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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Exhibitions
Breaking the frame: New lines of enquiry by Leanne Morrison
Hard-edged paintings with startling precision and dramatic shapes, is how Hawke’s Bay artist Leanne Morrison’s artworks have been described
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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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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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Exhibitions
Inga Fillary: What's the Matter
We live in a time of anxiety; trouble lurks at every turn
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Exhibitions
Art from Paul Hunter Centre
Celebrate with us the Art from Paul Hunter Centre - a participation and inclusion service for adults with disabilities
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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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Exhibitions
Star Waka
Star Waka acknowledges past, present and future voyaging to and from Aotearoa in all directions, with the stars reflecting navigation patterns over time and space
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Exhibitions
Nikau Hindin: Kōkōrangi ki Kōkōwai
A journey in understanding Maramataka and traditional celestial navigation practices through the revitalisation of aute, Kōkōrangi ki kōkōwai is a major solo exhibition by artist Nikau Hindin (Ngai Tūpoto, Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi)
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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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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Baby Bounce
Join us for a half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and fingerplays
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Exhibitions
Nature Culture
The relationship between humankind and nature has long provided an aesthetic and philosophical context for art making
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Taradale Sunday Market
Taradale Sunday Market, your local, weekly, indoor Market
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Beginners Argentine Tango Six-Week Course
Designed for beginners, the six-week course covers the fundamental steps needed to navigate the dance floor
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Exhibitions
'The Unseen' Art & Science Exhibition
Patterns bring 'The Unseen' to life
Gabby O’Connor’s bright idea bringing art and science together came to her when she was in Antarctica, watching measuring instruments being lowered into the icy ocean depths
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Beginners Salsa 8 Week Course
Salsa Dance Lessons - Beginners course start Wednesday 6th April 2022
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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
Teen Sub Box - Box 'o' Books
Do you ever stare at the shelves, not sure what you want to read, unable to choose from our many amazing titles?
Or maybe you’re like us, too quick to judge a book by its cover? (sshh… we won’t judge you if you don’t judge us!)
Or do you just want to step outside your comfort zone, and try something new?
Each month, we will supply a box containing 3 library books, a craft, a snack, and occasionally a little sumpin’ sumpin’
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Exhibitions
The Pioneer: Françoise Gilot
Creative Arts Napier is proud to announce a major exhibition of modern artist and printmaker, Françoise Gilot, from 22 April-12 May, 2022
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Napier Sunday Market
Every Sunday, the Napier waterfront comes to life with food trucks, coffee and the best seasonal produce on offer
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Exhibitions
The Expression Project Competition
Can you express yourself in 20 words or less?
Join ‘The Expression Project’ for the chance to have your words displayed as window art in Hastings City and to WIN $250*
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Exhibitions
Through the Eyes of a Child...
“Photography is the art of observation
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Exhibitions
Terminus: Jess Johnson & Simon Ward
With their pioneering use of virtual reality, artists Jess Johnson and Simon Ward have created a mysterious universe of alien architecture populated by humanoid clones and cryptic symbols, traversed via a network of travellators and gateways
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Exhibitions
‘The Moth and the Olive Branch’ Julia Godfree
The Puriri moth is known as the messenger of the forest
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Sports & Outdoors
Elasticize Napier - Fitness Class
Low Impact Resistant Band training working the whole body
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Feldenkrais "Not Yoga" Movement Classes
Invest in your movement, mobility and overall wellbeing!
Discover how you're designed to move with Feldenkrais "Not Yoga" Awareness Through Movement® classes
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
After School Art Play Term 2
In this creative kid’s workshop, students will try their hand at a variety of media including graphite, water-colour, paints, and pastels
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Feldenkrais "Not Yoga" Movement Classes
Move Better, Feel Better
Discover how you're designed to move with Feldenkrais "Not Yoga" Awareness Through Movement® classes
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunov
Bass René Pape, the world’s reigning Boris, reprises his tremendous portrayal of the tortured tsar caught between grasping ambition and crippling paranoia, kicking off the highly anticipated 2021–22 Live in HD season
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Smith & Sheth + Malo Pink Ribbon Breakfast
Join us for some brunchtime festivities in support of a worthy charity
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Exhibitions
Emotions: Napier Youth Council Art Exhibition
Calling young Napier Artists! Tap into your emotions and enter The Napier Youth Council’s Youth Week Art Competition
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Mack and The Three Wise Birds
Come and join Fraser Mack from 4pm by the ocean! Relax, socialise, soak up the atmosphere while Mack entertains you with his dynamic and distinctive sound influenced by blues, rock, folk and flamenco
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Happy Hour with Campbell Burns
Come join us for happy hour specials from 5pm and stick around for a free live music set from Campbell Burns at 6pm
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Performing Arts
Dry Spell
Fantasy and reality collide with one another, in this spiralling ascension through desire and disgrace
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Concerts & Gig Guide
James Reid (of the Feelers Solo)
James Reid, a Kiwi songwriting and performing legend is coming for a special night at Paisley Stage
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Antenatal Class - Hastings & Havelock North: CANCELLED
Welcome to our Weekend PLUS Antenatal Course, now being run in collaboration with HB Doulas
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Performing Arts
Cinderella
This is a dance/drama version of the traditional fairy story of Cinderella
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Concerts & Gig Guide
9th Birthday
Its been a bloody tough time for everyone, there were many moments of uncertainty and not knowing if we will survive
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Performing Arts
Friends! The Musical Parody: CANCELLED
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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Concerts & Gig Guide
YesYesNo - Live
The Urban Winery proudly presents the return of YesYesNo
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Sports & Outdoors
Thirsty Whale Napier City Rovers vs Waterside Karori
Thirsty Whale Napier City Rovers take on Waterside Karori in this Central League clash
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Hastings Music Society Concert
Each month the Hastings Music Society presents varied concerts that feature a selection of predominantly classical music from local Hawkes bay musicians, singers, soloists, chamber groups, choirs, big bands and orchestras
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Rock n Roll Night
Al Dawson and his band will be bringing a great night of Rock n Roll to the napier RSA brought to you by the Napier RSA rock n roll club entry is free starting at 7 pm until 9 pm so come along and enjoy a great night With the Al Dawson band Al Lorraine & Paul A great night of Rock n Rollthe way it should be
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Night - Abstract Faces
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 Havelock North! No previous painting experience necessary
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Albi & The Wolves
Albi & The Wolves set fire to stages and fill hearts with hope with their energetic and relatable alternative indie folk songs
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Community Lunch
Whether you have ever visited All Saints' before or not, you are welcome to join us for one of our fortnightly community lunches
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Glow in the Dark Paint Night - OctoGlow
Ultraviolet lights and neon nights! Prepare to experience Paintvine like you’ve never experienced it before - in the dark!
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 ultraviolet lights, glow in the dark paint 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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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
HB Music Hub Producers Session - Simon Gooding
An epic opportunity for Hawke's Bay artists!
Join one of NZ's top Music Producers, Simon Gooding for a FREE, exclusive mentoring session so you can learn from the best on all things music production
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Night - Pīwakawaka
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 Napier! No previous painting experience necessary
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Exhibitions
Katrina Webster
Katrina Webster is a mixed media artist originally from rural town Dannevirke now residing in Hastings
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Exhibitions
Hawkes Bay Photographic Society Exhibition
Showcasing an extraordinary body of photographic work by the members of the Hawke’s Bay Photographic Society
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Exhibitions
New Zealand Sign Language Week
To celebrate NZ Sign Language week, please join MTG Curator Te Hira Williams for one of his classic tours of the Taonga Māori Gallery, accompanied by a NZ Sign interpreter
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Travel the World - Indonesian Cooking Workshop
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
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Happy hour with Greg Conrad
Come join us for happy hour specials from 5pm - 7pm and stick around for a free live acoustic set with Greg Conrad from 6pm - 8pm
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Performing Arts
Hawke's Bay Street Dance Competition
Come along and watch dance crews and school dance groups compete in the Hawke's Bay's only Regional Street Dance Competition!
This event which is run by Rezpect was postponed earlier in the year due to Covid but we are excited to be running this event on the new date of Friday 13th May at the Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Turkey The Bird - Album Release
The New Zealand folk trio “Turkey The Bird” are on a nationwide album release tour, celebrating the release of their sophomore album “When Turkeys Fly”
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Professor Dynamite & The Banditos
SPACESHIP presents
Professor Dynamite & The Banditos / Akina Vinyl Appreciation Society
Local beat hustlers, Professor Dynamite & The Banditos, have a knack for weaving infectious slow-burn beats with authentic live instrumental improvisations
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Funky Jackin' Tech House - DJ Oma
This Friday night at The Urban Winery from 9
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Exhibitions
'Te ahua, te wa, te atea' by Russ Flatt
MTG Hawke’s Bay, Tai Ahuriri’s latest exhibition is by Russ Flatt
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Interactive Exhibition Talk: Te ahua, te wa, te atea
Join the conversation as artist Russ Flatt discusses his video installation with Dowse Art Museum Director, Karl Chitham and Te Hira Henderson from MTG Hawke’s Bay
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Sign Language Taster Class
To celebrate NZ Sign Language Week, learn basic NZ Sign Language in a 45-minute session with a NZSL tutor
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Pontiacs
Spin your wheels and rock your butt off to the best-loved hits of Chrissie Hynde/The Pretenders, Tom Petty, Crowded House, Linda Ronstadt, The Clash, Led Zeppelin, Bonnie Raitt, ELO and many more
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Son de Cuba 100% Cuban Quartet
The boyz are very excited to be invited back to Napier yet again
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Pop-Up Kids Market - Autumn Sale
We're back! Join us at Havelock North's only regular second-hand market with stalls selling quality preloved baby and kid's clothing, toys, books, nursery items and more
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Botanical Drawing Basics Workshop
We welcome back Artist Terrie Reddish for a second offering of her wonderful workshop, focusing on the basics of botanical drawing
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Experimental Block Printing on Fabric Workshop
Join professional printmaker Lisa Feyen of Ink Moth Print Studio for a one-day play with block printing on fabric or paper, suitable for beginners and mixed abilities
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Concerts & Gig Guide
The Jazz Quartet
The Jazz Quartet of John Redman vocals, Stephen Miller piano, David Day double bass and Gavin Mather drums display their many years of experience entertaining audiences around the world
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Te Mata Showcase Hawke's Bay 2022
Showcase is a celebration of Te Mata Estate’s premium red and white wines
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Concerts & Gig Guide
A Small Hall Session with The Carnivorous Plant Society
Allow New Zealand’s favourite psychedelic jazz band to take you on a journey from the streets of Mexico City to the steppes of Asia then straight to the depths of hell!
The talented quartet of four of New Zealand's most accomplished musicians perform their original compositions that will ignite the imaginations of both children and adults alike
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Concerts & Gig Guide
A Small Hall Session with The Carnivorous Plant Society
Allow New Zealand’s favourite psychedelic jazz band to take you on a journey from the streets of Mexico City to the steppes of Asia then straight to the depths of hell!
The talented quartet of four of New Zealand's most accomplished musicians perform their original compositions that will ignite the imaginations of both children and adults alike
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Green Hydrogen: Commodity Chemical and Future Fuel
Professor Sally Brooker will give a general introduction to the hydrogen ecosystem
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Performing Arts
The Old People Are Revolting
** PLEASE NOTE THE NEW DATES **
The residents of the Sunshine Retirement Village have their own villas in beautifully manicured grounds filled with mature shrubs and trees
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Met Opera Series: Fire Shut Up In My Bones
Movie length 3h 36m
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Rainbow Storytime with Erika and Coco Flash
Come along to special storytimes with Taranaki drag queens Erika and Coco Flash
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Performing Arts
Living Library with Erika and Coco Flash
Meet Erika and Coco Flash, drag queens on tour from Taranaki
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Travel the World - Chengdu Dumplings Workshop
Jie Pang will introduce you to skills of filling, shaping and making dumplings
Jie Pang’s origins’ lay in Chengdu, a city in the southwestern province of Szechuan in China
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Concerts & Gig Guide
A Small Hall Session with The Carnivorous Plant Society
Allow New Zealand’s favourite psychedelic jazz band to take you on a journey from the streets of Mexico City to the steppes of Asia then straight to the depths of hell!
The talented quartet of four of New Zealand's most accomplished musicians perform their original compositions that will ignite the imaginations of both children and adults alike
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Happy Hour with Ella Pollett
Come join us for happy hour specials from 5pm and stick around for a free live acoustic set with Ella Pollett from 6pm
Ella pollett is a 15-year-old singer/songwriter from Hawkes Bay
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Verde at Church Road 3 Course Mini-Degustation
What a way to start off the winter months than by reintroducing our Friday night dinners! Each course includes a Church Road wine match and showcases local, fresh Hawkes Bay produce lovingly crafted by Head Chef Grant McHenry
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Hygge's Wine Match Dinner with TeAwanga Estate
Take time out and move on from Covid
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Performing Arts
Erika Flash - Singing Drag Queen Cabaret
The colourful drag diva, Erika Flash, is traveling across New Zealand, performing for enthusiastic crowds and drag queen-loving locals
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Messy Church
Messy Church is a chance for families, young and old to engage with the message of Jesus in a fun and creative way
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Concerts & Gig Guide
A Small Hall Session with The Carnivorous Plant Society
Allow New Zealand’s favourite psychedelic jazz band to take you on a journey from the streets of Mexico City to the steppes of Asia then straight to the depths of hell!
The talented quartet of four of New Zealand's most accomplished musicians perform their original compositions that will ignite the imaginations of both children and adults alike
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Performing Arts
A Swingin’ Soirée
Cherry Boomb and her pal Billie Jean are revamping their smash hit show ‘A Taste of Burlesque’ that they debuted at Art Deco this year
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Pontiacs Rock The Cabana
Spin your wheels and rock your butt off to the best-loved hits of Chrissie Hynde/The Pretenders, Tom Petty, Crowded House, Linda Ronstadt, The Clash, Led Zeppelin, Bonnie Raitt, ELO and many more
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Kintsugi Workshop
After two SOLD OUT Workshops, I'm bringing this back to Napier! Yay Super excited to be holding my Kintsugi workshop again in Napier this May 2022
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Travel the World - Italian Long Lunch Cooking Workshop
Travel The World Long Lunch In Italy Hands-on Cooking Workshop
Hands-on workshop, preparing 5 dishes
Menu TBC
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Festivals & Lifestyle
South African Film Festival: Beyond Moving
83 MINS | DOCO, FAMILY | Rated G
Proceeds from the festival support Education without Borders (EwB)
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Concerts & Gig Guide
A Small Hall Session with The Carnivorous Plant Society
Allow New Zealand’s favourite psychedelic jazz band to take you on a journey from the streets of Mexico City to the steppes of Asia then straight to the depths of hell!
The talented quartet of four of New Zealand's most accomplished musicians perform their original compositions that will ignite the imaginations of both children and adults alike
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Concerts & Gig Guide
A Small Hall Session with We Mavericks
They're folk that resemble everything else: Bringing captivating originals, entertaining stories and incredible energy, they pack punches but have songs to heal your scars
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Concerts & Gig Guide
We Mavericks - The Small Halls Sessions
We Mavericks top off their North Island album release tour with 5 exclusive & intimate performances in Hawkes Bay:
WED 25 MAY - FLEMINGTON COMMUNITY HALL
THU 26 MAY - ASHLEY CLINTON COMMUNITY HALL
FRI 27 MAY - POUKAWA COMMUNITY HALL
SAT 28 MAY - ELSTHORPE COMMUNITY HALL
SUN 29 MAY - HAUMOANA PAVILION
WE MAVERICKS
The trans-Tasman powerhouse duo who pack punches but bring songs to heal your scars
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Pride Craft Buffet
Be proud to make your own merch! Materials provided
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Concerts & Gig Guide
A Small Hall Session with We Mavericks
They're folk that resemble everything else: Bringing captivating originals, entertaining stories and incredible energy, they pack punches but have songs to heal your scars
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint Your Pet with Paintvine
Introducing our newest event! Paint your Pet, with Paintvine!
Paint Your Pet while enjoying a drink with your human pals
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Exhibitions
'Bunch of Grunts' Ken Sando
This will be a solo based exhibition consisting of a variety of works rendered in Charcoal, Indian ink, and Acrylic on board and hung within the Main Gallery space of Creative Arts Napier
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Concerts & Gig Guide
A Small Hall Session with We Mavericks
They're folk that resemble everything else: Bringing captivating originals, entertaining stories and incredible energy, they pack punches but have songs to heal your scars
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Concerts & Gig Guide
MEINIAK - Hell's Wrath
Meiniak always put out a Hell of a Pantera performance
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Performing Arts
Theatre Workshop
This free three day workshop offers theatre training for young people aged 14-24 years
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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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Concerts & Gig Guide
A Small Hall Session with We Mavericks
They're folk that resemble everything else: Bringing captivating originals, entertaining stories and incredible energy, they pack punches but have songs to heal your scars
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Concerts & Gig Guide
A Small Hall Session with We Mavericks
They're folk that resemble everything else: Bringing captivating originals, entertaining stories and incredible energy, they pack punches but have songs to heal your scars
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hitler Versus Picasso and the Others
Documentary directed by Claudio Poli (90 min runtime)
After 70 years from the Hitler’s declaration of war to “degenerate” art, an event film that reveals secrets of the Fuhrer treasure
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Squealer: New Zealand's Premier AC/DC Experience Band
Squealer are New Zealand's premier AC/DC experience band
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Feldenkrais "Not Yoga" Movement Classes
Discover how you're designed to move with Feldenkrais "Not Yoga" Awareness Through Movement® classes
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Night - Abstract Flowers
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 Havelock North! No previous painting experience necessary
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Glow in the Dark Paint Night - Glow Wave
Ultraviolet lights and neon nights! Prepare to experience Paintvine like you’ve never experienced it before - in the dark!
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 ultraviolet lights, glow in the dark paint 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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Sports & Outdoors
Hawke's Bay Junior Tough Guy and Gal Challenge
So you’re tough, but are you tough enough to take on the Hawke's Bay Junior Tough Guy and Gal Challenge?
This is a chance for primary and intermediate aged kids to get involved in New Zealand’s biggest mud run series in a version tailored especially for them! The Junior Tough Guys and Gals will take on a 1
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Feldenkrais "Not Yoga" Movement Classes
Discover how you're designed to move with Feldenkrais "Not Yoga" Awareness Through Movement® classes
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Pride Books and Movie Night
Come and share the titles you've loved, and hear about the LGBTQIA+ books and movies others have been enjoying
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Taco Nouveau
Discover bold flavours and delicious wines at Taco Nouveau where Decibel Wines and Fork & Noise team up for an unforgettable night in Hasting’s East Block
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Hygge Hoedown
Kick those winter blues, done your country kit and come along for a whole lot of local country fun
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Film Festival: Sparkling - The story of Champagne
Cosy up this Winter F
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Just Desserts
You’ll want to skip dinner before this event as you’ll need every inch of space for this decadent eight-course dessert degustation
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Divas & A Piano 4.
Another wonderful night of Piano and Vocals by the cream of Hawkes Bay Divas
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Sustainable Fashion Market
My Walk In Wardrobe is Wellington's own sustainable fashion market
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Exhibitions
Terminus: Jess Johnson & Simon Ward - Booking Sessions
With their pioneering use of virtual reality, artists Jess Johnson and Simon Ward have created a mysterious universe of alien architecture populated by humanoid clones and cryptic symbols, traversed via a network of travellators and gateways
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Film Festival: Ants on a Shrimp
Cosy up this Winter F
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Film Festival: A trip to Spain
Cosy up this Winter F
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Performing Arts
Swan Lake: CANCELLED
Considered the greatest of all classical ballets, Swan Lake is a perfect synthesis of music and dance
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Concerts & Gig Guide
INXS and Joe Cocker Tribute Featuring Mark Taipari
INXS and Joe Cocker Tribute Featuring Mark Taipari
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Concerts & Gig Guide
TinkerBalls - Queens Birthday Special
Hello fabulous Kweeens & Kings, Princes & Princesses
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Festivals & Lifestyle
The Wedding and Event Expo Hawke's Bay
Hawke's Bay's premier wedding and event expo is back for 2022!
We have every aspect of your big day covered
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Film Festival: Ottolenghi & the Cakes of Versailles
Cosy up this Winter F
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Workshop: Chick, Chick, Chicken!
Want to reduce your food waste?
Join Brothers Ben and George from Bostock Brothers Organic Free Range Chicken as they demonstrate how to debone a chicken and talk through the best techniques to utilise all cuts with different cooking methods
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Film Festival: Love Sarah
Cosy up this Winter F
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Pitmaster v Pitmaster
This is one for BBQ lovers
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Fondue Lounge
Do you take this bowl of molten cheese to
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Film Festival: Boiling Point
Cosy up this Winter F
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Heretaunga Wine Studio Cinema Series
Enjoy a selection of world-class wines from Smith & Sheth’s family of fine wine estates across New Zealand, while immersing yourself in a feel-good, wine-focused film in their intimate studio theatre
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Performing Arts
Tom Sainsbury - Snapchat Dude Live
Tom is hitting the road with SNAPCHAT DUDE LIVE! and no stone will be unturned in his quest to poke fun at New Zillunders
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Performing Arts
The Raft
The Raft
by Carl Nixon
Directed by Cefyn Gauden
Set over a rainy weekend in a West Coast bach, a family try to pick up the pieces and wrestle with the things that have remained submerged for too long
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Performing Arts
Theatre Workshop for Teachers and Practitioners
This Massive Company Professional Development workshop is designed for teachers working with rangatahi, and theatre practitioners with a particular interest in developing their devising practice
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Night - Doorway to Athens
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 Napier! No previous painting experience necessary
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Ten Years of TOM
Discover 10 vintages of Church Road’s award-winning TOM range
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Pairing and Sharing
Showcasing Cone & Flower's approach of sharing plates, delight in this four-course meal paired with drinks from local producers Zeelandt Brewery, Petane Wines, The National Distillery and Three Wise Birds
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Workshop: A Joyful Moroccan Feast
Winters can be freezing in the mountains of Morocco, so delicious fare that warms from the inside out is an absolute must
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Vegetation Degustation
This eight-course plant-based degustation is designed to wow even the most fastidious meat eater
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Exhibitions
Cellular Memory: Elizabeth Thomson
'We are each made up of one hundred million million cells, none of which have any idea who we are
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Antenatal Class
Welcome to our Weekend PLUS Antenatal Course
This course is $150 and has 3 sessions:
- Saturday 11th June from 10am - 3
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Napier CBD Winter Workshops
Come and create with Meerlo Creations at these free winter kids workshops
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Blanc is the New Noir!
Join Te Awanga Estate for a long lunch and a deep dive into the wonderful world of Sauvignon Blanc
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Pride Whānau and Chosen Family Picnic
Bring your whānau or chosen family and a packed lunch, dress up, and come along to our picnic in Civic Square to celebrate Pride month with others
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! We’re going Rogue
We're Going Rogue! Come experience the delights of Wellington's famous Rogue Burger and dance the night away to a well-curated line-up of local DJs with the best views in town
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Nightlife
Dim the lights and let Giant Brewing’s DJs transport the young at heart on a chronological journey through 50 years of ground-breaking dance music
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Shanghai Nights
Dimly lit, acceptably rowdy, sticky, sweet, sour and spicy – Mary's turns her corner of Joll Road into a trip down a lantern-lit Shanghai laneway
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! The Pasture and Ocean Co-op
Set your sails for a taste of the wilderness as The Pasture and Ocean Co-op reinvents the classic "Surf n Turf"
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Shamanic Sound Journey with Sika
A magical evening of shamanic visioning and sound healing
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Wallingford Truffles – Paddock to Plate Experience
Road trip to the undulating hills of Wallingford in Central Hawke’s Bay for a truly enchanting escapade
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Flavours of Manawa
Eat your way through Hawke’s Bay without needing to travel at all thanks to Flavours of the Manawa this Winter F
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! The Grand Master of CRU
Join the Master (of Wine) Steve Smith on an exploration of the 2020 release of Smith & Sheth Grand CRU wines
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Performing Arts
CMNZ presents Goldner String Quartet - Mendelssohn & Dvorak
GARETH FARR
Te Kōanga
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
String Quartet No
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint Your Pet with Paintvine
Introducing our newest event! Paint your Pet, with Paintvine!
Paint Your Pet while enjoying a drink with your human pals
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Performing Arts
Legally Blonde: The Musical
SO MUCH FUN, IT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL!
Legally Blonde: The Musical is an action-packed, feel-good musical based on the novel and the hit-movie of the same name
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Workshop: BaoBun-derful
Join tutor Jie Pang on for a masterclass of China’s Sichuan flavours
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Mariscos Feista
Warm up this winter with a Mexican seafood fiesta at Shed 2 in Ahuriri
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! An Ode to The Fig
As the cool of winter settles on barren trees and leaves a frost on the ground, there is no better time to hide inside and enjoy an evening of praise for the humble fig
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Sports & Outdoors
The Big Bike Film Night 2022
Prepare to be inspired 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
You Should Be Dancing
You Should Be Dancing is a giant DISCO celebration! A club night of super danceable disco hits
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Truffle Heaven
Truffles are one of the most luxurious ingredients in the world, and while they can be as rare as hens’ teeth, the hunt is half the fun! Start your day with a sniff and scratch at Sacre Monte Truffles, based right here in Hawke’s Bay
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Exhibitions
Te Pō Uriuri: Poutu Puketapu
Te Pō Uriuri is an immersive experience retelling the pūrakau/legend of Uru, the eldest child of Ranginui and Papatūānuku
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Performing Arts
Pride Poetry Slam with Motif Poetry
Motif Poetry and Hastings Library are excited to present a special, one-night-only, free Pride Poetry Slam right here in the Bay!
Hosted by UK Slam Champion Sara Hirsch and featuring wordsmiths from around Hawke's Bay, this will be spoken word at its biggest and best
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Put Some Pork on your F.A.W.C!
A celebration of all things pig! Every sticky succulent part of our favourite animal enjoyed over five courses
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Led Zeppelin by LEAD ZIPLINE
Lead Zipline – Are Coming to Napier !
Enjoy a world-class tribute evening of the Greatest Ever Hard Rock Music that was Led Zeppelin!
Lead Zipline is a global collaboration of professional music session artists from the UK, Europe and New Zealand
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Workshop: Platitos - Small Plates, Big Flavour
In this hands-on culinary event, experience the touch, smell and taste of small specialty South American dishes that well and truly pack a flavourful punch
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Workshop: How to Prune a Fig Tree
A hands-on practical demonstration of how to prune your fig tree
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! A Hawke’s Bay Winter
Craggy Range and Black Barn Restaurants join forces for one night only to celebrate Hawke’s Bay’s incredible culinary landscape and the talented producers, growers, and farmers responsible for it
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Go with Tourism Expo
New Zealand’s only dedicated career expo for Tourism & Hospitality is back again in 2022!
Delivered in partnership with New Zealand Careers Expo, this event is not to be missed if you’re in need of work or study inspiration
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZ Careers Expo Hawkes Bay
New Zealand Careers Expo
Every year our Expos prove to be engaging, informative, and interactive events for thousands of visitors seeking to explore their study and employment options
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Performing Arts
The World of Musicals
Postponed until 18 December 2022
The Musical Gala with an International cast brings London’s West End and New York’s Broadway to New Zealand for the first time
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Performing Arts
World of Musicals
The World of Musicals Concert has graced stages across the globe and features a world-class ensemble of multi-talented performing artists who exquisitely recreate classic hits, fused with emotive ballads, big-screen anthems and iconic show tunes
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Performing Arts
World of Musicals
The World of Musicals Concert has graced stages across the globe and features a world-class ensemble of multi-talented performing artists who exquisitely recreate classic hits, fused with emotive ballads, big-screen anthems and iconic show tunes
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Festivals & Lifestyle
French Film Festival: Murder Party
Comedy, Mystery | Rating TBC | 103 minutes
French with English subtitles
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Festivals & Lifestyle
French Film Festival: The Kitchen Brigade
Comedy | Rating TBC | 97 minutes
French with English subtitles
Cathy is a stubborn 40-year-old sous chef
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Workshop: Let’s Play Chicken!
Join Francky Godinho of St George's Restaurant for a two-hour workshop on all things Bostock Brothers Organic Free-Range Chicken
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Napier MATARIKI Wellbeing & Vegan Market 2022
The biggest free mind-body-spirit weekend in Hawkes Bay is celebrating with our FIRST mid-year wellbeing event on the first Matariki holiday celebrations! FRIDAY & SATURDAY only (Friday 24th June is a public holiday for Matariki)
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Festivals & Lifestyle
French Film Festival: The Villa
Comedy | M | 97 minutes
French with English subtitles
With an all-star ensemble cast led by Gérard Depardieu, The Villa joins the ranks of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Calendar Girls and The Intouchables, with its touching and oft-hilarious depiction of friendships formed against all odds
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Soufra - A Middle Eastern Feast
Meaning 'long table filled with many good things to eat', Soufra at Cone & Flower is all about sharing plates bursting with taste and wonderful aromas
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Festivals & Lifestyle
French Film Festival: La Traviata, My Brothers and I
DRAMA / FRANCE / 2022 / 108 MIN / M
French with English subtitles
In his feature debut, French filmmaker Yohan Manca breaks down the barriers and preconceptions surrounding art and culture with a touching story of hope, chance and overcoming adversity
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! Mangapapa’s Mystical Matariki Star
As Matariki is welcomed to the New Zealand skies, the heritage estate Mangapapa Hotel will team up with Askerne Winery to create a winter gathering that celebrates well-being, reflection and hope for the new year
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Festivals & Lifestyle
French Film Festival: Kompromat
THRILLER / FRANCE / 2022 / 127 MIN / M
French with English subtitles
Based on incredible true events, Jérôme Salle’s (The Odyssey, AF FFF19) gripping new spy thriller depicts the remarkable story of a French public servant who unwittingly found himself in conflict with one of the modern era’s most powerful and dangerous forces: Russia’s FSB
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Flax Weaving: Mahi Raranga
Te Kaahurangi has been teaching flax weaving to adults for over 20 years
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Wool Felting
Would you like to learn the beautiful art of Needle Felting? Come along and create your own winter figurines for the season table or puppet shows
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! A Quiet Kitchen with Nici Wickes
Over a relaxed morning tea Nici will be in conversation with Fiona Fraser (writer and formerly editor of NZ Woman's Weekly) about the emotional journey she took in writing A Quiet Kitchen, how creating recipes is her super power, how she solves the “what shall I have for dinner tonight” dilemma and we’ll get some insight into some of her more personal joys and life challenges; how the kitchen is her happy place, her grueling journey through menopause and fatigue and how food saved her, why she stopped drinking and how she finds happiness in living alone
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Festivals & Lifestyle
French Film Festival: Little Nicholas’ Treasure
FAMILY, KIDS COMEDY, COMEDY / FRANCE / 2021 / 103 MIN / PG
French with English subtitles
From writer/director Julien Rappeneau (Rosalie Blum, Of Love & Lies), this charming and hilarious comedy is a lavish big-screen adventure featuring author René Goscinny (Asterix) and illustrator Jean-Jacques Sempé’s beloved character, a young boy with limitless curiosity and a dangerously overactive imagination
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
F.A.W.C! A Taste of the Wild Side
Indulge in a five-course degustation of wild and sustainable cuisine featuring seafood, rabbit and venison
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Napier CBD Easy Eats Winter Series
Easy Eats - you will have the option of street food or an easy eats inhouse offering
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Exhibitions
'Quiet Contemplation' Kim Cleverton
With these paintings, Kim Cleverton is showing the softer side of her work
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Exhibitions
Paul Soanes Exhibition
Paul Soanes is a self-taught local artist who has been painting for more than 11 years
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Black Smoke Trigger Live In Concert W/ Fyveyes
Tickets available for the 2nd show on Saturday 2nd July
For the first time in 2022, rock band BLACK SMOKE TRIGGER is performing live and set to blow the doors off the legendary Cabana in Napier
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Exhibitions
Averil Mucalo Exhibition
Averil was artistic from a very young age
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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
Black Smoke Trigger Live In Concert W/ Fyveyes - 2nd Show
[Second Show Added - Venue Capacity Sold Out for Friday Night]
BLACK SMOKE TRIGGER is performing live and set to blow the doors off the legendary Cabana in Napier, two nights in a row - after selling out Friday 1st July, Saturday 2nd July has just been added
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Exhibitions
HĀUKATI Exhibition - Kezia Whakamoe & Hā Collective
HĀUKATI
KEZIA WHAKAMOE & HĀ COLLECTIVE
July 8, 2022 – July 31, 2022 at Ahuriri Contemporary
Through HĀUKATI, Kezia Wakamoe confronts the individualism of colonial art by weaving the experiential collectiveness of ngā toi Māori (Māori art) into a space
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Performing Arts
NZ String Quartet | First Light
FIRST LIGHT
Reflection, Regeneration, Release
Join us this June and July for three thoughtfully curated programmes reflecting on our place in this world - meditating on life, loss and rebirth as we mark the first-ever official public holiday dedicated to Matariki, Māori new year
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Exhibitions
Explore Māori Legends in Nature / He Kōrero Ngā Tai
Explore Māori Legends in Nature / He Kōrero Ngā Tai these school holidays at the National Aquarium
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Rolled Beeswax Candle Making
Join us these School Holidays to roll your own beeswax candle!
On every day throughout the holidays from 10am - 11:30am and again from 2pm - 3:30pm (except morning of the 21st July)
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Afro Music Experience
Sam Manzanza will be performing with Afrobeat Band, his infectious high energetic music to make you dance on the floor nonstop
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Performing Arts
Raw Comedy Quest 2022 - Hawke's Bay
The Raw Comedy Quest is back for 2022! The search is on for the funniest new comedian in Aotearoa, and we reckon that person is right here, in Hawke's Bay! (Or Whanganui, Taranaki, Manawatū
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Exhibitions
All Creatures Great & Small - Glen Colechin
All Creatures Great & Small is a retrospective of Glen's works
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Winter School Holidays Makerspaces
As well as lots of fun events, come in anytime over the two weeks to check out what Makerspaces are setup
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Performing Arts
Matariki Glow Show
The MATARIKI GLOW SHOW is back with an all-new, giant-scale puppet show for tamariki, educators and whãnau
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Exhibitions
Ercan Cairns - Solo Exhibition
The Exhibition will feature recent paintings from Auckland emerging painter Ercan Cairns
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Winter School Holidays Gaming Mornings
Want to get your gaming on?! We’ll bring the consoles, just bring your skills!
Suitable for all ages
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Ice Skate Tour 2022
GET YOUR SKATES ON!
Get ready for a cool experience! The Ice Skate Tour is coming back to Hastings CBD
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Beginners Argentine Tango Six-Week Course
If you are looking to step outside your comfort zone, then this is the dance for you
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Art Classes for Adults for Beginners to Improvers
Are you looking for something exciting, fun and creative to do? Join our art classes and learn new skills and make new friends
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Winter School Holidays Escape Room
TWEEN EVENT!
Fancy yourself a bit of an escape artist? Are you good with puzzles and brain teasers? Come and test your skills in the HDL Escape Room
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Exhibitions
Colleen Archibald & Anne Healey Exhibition
Colleen Archibald is a graduate of Fine Arts and Illustration, RMIT Melbourne
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Exhibitions
Ko Tōku Whakapapa, Ko Tōku Tuakiritanga
Tamatea High School's year 10 art class have been using whakapapa and tuakiri to inform their photography Gaining inspiration from rangatahi artists the year 10 students have taken images in the studio and across Napier under the guidance of Putaanga Waitoa
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Concerts & Gig Guide
A Small Hall Session with Albi and the Wolves
Albi & The Wolves set fire to stages and fill hearts with hope with their uplifting and relatable alternative indie-folk songs
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Tutankhamun; 'The Last Exhibition' Film Screening
Tutankhamun
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Performing Arts
Open Call 3
We are back! It’s the third instalment of our super fun show Open Call! Come and watch the local talent of Hawkes Bay step into the spotlight and share their talents with you!
This show we are lucky enough to have a not so local, special guest performer coming to join us
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Concerts & Gig Guide
A Small Hall Session with Albi and the Wolves
Albi & The Wolves set fire to stages and fill hearts with hope with their uplifting and relatable alternative indie-folk songs
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Concerts & Gig Guide
A Small Hall Session with Albi and the Wolves
Albi & The Wolves set fire to stages and fill hearts with hope with their uplifting and relatable alternative indie-folk songs
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2022 Taster Series - The Cunning Little Vixen
Directed by John Wilkie and Conducted by José Aparicio
In partnership with Festival Opera, Hawke's Bay Arts Festival proudly presents Leoš Janáček’s operatic fable The Cunning Little Vixen
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Performing Arts
Cinderella; Live Opera On Film
Laurent Pelly’s storybook staging of Massenet’s Cendrillonis presented with an all-new English translation in an abridged 90-minute adaptation, with mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard as its rags-to-riches princess
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Concerts & Gig Guide
80's Super Band 'Love Shack'
Not to be missed, New Zealand's 80's Super group 'Love Shack' are bringing their show to The Paisley Stage, Napier
Limited tickets remain for the Napier show
Paisley Stage - 23rd July 2022
Doors from 8pm
Show starts 8
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Sports & Outdoors
ŠKODA North Island Cyclo Cross Championships
The 2022 SKODA North Island School Cyclo-cross Championships will be held on 24 July in the Hawkes Bay, hosted by the Cyclo Cross Hawkes Bay club in conjunction with Cycling CHB
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Exhibitions
Cellular Memory Artist Floor Talk
Join us to hear a conversation between two of Aotearoa’s leading contemporary artists, Elizabeth Thomson and Dame Robin White, and celebrated writer, poet and art curator, Gregory O'Brien, about Elizabeth’s exhibition Cellular Memory
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Performing Arts
The Circle of Life
Do you love the sound of vocal harmonies? Then here’s a chance to brighten up a winter day!
Octavius, your favourite chamber choir, will present a concert this Sunday, July 24 in the All Saints Church hall, Taradale, Napier at 2:30 pm
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Sports & Outdoors
Outdoor Pickup Ultimate Frisbee
Wanting to get more active? Trying to meet some cool people? Looking for a new sport to try out? Come give Ultimate Frisbee a go
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Exhibitions
HB Art Guide Showcase Exhibition
Beautiful new work from over thirty of the HB Art Guide artists fills the gallery
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Exhibitions
100 Years of the Waipawa Clock Tower
An exhibition to mark 100 Years of the Waipawa War Memorial Clock Tower
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Feldenkrais "Not Yoga" Movement Classes
Discover how you're designed to move with Feldenkrais "Not Yoga" Awareness Through Movement® classes
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Italian Film Festival Opening Night
The Italian Film Festival warmly invites you to the Opening Night Film "Lacci" at Event Cinemas Havelock North
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Planet Wine - Tasting
The Urban Winery invites you to experience a tour through the wine regions and grape varieties of the world, presented by Martin Cahnbley of Planet Wine
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Italian Film Festival Havelock North - Three Floors
Featuring a tremendous ensemble cast, the new drama from acclaimed auteur Nanni Moretti (Mia Madre, The Son's Room) traces the disparate lives of three families who reside in the same apartment block in Rome's stylish Prati neighbourhood
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Feldenkrais "Not Yoga" Movement Classes
Discover how you're designed to move with Feldenkrais "Not Yoga" Awareness Through Movement® classes
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Italian Film Festival Havelock North - The Rossellinis
The Rossellinis,” is a tongue-in-cheek autobiographical look at the descendants living around the world of iconic Italian director Roberto Rossellini’s extended family and is being directed by his grandson, Alessandro Rossellini
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Italian Film Festival Havelock North - Journey to Italy
As one of the most influential directors of the mid-20th century, we take a look back at this master of Italian Neorealism with 3 of his films screening at the Italian Film Festival this year:
Rome Open City | ROMA, CITTÀ APERTA
Stromboli | STROMBOLI
A Journey to Italy | VIAGGIO IN ITALIA
Among the most influential films of the postwar era, Journey to Italy charts the declining marriage of a couple from England (Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders) on a trip in the countryside near Naples
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Italian Film Festival Opening Night
The Italian Film Festival warmly invites you to the Opening Night Film "Lacci" at The Globe Theatrette in Napier
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Italian Film Festival Havelock North - Stromboli
The first collaboration between Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman is a devastating portrait of a woman’s existential crisis, set against the beautiful and forbidding backdrop of a volcanic island
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Nature Inspired Polymer Clay Jewellery Workshop
This is a public programme event inspired by the current MTG exhibition Nature Culture
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Performing Arts
Laugh Your Mask Off - The Gala
A massive night of comedy, cabaret and craziness to kick start the weekend!
Hosted by Ben Hurley, the Gala presents the best of the weekend - featuring comedy, music, burlesque, aerials, chainsaw juggling, mind reading and whole lot more - bringing laughter and madness to the Opera House stage
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Memory Writing Springboard Workshop
Creative writing instructor Jo Morris will be holding a life memory writing workshop at the Havelock North Library on 29 July
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Italian Film Festival Havelock North - A Chiara
From multi-award-winning writer/director Jonas Carpignano (A Ciambra, Meditteranea), To Chiara is a searing, gripping and remarkably poignant drama about a Calabrian teenage girl who learns some difficult truths about her close-knit family
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Italian Film Festival Havelock North - If You Care For Me
Diego (Bisio), a successful lawyer, is chronically depressed
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Festivals & Lifestyle
The Cocktail Party 2022
This year is our 30th birthday!! and what better way to celebrate than to bring on a new Charity
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Italian Film Festival Havelock North
Martin (a scalding Erik Enge) is one of the most promising football talents Sweden has ever seen
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Support Local, Support Small - 5 Course Wine Matched Dinner
In times like these we need to remember what’s important in life – the small and finer things! And that is exactly what will be on showcase here as we bring to you round the table in front of the roaring fire, 3 premium examples of Hawkes Bay finest boutique wineries and their craftsmanship, time, care and love that is piled into making these small yield delicious wines
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Performing Arts
LYMO - Seven Deadly Stunts
Escapology, chainsaw juggling, walking on broken glass and other famous feats…This show contains seven stunts- each an exercise in danger, trust and skill
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Performing Arts
LYMO - Local Laughs
Hawke’s Bay Comedy presents five of the Bay’s best upcoming and semi-pro comedians
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Festivals & Lifestyle
National Theatre Live: LEOPOLDSTADT
Tom Stoppard’s Olivier Award-winning new play Leopoldstadt is a passionate drama of love, family, and endurance
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Performing Arts
Anita Wigl'it - The Life Of A Funny Girl
Get to know Anita Wigl'it, star of 'RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under' in this kooky, hilarious and tell all one-woman show, 'The Life of a Funny Girl!'
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Performing Arts
LYMO - Ben Hurley
An hour of absolute hilarity with one of New Zealand’s best loved comedians, the multiple award winning, Ben Hurley
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Italian Film Festival Napier - Journey to Italy
Among the most influential films of the postwar era, Journey to Italy charts the declining marriage of a couple from England (Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders) on a trip in the countryside near Naples
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Performing Arts
LYMO - Bunny
Multi-award-winning comedian and theatre-maker, Barnie Duncan, burrows into the specific freedom a dancefloor at 3 am can bring in his love letter to clubbing and exploration of grief
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Performing Arts
LYMO - David Correos
David Correos is something that is hard to explain, but we must try
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Performing Arts
LYMO - Las Vegas Bingo Show
Bingo's back baby!
A Vegas-style showcase extravaganza, with balls - this is not your normal bingo night! From the crew who brought you Panto Bingo, Social Club Bingo and Bordello Bingo comes an evening to remember
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Performing Arts
LYMO - Burlesque Unmasked
Get ready to be thrust into the world of burlesque!
Cherry Boomb, Miss Burlesque NZ 2015, is joined by a dazzling line-up of performers each stamping their unique brand of a tease on the stage
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Pastel Art With Amanda Sowersby
Pastel art and rubbing is a wonderful meditative technique
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Mini-Print Workshop for Beginners
Learn the simple technique of dry point etching in this relaxed weekend workshop with printmaker Lisa Feyen of Ink Moth Print Studio
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Sports & Outdoors
The Hawke's Bay Muscle and Model Championships
ICompete Natural NZ present the 2022 Hawkes Bay Muscle and Model Championships
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Italian Film Festival Napier - The Rossellinis
Roberto Rossellini, the most famous film director of Italian neorealism, was a genius of cinema and a conspicuously unconventional father
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Artist Talk with Freeman White
Artist Talk - Freeman White
Drink and Nibbles from 5pm
Join us at Boyd-Dunlop Gallery in the upstairs lounge to meet up and hear more about Freeman White's pleinair art practice and recent trip to Europe to paint
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Performing Arts
LYMO - Laser Kiwi Presents Pictionary
Wrangle your best mates, social club, sports team together and join Wellington comedians, Laser Kiwi, for a Pictionary experience like no other
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2022 Taster Series - Mana Wahine
Mana Wahine - Ōkāreka Dance Company
[Note: If you had already registered for the January 2022 date of this event, we'll move your Registration to July 30th, 2022 and be in touch soon
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Whetū Mārama: Bright Star
Documentary Whetū Mārama – Bright Star tells the story of Sir Hekenukumai Ngaiwi Puhipi — aka 'Hek' Busby — and his significance for Māori in reigniting their wayfinding DNA
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Concerts & Gig Guide
The Feelers - COMMUNICATE 21st Anniversary Tour
The Feelers announce their COMMUNICATE 21st Anniversary NZ Tour, in celebration of their massive hit album COMMUNICATE
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Concerts & Gig Guide
T-Bone "Good 'n Greasy Release Tour"
T-Bone - Good 'n Greasy Tour
T-Bone have brought their influences of zydeco, old-time, blues, bluegrass and folk to this debut album, which although has strong Americana flavours, also has a distinct Kiwi folk feel
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Performing Arts
The Paul Paul Comedy Night - with Paul Ego and Paul Douglas
Two of NZ’s best standup comedians bring you ‘The Paul Paul Comedy Night’, a 2-hour showcase of world-class comedy from easily the best Pauls in the business
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Concerts & Gig Guide
The Social
Sound Selectors presents: The Social
In the setting of one of Hawkes Bays best seaside spots, Boat Ramp Eatery, we welcome you to come chill, dance and connect
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Performing Arts
LYMO - Who Run the World
Over the last couple of (hundred) years women have repeatedly proven to be better at, well, almost everything
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Pop-Up Kids Market Sunday 31 July
Join us at Havelock North's only regular second-hand market with stalls selling quality preloved baby and kid's clothing, toys, books, nursery items and more
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HBAF 2022 - Gerry Paul & The Elephant Tree Band
[FREE SHOW - REGISTRATIONS ARE REQUIRED at www
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Performing Arts
HBAF 2022 Taster Series - Dream Garden
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Italian Film Festival Napier - You Came Back
Marco (Accorsi), and Anita (Serena Rossi, 7 Hours to Win Your Heart IFF20) discover that they are expecting a child
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Exhibitions
Denise McDonald Exhibition
As a hobby artist, Denise McDonald started using oils doing many workshops with various tutors
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Asians In The Bay Awards
Asians in the Bay Awards which started in 2012 aims to recognise the contribution of Asian communities throughout Hawkes Bay in the social, cultural and economic development of Hawkes Bay
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Italian Film Festival Napier - Three Floors
On the first floor, a young couple (Riccardo Scamarcio & Elena Lietti) grapple with suspicion about their elderly neighbour
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Italian Film Festival Napier - Padrenostro
As a child in the 1970s, writer-director Claudio Noce stood in the wings while a leftwing terrorist group – the Armed Proletarian Cells – targeted his father, Rome’s deputy chief of police
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Concerts & Gig Guide
A Small Hall Session with Hera
Hera is an award-winning Icelandic singer/songwriter who has lost count of how many times she has traveled around the world with her guitar
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Italian Film Festival Napier - Buona Sera, Mrs Campbell
During World War II, an Italian villager (Italian beauty Gina Lollobrigida in an award-winning role) befriends three American soldiers
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Glow in the Dark Paint Night - A Glowy Night
Paintvine After Dark is New Zealand’s first glow in the dark paint party!
Grab a drink in one hand, a brush in the other and get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going with ultra-violet lights, neon lights, glow in the dark paint, a DJ and nothing but laughs all night long!
This is the perfect unique night out for those looking for something a little different
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Concerts & Gig Guide
A Small Hall Session with Hera
Hera is an award-winning Icelandic singer/songwriter who has lost count of how many times she has traveled around the world with her guitar
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Festivals & Lifestyle
National Theatre Live: Prima Facie
Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) makes her West End debut in the UK premiere of Suzie Miller’s award-winning play on screen
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Concerts & Gig Guide
A Small Hall Session with Hera
Hera is an award-winning Icelandic singer/songwriter who has lost count of how many times she has traveled around the world with her guitar
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Performing Arts
Gentle Man - The Best of Chris Parker
NEW DATE - RESCHEDULED FROM FEBRUARY
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Performing Arts
Spirit Level
When famous crime writer Jack Cameron and his wife Susie drown in a boating accident, they are refused entry into heaven – Jack is a card-carrying atheist – so they return to haunt the country cottage where they lived
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hawkes Bay Yoga Festival
Find a new flow, embrace wellness and spiritual awakening at the second annual Hawkes Bay Yoga Festival in Napier this August
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Declutter Your Home & Life Workshop
This workshop is designed to help you declutter your home AND life
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Exhibitions
Keirunga Quilters Exhibition 2022
Come and enjoy a range of lovely quilts created by the talented Keirunga Quilters, based in Havelock North
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Performing Arts
Nature / Culture / Poems
This is a public programme event in collaboration with the Napier Live Poets
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Concerts & Gig Guide
The Royal Variety Show 2
We're back!
INRFYR, SILVERFOXXX, JUNGLE BRIDGE, THE HEATHEN COLLECTIVE, MEINIAK, INHALE and DJs WOODHAUS n DANJAHRUS,
With special guests Dissonance and Demon Fetal Harvest
After a sold-out show In Masterton, we decided to take the Show on the road, next stop Napier!
8 Bands
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Concerts & Gig Guide
A Small Hall Session with Hera
Hera is an award-winning Icelandic singer/songwriter who has lost count of how many times she has traveled around the world with her guitar
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Wellness for Women 2022
Wellness for Women 2022: Coping with Change
Entertainment | Inspiration | Education | Connection
BPW Central Hawkes Bay presents a fun-filled afternoon with speakers, exhibitors and demonstrations
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Blowin' in the Bay
Avoid the bitter winter winds and hunker down in harmonic warmth, indulging in some escapism of a different kind with Deco Bay Brass and the Napier Technical Memorial Band
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Deco Bay Brass - Blowin' in the Bay
Avoid the bitter winter winds and hunker down in harmonic warmth, indulging in some escapism of a different kind with Deco Bay Brass and the Napier Technical Memorial Band
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Concerts & Gig Guide
A Small Hall Session with Hera
Hera is an award-winning Icelandic singer/songwriter who has lost count of how many times she has traveled around the world with her guitar
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Self Direction Wānanga
Manawanui are holding a Wānanga all about Self Direction in Hawke’s Bay
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Night - Blue Bay
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 Havelock North! No previous painting experience necessary
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
August Green Drinks 2022
Are you aware of some of the SUPER ‘green’ infrastructure projects happening right here in Hawkes Bay? One project recently won the ‘Low Carbon Future Award at the NZ Energy Excellence Awards’!
In conjunction with the Sustainable Building Group and the NZIA we have organised a presentation on the Windsor SubStation with the design team including the Project Manager – Paul Humphries; Sustainablility Consultants – Tricia Love Consultants Limited; Architect – Charissa Snijders; Architects & Unison – Aryero Kothroulas
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Concerts & Gig Guide
HBAF Troy Kingi & Delaney Davidson: Black Sea Golden Ladder
Troy Kingi (Te Arawa, Ngāpuhi) has arrived at the halfway point of his 10 10 10 Series: ten albums, ten genres, ten years
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Gloriavale
GLORIAVALE is an observational documentary examining the widespread abuse inside the infamous Gloriavale Community cult and the institutional failures that have allowed it to continue
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Rigoletto (Metropolitan Opera)
Tony Award–winning director Bartlett Sher creates a bold new take on Verdi’s timeless tragedy, resetting the opera’s action in 1920s Europe, with Art Deco sets by Michael Yeargan and elegant costumes by Catherine Zuber
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Concerts & Gig Guide
HBAF - Che Fu and the Kratez: Return of the Navigator
Che Fu is one of the best-selling hip hop acts to ever come out of Aotearoa, but his commercial success is only part of his achievement
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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
Dali Day 22
Everyone loves Dali! Come together to celebrate all things Dali on his special day
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HNPS Big Night Out 2022
The Big Night Out is back!
Join us to outwit, outplay, and outbid your friends for a hilarious quiz night, live auction, and dancing til late
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Performing Arts
CMNZ presents Barley & De Pledge - Beethoven & Brahms
The resonance of the cello pulls at the heartstrings, a compelling soundtrack for star crossed lovers and deep longings for that beyond our reach
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Landslide - Fleetwood Mac & Stevie Nicks Tribute Show
Landslide is a live 5 piece band, who have been celebrating the music of Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks for the past 9 years, covering well-known classics from Fleetwood Mac and also Stevie's solo hits!
Expect to hear Dreams, Sara, Rhiannon, The Chain, Go Your Own Way, Seven Wonders, Don't Stop, Edge of 17, Tusk, Gypsy, Black Magic Woman, Rooms On Fire, Little Lies etc
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Parisian Long Lunch
Enjoying a Parisian long lunch
Hands-on workshop, preparing 5 dishes
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Performing Arts
Hawke's Bay DanceNZmade Interschool
Local primary, intermediate and secondary schools bring their best dance to the stage in a night of great family entertainment- live to stage the passion and energy collide, embracing school spirit!
Who will take out the title and represent Hawke's Bay at Nationals?
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Exhibitions
NZQA Top Art Exhibition
We are excited to announce that the NZQA Top Art exhibition is coming to Hastings City Art Gallery from Monday 15 to Friday 26 August
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Performing Arts
Beginners Argentine Tango Six-Week Course
Hola! The Napier Tango Club is hosting an Introduction to Argentine Tango (Tango Argentino)
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; Fire of Love
This stunning documentary portrait of French volcanologists Maurice and Katia Krafft is skilfully constructed from their amazing archival footage collected from numerous volcanic expeditions in the 1970s and 80s
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint & Wine Night - Piha Sunset
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 Auckland! No previous painting experience necessary
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; The Good Boss
Javier Bardem, renowned for his memorable portrayals of villains in No Country for Old Men and Skyfall, adds another sinisterly charming, immoral character to his repertoire as the titular “good boss” in this dark Spanish satire which bagged all the top awards at the 2022 Goyas (the Spanish Oscars)
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; Navalny
This staggering, fly-on-the-wall portrait of the charismatic anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny, filmed in secret following an assassination attempt on his life, is one of the year’s most electrifying films
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Looking For Alaska and In The Shallows - 2022 Spring Tour
Looking For Alaska and In The Shallows - 2022 Spring Tour
Hamilton duo Looking For Alaska and Wellington duo In The Shallows are excited to announce that they will be joining forces for a 2022 spring tour!
Two accomplished groups in their own right, they will be taking to the road together from August - November to visit some of their favourite venues around the country and share their songs and stories, joined by a full band at their Auckland and Wellington shows
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; The Forgiven
Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain headline a star cast dealing with the fallout from a debauched weekend in Morocco in John Michael McDonagh’s blackly comic skewering of privilege
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hawke's Bay Go Green Expo 2022
FREE Adult Tickets available now!
Ticketing Tiers as follows:
FREE Tickets Online until 14th August
Followed by:
~ $4 Adult Tickets online
~ $5 Adult Door Sales
~ Kids U16 don’t need a ticket
Free parking available at the venue
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Festivals & Lifestyle
FIAFIA DAY 2022
Kia orana, Noa’ia, Talofa lava, Mauri, Mālō e lelei, Tālofa, Ni Sa Bula Vinaka, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Mālō ni and warm Pacific greetings
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; Ngā Whanaunga
Check out the best Māori and Pasifika short films in this year's Ngā Whanaunga Māori Pasifika Shorts Competition
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; Godland
Icelandic filmmaker Hlynur Pálmason follows up A White, White Day (NZIFF 2019) with this stunning historical epic which recalls the grandeur and madness of Herzog at his best
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; The Good Boss
Javier Bardem, renowned for his memorable portrayals of villains in No Country for Old Men and Skyfall, adds another sinisterly charming, immoral character to his repertoire as the titular “good boss” in this dark Spanish satire which bagged all the top awards at the 2022 Goyas (the Spanish Oscars)
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Elton John vs Billy Joel
Award-winning Karori based Duo Cam & Sam are bringing their Elton John vs Billy Joel 'NZ Tribute' to Portside Bar in Napier
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Performing Arts
Cinderella
From the ‘dream team’ who brought you 2019’s dazzling Hansel & Gretel, comes a brand-new ballet to celebrate the re-opening of Wellington’s St James Theatre followed by a national tour
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Friends Tribute Ft. Tony Painting (UK)
Brilliant! A night of music tributing the one & only blues guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan, what would be better than that?
Ok just imagine Stevie being joined on stage by other world-class blues/rock guitar Gods: Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Gary Moore, Rory Gallagher, Robin Trower, Eric Clapton, Albert King, Mark Knopfler, Ritchie Blackmore, Albert Collins, Lonnie Mack! “Impossible” I hear you say
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Blossoming Tree Album Release
Blossoming Tree is an album of 12 originals that Michael has been working on for the past 9 months
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; Punch
Seventeen-year-old boxer Jim carries the hopes and dreams of his father on his shoulders, but his growing relationship with local takatāpui Whetu forces him to confront the truth about his sexuality and choose his own future
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; Alcarràs
A Catalonian, peach-growing family face upheaval in this moving and nuanced reflection on identity, place and time by Carla Simón (Summer 1993 NZIFF 2017), awarded the Golden Bear at the Berlinale 2022
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; Fire of Love
This stunning documentary portrait of French volcanologists Maurice and Katia Krafft is skilfully constructed from their amazing archival footage collected from numerous volcanic expeditions in the 1970s and 80s
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Whānau Mārama: NZ Int. Film Fest; Hallelujah; Leonard Cohen
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song (2021)
Directed by Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine - Portrait of an Artist
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Whānau Mārama: NZ Int. Film Festival; You Won't be Alone
In 19th century Macedonia, a young shapeshifting witch learns what it means to be human by inhabiting the lives of others in this one-of-a-kind feature debut from Australian-Macedonian filmmaker Goran Stolevski
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; Ali & Ava
This refreshingly authentic depiction of finding love right on your doorstep, and from unlikely directions, abounds with humour and the transformative power of song
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; Fire of Love
“There are only so many times you can shout ‘woah!’ at yourself during one film, but this documentary about two French daredevil volcano chasers pushes that number up
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Performing Arts
Baby Bounce
Baby Bounce is a half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and noisy, wiggly, bouncy, fun
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint & Wine Night - Peony Bouquet
The concept is simple - take a brush in one hand, a drink in the other and let’s paint a masterpiece!
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting in the heart of Napier! No previous painting experience necessary
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Performing Arts
A Progression of Poets
A Progression of Poets comes to Napier!
You pick your venue - grab your FREE ticket and stay put and the poets come to you! This listing will get you tickets for The Cabana, Napier venue
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Performing Arts
A Progression of Poets
A Progression of Poets comes to Napier!
You pick your venue - grab your FREE ticket and stay put and the poets come to you! This listing will get you tickets for The Globe Lounge, Napier venue
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Performing Arts
A Progression of Poets
A Progression of Poets comes to Napier!
You pick your venue - grab your FREE ticket and stay put and the poets come to you! This listing will get you tickets for The Vinci's Pizza, Napier venue
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Concerts & Gig Guide
The Boss - Bruce Springsteen Tribute Show
THE BOSS is a full production, kick-ass compliment of nine passionate musicians bringing alive the timeless music of Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band
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Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; Kurt Vonnegut
An unconventional portrait of an unconventional author that not only chronicles the extraordinary life, work and legacy of Kurt Vonnegut but also his decades long friendship with the filmmaker who set out to document it
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Whānau Mārama: NZ Int. Film Festival; One Fine Morning
Léa Seydoux stars as a busy single mom, juggling caring for her daughter and her ailing father, who finds love in unexpected circumstances in Mia Hansen-Løve’s nimble romantic drama
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Glow in the Dark Paint Night - Trip Down the Rainbow Highway
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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Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; The Forgiven
Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain headline a star cast dealing with the fallout from a debauched weekend in Morocco in John Michael McDonagh’s blackly comic skewering of privilege
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Whānau Mārama: NZ Int. Film Fest; Hallelujah; Leonard Cohen
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song (2021)
Directed by Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine - Portrait of an Artist
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Performing Arts
Tech Taster
Tech Tasters is a time when kids can come and try out some of the tech we use in our programming
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Whānau Mārama: NZ Int.Film Festival; Both Sides of the Blade
Juliette Binoche, Vincent Lindon and Gregoire Colin form a turbulent love triangle as old flames endure in Claire Denis’ sexy and volatile relationship drama
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Whānau Mārama: NZ Int.Film Festival; We are Still Here
To sit, to listen to witness
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Exhibitions
‘Degrees of Connection’ Cap Jacobs Encore Exhibition
Abstract art has always had a great appeal for me
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Performing Arts
Baby Bounce
Baby Bounce is a half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and noisy, wiggly, bouncy, fun
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Performing Arts
Storytime
Storytime is a half-hour - forty-five-minute programme of songs and various picture books from our collection being read
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Whānau Mārama: NZ Int.Film Festival; Full Time
Single mum Julie (Laure Calamy, Call My Agent!) races against time in this forceful, authentic drama underpinned by a thriller momentum
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Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; Stars at Noon
Based on Denis Johnson’s cult novel, Margaret Qualley and Joe Alwyn star in this heady and alluring romantic thriller from NZIFF fave Claire Denis, directing her second English-language feature
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2022 Edible Fashion Awards
2022 EDIBLE FASHION AWARDS
Spectacular wearable art is back and better than ever! Celebrate Hawke’s Bay’s creativity, innovative spirit, and identity as an exceptional food producer at the 2022 Edible Fashion Awards
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Whānau Mārama: NZ Int. Film Festival; Triangle of Sadness
Gilded privilege comes a cropper when abruptly confronted by less luxurious reality in this brilliantly orchestrated satire awarded the Palme d’Or 2022
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Whānau Mārama: NZ Int. Film Festival; Lost Illusions
Reaping top awards at the 2022 Césars, this majestic, lavish fresco adapted from Balzac’s masterpiece paints a cruel portrait of 19th century Parisian society and the burgeoning world of the press, which has startling contemporary overtones
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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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Whānau Mārama: NZ Int.Film Festival; Full Time
Single mum Julie (Laure Calamy, Call My Agent!) races against time in this forceful, authentic drama underpinned by a thriller momentum
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Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; Close
Belgian director Lukas Dhont follows up his award-winning debut Girl (NZIFF 2018) with this deft exploration of the fragile world of childhood bonds, which has already picked up major prizes at Cannes and Sydney
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Mad Doggerel Cabaret
Two poets and a musician combine to present a comic and lyric portrait of Aotearoa New Zealand and its place in the South Pacific today
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HBAF 2022 Taster Series - Reb Fountain IRIS Tour
Flying Nun Records and HBAF Presents
Reb Fountain IRIS Tour
With touring plans curtailed in 2021, Reb Fountain welcomes the opportunity to bring IRIS to life with her band in 2022
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Whānau Mārama: NZ Int. Film Festival; Decision to Leave
Park Chan-wook makes a welcome return to NZIFF with this masterful and seductive romantic thriller about an insomniac detective investigating a mysterious widow oddly unconcerned with her husband’s death
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Whānau Mārama: NZ Int. Film Festival; Where is Anne Frank?
A gloriously animated fantasy reimagining of Anne Frank’s story from the lauded director of The Congress (NZIFF 2013) and Waltz with Bashir (NZIFF 2008)
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Whānau Mārama: NZ Int. Film Festival; NZ's Best 2022
Check out the year’s best New Zealand short films as chosen by guest selector, Florian Habicht
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Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; Corsage
Marie Kreutzer’s bold and subversive costume drama features an imperious Vicky Krieps as the restless Empress Elisabeth of Austria, struggling to break free from the restrictive confines of courtly life
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Whānau Mārama: NZ Int. Film Festival; Triangle of Sadness
Gilded privilege comes a cropper when abruptly confronted by less luxurious reality in this brilliantly orchestrated satire awarded the Palme d’Or 2022
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Connect Music | Pre School Music Programme
Connect Music is a preschool music and dance programme for any children under the age of 5
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Feldenkrais "Not Yoga" Movement Classes
Discover how you're designed to move with Feldenkrais "Not Yoga" Awareness Through Movement® classes
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Hygge's Wine Match Dinner with Black Barn Vineyards
Take time out and move on from Covid
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Te Wheke
Te Wheke swims across the motu again after a successful premiere tour in 2021
“Reimagining Atamira over the deep plunge into the pandemic, Te Wheke then arrived on a surging wave to commemorate our 21st year milestone of creating and presenting inspirational Māori contemporary dance”
Artistic Director, Jack Gray
Drawing on the whakapapa of Atamira Dance Company’s illustrious continuum and inspired by the symbology of the Octopus as kaitiaki, this large full-length work was collectively created by the leading navigators of Māori contemporary dance
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Feldenkrais "Not Yoga" Movement Classes
Discover how you're designed to move with Feldenkrais "Not Yoga" Awareness Through Movement® classes
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Festivals & Lifestyle
KARAWHIUA! Language Challenge
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori | Māori Language Week runs from the 12-18 Mahuru (September) 2022, but our KARAWHIUA challenge runs all month!
Karawhiua te reo Māori!
Complete 1 or more challenges to go into the draw to win
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Exhibitions
'Seasonal Inspiration' Natacha Riou Exhibition
This work is inspired by nature: its powerful colours, playing lights and shadows
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Exhibitions
'Crazy Wild Flowers' Kim Cleverton Exhibition
Kim Cleverton is a Hawkes Bay artist, originally from Melbourne, having moved to Napier in 1977
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