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Sun 11 Oct - Sun 21 NovFood, Gourmet, Wine
Hawke's Bay Farmers' Market
Delight in a shopping event of taste sensations at one of New Zealand’s oldest and largest traditional Farmers’ Markets
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Sports & Outdoors
Flaxmere Parkrun
Flaxmere parkrun hold free, weekly, 5km timed events every Saturday at 8am at Flaxmere Park for you to run, walk, or jog at your preferred pace
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Tea With Tales
Brought to you by Hastings District Libraries and the NZ Blind Foundation, come and listen to short book readings and share what you have been reading while enjoying a cuppa and a biscuit
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Introduction to Essential Oils Class
This is the perfect space to come and learn, in a relaxed environment, about how to use essential oils safely and effectively for your whole family
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Performing Arts
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff and experienced comics a place to try new material
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Performing Arts
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff, and experienced comics a place to try new material
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Hastings Creative Writing Group
Are you or would you like to be a writer? Be inspired to get started or continue your writing journey by joining our creative writing group
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Napier Urban Farmers' Market
Walk down Emerson Street and end up in a perfect little market offering a true Hawke's Bay experience
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Landmarks Local History Talk
The Landmarks Local History Talk takes place on the second Tuesday of each month from February to November 2020
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Social Rock N Roll Club
Come along to a great night of rock n roll every Tuesday night for beginners and experienced dancers this is a social rock n roll club, we welcome those who want to learn rock n roll and we will assist you
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Performing Arts
Hastings Music Society
Hastings Music Society Concerts, held every second Sunday of the month, March-November at St Matthew's Anglican Church, feature local vocal, instrumental and group musicians performing varied musical styles representing centuries of beautiful music
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Exhibitions
Brian Campbell - Head Above The Water
Despite the title of his latest exhibition, Brian Campbell doesn't so much lift his head out of the water as he raises it above the parapet, building an imaginary world using satire, fantasy and humour to contemplate some serious, possibly even profound, questions
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Exhibitions
Dali Susanto - Today is the Day
Dali Susanto was born in the art capital of Indonesia, Yogyakarta and was brought up surrounded by artists
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Exhibitions
Thinking Unfolding
The idea of a book as an art object evolved in the mid-20th Century when artists began experimenting with the book format as a means to express their ideas
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Havelock Handmade Market
A great variety of stalls with locally made products by talented stallholders who set up behind Peak Pizza on Te Mata Road, Havelock North on the first Saturday of every month Feb-Dec each year
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Exhibitions
te MOKO on our face / in your face
te MOKO
on our face / in your face | Main Gallery
The te MOKO exhibition showcases “the face of Māori Art today”
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Sports & Outdoors
Bay Ford CX2 & CX5, 2021 CXHB Series
With thanks to our Series Sponsor Bay Ford Bay Mazda Hastings
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Here Comes the King Series - Book of Matthew Bible Study
Come and join us as Pastor Eric Flores takes us on a journey to systematically study the Book of Matthew of the Bible in Calvary Chapel style of verse by verse exposition
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Board Game Club
Are you a fan of strategy games? Try out Munchkin, DND, Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, and more at the Taradale Library board game club!
Group A: Suitable for 10+
Group B: Suitable for 14+
Napier Libraries is a true community hub which supports learning, creativity and interaction with free programmes and activities designed for all ages
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Chess Club
Want to learn chess or test your skills? Come along to our chess club! Suitable for all ages and skill levels
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Baby Bounce
Join us for a half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and finger plays
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Story Time
Join us for some fun and excitement as we journey through a collection of adventurous stories and songs all preschoolers can enjoy
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Kapa Kōrero
Nau mai, haere mai! Welcome to Napier Libraries' te Reo conversation club
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Rummikub
Come and play or learn how to play the game of Rummikub
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Escape Room for School Holidays
Pop-up Escape Room
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Exhibitions
te MOKO on our face / in your face FLOOR TALKS
Join Iwi Toi Kahungunu artists talk about their practice and artworks in te MOKO on our face / in your face exhibition
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Exhibitions
Kohua Maori Art
Thanks to the assistance of Iwi Toi Kahungunu - Maori Artists, the CHB Museum presents an art exhibition showcasing local contemporary indigenous art supporting the importance of Maori Arts and honouring Te Tiriti of Waitangi
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Exhibitions
Interactive Wall: Fun with Form
FUN with FORM: memorise, recreate and challenge your friends and whānau!
Test your memorising skills with our interactive wall, Fun with Form! Fun with Form is a memory game you can play to challenge your friends and whānau
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Exhibitions
Write & Win! Art Competition
Write & Win! Art competition for children inspired by Brian Campbell paintings in Head Above the Water exhibition
Write/draw a story inspired by some of the paintings in the exhibition
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Exhibitions
Pukapuka Mahi - Free Kids Activity Booklets
Pukapuka Mahi | Free Kids Activity Booklets
Available throughout the July School Holidays
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Performing Arts
The Jailhouse Frocks
Shattering Dim-witted Officer Dwayne's tranquil evening at the Birchwood County Police Station is the arrests of three unlikely women: The Mayor's Wife, The local mad cat-lady, and a dangerous looking New Yorker
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Mid-Winter Makers Market
Buy local and support Hawke's Bay Artists!
The popular CAN Mid-Winter Makers Market returns and presents a unique opportunity to browse locally made, beautifully handcrafted products made by our talented Hawke’s Bay artists
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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
MTG Opening
MTG is opening and celebrating with a weekend of live performances, kids activities and 2 new exhibitions
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Exhibitions
1931 Hawke’s Bay Earthquake Exhibition
“The outline of the hill turned into a giant serpent as it heaved up and down
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Exhibitions
Billy Apple® A Brand Looking for a Product Exhibition
The naming of a new apple cultivar Billy Apple® fulfils a long-held ambition for the artist and is the natural culmination of his 1962 self-branding exercise
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Code Club
Are you new to coding? Do you want to get started using Scratch? Come along to Code Club, Saturdays during term time, 2pm-3pm at Taradale Library
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Finding Nemo
Marlin (Albert Brooks), a clown fish, is overly cautious with his son, Nemo (Alexander Gould), who has a foreshortened fin
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Frozen
When their kingdom becomes trapped in perpetual winter, fearless Anna (Kristen Bell) joins forces with mountaineer Kristoff (Jonathan Groff) and his reindeer sidekick to find Anna's sister, Snow Queen Elsa (Idina Menzel), and break her icy spell
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Sports & Outdoors
Thirsty Whale Napier City Rovers vs Wairarapa United
Thirsty Whale Napier City Rovers battle it out with Wairarapa United in this must-win game
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Performing Arts
The 2021 Road Trip - Matthew Marshall Classical Guitar
On Sunday July 25th at 2:30 pm Waiapu Cathedral will host an exciting concert
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Craggy Range Winter Concert Series Presents Connan Mockasin
Following the success of our first Winter Concert Series in 2019, we're thrilled to welcome guests back again, this time with incredible musician Connan Mockasin
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
"Not Yoga" Awareness Through Movement Classes
Move better and feel more awesome with "Not Yoga" classes
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Exhibitions
MTG Collections Tour
Join us for this fantastic opportunity to see behind the scenes of the MTG collections facility
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Digital Seniors Internet Hub
Need some help with your digital device? The Digital Seniors Internet Cafe is on every Tuesday afternoon from 1 to 2
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
CAN After-School Art Play
Weekly Art Class for 8-11's
CAN weekly after-school classes are designed to entice every young artist to have fun, while exploring various media with experienced children’s art tutor and artist Holi Shannon
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
‘Sew Fun’ Morning Classes Term 3
For beginners and mixed abilities
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
"Not Yoga" Awareness Through Movement Classes
Move better and feel more awesome with "Not Yoga" classes
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
‘CAN SEW’ Evening Classes Term 3
For beginners and mixed abilities
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Release and Balance 2.0
Release and Balance 2
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
"Not Yoga" Awareness Through Movement Classes
Move better and feel more awesome with "Not Yoga" classes
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Experimental Printmaking & Collage Term 3 Evening Classes
Join printmaker Sue Weston over four weeks to explore the creative potential of printing on paper with a gelli plate and acrylic ink
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Introduction to Linocut Printmaking - Evening Classes
CAN Evening Classes at Keirunga Gardens for Term 3
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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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Performing Arts
Traditional Pakistan Music – Interactive Workshop
Free cultural experience
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Exhibitions
Larisse Hall: Of the Essence
Larisse Hall: Of the Essence | Alcove Gallery
31 July - 17 October 2021
We wake and sleep to the rhythm of light
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Traditional Pakistan Calligraphy – Interactive Workshops
Free cultural experience
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Artist Floor Talk: Larisse Hall
Hear Larisse Hall talk about her exhibition Of the Essence
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Goats Cheese Making Workshop
Note: This workshop is postponed to 31st July 2021
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Bath Bomb Making Class
Make your own economical bath bombs and luxuriate in a sparkling, relaxing, fragrant bath whenever you fancy
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Happy Daze Vintage Market
Hawke's Bay's pop-up market for all things vintage, second hand and pre-loved!
Food by Hermana Hawke's Bay
Tunes by Larry Nobody
& drinks flowing from the Spaceship bar
Gold coin donation on entry from which all proceeds go to iamhope
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Night - Peony Bouquet
The concept is simple - take a brush in one hand, a drink in the other and let’s paint a masterpiece!
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting in Napier! No previous painting experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going!
The need to know:
Drinks: Does not include a complimentary drink but available for purchase throughout the event
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Performing Arts
Fantasy & Romance
Be transported to other worlds with the sublime marriage of flute, oboe and piano
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Art for Tots
A fun art experience for under-fives, consisting of playful art conversations or whimsical storytelling and hands-on art-making
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Rejuvenation & Blissful Meditation
Bring more peace & calm to yourself and your life!
9-week course beginning Monday 2 August
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Teens After-School Art Classes - 12 to 16 years
A weekly class for 12-16-year-olds wanting to improve their drawing and illustration skills and develop their own style
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Exploring Painting (Art Course)
Exploring Painting: Improve Your Painting Skills Through Practice
Take your painting further with a series of subject-based painting projects to keep you motivated!
This eight-week course is suitable for students who have tried acrylic or watercolour painting before and who would like to improve their painting skills in a supportive environment with guidance and feedback
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Zenkuro Sake and Japanese Gin Tasting
As part of the Japan Society of Hawke’s Bays 60th celebrations they bring you a Zenkuro Sake and Japanese Gin Night
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Explore Watercolours with Studio Sparks
This class will introduce you to a variety of watercolour techniques classic and modern
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Drawing People (Art Course)
Drawing People: Learn How To Draw Portraits And Figures
Take your drawing to the next level and start drawing people!
In this eight week course Emily will introduce you to a variety of beginner drawing approaches and techniques for drawing figures and portraits
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Beginners Ballroom & Latin 8-Week Course
Ballroom & Latin Dance Lessons - Beginners course start Tuesday 3rd August 2021
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Studio Sparks - Afterschool ART
Term 3 Studio Sparks--AfterSchool Art Class
Classes will start the first week of August
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Beginners Salsa 8 Week Course
Salsa Dance Lessons - Beginners course start Wednesday 4th August 2021
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Exhibitions
Walk of Wonders
We invite you to step into the night and join us on our Walk of Wonders
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
HB Music Hub Mentoring Sessions - David Ridler
Join David Ridler from NZ on Air Funding for an exclusive mentoring session to help you enhance your music career
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Pelvic Floor Restore Workshop
An introductory workshop for women to help you understand, nourish, support and maintain your pelvic health
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Sports & Outdoors
NZ Mountain Film Festival National Tour - Hawkes Bay
Returning to Napier in Hawkes Bay, we have the popular and inspiring NZ Mountain Film Festival National Tour with its amazing films celebrating outdoor adventurers getting out there and doing it!
Internationally recognised as one of the world’s premier mountain film festival events an audience can expect up-close adventures, emotive and insightful cultural content, and the usual fast-paced, action-packed adrenaline entertainment making for an impressive programme that will have outdoor enthusiasts inspired and entertained
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
HB Music Hub Mentoring Sessions - David Ridler
Join David Ridler from NZ on Air Funding for an exclusive mentoring session to help you enhance your music career
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hygge Quiz Night
Come on down to a night to reminisce, remember, and revolt with the era that was the 80s
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Performing Arts
The Firebird
Following the triumph of his Hansel & Gretel in 2019, the Royal New Zealand Ballet is delighted to commission a new work by Choreographer in Residence Loughlan Prior for 2021
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Temple of the Grunge
We are back and really looking forward to smashing some 90's classics for you, expect a good dose of
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hawkes Bay Yoga Festival
Invoke clarity and healing with an entire weekend of Yoga at the first-ever Hawkes Bay Yoga Festival
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
The Things You Can Do with Wool and Other Fibres
Calling all fibre-crafters!
On Saturday 7 August there will be a fibrecraft event on at Hastings War Memorial Library
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Exhibitions
Ashton Lexie Jamieson and Sharleen Gamble: Young Art
Ashton Lexie Jamieson and Sharleen Gamble: Young Art | Foyer Gallery
7 August – 24 October 2021
The contemporary concept of young art is work not defined by the age of the creator, but by the stage the artist is at in their career
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Harakeke Weaving Workshop
One day weekend workshop with Lee Olsen
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Sunset Photography Workshop for Beginners
If you’re passionate about taking photos but need some help with the technical details, camera settings and composition, this is the perfect workshop for you
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Concerts & Gig Guide
I Saw You
Dali Day 2021
I Saw You - Exhibition 5-7 free event
I Saw You
A National Holiday opens with a collection of hand-picked world-class visual artists participating in the inaugural exhibition to open the night's festivities for Dali Day
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Live Music night with The Rvmes at Crab Farm Winery
Our live music nights are back, it's been a while and we need a good night out!! Join us for a night of music with The Rvmes
Get your dancing shoes on for a night of live music, delicious gourmet snack menu and a couple of drinks!
Tickets will be on sale via Eventfinda at $15 per person (limited earlybird price) and $20 per person once the earlybird tickets have sold out - please follow our event page to keep up to date with ticket sales
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HNPS Big Night Out
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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Concerts & Gig Guide
Dali Day
Everyone loves Dali! Come together to celebrate all things Dali on his special day
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Sports & Outdoors
Bay Ford CX6, 2021 CXHB Series
With thanks to our Series Sponsor Bay Ford Bay Mazda Hastings
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Travel the World - China - Cooking Workshop
Jie Pang will introduce you to skills of filling, shaping and making Steamed buns from scratch
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Asians In The Bay Awards
Asians in the Bay Awards which started in 2012 aims to recognize the contribution of Asians communities throughout Hawkes Bay in the social, cultural and economic development of Hawkes Bay
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
HB Music Hub Mentoring Sessions - Nicole & Paula
Join Nicole Thomas and Paula Yeoman from Niknac Media for an exclusive mentoring session on all things music promotion and release plans
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
HB Music Hub Mentoring Sessions - Nicole & Paula
Join Nicole Thomas and Paula Yeoman from Niknac Media for an exclusive mentoring session on all things music promotion and release plans
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Friend of Hastings District Libraries Book Sale
This is a Friends of Hastings District Libraries fundraising event
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Night - The Kiss
The concept is simple - take a brush in one hand, a drink in the other and let’s paint a masterpiece!
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting in Napier! No previous painting experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going!
The need to know:
Drinks: Does not include a complimentary drink but available for purchase throughout the event
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Performing Arts
The Shades - The Gratitude Tour
Kava Bowl Media proudly present The Shades Quartet on their return tour of New Zealand
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Performing Arts
The Shades - The Gratitude Tour
Kava Bowl Media proudly presents The Shades Quartet on their return tour of New Zealand
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Fright Night
Have you ever wanted to do something CRAZY on a Friday night? To unleash your inner Zombie?
We are calling all Ghosts, Monsters and Zombies to have a Thrilling night at the Faraday
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Performing Arts
Open Call 3
Open Call 3 @ Spaceship
Come along and watch some local Hawkes Bay people brave the bright lights and share their talents with you! With acts from all different areas of performance; comedy, dancing, and singing, just to name a few
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Concerts & Gig Guide
A Night with Lynne Toner, Adrienne Toner & Fletcher Whanau
A Night with Lynne Toner, Adrienne Toner & the Fletcher Whanau
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Bill Cunningham New York
Chronicles a man who is obsessively interested in only one thing, the pictures he takes that document the way people dress
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Beuys: Art as a Weapon
This archive-packed documentary provides a tantalising introduction to the life and work of Joseph Beuys, the revolutionary German artist of the 70s and 80s, celebrated for his artworks, performances and politics
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Exit Through the Gift Shop
The story of how an eccentric French shop-keeper and amateur film-maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Grawlixes 'Love You To Death' Album Release Tour
Grawlixes celebrate their sophomore album with a 12 date headline tour this July/August
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Embodied Breath
Sybille & Jay are coming to the north island on tour to share their joy for conscious dance and collaboration
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Professions and Researchers – in Ethical Decline?
This is a joint meeting with the HB Branch of Engineering New Zealand
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Performing Arts
Dance Danced Dancing (2021)
From the creative team behind the NZ Fringe multiple award-nominated, crowd-favourite show, New Dance Group, comes a unique show designed to pull the curtains back on the delightful oddities of creating live dance
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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
Hawke's Bay Wine Auction - Pre-Tasting Event
The Hawke's Bay Wine Auction Pre-Tasting event presents an opportunity for guests to sample auction lot wines prior to the main auction event a month later on Saturday, 18th September
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Performing Arts
West End to Waipawa. Musical revue;
The Waipawa Musical &Dramatics Club winter Musical Revue
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Performing Arts
DIY Comedy
Hawkes Bay is churning out some awesome comedic talent, so it's time we start seeing them regularly!
We're bringing monthly shows to the home of live comedy in Napier, The Cabana!
Details for August's show will be available ASAP, but this should be a cracker!
Online tickets are available from KiwiTicket
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Performing Arts
Live at The Cabana
Hawkes Bay is churning out some awesome comedic talent, so it's time we start seeing them regularly!
We're bringing monthly shows to the home of live comedy in Napier, The Cabana!
Details for August's show will be available ASAP, but this will be a cracker!
Tickets available from KiwiTicket
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Studio Ghibli: Earwig and the Witch Fundraiser Movie
Come along and join us as part of our 60th celebrations of the Japan Society of Hawke’s Bay with a Family Movie Night - Earwig and the Witch
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Concerts & Gig Guide
LOU'ANA North Island Tour
LOU’ANA
Tāmaki Makaurau based artist with her seven-piece band are going on the road this winter to serve up her soul funk grooves with a dose of Magick
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Nature and Scenic Photography Workshop
Photographing birds and scenery take a special set of skills
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Embroidery 101 Workshop
Saturday Morning Workshop with Ngaio Blackwood
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Embroidery 102 Workshop at Keirunga Creative Hub
Saturday Afternoon Workshop with Ngaio Blackwood
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Benee - Aotearoa Tour
Formidable indie-pop sensation and rising global superstar BENEE has today announced a nationwide regional tour for August
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Fight Club
Some of Hawkes Bays finest DJs playing back to back to bring you the ultimate night of HOUSE MUSIC
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Concerts & Gig Guide
The Rude Boyz - Reggae Party
Hawke’s Bay favourite reggae band The Rude Boyz are bringing the reggae party back to The Common Room Hastings
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Night - Farmland Sheep
The concept is simple - take a brush in one hand, a drink in the other and let’s paint a masterpiece!
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting in Napier! No previous painting experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going!
The need to know:
Drinks: Does not include a complimentary drink but available for purchase throughout the event
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Performing Arts
Wonderland Glow Show
The GLOW SHOW team is back with WONDERLAND GLOW SHOW, a ‘kiwified’ interpretation of the classic ‘Alice in Wonderland' tale for tamariki, educators and whanau! Let your imagination soar as you're transported by the magic of giant scale glow-in-the-dark puppetry
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
"Not Yoga" Awareness Through Movement Classes
Move better and feel more awesome with "Not Yoga" classes
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Hawke's Bay Hospitality Awards
The Hawke's Bay Hospitality Awards are proudly presented by the Restaurant Association of New Zealand with the support of Lead Sponsors Gilmours
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Attachment & Maltreatment
It has been said that children who need love the most, ask for it in the most unloving ways
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
"Not Yoga" Awareness Through Movement Classes
Move better and feel more awesome with "Not Yoga" classes
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
"Not Yoga" Awareness Through Movement Classes
Move better and feel more awesome with "Not Yoga" classes
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Propagation Workshop
A full-day hands-on workshop covering the following:
Seed sowing and pricking out – learn how to successfully sow and then prick out a variety of vegetables and perennial companions to ensure strong and healthy plants in your garden
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Deva Mahal - The Kinship Tour
Due to popular demand, Deva Mahal is doing a series of special shows this August as she embarks on a 7-date nationwide ‘Kinship’ tour
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Concerts & Gig Guide
'I See a Girl'; An uplifting and empowering musical event
Creative Arts Napier is proud to present "I see a girl" - love and believe in your reflection! An uplifting and empowering musical/visual gig for all ages
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Pop-Up Kids Market - Spring 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
Jo Morris Introduction to Memoir Writing
Turning Memories into Memoir
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Beginners Sketch & Paint in Watercolours
Unleash the Artist within and dig a little deeper into watercolour painting with local artist Michele Jung from her studio in Napier, Hawke's Bay
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Night- Starry Night Over The Rhône
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 Hastings! No previous painting experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going!
The need to know:
Drinks: Does not include a complimentary drink but available for purchase throughout the event
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Transforming the Governance of Freshwater in Hawke's Bay
In New Zealand, two groups of actors are particularly involved in freshwater governing: namely farmers, who manage large areas of the countryside, and regional councils – the governing entity that has the legislative responsibility to manage the freshwater resources of a region
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hawke's Bay Home and Garden Show 2021
Turning houses into homes for over 30 years!
The Hawke’s Bay Home & Garden Show is packed with all the ideas and information that you need to transform your surroundings into the space you’ve always dreamed of
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Exhibitions
Hawke’s Bay Art Review Exhibition and Gala Opening
Join us on Friday 3 September for the Gala Opening of this year's Hawke's Bay Art Review
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Performing Arts
Hawke's Bay Young Musician of the Year 2021 - Preliminary
Enjoy the preliminary stage of the Hawke's Bay Young Musician of the Year event where our finest young musicians perform solo in concert for the honour of becoming the Freemasons HB & Charity HB Young Musician of the Year 2021
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Healthy Breathing Workshop
Join Sannyasins Priyadhara & Atmabhava for their upcoming Healthy Breathing Workshop at Breathe Yoga Studio, Havelock North, in beautiful Hawke’s Bay
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Bring Back The 70's Cabaret
Get your tickets now for a great night out!
Dust off your disco shoes and jive the night away with live music from Sir Duke as they pump out all your favourite 70’s tunes!
Come dressed in your best 70’s outfit and enjoy a fabulous night of dancing, spot prizes, frolics and fun! Enjoy a complimentary drink on arrival and a delicious supper all included!
Perfect opportunity for social clubs and businesses to treat the staff!
Don’t delay, tickets won’t last long!
A fabulous way to kick off Spring and support this fundraiser brought to you by the committee of Strathmore Highland Dancing CHB!
$10 Pick up and Drop off Bus available -Please pre-book with ad-on ticket, Pick-up locations to be confirmed
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Akhanda Kirtan - a Journey Into the Heart
Join us at the at the Wellness Sanctuary for a special Bhakti Sunday celebration with Sannyasins Atmabhava, Priyadhara, Swami Kailash and Wellington - Hawke’s Bay’s vibrant Kirtan community
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Simple and Intentional Living Meeting
Are you looking for new purpose now that your kids have flown the nest?
Would you love to start afresh but don’t know how and where to begin?
Do you feel curious but also scared about the next chapter in your life?
Does your home feel big and empty now that your kids have flown the nest?
Are you lost, wondering what's next?
Do you feel curious but also scared about the next chapter in your life?
If your answer to any (or all) of these questions is YES, our free meetup group could be for you
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Night - Koi Fish
The concept is simple - take a brush in one hand, a drink in the other and let’s paint a masterpiece!
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting in Napier! No previous painting experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going!
The need to know:
Drinks: Does not include a complimentary drink but available for purchase throughout the event
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Lawrence Arabia Does Chant Darling
Lawrence Arabia Does Chant Darling with special Guests Na Noise
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Performing Arts
Piano Masterclass with Rae de Lisle
As part of the Hawke's Bay Young Musician of the Year 2021 event, Rae de Lisle, one of New Zealand's leading pianists and music teachers will work with young Hawke's Bay classical pianists in a masterclass focused on technique and style
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hastings Blossom Festival 2021
We are very happy and excited to let you know that the 2021 Blossom Parade is to take place on September 11, at 11am
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Performing Arts
Ensemble Workshop with Rae de Lisle
As part of the Young Musician of the Year 2021 event, Rae de Lisle, one of New Zealand's leading pianists and music teachers will give a workshop for both piano accompanists and musicians working with accompanists
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Performing Arts
NZ String Quartet | National Tour 2021
In August and September, the New Zealand String Quartet will perform across Aotearoa for our 2021 National Tour
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Afro Music Experience
Sam Manzanza & Afrobeat band will be performing his infectious afrobeat Manzanza Sound to make feel the highest Energy upbeat rhythm to dance no stop and to forget your worries
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Travel the World - Long Lunch in Italy Cooking Workshop
Enjoying a long lunch in the Italian Countryside
Hands-on workshop, preparing 5 dishes
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Performing Arts
PERIOD.
Informed by personal stories, education books, and experts… Ephemeral Theatre breathes life into the stale classroom puberty talk
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
'Her Say' - Women's Forum - With Jackie Clarke & the Aunties
Women only event
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hawke's Bay Wine Auction
The Hawke’s Bay Wine Auction celebrates 30 years in 2021, with Hawke’s Bay’s most talented winemakers providing over 40 lots of wine, many of which are being specially blended
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Jon Stevens - Noiseworks INXS collection - with The Narcs
Jon Stevens is delighted to announce a cocnert at Exhibition Hall, Tomoana Showgrounds in Hastings as part of his rescheduled ’Noiseworks + INXS Collection Tour’ in September
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Performing Arts
AYO - Auckland Youth Orchestra - GLORY
Gigout: Grand Choeur Dialogué (soloist: Nicholas Forbes)
Mozart: The Magic Flute Overture
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending (soloist: Jim Wu)
Saint-Saëns - Symphony No
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Babe Rainbow - New Zealand Spring Tour
Back by popular demand to deliver a warm dose of aural sunshine, cosmic conduits Babe Rainbow return to Aotearoa following their dazzling 2021 album, ‘Changing Colours’
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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
Stan Walker - All in Tour
With no need for introductions, Stan Walker embarks on his nationwide ‘ALL IN’ tour performing 9 spectacular shows across Aotearoa, singing all of his hit songs and some brand new music!
Boasting a stellar career that spans 5 studio albums, Stan Walker has been creating acclaimed New Zealand/Australian anthems for more than 12 years creating hit after hit including Black Box, Take It Easy, Loud, Galaxy, Thank You, Aotearoa, Bigger & Tua which features his goddaughter Ibanez Maeva
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Great Gable (OZ)
Off the back of a solid 2020 which saw them release their debut album Tracing Faces, hit #4 in the ARIA Vinyl Charts, spend weeks in the Top 10 most played songs on triple j and broadcast their first Live At The Wireless, Great Gable are heading over the ditch for a massive run of shows across New Zealand
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Sports & Outdoors
Hawkes Bay Harley MC Spring Run
Hawkes Bay Harley are holding their annual Spring Run, in support of The Acorn Foundation Hawkes Bay, on 25th September 2021
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Napier Lymph Info Day
Learn about lymphoedema, lipoedema and phleboedema - all conditions that can cause debilitating swelling and health problems
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Sports & Outdoors
Lake Tutira Off Road Half Marathon - 12k & 5k Trail Run
Located just 40 minutes North of Napier, Lake Tutira offers a beautiful and challenging course, with stunning views
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Sports & Outdoors
Super Sixes Hawke's Bay
This year, Super Sixes Hawke’s Bay will be held on the 29th and 30th of September at the Mitre10 Park on the outskirts of Hastings
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Soul Nourishment Women's Weekend
Revitalise your mind, body & soul at an indulgent weekend for women
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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
The Upbeats
Supreme D&B proponents, The Upbeats, announce album release date and New Zealand Tour
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Seasons Art Class for Adult Beginner to Improver
Have you ever wanted to learn to draw and paint? Do you want to improve your skills? We incorporate a happy, relaxed feel to our friendly, fun, easy step-by-step lessons, providing not just a high level of tuition to help develop potential artists, but a bubbly social gathering that all our students look forward to attending
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Waipawa Spring Festival AKA Duck Day
Mark the date
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Performing Arts
Friends! The Musical Parody
So, no one told you life was gonna be this way! Not even Phoebe with all her psychic connections could have foretold the events of the past 12 months
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Performing Arts
Austen Found - The Undiscovered Musicals of Jane Austen
Addicted to Darcy? Bonkers for Big Balls? Lost all Sense and Sensibility? Well put down your cross stitching and get ready to enjoy an entirely improvised musical in the style of Jane Austen
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Sports & Outdoors
Spring Challenge Napier
Welcome to the Spring Challenge! Spring Challenge North, a women adventure race
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Performing Arts
Drag up your Life!
HAWKE'S BAY! Are you ready to Drag up your Life?! Kelly Fornia is taking her drag lip-sync extravaganza all over the nation this 2021, and we are stepping foot in glamorous Hawke's Bay!
Drag up your Life features a fabulous selection of Wellington's finest Drag Queens & Kings as we bring you lip-syncs and Drag stage challenge realness honey that'll leave you GAGGED and your wigs SNATCHED
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Riding in Remembrance 2021
Riding in Remembrance 2021 is a fundraising event and family fun day hosted by Sands Hawkes Bay
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Harcourts Hawke's Bay Arts Festival 2021
The Harcourts Hawke’s Bay Arts Festival is happening again - from 16-31st October 2021, and includes Labour weekend
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hawke's Bay A&P Show 2021
Fantastic Family Fun! Come along and see the animals and the people at New Zealand's biggest A&P show
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Concerts & Gig Guide
White Chapel Jak
"One of the hottest and exciting acts to emerge in NZ in the last 18 months" - Paul Ellis, NZ Idol_NZ Got Talent Judge, Former Sony Music Executive
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Garageland - Last Exit to Garageland 25th Anniversary Tour
Banished Music & Under The Radar presents
Garageland
“Last Exit to Garageland” 25th Anniversary Tour
Citizens, it’s been roughly 9125 days since Flying Nun chart invaders Garageland released Last Exit to Garageland to the world and the band are happy to announce an October 2021 return
Take yourself back 300 months to 1996 as the band dig into an album that NME described as having “enough catchiness and sonic adrenaline to incite a teenage riot… a collision of Sonic Youth, Pavement and a massive lorry-full of hooks… half Pixies, half-mass-slaughter-of-oxen
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Festivals & Lifestyle
The Hawke’s Bay Art Trail 2021
Be your own art tour guide! Grab an Art Trail map and over Labour Weekend take an inspiring meander around Hawke’s Bay artists’ studios, galleries and pop-ups
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Labour of Love
Fabrik & The Good Batch are infatuated with music
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Performing Arts
Drag 101 workshop with Hugo Grrrl
Want to do drag but don't know where to get started? Doing drag but want to up your game? Learn how to create slick, simple but sickening stage spots that are guaranteed to stick in this drag basics workshop
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Sir Dave Dobbyn
Sir Dave Dobbyn is set to play a one-off show at iconic Black Barn Vineyards in Hawkes Bay!
Fabrik presents iconic Kiwi singer-songwriter Sir Dave Dobbyn live in concert at Black Barn Vineyards
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Festivals & Lifestyle
CHB Holistic Wellbeing Expo
This amazing event is run over 2 days
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Sports & Outdoors
2021 Trinity Hill Hawkes Bay 4 Course Golf Classic
Welcome, PaR nz Golfing Holidays is pleased to reconfirm our partnership with the award-winning Trinity Hill Wines and World #22 Cape Kidnappers in an awesome line-up of courses for the 6th annual Trinity Hill Hawkes Bay 4-Course Golf & Wine Classic to be held from Monday 1 November to Friday 5 November 2021
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Jo Morris Advanced Memoir Writing
Advanced Memoir Writing Workshop
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Performing Arts
The World of Musicals
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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Festivals & Lifestyle
Napier Wellbeing & Vegan Market 2021
The biggest free mind-body-spirit weekend in Hawkes Bay!
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Performing Arts
Tom Sainsbury - Snapchat Dude Live
Comedian, snapchat satirist and now unmasked as the dancing Alien on The Masked Singer NZ, Tom Sainsbury is about to add another string to his bow
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Performing Arts
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Let the Royal New Zealand Ballet transport you to a fantastical world of dazzling dance, music and enchantment
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Trauma Based Behaviour
Professionals working in, and in partnership with schools will be familiar with the complex demands created by children and young people with challenging behaviours
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Sports & Outdoors
Cole Murray Cape Kidnappers Trail Run
The Cole Murray Cape Kidnappers Trail Run is located in beautiful Hawke’s Bay
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
The NZ Cider Festival 2021
A festival to celebrate all things Cider!
The NZ Cider Festival is the only dedicated Cider Festival in New Zealand
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Festivals & Lifestyle
The Enchanted Ball Supporting Te Mata Park
SOLD OUT!
The Enchanted Ball supporting Te Mata Park
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Fermentation Workshop
Be ready to turn all your garden produce into your own probiotics!
Come and learn the practical skills for some basic vegetable ferments
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Tahaenui Christmas Fete
The Tahaenui Christmas Fete will be an unrivalled fixture on the 2021 Christmas shopping calendar
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Neuro Nurture
We now have remarkable insight into what the growing brain needs to thrive from infancy through adolescence and beyond
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Sports & Outdoors
Run the Vines Paritua
Join us at the beautiful Paritua Vineyard & Winery for Run the Vines, in the wine-growing region of Bridge Pa, Hastings
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Bay View Market Day
The Bay View Market day is an annual fundraiser for Eskdale School and is well known in the market circuit
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Sports & Outdoors
Top Team Hawke's Bay
Are you Hawke’s Bays Top Team?
The iconic 80’s travelling game show saw teams representing New Zealand towns pitted against each other, in a series of colourful challenges
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Wonder Christmas Markets 2021
Save the date!
Wonder Christmas Markets 2021 are back after a hugely successful first year
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Salmonella Dub "Return To Our Kowhai" Spring Tour 21
Aotearoa’s Dub & Bass heavy-weights, the space-weaving SALMONELLA DUB, are heading out on the road with a run of spring shows nationwide, across September, October, November and December this year
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Performing Arts
A Celtic Christmas by A Taste of Ireland
"Jingle Jigs, Reels a Treat
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Festivals & Lifestyle
East Coast Farming Expo 2022
The two-day event, which is hosted by Wairoa Community Development Trust, will be held at the Wairoa A&P showgrounds
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Puketapu Auction & Country Fair
A genuine Country Fair and rural Auction set around a beautiful lake
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Lorde
For the first time in five years, Frontier Touring and Eccles Entertainment are thrilled to announce formidable pop queen Lorde will return to stages around New Zealand and Australia in February and March 2022
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Trauma Based Behaviour
Professionals working in, and in partnership with schools will be familiar with the complex demands created by children and young people with challenging behaviours
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hawke's Bay Go Green Expo 2022
Free tickets available online on Eventbrite
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