thinks she is a star
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Volunteering HB Library Drop- in Session
Do you have a burning question about volunteering? Come in and ask us! Volunteering is an awesome way to give back to your community - and studies show that volunteering increases overall wellbeing
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Beacon Bloom
Hawkes Bass & Littlestone are proud to bring one of NZ’s most exciting Electronic Music acts to Hawkes Bay; Beacon Bloom
Uplifting and deeply danceable, Beacon Bloom’s trademark ethereal vocals sit above soaring synth lines and an undeniable low-end groove
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Ladies Night Out with WolfPack
Expect The Unexpected ladies, because what happens on tour, happens at WolfPack
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Exhibitions
The Light Shone Clear: History. Perspectives. Art.
From the Museum’s collection, each artwork in this exhibition conveys a perspective on times and events that shaped Te-Matau-a-Māui, Hawke’s Bay and Aotearoa, New Zealand into what they are today
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Lift Off Whānau Day
Saturday 13 April is Whānau Day at Toitoi for Lift Off Festival!
Enter a completely transformed Toitoi where exploration, discovery, and creativity overflow!
Whānau day has everything that will ignite little imaginations, with theatre shows, interactive backstage tours, roaming characters, immersive experiences, playmaking spaces, storytelling, and even a Club Kids with a DJ! Find a surprise around every corner, have a go at something new, and get your free Creativity Passport stamped!
Most activities are free to just pop in and have a go, with only a handful of events you’ll need to book and pay for
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Backstage Buccaneers
The stage is set, the costumes are hung, the scripts are at the ready, the techies are standing by, the makeup is glowing with brushes glistening
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Exhibitions
Keirunga Artists Autumn Exhibition 2024
Opening night 5
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Festivals & Lifestyle
April 2024 School Holiday Napier Escape Rooms
School Holidays with Enigma Escape Rooms!
Be a Wizard, Detective, Spy or an Elf
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Performing Arts
Pirates of The Curry Bean
At the Docks of Old London Town is the Squirty Squid Tavern, home to Pearl Periwinkle and her children Liza & Jack
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Exhibitions
Hīkoi Haere With Charles Ropitini
Join us for a talk & walking tour of Hastings Art Deco buildings with Charles Ropitini, co-curator of the Foundations and Additions: Plans for the Heretaunga 100 Block exhibition
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Sourdough Bread Workshop: SOLD OUT
Fresh baked slow fermented sourdough bread,
- sourdough buns,
- focaccia,
- pizza dough and crackers
- Cinnamon Rolls
Go home with freshly baked goodies, recipe’s, some starter and the skills learned to do it yourself!
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Festivals & Lifestyle
A Day on the Village Green
Join us for "A Day on the Green" on Saturday, April 13th, from 1-4pm on the Havelock North Village Green! Kick off the school holidays with a delightful afternoon of family fun
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Performing Arts
The Messy Magic Adventure
A Rollicking Entertainment production
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Ladies Night Out with WOLFPACK
What to expect:
Expect the unexpected ladies, because what happens on tour, stays on tour
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Sandy Sheets - Release Party
Come along to the Common Room garden bar to celebrate the release of our debut single "REAL"
support act soon to be announced
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Repair Cafe Hastings - Havelock North
Haere Mai
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Festivals & Lifestyle
School Holiday Programme - National Aquarium of NZ
Join us this April school holidays for an EGGtastic holiday program filled with fun!
We will have five new daily topics where your budding scientist can discover all about animals that lay eggs, from those with feathers, those with scales, those that carry a shell on their back, to those that lived millions of years ago!
Monday: Come and take up the challenge of protecting your own clutch of eggs
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
School Holidays - MTG: Drop In Zone
Week 1: Come and help create a window collage inspired by Gabby O’Connor’s artwork All the Colours, All the Light
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Exhibitions
He Hokinga Mai - Bringing My Art Home - Joanne Black
The artworks I create are from my re imagined tūpuna with the intent to embrace diverse cultural elements with dignity
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Exhibitions
'Taikura Upstairs' - Taikura Rudolf Steiner High School
This exhibition showcases the dynamic visual art and craft work of high school students from Taikura Rudolf Steiner School from mid-2023 and the beginning of 2024
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Creative Me - Puppet Making and Performing
Mara and Madi invite you to a fun and hands-on three day puppet making workshop
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Unboring 2024 Pasifika Movie Afternoon
Bring along your whānau to watch Sione's Wedding (M)
'Four raucous Samoans are banned from their best friend's wedding
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Free Kids Drop-In Art Days 2024
Come along to the gallery and get creative with fun, free art activities related to our current exhibitions! Every Tuesday and Thursday in term time school holidays
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Unboring 2024 Party Games (Without the Birthday)
Hip hip hooray! It's time to party
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Performing Arts
Robot Song
Toitoi & Arena Theatre Company presents Robot Song, an award-winning Australian theatre production, as part of Lift Off Festival
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Performing Arts
Testimony: Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky
Lilburn Diversions for String Orchestra
Bruckner String Quintet, Adagio
Rautavaara Pelimannit
Tchaikovsky Andante cantabile, TH63
Shostakovich Chamber Symphony
Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony is an arrangement of his Eighth String Quartet, written after he saw the aftermath of the apocalyptic 1945 bombing of Dresden
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
School Holidays - MTG: Fashion Flaunt
Calling all fashionistas!
Come and try your hand at designing an item or a whole outfit of your own making using recycled fabrics, materials, inspiration from our gallery spaces
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Unboring 2024 Are You Sus? An Among Us IRL Event
See who prevails, crewmates or imposters
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Performing Arts
Shipwrecked!
For ages 10+
Do you have what it takes to work in a team and complete different types of challenges to unlock the treasure chest? You do?!Shiver me timbers! It’ll be all hands on deck
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Night in Hastings - Abstract Landscape
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
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Night in Hastings - Abstract Landscape
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
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Unboring 2024 InterActive Storytime
Storytelling with a twist! Come and play a part with us in an interactive story, all creatures great and small should apply
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Performing Arts
Inter-net Safety Workshops
For ages 7+
It can be dangerous in a sea full of phishes, we have two workshops on how to keep yourself safe online
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Late Night Which Craft Rag Rug Workshop
This autumn, turn worn-out t-shirts into a cosy rug
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Dress for Success Hawke's Bay Fashion Fundraiser
Join Dress for Success Hawke's Bay at our inaugural fundraising event of 2024! Get glitzy with friends and family for an evening featuring:
A Dress for Success Hawke's Bay fashion showcase, highlighting new season offerings from local designers
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Concerts & Gig Guide
El Hula feat. Blair Jollands - Solo
Blair Jollands is an Emmy & Bafta nominated sound designer and singer songwriter
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Harry Potter Movie Night Fundraiser
Step into the magical world of Harry Potter with an enchanting movie night experience unlike any other! Join us for a spellbinding evening filled with mystery, excitement, and unexpected surprises, all in support of Sarah's family as they navigate through a year of cancer treatment
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Creative Me - Dance Day
Jazz Class with Sophie Jean Dance School 9am - 9
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Performing Arts
Night Light Jars
For ages 7+
Arrr matey! Put yer design skills to the test an’ come and make a mason jarrr night light!
When: Friday 19 April, afternoon sessions available
Limited spaces, online registration essential
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Unboring 2024 Puzzle Time
Not your Grandma's Puzzle Time - no cuppa and a biscuit here (well maybe there will be biscuits)
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Sports & Outdoors
School Holiday Skateboard Lessons
Bay Skates Skateboard Lessons are continuing over the school holidays! Not only that but we've added three new classes to give you more opportunities to sign up! Whether you're just starting out or been skating for a while and are wanting to up your game, we've got the class for you
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Kōwhaiwhai and Paint
Kōwhaiwhai & Paint
Do you have a passion for art? Would you like to take your skill to the next level?
Learn from our experienced Kaiako & discover Kōwhaiwhai for yourself before applying online to study with us!
Materials Provided, Light refreshments, Adults Only, Free Workshop
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Sports & Outdoors
Impact Pro Wrestling - Flaxmere's Friday Fight Night 5
Live Pro Wrestling finally makes its return to Flaxmere! You don't want to miss the best of the Bay taking on the best of the rest!
The New Zealand Heavyweight Championship is on the line in a huge main event!
Impact Pro Wrestling has been entertaining fans up and down the country for more than 20 years and has seen many of its talented wrestlers go on to perform in WWE, AEW, New Japan Pro Wrestling and more
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
How to Meditate - Half Day Workshop
How to Meditate - half day workshop
with Birgit Saunders
‘When the turbulence of our mental busyness subsides and our mind becomes still, a deep happiness and contentment naturally arise from within’ – Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
If our mind is peaceful, we can feel calm even in the most challenging situations
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Own Your Sound - A Confidence-driven Singing Workshop
- Have you ever felt like singing wasn't for you? That you didn't have "what it takes"?
- Have you ever experienced a profound sense of freedom and connection while singing alone, and desired to share that experience with others?
- What emotions do you experience when you let your voice express itself without limitations?
This workshop aims to deeply reconnect with our body and its functioning
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Bottomless Rosé Brunch
Come and enjoy our last bottomless Brunch Rosé event of the season
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