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Sun 11 Oct - Sun 21 NovFood, Gourmet, Wine
Hawke's Bay Farmers' Market
Delight in a shopping event of taste sensations at one of New Zealand’s oldest and largest traditional Farmers’ Markets
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Sports & Outdoors
Flaxmere Parkrun
Flaxmere parkrun hold free, weekly, 5km timed events every Saturday at 8am at Flaxmere Park for you to run, walk, or jog at your preferred pace
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Tea With Tales
Brought to you by Hastings District Libraries and the NZ Blind Foundation, come and listen to short book readings and share what you have been reading while enjoying a cuppa and a biscuit
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Introduction to Essential Oils Class
This is the perfect space to come and learn, in a relaxed environment, about how to use essential oils safely and effectively for your whole family
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Performing Arts
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff and experienced comics a place to try new material
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Performing Arts
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff, and experienced comics a place to try new material
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Hastings Creative Writing Group
Are you or would you like to be a writer? Be inspired to get started or continue your writing journey by joining our creative writing group
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Napier Urban Farmers' Market
Walk down Emerson Street and end up in a perfect little market offering a true Hawke's Bay experience
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Landmarks Local History Talk
The Landmarks Local History Talk takes place on the second Tuesday of each month from February to November 2020
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Social Rock N Roll Club
Come along to a great night of rock n roll every Tuesday night for beginners and experienced dancers this is a social rock n roll club, we welcome those who want to learn rock n roll and we will assist you
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Performing Arts
Hastings Music Society
Hastings Music Society Concerts, held every second Sunday of the month, March-November at St Matthew's Anglican Church, feature local vocal, instrumental and group musicians performing varied musical styles representing centuries of beautiful music
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Havelock Handmade Market
A great variety of stalls with locally made products by talented stallholders who set up behind Peak Pizza on Te Mata Road, Havelock North on the first Saturday of every month Feb-Dec each year
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Here Comes the King Series - Book of Matthew Bible Study
Come and join us as Pastor Eric Flores takes us on a journey to systematically study the Book of Matthew of the Bible in Calvary Chapel style of verse by verse exposition
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Exhibitions
Waka kōrero Māori Exhibition
Waka kōrero Māori: waka carrying the taonga, te reo
The Waka Kōrero Māori exhibition encourages learning the Māori alphabet by pronouncing the names of the kaharehe animal treasures on display
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Exhibitions
1931 Hawke’s Bay Earthquake Exhibition
“The outline of the hill turned into a giant serpent as it heaved up and down
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Exhibitions
Billy Apple® A Brand Looking for a Product Exhibition
The naming of a new apple cultivar Billy Apple® fulfils a long-held ambition for the artist and is the natural culmination of his 1962 self-branding exercise
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Clive Community Market
A vibrant collection of local artisans offering you a huge variety of their amazing handcrafted goods
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Exhibitions
Larisse Hall: Of the Essence
Larisse Hall: Of the Essence | Alcove Gallery
31 July - 14 November 2021
We wake and sleep to the rhythm of light
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Art for Tots
A fun art experience for under-fives, consisting of playful art conversations or whimsical storytelling and hands-on art-making
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Exhibitions
Lewis Evans: Of Time and Place Exhibition
Lewis Evans was born in Birmingham, 1878, the second eldest in a family of eleven children
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Laser Cutting With Adobe Illustrator - Weekend Workshop
An introduction to vector drawing for laser cutting using Adobe Illustrator
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Performing Arts
Live at The Cabana
Hawke's Bay is churning out some awesome comedic talent, so it's time we start seeing them regularly!
We're bringing monthly shows to the home of live comedy in Napier, The Cabana! October's show is hosted by Rhian Wood-Hill and features:
James Fulton
Sean Koch
Jayda McIndoe
Karen Leslie
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Mack at the Filter Room
Join Mack at one of the premium ale and cider houses in the Bay and order from a menu packed with plenty of options as you treat yourself to a taste sensation from the wide range of locally crafted beers and ciders
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Fraser Mack at Hygge Cafe
Come chill with Mack and check out a venue he has never played before! Should be a great day with lovely food and lovely people!
See you there!
About Hygge at Clifton Bay
"hygge" - a Danish concept/atmosphere perhaps translated as embracing the mind or something that is good for the soul
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Concerts & Gig Guide
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
- Shirt & Skirt
- Fraser Mackenzie
- The Acoustic Project
- Little Big Noise
- Ben Throp
- Scarlett Eden
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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Concerts & Gig Guide
Mack and The Three Wise Birds
Come and join Fraser Mack at Hawkes Bay's newest Garden Bar! Relax, socialise, soak up the sun while Mack entertains you with his dynamic and distinctive sound influenced by blues, rock, folk and flamenco
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Exhibitions
Staged Comfort - An exhibition by Georgia Anderson
‘An exhibition of the depths of my mind turned into art’
Staged comfort is the idea of trying to make sense of emotions as they are within all of us, just in different forms
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Seasons Art Class for Adult Beginner to Improver: SOLD OUT
Have you ever wanted to learn to draw and paint? Do you want to improve your skills? We incorporate a happy, relaxed feel to our friendly, fun, easy step-by-step lessons, providing not just a high level of tuition to help develop potential artists, but a bubbly social gathering that all our students look forward to attending
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Seasons Art Class for Beginners to Improvers
Have you ever wanted to learn to draw and paint? Do you want to improve your skills? We incorporate a happy, relaxed feel to our friendly, fun, easy step-by-step lessons, providing not just a high level of tuition to help develop potential artists, but a bubbly social gathering that all our students look forward to attending
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Festivals & Lifestyle
3D Street Art
Hey Hawke’s Bay! Have you heard 3D street art is coming to Hastings?
Discover amazing 3D artworks in Hastings CBD by multi-award-winning artist, Marc Spijkerbosch
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Beginners Argentine Tango Six-Week Course
Hola! The Napier Tango Club is hosting an Introduction to Argentine Tango (Tango Argentino)
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Exhibitions
Dialogue - An exhibition by Sandra Howlett
Dialogue
Noun
A conversation between two or more people
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hawke's Bay Arts Festival 2021
The Hawke’s Bay Arts Festival is happening again - from 20th-31st October 2021
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Guthrie Smith Arboretum Visit
Come and enjoy the Guthrie Smith Arboretum at Tutira which will be open every Sunday from October until the end of May
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Teens After-School Art Classes - 12 to 16 years
A weekly class for 12-16-year-olds wanting to improve their drawing and illustration skills and develop their own style
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
"Not Yoga" Movement Classes
Ever wished that your body came with a user manual?
"Not Yoga" Awareness Through Movement® classes will help you to understand your body better and how it's designed to move
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
"Not Yoga" Movement Classes
Ever wished that your body came with a user manual?
"Not Yoga" Awareness Through Movement® classes will help you to understand your body better and how it's designed to move
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hawkes Bay Mega Fun Carnival
The Hawkes Bay Mega Fun Carnival is returning to the Showgrounds this Labour Weekend
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Napier - Torch Fired Enamels
A two-day session with torch-fired enamels - designed as a stand-alone class or as a follow on from the fold formed jewellery class
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Weekend Winemaker Lunch Series
Weekends are tailor-made for long lunches
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Mack at Gods Own
Mack is always rapt to spend the afternoon at one of his favourite venues, GodsOwn Brewery
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Tokelau Language Week
This year’s theme for Te vaiaho o te Gagana Tokelau– Tokelau Language Week is Tokelau! Tapui tau gagana ma tau aganuku, i te manaola ma te lautupuola which means Tokelau! Preserve your language and culture, to enhance spiritual and physical wellbeing
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - Faces of Nature: CANCELLED
Faces of Nature
Ta'alili
Led by award winning artists Aloali'i Tapu and Tori Manley-Tapu, Ta’alili are a company that work in theatre, dance, stage design, film and visual art, exploring how perceptions shape communities and reflecting on personal experiences of tension between cultures, systems and stereotypes
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Concerts & Gig Guide
HBAF 2021 - Ishtopia
Be open to a musical journey around the world
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
CAN After School Art Play
Creative Arts Napier's weekly after-school classes are designed to entice every young artist to have fun, while exploring various media with experienced children’s art tutor and artist Holi Shannon
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 Whare Kōrero: Stories Within Stories
A Thousand Thoughts A Minute
A guide into the unequivocal world of Kristyl Neho, a self-confessed Drama Queen
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Concerts & Gig Guide
HBAF 2021 - Teremoana Rapley: Of a Housegirl: CANCELLED
Teremoana Rapley: Of a Housegirl
Fresh from her sold-out 2021 Kia Mau Festival theatre debut, Daughter, Teremoana Rapley continues her live creative research and development inquiry triptych series with Of a Housegirl
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - The Trojan War: CANCELLED
The Trojan War
A Slightly Isolated Dog
Following the success of Don Juan and Jekyll & Hyde, A Slightly Isolated Dog brings you the third installment in the trilogy of very sexy works: The Trojan War! This explosive and hilarious work uses a cast of faux-French performers to create a joyful interactive celebration
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Studio Sparks - Afterschool ART Group
Term 4 Studio Sparks - AfterSchool Art Class
Classes will start the first week of August
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Sports & Outdoors
Multiple Steps for Multiple Sclerosis 2021: CANCELLED
DUE TO THE ONGOING COVID SITUATION WE HAVE MADE THE DIFFICULT DECISION TO CANCEL OUR MULTIPLE STEPS EVENT
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
North Island Regional Young Winemaker Dinner
Join us to celebrate our North Island Regional Tonnellerie de Mercurey Young Winemakers of the Year Competition Competitors and Winners
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
HBAF 2021 - An Evening w/ Ayesha Green & Carole Shepheard
An evening with Ayesha Green & Carole Shepheard
Be open to the strength of women in visual arts
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - Tierra y Mar Flamenco Project
Tierra y Mar Flamenco Project
Paul Bosauder
[Please note that an additional performance of 'Tierra y Mar Flamenco Project' has been added on the 29th of October 2021 in the Toitoi Opera House
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Experimental Printmaking & Collage
Term 4 evening classes
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Collagraph Printmaking Course
Sign up now to join expert printmaking tutor Cate Godwin for a short 4-week evening class course in Collagraph Printmaking
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Festivals & Lifestyle
An evening with All Black legend, Sir John Kirwan
Sacred Heart College presents:
An evening with All Black legend, Sir John Kirwan
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - Strauss, Pärt and Mendelssohn
Strauss, Pärt and Mendelssohn - HBO and Friends
This concert explores the most-loved chamber music of the string repertoire, making it a joy for classical fans as well as for people who want an experience of live classical music for the first time
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - WERK IT: CANCELLED
WERK IT
Circus Trick Tease
WERK IT is an all-new, late-night, high-energy, acrobatic comedy romp
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Performing Arts
Standup comedy: Oo Gish and Benjamin Crellin
Two veteran kiwi jokers come together to tickle your funny bone in all the right places ( and probably some wrong ones as well-no promises)
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2021 - Storytime with Kyle Mewburn
Readers + Writers - Presented by Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Trust in association with Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
Storytime with Kyle Mewburn
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Exhibitions
John Tarlton - New Works Exhibition Opening
Join us, as we celebrate the opening of John Tarlton's exhibition full of New Works, at Creative Arts Napier, 5-7pm on Friday 29 October
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Sports & Outdoors
Napier Marist Football Prizegiving 2021
What a fantastic year of football it has been
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2021 - Stepping into the Sun
Readers + Writers - Presented by Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Trust in association with Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
[Please note that the venue for this event has changed from the Paisley Stage to the MTG Century Theatre
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Wine Options presented by Hawke's Bay Women in Wine
We're back this year and calling all wine lovers & enthusiasts to get a team of friends, family, or colleagues to join us at our Wine Options Quiz Night!
The event will be held on Friday the 29th of October from 6
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Concerts & Gig Guide
HBAF 2021 - Tierra y Mar Flamenco Project
Tierra y Mar Flamenco Project
Paul Bosauder
[Please note that this is one of two performances for 'Tierra y Mar Flamenco Project'
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2021 - Funny Ha Ha
Readers + Writers - Presented by Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Trust in association with Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
Funny Ha Ha - Tom Sainsbury and Catherine Robertson die on stage
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Sports & Outdoors
Omakere Coastal Hill Country Walk: CANCELLED
Eventfinda copy:
For the third consecutive year, the Omakere School and Community Association brings you the Coastal Hill Country Walk fundraiser
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Festivals & Lifestyle
CHB Holistic Wellbeing Expo
This amazing event is run over 2 days
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
HBAF 2021 - Writing for Children, Workshops w/ Kyle Mewburn
Readers + Writers - Presented by Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Trust in association with Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
Writing for Children - Workshop with Kyle Mewburn
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - Motuhake: CANCELLED
Motuhake
Jandel J & The Funky Friends
“You are Special / I am Special (Motuhake)” is a highly interactive and magical show for children and families
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2021 - She is Not Your Rehab, Matt and Sarah Brown
Readers + Writers - Presented by Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Trust in association with Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
She is Not Your Rehab - Matt and Sarah Brown
At My Fathers Barbers, Mataio (Matt) Faafetai Malietoa Brown offers men a haircut with a difference: a safe space to be seen and heard without judgement
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Exhibitions
Wahinetanga - An exhibition by Emara Betsy Whaanga
We are excited and honored to have Emara Betsy Whaanga exhibiting Wahinetanga at Creative Arts Napier from October 30th at 12pm
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2021 - Australian Gothic, Craig Silvey
Readers + Writers - Presented by Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Trust in association with Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
Australian Gothic - Craig Silvey Zooms into Toitoi (with Gareth Ward)
[Please note that this Readers + Writers session is now being presented as a back to back offering with 'Tall Tales and Derring Do'
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2021 - Tall Tales and Derring Do
Readers + Writers - Presented by Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Trust in association with Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
Tall Tales and Derring Do - Graham McTavish Zooms into Toitoi (with Jess Soutar Barron)
[Please note that the date and time for this event has changed to Saturday October 30th at 1pm
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2021 - Maori Made Easy, Scotty and Stacey Morrison: CANCELLED
Readers + Writers - Presented by Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Trust in association with Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
Maori Made Easy - Scotty and Stacey Morrison
Getting on a course to learn te reo Māori in involves a waiting list these days
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Performing Arts
Halloween House
Can you handle the horror?
Find out! Come along to our Halloween House on the 30th of October
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Kitty Day and The Spooky Skeletons!: CANCELLED
THIS SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO THE CURRENT COVID-19 LEVELS - We hope to set a new date for early 2022
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2021 - Dead Girls Don't Lie
Readers + Writers - Presented by Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Trust in association with Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
Dead Girls Don’t Lie - Becky Manawatu, Jacqueline Bublitz and Tina Clough on changing the narrative
The dead girls are frustrated
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Luke Buda - BUDA Album Release Tour: POSTPONED
Throughout October and November, Luke Buda (The Phoenix Foundation) will travel the length and breadth of both Te Ika A Māui and Te Waipounamu, to celebrate the release of his new album Buda; his first solo excursion in twelve years
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Concerts & Gig Guide
HBAF 2021 - Arahi: The Hurricane Years
The Hurricane Years
A truthful look back and an honest step forward, ‘The Hurricane Years’ is a retrospective theatrical experience from a minimalist’s mindset
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2021- The Edible Backyard
Readers + Writers - Presented by Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Trust in association with Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
The Edible Backyard - Kath Irvine in conversation with Lizzie Russell
Gardening guru Kath Irvine has been helping Kiwi gardeners design build, grow and maintain their own productive edible gardens for more than 20 years
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Picnic in the Peonies
Gather the family for a stunning Central Hawke’s Bay picnic at Tikokino Peonies
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2021 - Mana/va, Tusiata Avia & Karlo Mila w/ Nafanua...: CANCELLED
Readers + Writers - Presented by Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Trust in association with Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
Mana/va - Tusiata Avia and Karlo Mila with Nafanua Kersel
“Va is the space between… not empty space, not space that separates but space that relates, that holds separate entities and things together in the Unity-that-is-All, the space that is context, giving meaning to things
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
HBAF 2021 - After the Tampa, Abbas Nazari
Readers + Writers - Presented by Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Trust in association with Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
When the Taliban were at the height of their power in 2001, Abbas Nazari's parents were faced with a choice: stay and face persecution in their homeland, Afghanistan, or seek security for their young children elsewhere
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Mozzarella, Feta and Haloumi Cheese Making Workshop
In this three-hour long workshop, you will learn how to make Haloumi, Mozzarella and Feta
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - The End of the Golden Weather
The End of the Golden Weather
[Due to Covid 19 level restrictions, the venue for this show has changed from Toitoi Opera House to St
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2021 - A Lite on the Move, Geoff Chappel w/ Roger Hall: CANCELLED
Readers + Writers - Presented by Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Trust in association with Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
A Life on the Move - Geoff Chapple with Roger Hall
Geoff Chapple once sat up in the bath and said, “I’ll do it!”, “it” being the walk from Cape Reinga to Bluff, some 3000km
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - Not Christmas, but Guy Fawkes: CANCELLED
Not Christmas, but Guy Fawkes
A richly autobiographical monologue in which an adolescent boy tries to find his place in an adult-dominated world; a young man retraces an intensely felt boyhood experience of bullying; and a playwright, in his last days, reconciles the value of an artistic life and challenges the idea of New Zealand identity
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Performing Arts
Terror from the Deep
A liveplay survival horror RPG featuring:
- Paul Shaw (GM)
- ??
- Benjamin Crellin
- Christer Eriksson
- Mike Shaw
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
HBAF 2021 - Edible Garden Workshop
Edible Garden Workshop
Gardening guru Kath Irvine has been helping Kiwi gardeners design-build, grow and maintain their own productive edible gardens for more than 20 years
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Jo Morris Advanced Memoir Writing
Advanced Memoir Writing Workshop
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
"Not Yoga" Movement Classes
Ever wished that your body came with a user manual?
"Not Yoga" Awareness Through Movement® classes will help you to understand your body better and how it's designed to move
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Intro To Acrylic Painting (Art Course)
If you want to learn how to paint but aren’t sure where to start this course will teach you everything you need to get painting on your own, including what tools to use, how to mix, apply and blend acrylic paint, what surfaces to paint on and how to prepare them
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Simple and Intentional Living Meetup
Do you wish you had more time for the people and things that truly matter in your life? Would you like to invite more peace and joy into your life every day? Are you at a turning point in your life, wondering what’s next?
If your answer to any (or all) of these questions is YES, our free meetup group could be for you
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
HB Music Hub Mentoring Session - Laughton Kora
An epic opportunity for Hawke's Bay artists!
Join legendary Laughton Kora for a FREE, exclusive mentoring session so you can learn from the best on how to increase your ability and confidence on stage
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Learn To Draw (Art Course)
Artists can do magic or so it seems
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Night - Kōwhai Tui
The concept is simple - take a brush in one hand, a drink in the other and let’s paint a masterpiece!
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting in Napier! No previous painting experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going!
The need to know:
Drinks: Does not include a complimentary drink but available for purchase throughout the event
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Performing Arts
Speak up the Peak - Hawke's Bay Poetry Slam 2021
EARLY BIRD TICKETS ON SALE NOW - POETS WHO TAKE PART DON'T NEED A TICKET, BUT SPACE IS LIMITED SO SIGN UP NOW!
Motif Poetry is proud to present the fourth annual Hawke's Bay Poetry Slam! A friendly, inclusive space for poets to come together and share their work
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Performing Arts
Equus
“A Galvanizing Psychological Thriller” - Time Magazine
‘Equus’ is a psychological drama about Dr
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Dr. Reknaw - East Coast Roady
Common Room are very excited to bring you something delicious and funky to get you all warm and ready for Summer
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Photography Weekend Workshop
A beginner’s guide to DSLR photography
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Napier Wellbeing & Vegan Market 2021
The biggest free mind-body-spirit weekend in Hawkes Bay!
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Photography Workshop with Anneliese Hough
Understanding light and shadow through your camera lens
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Lamb Workshop
The Farmhouse Kitchen and Waipawa Butchery join forces to teach you the secrets of the trade with “The Lamb Workshop”
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Pranzo dell'Opera in Giardino
The Mission Restaurant & Festival Opera bring you an Italian “Opera Lunch in the Garden”, coming together for a luncheon that celebrates Italy's culinary and musical heritage in a stunning garden, vineyard setting
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Food Truck Park-Up Party
Anyone with a craving for street food will want to nab a ticket to this evening of food truck fare, quality wines, craft beers and cider and exceptional entertainment
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Concerts & Gig Guide
'I See a Girl'; An uplifting musical event: CANCELLED
This event is now cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions
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Performing Arts
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: CANCELLED
Let the Royal New Zealand Ballet transport you to a fantastical world of dazzling dance, music and enchantment
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Performing Arts
Tom Sainsbury - Snapchat Dude Live
Comedian, snapchat satirist and now unmasked as the dancing Alien on The Masked Singer NZ, Tom Sainsbury is about to add another string to his bow
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Jakob
Jakob is a New Zealand post-rock band, based in Napier, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand
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Sports & Outdoors
Indoor Rowing Competition
What: An Indoor Rowing Competition that is an open event for all ages, abilities, skill levels
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! At the Races
Hawke's Bay Racing and Waipukurau Jockey Club host the best Christmas end of year party full of delicious food and quality Hawke’s Bay wine
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! At the Chef’s Table
Join Wallingford’s impassioned Chef Christopher Stockdale at his table for a culinary ‘happening
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Brew-tiful Desserts
It will be a brew-tiful afternoon at Bistronomy when they join with local roasters Third Eye Coffee to serve up one heck of a buzz
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Wine Studio Cinema Series
Hosted by Smith & Sheth’s talent sommelier, enjoy a selection of world class wines from our family of fine wine estates across New Zealand while you enjoy a feel-good wine-focused film in our intimate studio theatre
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Fish and Bish
Finish off the weekend with an evening of fish and Bish – The Urban Winery way!
Fish & Bish is the perfect way to chase away those Sunday night blues
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Malaysian Mama
Milk + Honey Owner Sean Burns is putting his mum back to work for a night in the Milk kitchen
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - April's Fool: POSTPONED
April's Fool
By David Burton
[Due to Covid 19 level restrictions we have had to reschedule these performances to Tuesday 9th - Saturday 13th of November 2021
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Night - Peony Bouquet
The concept is simple - take a brush in one hand a drink in the other and let’s paint a masterpiece!
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting! No previous painting experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going!
Get your tickets now
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Performing Arts
One Day I'll Fly Away
COVID-19 Update:
Following the 4th Oct Covid-19 announcement and the changes made to the regulations applicable to each level, we are very pleased to confirm that the production of 'One Day I'll Fly Away' will be able to take place at Level 1 or Level 2
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Bienvenue! A night in Paris
Step through the doors at Mary’s and transport yourself into a warm and bustling Parisian bistro
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Kesariya Balam: CANCELLED
Inspired by the most famous Indian folk song, this is a reception with age-old Indian tradition where the guest is considered as “God”
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Night - Bob Ross Snowy Mountain
The concept is simple - take a brush in one hand, a drink in the other and let’s paint a masterpiece!
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting in Napier! No previous painting experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going!
The need to know:
Drinks: Does not include a complimentary drink but available for purchase throughout the event
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Performing Arts
West End to Waipawa. Musical revue;
The Waipawa Musical &Dramatics Club winter Musical Revue
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Off the Hook: CANCELLED
New Zealand’s masters of seafood cuisine Fleur Sullivan and Jeremy Rameka will deliver a feast of epic proportions at F
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Travel the World - Indonesian Cooking Workshop 2, new!
Pauline has created a whole new Indonesian themed menu, still a Dutch Rijsttafel; but new recipes!
Nasi Kuning, yellow rice!
Gado Gado, vegetables with eggs and Sataysauce
Sambal Udang, spicy prawns
Pangsit, fried wonton
Spekkoek, malaysian Lapis Legit cake
Dinner and Recipe booklet included
This is a hands-on cooking workshop with dinner included
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Bringing our Origins Home to Hawke's Bay
The secret of good food lies in memory, which is why EIT’s Level 5 Diploma of Cookery students will be inspired by memories of home for this stunning eight course degustation
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Festivals & Lifestyle
The Best of Pop Music: CANCELLED
Following on from the great success of our last 80s quiz night we have decided to hit right back with our next quiz night
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Sports & Outdoors
Cole Murray Cape Kidnappers Trail Run
The Cole Murray Cape Kidnappers Trail Run is located in beautiful Hawke’s Bay
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Learning Styles Wananga (Interactive Workshop)
Do you need skills for recognising children’s different learning styles?
Can you identify what the eight learning styles for students are?
How and what can you delegate to students in your group?
What activities can children be given to assist with their learning?
How do you know you’ve achieved what you hoped with the children?
All student mentors and volunteers are encouraged to attend this event!
Rhose Shand, facilitator has knowledge in alternative learning and holistic education
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Madd Fun Kite and Picnic Day
Another MADD fun family day out
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Real life. Still Life: PLUS Food Styling Workshop: POSTPONED
POSTPONED till Winter FAWC !
Pink Lady® apples New Zealand are proud to bring this food styling and photographic workshop to the F
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Real Life. Still Life: When Food becomes Art: POSTPONED
POSTPONED till Winter FAWC !
Pink Lady® apples New Zealand are proud to bring this food styling and photographic workshop to the F
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Pelvic Floor Workshop
Sneeze Pee? Back Pain? Weak Core?
This women's only Pelvic Power workshop is a comprehensive breathing and movement workshop to help you restore and reclaim your pelvic floor function
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Performing Arts
Let's Sing Together Again! - A Sing-in and Concert: POSTPONED
Preparations are underway for a 2021 SING-IN in the Waiapu Cathedral in Napier, the third one we have held in recent years
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hawke's Bay Wine Auction
The Hawke’s Bay Wine Auction celebrates 30 years in 2021, with Hawke’s Bay’s most talented winemakers providing over 40 lots of wine, many of which are being specially blended
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Afternoon - Hydrengea Vase
The concept is simple - take a brush in one hand, a drink in the other and let’s paint a masterpiece!
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting in the heart of Hastings! No previous painting experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going!
The need to know:
Drinks - No drinks are included in the ticket price but available for purchase
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Get Lucky: CANCELLED
A Mexican street party as it should be – a little bit spicy and packed with fresh and funky flavour
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Festivals & Lifestyle
The Enchanted Ball Supporting Te Mata Park
SOLD OUT!
The Enchanted Ball supporting Te Mata Park
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Of the Ocean: CANCELLED
Of the Ocean is a special showcase of Hawke’s Bay’s incredible seafood bounty
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Picnic, Wine and Flick: CANCELLED
Dust off the picnic rugs and pop the corn! Te Awanga Estate + Picnic Cinema present the first ever outdoor movie experience on the Te Awanga Estate winery lawn
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Herstory
Herstory will be a showcase of creative women in music in Hawkes Bay, The lineup includes the likes of de Lune, Kitty Day, Sarah Wiig and The Cellars as well as local Poet Joanna Collins and more
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Performing Arts
Booze and Craic - A Night of Scottish and Irish Comedy
Following September's sell out show Booze and Craic is bringing the laughs back to Napier with a line up of award winning, world travelled hilarious comedians from Bonnie Scotland and the Emerald Isle
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Travel the World - Long Lunch in Italy Cooking Workshop
Travel The World Long Lunch In Italy Hands-on Cooking Workshop
Hands-on workshop, preparing 5 dishes
Spring Ricotta Gnocchi
Roses Vegetable Tart
Braised Chickpea's
Spring Roasted Chicken Drumsticks
PannaCotta
Recipe booklet and lunch provided
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Festivals & Lifestyle
MTG Movie Club - Gone With The Wind
The epic tale of a woman's life during one of the most tumultuous periods in America's history
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Performing Arts
MTG Movie Club - Strangers On A Train
In Alfred Hitchcock's adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's thriller, tennis star Guy Haines (Farley Granger) is enraged by his trampy wife's refusal to finalize their divorce so he can wed senator's daughter Anne (Ruth Roman)
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Hawke's Bay Soul Choir at Spaceship
Come and listen to the Hawke's Bay Soul Choir sing soul music classics from the 70's and 80's
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: One Second
One of China’s premier filmmakers delivers his love letter to cinema, set during the Cultural Revolution of his youth
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Glow in the Dark Paint Night - Female Glow
Paintvine After Dark is New Zealand’s first glow in the dark paint party!
Grab a drink in one hand, a brush in the other and get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going with ultra-violet lights, neon lights, glow in the dark paint, a DJ and nothing but laughs all night long!
This is the perfect unique night out for those looking for something a little different
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Bergman Island
A filmmaking couple navigate love, recognition and Ingmar Bergman in Mia Hansen-Løve's triple-layered Cannes darling, a serene and self-reflective ode to film and storytelling
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Exhibitions
Hawke’s Bay Art Review Exhibition and Gala Opening
The 2021 Hawke’s Bay Art Review will now be on display at CAN from Friday 19 November – 8 December 2021
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Undine
This captivating tale of fated lovers, drawing on myth and fantasy, is also a love song to Berlin
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Performing Arts
NZ String Quartet | National Tour 2021
***RESCHEDULED TO FRIDAY 19 NOVEMBER, 7
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson
An impassioned film with an unflinching Indigenous and feminist perspective
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Adobe Indesign Weekend Workshop
After editing your images in Photoshop, and designing your logo or images in Illustrator, learn how to use Adobe InDesign to layout text and images to produce your pamphlets, brochures and books
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Performing Arts
Wonderland Glow Show
The GLOW SHOW team is back with WONDERLAND GLOW SHOW, a ‘kiwified’ interpretation of the classic ‘Alice in Wonderland' tale for tamariki, educators and whanau! Let your imagination soar as you're transported by the magic of giant scale glow-in-the-dark puppetry
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Firestarter – The Story of Bangarra
The unique power of Australia’s Bangarra Dance Theatre, an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts organisation, fuels this artful documentary by Wayne Blair and Nel Minchin
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Fermentation Workshop
Be ready to turn all your garden produce into your own probiotics!
Come and learn the practical skills for some basic vegetable ferments
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Fiona Clark: Unafraid
Photographer Fiona Clark shocked 1970s New Zealand with her documentary images of Auckland’s burgeoning queer scene
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Flee
A thrilling tale of resilience, Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winner Flee is just as interested in the quiet toll trauma takes on survivors as it is the extraordinary acts that ensured their survival
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Performing Arts
Curtain Call
Curtain Call is a showcase of some of the performers that have taken part in our shows throughout the year
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Titane
Wild, outrageous, unruly, hallucinatory, body/machine-modification-run-amok, masterful, cartoonish, genre- and gender-bending Titane was awarded the 2021 Palme d’Or, only the second time in Cannes Film Festival history that a woman director has received the accolade
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Lake South 'The Light You Throw' Album Release Tour
Home Alone Music is proud to present the third album from Te Whanganui-a-Tara based electricUTOPIA artist Lake South, 'The Light You Throw'
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Sports & Outdoors
Flemington Mud Run
Join us for an action-packed mud run full of obstacles, laughs and plenty of mud!
Get your friends or family together and pick out a costume, we have great prizes for the best dressed, as well as a tonne of spot prize's
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Tahaenui Christmas Fete
The Tahaenui Christmas Fete will be an unrivalled fixture on the 2021 Christmas shopping calendar
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Patu!
Patu! is the definitive film of the 1981 Springbok tour protests, a technically complex piece of guerrilla filmmaking that explicitly connects apartheid abroad and racism at home
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Afternoon- Bob Ross Autumn Forest
The concept is simple - take a brush in one hand, a drink in the other and let’s paint a masterpiece!
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting in Napier! No previous painting experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going!
The need to know:
Drinks: Does not include a complimentary drink but available for purchase throughout the event
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: The Truffle Hunters
A love letter to a rapidly vanishing world: this gentle documentary follows a handful of elderly men who, with their beloved dogs, comb the forests of Northern Italy on the hunt for a rare culinary delicacy
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Bergman Island
A filmmaking couple navigate love, recognition and Ingmar Bergman in Mia Hansen-Løve's triple-layered Cannes darling, a serene and self-reflective ode to film and storytelling
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Night of the Kings
"If a young man cannot command an inmate-run prison with his storytelling, his first night behind bars promises to be his last in this lush, striking and unexpected tale that blends magical realism with current affairs
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Fiona Clark: Unafraid
Photographer Fiona Clark shocked 1970s New Zealand with her documentary images of Auckland’s burgeoning queer scene
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Studio Ghibli: Earwig and the Witch Fundraiser Movie
Come along and join us as part of our 60th celebrations of the Japan Society of Hawke’s Bay with a Family Movie Night - Earwig and the Witch
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: President
Moving with the breathless intensity of a political thriller, this disturbing document of potential voter fraud in the 2018 Zimbabwe election is elevated by astonishing access to key players behind-the-scenes
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Compartment No.6
Two strangers connect in the intimate confines of a train compartment in Juho Kuosmanen’s arresting sophomore feature
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: One Second
One of China’s premier filmmakers delivers his love letter to cinema, set during the Cultural Revolution of his youth
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Nowhere Special
After learning he only has months to live, a working-class father reckons with guilt and grief as he searches for a replacement family for his young son
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Undine
This captivating tale of fated lovers, drawing on myth and fantasy, is also a love song to Berlin
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Sports & Outdoors
North Island KiwiTag Tournament
New Zealand Rugby League (NZRL) has committed to growing the game of Kiwi Tag across the country, building on what Auckland Rugby League has achieved to establish the Kiwi Tag sport in the Auckland district
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Happening
Winner of the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 2021 Venice International Film Festival, Happening is a powerful and timely abortion drama, executed precisely by director Audrey Diwan
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Limbo
Melancholic, atmospheric and heartfelt, Ben Sharrock’s feature exploring immigrants awaiting asylum eschews conventional approaches to stories of the modern refugee crisis to create something profound and surprising
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Swan Song
"The Liberace of Sandusky” emerges from retirement for one last day in the sun – and one final night on stage – in a knock-out turn by Udo Kier
USA
In English
106 minutes
Rated M for Offensive language & sexual references
"Once one of Ohio’s leading hairdressers, Pat Pitsenbarger’s glory days seem long behind him
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Titane
Wild, outrageous, unruly, hallucinatory, body/machine-modification-run-amok, masterful, cartoonish, genre- and gender-bending Titane was awarded the 2021 Palme d’Or, only the second time in Cannes Film Festival history that a woman director has received the accolade
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Rosa's Wedding
A tonic for the nerves, Rosa’s Wedding is an uplifting and spirited ode to loving thyself, drenched in the dreamy seaside sunshine of the Costa del Azahar
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Concerts & Gig Guide
The Cabana Ball Featuring Groove Foundation and The Pukes
The Cabana Ball
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Happening
Winner of the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 2021 Venice International Film Festival, Happening is a powerful and timely abortion drama, executed precisely by director Audrey Diwan
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Bay View Market Day
The Bay View Market day is an annual fundraiser for Eskdale School and is well known in the market circuit
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Sports & Outdoors
Run the Vines Paritua
Join us at the beautiful Paritua Vineyard & Winery for Run the Vines, in the wine-growing region of Bridge Pa, Hastings
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Napier - Sand Casting Weekend
Join us for this wonderful intro to sand casting taught over one weekend
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Sports & Outdoors
Top Team Hawke's Bay
Are you Hawke’s Bays Top Team?
The iconic 80’s travelling game show saw teams representing New Zealand towns pitted against each other, in a series of colourful challenges
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: New Zealand's Best 2021
Check out the year’s best New Zealand short films as chosen by this year’s guest selector, Kerry Fox, from a total of 117 submitted entries
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Sourdough Breadmaking Workshop
In this workshop, you will learn how to create, feed and care for your own everlasting rye sourdough starter, and from this to make fresh sourdough bread
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: My Salinger Year
Based on the 2014 memoir, My Salinger Year is The Devil Wears Prada for the literary world, a young woman’s coming of age as she balances her writing ambitions with her new job at a major New York City literary agency
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: A Hero
Set against the vibrant backdrop of urban Shiraz, an affable but desperate prisoner is almost undone by a ‘selfless’ gesture that goes viral
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Bring Back The 70's Cabaret: POSTPONED
Get your tickets now for a great night out!
Dust off your disco shoes and jive the night away with live music from Sir Duke as they pump out all your favourite 70’s tunes!
Come dressed in your best 70’s outfit and enjoy a fabulous night of dancing, spot prizes, frolics and fun! Enjoy a complimentary drink on arrival and a delicious supper all included!
Perfect opportunity for social clubs and businesses to treat the staff!
Don’t delay, tickets won’t last long!
A fabulous way to kick off Spring and support this fundraiser brought to you by the committee of Strathmore Highland Dancing CHB!
$10 Pick up and Drop off Bus available -Please pre-book with ad-on ticket, Pick-up locations to be confirmed
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Riders of Justice
Recently widowed and grieving, army officer Markus (Mads Mikkelsen) proves vengeance is a dish best served bold in this dark — and comic — take on the revenge thriller from Oscar-winning Dane, Anders Thomas Jensen
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Christmas 2021 Workshop
Pauline will help you with some new idea’s for your Christmas Menu 2021!
5 menu ideas, TBC
Sweet and Savoury
Recipe booklet and lunch provided
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Written on the Wind
Our Bill Gosden tribute wouldn’t be complete without a wall-to-wall Technicolor classic
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: River
Let this exultant ode to the life-sustaining waterways that criss-cross our planet wash over you, captured in jaw-dropping imagery by Mountain director Jennifer Peedom
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Mass
Fran Kranz’s highly accomplished debut feature takes an unflinching look at the endemic horror of school shootings in America and their lingering scars, through the eyes of the parents of the perpetrator and his victim
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Memoria
Follow Tilda Swinton on a strange supernatural journey into the Colombian jungle, in this hypnotic new film from the director of Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives and Cemetery of Splendour
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Sports & Outdoors
2021 Trinity Hill Hawkes Bay 4 Course Golf Classic
POSTPONED TO NEW DATES
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Gagarine
A soon-to-be-demolished social housing estate, named after Yuri Gagarin, in the Parisian banlieue provides the earthly anchor for weightless flights of fancy in this wondrous and moving debut feature
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Signed, Theo Schoon
Tracing the story of one of our more complex characters, this layered portrait re-examines the exploits of influential outsider, Dutch immigrant artist Theo Schoon, told in his own words and through first-hand accounts
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Language Lessons
Two strangers explore the pleasures and pitfalls of platonic friendship while bonding over online Spanish lessons in this intimate, expressive drama shot during lockdown over video-chat calls
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Flee
"A thrilling tale of resilience, Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winner Flee is just as interested in the quiet toll trauma takes on survivors as it is the extraordinary acts that ensured their survival
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: After Love
Deception abounds in this nuanced portrait of lies and loss when a middle-aged woman discovers her recently deceased husband led another life in France, contradictory to the pious Muslim home they built together in England
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Dear Comrades!
"Andrey Konchalovsky’s tense political drama, a Venice prize-winner beautifully shot and rich with historical detail, tells the story of an infamous 1962 Soviet massacre and its attempted cover-up
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Milked
The biggest player in the New Zealand economy is put on notice in this spirited documentary that sees a young activist from rural Northland go up against the powerful dairy industry
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: There Is No I In Threesome
In love, newly engaged and maintaining a long-distance relationship, director Jan Oliver Lucks and his fiancée decide to throw traditional rules out the window by opening up their relationship before they tie the knot
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Fashion for a Cure Hawke’s Bay
Join us in Hawke’s Bay for a night of New Zealand’s finest fashion, to support research into a breast cancer CURE
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Night - Christmas Kererū
The concept is simple - take a brush in one hand a drink in the other and let’s paint a masterpiece!
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting! No previous painting experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going!
Get your tickets now
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Nitram
The first Australian film featured in Cannes’ Official Selection in a decade, Justin Kurzel’s disturbing dive into the tormented mind and soul of a mass-shooter is bolstered by four remarkable lead performances
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Quo Vadis, Aida?
This pressure-cooker Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Film puts viewers on the frontlines of an impending massacre in the Bosnian genocide – with harrowing power
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: I'm Your Man
An archaeologist reluctantly agrees to test-run a humanoid love robot programmed to fulfil her desires in this poignant comedy starring Downton Abbey’s Dan Stevens
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Lawrence Arabia Does Chant Darling
Lawrence Arabia Does Chant Darling with special Guests Na Noise
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Summer of 85
This queer coming-of-age romance combines all the sensuality of François Ozon’s best with the infectious energy of a CW drama and how meeting one person can open you up and change the trajectory of your life
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Milked
The biggest player in the New Zealand economy is put on notice in this spirited documentary that sees a young activist from rural Northland go up against the powerful dairy industry
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Wonder Christmas Markets 2021
Save the date!
Wonder Christmas Markets 2021 are back after a hugely successful first year
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Ngā Whanaunga Māori Pasifika Shorts 2021
Our premium collection of Maori and Pasifika short films from the gifted storytellers of Moana-nui-a-kiwa
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Quo Vadis, Aida?
This pressure-cooker Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Film puts viewers on the frontlines of an impending massacre in the Bosnian genocide – with harrowing power
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Salmonella Dub "Return To Our Kowhai" Spring Tour 21
Aotearoa’s Dub & Bass heavy-weights, the space-weaving SALMONELLA DUB, are heading out on the road with a run of spring shows nationwide, across September, October, November and December this year
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan
Documentarian Julien Temple explores the close ties between Shane MacGowan, Ireland’s beloved punk poet, and his home country’s tumultuous history
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
Equipped with keen intelligence and a big heart, lawyer Jeffery Robinson educates and challenges in equal measure, giving voice to the silenced and seeking acceptance of racist realities in pursuit of lasting change
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Signed, Theo Schoon
Tracing the story of one of our more complex characters, this layered portrait re-examines the exploits of influential outsider, Dutch immigrant artist Theo Schoon, told in his own words and through first-hand accounts
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Hit the Road
Debut director Panah Panahi’s stunning Iranian road movie wowed critics at Cannes with its rich emotional nuance and sly political critique
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZIFF: Paris, 13th District
Jacques Audiard’s charming exploration of the tangled work and love lives of three young Parisians is a beautifully-crafted love letter to the classics of French New Wave
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Mozzarella, Feta and Haloumi Cheese Making Workshop
In this three-hour long workshop, you will learn how to make Haloumi, Mozzarella and Feta
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Motel California
Motel California is the Eagles Tribute you've been hearing about, selling out gigs across the country
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Performing Arts
A Celtic Christmas by A Taste of Ireland
"Jingle Jigs, Reels a Treat
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Glow in the Dark Paint Night - Female Glow
The concept is simple - take a brush in one hand a drink in the other and let’s paint a masterpiece!
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting! No previous painting experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going!
Get your tickets now
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Gunsmiths Live
The Gunsmiths is a 3 piece power band playing originals and covers in a blues rock funk style
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Fiesta of Lights
There's so much more to see at our celebrations
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Afternoon - A Starry Night
The concept is simple - take a brush in one hand, a drink in the other and let’s paint a masterpiece!
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting in Napier! No previous painting experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going!
The need to know:
Drinks: Does not include a complimentary drink but available for purchase throughout the event
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Cape Estate - Boxing Day Festival 2021
Iconic to the Hawke’s Bay social calendar, the Boxing Day Festival returns for its sixth occasion to Cape Estate in 2021
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Black Barn OpenAir Cinema
A Festival of Film under the Stars
The planning is already in full swing for the 18th OpenAir Cinema season starting on 27 December at Black Barn Vineyards in Havelock North
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Ray White Waipukurau Vintage Fair 2022
Second Time around and hoping to be bigger and better for 2022
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Sir Dave Dobbyn
Sir Dave Dobbyn is set to play a one-off show at iconic Black Barn Vineyards in Hawkes Bay!
Fabrik presents iconic Kiwi singer-songwriter Sir Dave Dobbyn live in concert at Black Barn Vineyards
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - Mana Wahine: POSTPONED
Mana Wahine - Ōkāreka Dance Company
[Due to Covid 19 level restrictions we have had to reschedule this performance
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2021 - Nuit Blanche, Art After Dark: POSTPONED
Nuit Blanche – Art After Dark
[Due to Covid 19 level restrictions we have had to reschedule this event to Saturday 22nd of January 2022
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Hawke's Bay Legends with Cuisine Magazine
Before Summer F
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
The Grand Long Lunch
What’s better than long lingering lunches in Food and Wine Country? How about a long lingering lunch set in stunning secret location, with five-courses devised by five of Hawke’s Bay and New Zealand’s leading chefs?
Sound like you? Then welcome to the inaugural F
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Hawke's Bay Wine Car Boot Party
Rev your engines because the Car Boot Party is back for a second year, more “souped-up” than ever! More than 35 Hawke’s Bay wineries will roll into the Waikoko Gardens and park-up ready to pour an amazing selection of Hawke’s Bay’s finest wines
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Road, Church Road
Come dressed up as your favorite James Bond character, villain and join us in our Casino Royale cocktail/canapes themed event
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Bubbly Club
Ever dreamed of living the lifestyle of the rich and famous? Well, here’s your chance! The Urban Winery are throwing a party befit of the most glamorous with an evening of French Grande Marque Champagne and luxurious seafood canapes
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Performing Arts
Glitter Boomb - Burlesque Show
Glitter Boomb
This show will be a supercharged spectacle for the senses
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Sports & Outdoors
Elsthorpe Horse Sports 2022
The Longest running local sports is back for another year!
The Elsthorpe Horse Sports has something for everyone, from FEI Show Jumper rings to HOY qualifier Pleasure Rings and everything in between
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Sausage Making Masterclass
Learn how to make the perfect sausage every time, ensure your meat binds without unnecessary additives and how to link your sausages like a pro!
Find out which sausage casings are best, and pick up tips so you can make and flavour your own delicious sausages all summer long
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Brunch by Bikes with Nici Wickes
Join everyone’s favourite Kiwi foodie Nici Wickes for a culinary cycling adventure through the stunning Cape Kidnappers coastline and along the Tukituki River
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Taittinger Oyster & Whitebait Street Bar
The world-famous in Havelock North Advintage car park bar is back for Summer FAWC! 2021
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! A Hapi Cabaret
What good is sitting alone in your room? Come hear the music play
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Flavours of the 70s - Wine, Food and Musical Mayhem
Step back 50 years and relive (or experience!) the 70s!
Let food and wine be your memory as you travel back to a time of peace and political upheaval, the Vietnam War and nuclear power struggles
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Concerts & Gig Guide
LOU'ANA Moonlight Madness Tour
LOU’ANA
Tāmaki Makaurau based artist with her seven-piece band are going on the road this summer to serve up her soul-funk grooves with a dose of Magick
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Ka Kai Tahi Tātou i te Hākari
Pioneering restaurateur Fleur Sullivan of Fleurs Place is heading north to Wairoa, and bringing her immensely talented, up-and-coming chef Lyall Minhinnick with her
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! No Menu. No Complications. Chile meets Tuki Tuki
Enjoy an intimate, elevated dining experience as Giulio Sturla, Cuisine Chef of the Year 2018, brings his artistic mastery to the Black Barn River Room overlooking the Tuki Tuki Valley and Te Mata Peak
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Brew-tiful Desserts
It will be a brew-tiful afternoon at Bistronomy when they join with local roasters Third Eye Coffee to serve up one heck of a buzz
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Small Plates, Bold Flavours
In this hands-on culinary event where you can experience a touch, smell and taste of small speciality South American dishes that well and truly pack a flavourful punch
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! A Touch of Decadence
Indulge your sweet tooth with some of Askerne’s finest dessert wines superbly matched with truly decadent desserts
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Fish and Bish
Finish off the weekend with an evening of fish and Bish – The Urban Winery way!
Fish & Bish is the perfect way to chase away those Sunday night blues
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Wine Studio Cinema Series
Hosted by Smith & Sheth’s talent sommelier, enjoy a selection of world class wines from our family of fine wine estates across New Zealand while you enjoy a feel-good wine-focused film in our intimate studio theatre
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Nomads' Dinner – Unseen Asia
Step out of your comfort zone and explore Asia's Hidden Cuisines
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! CBD Safari Supper
Napier City Centre is overflowing with delicious options for dinner
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Wild Buck
Two chefs and one passion for game equals a memorable night of delicious Hawke’s Bay fare
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Firsthand Coffee Workshop
Join Firsthand Coffee at their Havelock North roastery as they explain the journey that specialty coffee takes from farm to roastery to cup
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! BBQ at Millar Road! Someone call the Fire Station!
Is there anything better than a BBQ with spectacular coastal views? How about when that BBQ is prepared by one of the Hawke’s Bay’s most in-demand chefs?
Central Fire Station Bistro is teaming up with the team at Millar Road Accommodation and Supernatural and Decibel Wines to kick off summer in the ultimate fashion
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Ten Years of TOM
Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of F
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! A Day with Emma Galloway
An evening to nourish your mind, your soul and of course your stomach, you won’t want to miss your chance to sit down with Emma Galloway, of My Darling Lemon Thyme
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Under a South African Rainbow
A Celebration of Hawke's Bay-grown South African food and wine
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2021 - Dream Garden: POSTPONED
Be open to circus, cabaret and music under the trees
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! At the Chef’s Table
Join Wallingford’s impassioned Chef Christopher Stockdale at his table for a culinary ‘happening
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Outfield Music, Food & Arts Festival 2022
Outfield Music, Food & Arts Festival is back for 2022!
After a sold-out festival in 2021, Outfield Music, Food & Arts Festival returns on Saturday 12th February, 2022
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
The NZ Cider Festival 2021
A festival to celebrate all things Cider!
The NZ Cider Festival is the only dedicated Cider Festival in New Zealand
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Cider, Sunday & Pies
The team at Zeffer are here to help you through your post-festival Sunday with a special Cider Sunday & Pies
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Clash Tribute Show - Combat Rock NZ Tour
Aotearoa's Premier Clash Tribute Show, touring New Zealand in February 2022 celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the album "Combat Rock" and 20 years of Wazzo Clash, an authentic tribute to the legend that is, The Clash
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Sports & Outdoors
Napier Port Ocean Swim 2022
11th Napier Port Ocean Swim! Open Water Swimming at its best!
Races and distances for all abilities
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Sports & Outdoors
Hastings Weet-Bix™ Kids TRYathlon 2022
Join us for our 30th Year of the Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon!
Open to Kiwi kids aged 6-15 years the Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon is a fun and rewarding day out for everyone
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Festivals & Lifestyle
East Coast Farming Expo 2022
The two-day event, which is hosted by Wairoa Community Development Trust, will be held at the Wairoa A&P showgrounds
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Puketapu Auction & Country Fair
A genuine Country Fair and rural Auction set around a beautiful lake
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Lorde
For the first time in five years, Frontier Touring and Eccles Entertainment are thrilled to announce formidable pop queen Lorde will return to stages around New Zealand and Australia in February and March 2022
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Jon Stevens - Noiseworks INXS collection - with The Narcs
Jon Stevens is delighted to announce his Hawkes Bay concert has been rescheduled to Friday 4 March, with the venue switching to Black Barn, instead of Exhibition Hall at the Showgrounds
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - Urzila Carlson: It's Personal: POSTPONED
Urzila Carlson: It's Personal
[Due to Covid 19 level restrictions we have had to reschedule this performance (Day Month Year)
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Concerts & Gig Guide
HBAF 2021 - Reb Fountain: POSTPONED
Reb Fountain
[Due to Covid 19 level restrictions we have had to reschedule this performance to Saturday 5th of March 2022
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Concerts & Gig Guide
HBAF 2021 - Troy Kingi with Delaney Davidson
Troy Kingi with Delaney Davidson: Black Sea Golden Ladder
[Due to Covid 19 level restrictions we have had to reschedule this performance Sunday 6th of March 2022
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Sports & Outdoors
Land Rover Horse of the Year 2022
Welcome to New Zealand’s Premier Equestrian Event Showcase
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Concerts & Gig Guide
HBAF 2021 - Che Fu and the Kratez: Return of the Navigator: POSTPONED
Che Fu and the Kratez: Return of the Navigator
[Due to Covid 19 level restrictions we have had to reschedule this performance to Saturday 12th of March 2022
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2021 - Hello Darkness: POSTPONED
Hello Darkness
By Peter Wells, Adapted by Victor Rodger
[Due to Covid 19 level restrictions we have had to reschedule this performance to Sunday 13th of March 2022
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Trauma Based Behaviour
Professionals working in, and in partnership with schools will be familiar with the complex demands created by children and young people with challenging behaviours
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Exhibitions
NGHS Tremains Affordable Art Exhibition 2022
Join us for the Tremains Affordable Art Exhibition 2022, an annual fundraiser for Napier Girls High School
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Neuro Nurture
We now have remarkable insight into what the growing brain needs to thrive from infancy through adolescence and beyond
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Don McGlashan & The Others - Bright November Morning Tour
Renowned Aotearoa musician Don McGlashan has announced his eagerly-awaited new album today
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Lane Road Petanque Society
Gather for an afternoon of French-styled frivolity at one of Hawke’s Bay’s most intriguing homesteads
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Mission Concert - Rod Stewart
The Mission Concert’s favourite artist, Sir Rod Stewart, returns this November as part of his The Hits! world tour - a 50-year celebration of his stellar career, a career highlighted by extraordinary performances at The Mission in 2005 and 2012
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Garageland - Last Exit to Garageland 25th Anniversary Tour
Banished Music & Under The Radar presents
Garageland
“Last Exit to Garageland” 25th Anniversary Tour
Citizens, it’s been roughly 9125 days since Flying Nun chart invaders Garageland released Last Exit to Garageland to the world and the band are happy to announce their return
Take yourself back 300 months to 1996 as the band dig into an album that NME described as having “enough catchiness and sonic adrenaline to incite a teenage riot… a collision of Sonic Youth, Pavement and a massive lorry-full of hooks… half Pixies, half-mass-slaughter-of-oxen
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Friends! The Musical Parody
So, no one told you life was gonna be this way! Not even Phoebe with all her psychic connections could have foretold the events of the past 2 years
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