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Waka kōrero Māori Exhibition
Waka kōrero Māori: waka carrying the taonga, te reo
The Waka Kōrero Māori exhibition encourages learning the Māori alphabet by pronouncing the names of the kaharehe animal treasures on display
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Re-New Sustainable HB Markets
At the seasonal Re-New Sustainable Markets you can display and sell your sustainable products or services
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Summer Sessions
30 Saturday Spring & Summer Sessions at Abbey for the Summer season!
Local Artists like
- Coastal Rhythm Section
- Ariana Henare
- Lady Larisa
- Hand Picked
- Shirt & Skirt
- Fraser Mackenzie
- The Acoustic Project
- Little Big Noise
- Ben Throp
- Scarlett Eden
Kickback and relax and listen to the chilled sounds of local talents while sipping away on some of our boutique wines and beers in the vines
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Mack and The Three Wise Birds
Come and join Fraser Mack from 7pm 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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Exhibitions
Silver Shadows: the story of Marineland
A visit to Marineland was always something special, a treat, an adventure - the first on the agenda when visiting family or holidaying in Hawke's Bay
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Mack at the Filter Room
Join Mack at one of the premium ale and cider houses in the Bay and order from a menu packed with plenty of options as you treat yourself to a taste sensation from the wide range of locally crafted beers and ciders
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Mack and The 3 Wise Birds
Come and join Fraser Mack in among Hawkes Bay orchards
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Exhibitions
Ki Uta, Ki Tai - Atareta Rerekohu Black
Ki Uta, Ki Tai
Atareta Rerekohu Black
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa, Ngāti Ruapani, Ngai Tūhoe,
Tā Imi Moriori
Atareta Rerekohu Black came to Te Matau a Maui to complete research for Ki Uta, Ki Tai
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Late Night Which Craft
Take time out for you on a Thursday night to join with a community of crafters
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Sports & Outdoors
Flaxmere parkrun
Flaxmere parkrun hold free, weekly, 5km timed events every Saturday at 8am at Flaxmere Park for you to run, walk, or jog at your preferred pace
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Church Road Live Gwen Summer Session 2022
Church Road Winery are excited to be back this Summer with the Live Gwen Summer Sessions
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Mack at Gods Own
Mack is always rapt to spend the afternoon at one of his favourite venues, GodsOwn Brewery
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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
Urns for Unwanted Limbs and Other Things: Virginia Leonard
“An urn to hold a foot, a left leg, a shameful limp, abdominal fat, double chins, in-laws, daughters who are woke, or mothers who are not woke enough
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Exhibitions
Icebound: Jonathan Kay
Icebound is a photographic exhibition by Jonathan Kay
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Summer Sessions with MacK at the Abbey
Kick back and relax and listen to the chilled sounds of local talents while sipping away on some of our boutique wines and beers in the vines
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Sports & Outdoors
Guthrie Smith Arboretum visit
Pack up a picnic or bring a sausage to sizzle on the barbecue, bring the family and visit this magnificent Arboretum at the Guthrie Smith Outdoor Education Centre, Tutira
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Bee Encounter
Meet us at the Arataki Honey Visitor Centre where you will be kitted out with overalls, beekeeping veils and gloves then taken to visit an onsite hive
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Festivals & Lifestyle
HDL Discover a StoryWalk® this summer!
Hastings District Libraries Discover a StoryWalk® this summer!
Combine the benefits of walking with the educational benefits of reading, in a fun and engaging way
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Te Awanga Estate Sunday Sessions
World-famous-in-Te Awanga! Join us for a cruisy Sesh on the lawn - our wine, their music and your vibe
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Exhibitions
Bricks & Pieces
Showcasing everyone's favourite building brick!
We’re celebrating LEGO® turning 90 years old these summer holidays with the Hawke’s Bay Well-lug team through an amazing LEGO® exhibition right here at the Faraday Museum of Technology
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Summer Sparks Challenge 2022-3
Hastings District Libraries Summer Sparks Challenge is for children aged 5-12
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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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Festivals & Lifestyle
Napier Night Fiesta
Make the most of the balmy summer weather at the Napier Night Fiesta
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Exhibitions
Beyond the Palette
Nine artists from Otane Arts & Crafts Group collaborated together to show their recent artworks in the museum upcoming exhibition called "Beyond the Palette"
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Exhibitions
Nano Zoo
Zoom into the world of nano this summer at the National Aquarium of New Zealand and discover the weird and wonderful, teeny tiny world around us!
Did you know that 85% of the world is made up of microscopic species – a world we can’t even see? Even though we can’t see this world, the species that live in it play an important role in our ecosystem – it’s fascinating and sometimes a bit icky!
Journey through the National Aquarium to connect with this nano-world through activities, videos and fun facts
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Exhibitions
Bruce Connew; A Vocabulary
Over several recent years, photographer and artist Bruce Connew has roamed the many memorials and gravestones of Aotearoa’s colonial wars to seek out the texts on these testaments to folly
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Festivals & Lifestyle
School Holidays Escape Rooms Napier
This school holiday try an Escape Room!
Enigma Escape Rooms offers exciting Escape Rooms in Napier city centre
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Sports & Outdoors
Operation Mindfall
Enigma Escape Rooms offers an exciting outdoor game in Napier city centre
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Performing Arts
StoryWalk® - Taradale Park
Napier Libraries is bringing the StoryWalk® Project back to Napier this time with some awesome New Zealand themed stories!
StoryWalk® is an innovative way for tamariki, whānau and friends to read, get active and take in the beauty of Napier all at the same time
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Mack at the Urban Winery
Come along for a great evening immersing yourself in Fraser Mack's distinctive mix of blues, rock, folk, and flamenco!
Have you The Urban Winery tapas? Or their craft beer, cocktails and premium Hawke's Bay wine? What are you waiting for?!
Great music, excellent food and fine beverages by the ocean
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Exhibitions
Nano Lab at National Aquarium of NZ
Four sessions a day - pick a time that suits you
Explore the miniature zoo that lives inside the National Aquarium of New Zealand!
Shrink down into the world of Nano and discover the weird and wonderful, teeny tiny and sometimes creepy world around us
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Exhibitions
Waiora: Hemi Macgregor
Hemi Macgregor’s exhibition Waiora presents a body of work which acknowledges stories of environment and the ways our lives are set within it
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Performing Arts
Summer Holiday Baby Bounce
Suitable for under 2s
Baby Bounce is a half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and noisy, wiggly, bouncy, fun
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Performing Arts
Summer Holiday Baby Bounce
Suitable for under 2s
Baby Bounce is a half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and noisy, wiggly, bouncy, fun
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Exhibitions
Bricks & Pieces - Challenge Days!
Take part in our Bricks & Pieces Challenges Days
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Performing Arts
StoryWalk® - Marine Parade
Napier Libraries is bringing the StoryWalk® Project back to Napier this time with some awesome New Zealand themed stories!
StoryWalk® is an innovative way for tamariki, whānau and friends to read, get active and take in the beauty of Napier all at the same time
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Tai Chi for Health Classes
Tai chi for Health classes running weekly from Friday 13th January 2023
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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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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Hastings Library Book Chat
10:30am on the third Wednesday of each month
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Exhibitions
'Reasons to Be Cheerful' Exhibition By Peter Miller
Reasons to be Cheerful
Exhibition by Peter Miller
20 January, 2023 - 11 February, 2023
Join us for the opening of Peter Miller's latest exhibition 'Reasons to be Cheerful,' at Boyd-Dunlop Gallery, on Friday 20 January from 5 to 7pm
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Exhibitions
'Sustainability' Exhibition by Rohan Wealleans
'Sustainability,' Exhibition by Rohan Wealleans
20 January - 5 March, 2023
at Ahuriri Contemporary
Join us for the opening of this exhibition on Friday 20 January, 5 to 7pm
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Performing Arts
Flaxmere Book Chat Group
Flaxmere Book Chat Group meets at Flaxmere Library every second Tuesday, 10
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Performing Arts
Jimmy Carr - Terribly Funny
BOHM Presents Jimmy Carr - Terribly Funny
Star of the UK’s most-streamed Netflix comedy special of 2021, Jimmy is back on the road with brand new material for 2023
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Harry potter Book Week Snape's Office Escape Room
Snape may not have been the most wicked teacher at Hogwarts, but he was undoubtedly one of the cleverest
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Our Stories - "Love us the same, hold us the same"
Mirror Exhibition:
Too often we seek validation from external sources such as social media, society, friends and family
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Exhibitions
The 100 Day Journey Exhibition Opening Event
Join us to celebrate the opening of this special exhibition on Friday 27 Jan 5-7pm at the Creative Arts Napier gallery
All welcome; refreshments provided
100 Days a Journey is based on the simple premise of doing something creative every day for 100 days
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Harry Potter Book Week Trivia Night
Do you belong in the world of Witchcraft and Wizardry? Think you know all there is to know about Harry Potter? Test your knowledge and compete against your fellow wizards at Hastings Library of Magic
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Come Back Anytime
Self-taught ramen master Masamoto Ueda and his wife Kazuko have run their Tokyo ramen shop, Bizentei for more than 40 years
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Manioro Creative Wānanga
Manioro Creative Wānanga - Contemporary & Indigenous creative workshops
Our creative workshops showcase the talents of our rainbow communities and are a way for everyone to learn new ways of expression
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Seed & Crop Swap Environment Centre Hawke's Bay
Have an abundance you can share?
Bring along your seeds, cuttings, seedlings and plant material to swap and trade
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Sports & Outdoors
Bay Skate Blade Jam 2023
The Bay Skate Blade Jam is back for the 3rd year running
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paintvine in the Park - Summer in NZ: CANCELLED
Join NZ's premier creative experience company, Paintvine as we present Paintvine In The Park this summer
Paintvine in the park is a beginners painting class in some of New Zealand's most beautiful parks and gardens
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Fatboy Slim - Napier
Fatboy Slim returns to NAPIER, taking over the TREMAIN FIELD on SATURDAY, JANUARY 28 2023, with support from LP GIOBBI, SET MO, GENERAL LEE and SNEEKY
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Harry Potter Book Week Interactive Movie Night
Join in with the fun as we watch a magical movie - and when we say join in, we mean it! Follow along at our interactive movie experience - oh, and there will be snacks
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Festivals & Lifestyle
FIAFIA NIGHT A celebration of Rainbow, Takatāpui & Pasifika
Hawkes Bay’s very first Takatāpui & Pasifika MVPFAFF+ show will be nothing short of extraordinary! Come be a part of History!
Our FIAFIA night will be a colourful cultural explosion interwoven with traditional and contemporary displays of expression
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Lifting the Blues 2023 - Ben Waters and Friends
Ben Water and Friends - with Cousin Leonard and Michael Stoddart
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Bob Marley Tribute
Hawkes Bay favourite reggae band The Rude Boyz are paying tribute to the Rastafarian musician prophet Bob Marley with a night of classics covering his broad range of reggae music
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Napier Sunday Market
Every Sunday, weather permitting, Napier's waterfront comes to life with food trucks, coffee trailers and the best seasonal produce the region has on offer
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Vinyl Day
Welcoming in 2023 with a celebration of Vinyl at The Urban Winery! Sunday 29th January is the first Vinyl Day of the year, so mark it on your calendar
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Concerts & Gig Guide
The Centralines Summer Series 2023
Bring your picnic or grab your takeaways for an entertaining afternoon/evening in the park
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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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Festivals & Lifestyle
Harry Potter Book Week Make an Owl Friend
Drop in and make your very own little owl friend
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Harry Potter Book Week Wizarding Storytime
Calling all wee witches, wizards and muggles alike! Join us for a simply magical storytime
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Lunch Hour Concert
Our free community concerts are held on the first Wednesday of the month from 12
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Introduction to Bollywood Dance (4-week Course)
Register now for our 4-week Introduction course, and enjoy the fun and excitement of Bollywood dance
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Beginners Salsa 8 Week Course (Feb/March)
Salsa Dance Lessons - Beginners course start Wednesday 1st February 2023
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Harry Potter Book Week Wizarding Storytime
Calling all wee witches, wizards and muggles alike! Join us for a simply magical storytime
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Mao's Last Dancer
In Maoist China, a boy is taken from his family and trained to become a dancer, but everything he knows is challenged when he is chosen to attend a ballet summer school in Houston, Texas
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Festivals & Lifestyle
2023 Earthquake Commemoration
Hastings District Council will be holding an Earthquake Commemoration Ceremony on Friday 3 February
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Festivals & Lifestyle
92nd Napier Earthquake Memorial Service
Earthquake survivors, along with their families and the public, are invited to a special remembrance ceremony for the 1931 Hawke’s Bay Earthquake, Friday 3 February, at 10am
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Never Forget Tibet; The Dalai Lama's Untold Story
This inspirational feature-length documentary tells the incredible true story of the Dalai Lama’s escape from Chinese-occupied Tibet in 1959, with His Holiness Dalai Lama telling his story in his own words for the first time on film
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Temple of the Grunge
They are back and ready to rock the walls off Paisley Stage, with all the classics of the Grunge era from Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Soundgarden and more
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Sports & Outdoors
Run the Vines Paritua: CANCELLED
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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Sports & Outdoors
FRS New Zealand Scooter Champs 2023
The FRS New Zealand National Scooter Champs are back at Bay Skate!!
This is a World Skate sanctioned event where kiwi scooter riders will have the opportunity to try and make it on the NZ Scooter Team for 2023
With 2 separate disciplines (park and street) it will be a weekend full of action
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Festivals & Lifestyle
MWIW - Sustainable Fashion Market
Welcome to the MWIW community!
Here you can buy and sell preloved, vintage, upcycled and handmade - clothing, shoes, jewellery and accessories
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Waitangi Day Celebrations
Kick the weekend off right with Ariana Henare live in the Garden Bar from 1pm Sat & Manaia & the Acoustics Sunday
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paintvine in the Park - Summer in NZ
Join NZ's premier creative experience company, Paintvine as we present Paintvine In The Park this summer
Paintvine in the park is a beginners painting class in some of New Zealand's most beautiful parks and gardens
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paintvine in the Park- Piwakawaka: CANCELLED
Join NZ's premier creative experience company, Paintvine as we present Paintvine In The Park this summer
Paintvine in the park is a beginners painting class in some of New Zealand's most beautiful parks and gardens
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Beachware With Haven "it's Only Time" Tour
It’s 2023
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Concerts & Gig Guide
IYKYK Brookfields (Long Weekend)
IYKYK is the coming together of over 80-years of collective electronic music experience
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Otane Waitangi Day Fair
Otane will be buzzing on Waitangi Day with the annual Waitangi Day Fair hosted by Progressive Otane
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Waitangi Day Family Celebrations 2023
Together with Hastings District Council, Napier City Council, Central Hawke's Bay District Council, Hawke's Bay Regional Council and Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Inc, we invite you to join us at this free and family friendly event to celebrate family, community and nationhood
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Sports & Outdoors
Free Ford Trophy • Central Stags V Northern Districts
Enjoy a fun Waitangi Day with family & friends at our free one-day cricket game between the Central Stags and big rivals, Northern Districts
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Bob Marley 78th Birthday Tribute - Waitangi Day
Come and celebrate Bob Marley 78 Birthday Tribute with HB’s favourite reggae band The Rude Boyz
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Women's Self-Defense Workshop
No fitness is required
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Decibel Dinner Party - Wine and Food Pairing
Have any plans Feb 7th? Why not join us at Decibel Central in Hastings to learn more about the Decibel Giunta, and Testify wines
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Beginners Ballroom & Latin 8-Week Course (Feb/March)
Ballroom & Latin Dance Lessons - Beginners course starts Tuesday 7th February 2023
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Exhibitions
Mārama - Light/Bright/Clearness
Te Taio Art Collective presents Mārama
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Concerts & Gig Guide
A Small Hall Session with Esther Swift
A prolific, boldly innovative harpist, composer and singer, Esther works across genres as diverse as classical chamber music and free improvisation, and writes for ensembles large and small
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Scandi Film Festival Aotearoa | Ladies of Steel
Exclusively screening at MTG Century Theatre!
Inkeri, 75, after hitting her husband on the head with a frying pan, flees with her two sisters Raili and Sylvi
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Concerts & Gig Guide
A Small Hall Session with Esther Swift
A prolific, boldly innovative harpist, composer and singer, Esther works across genres as diverse as classical chamber music and free improvisation, and writes for ensembles large and small
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Shaun Kirk - Holding Onto Hope Tour
Following his recent sell out ‘Worth the Weight’ tour and mammoth 8 month ‘Holding onto Hope’ tour across his homeland of Australia, alt blues/soul singer- songwriter and troubadour Shaun Kirk is happy to announce he’s bringing the ‘Holding Onto Hope’ tour across the ditch to New Zealand this February
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Scandi Film Festival Aotearoa | The Jonsson Gang
Exclusively screening at MTG Century Theatre!
The Jonsson Gang (Se Upp för Jönssonligan) is a reboot of Sweden’s all-time favourite comedy franchise Jönssonligan
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Exhibitions
Spirit of Eden - Exhibition by Emma Bass
Spirit of Eden | Exhibition by Emma Bass
10 February - 3 March, 2023
Opening Friday 10 February, 5-7pm, at Boyd-Dunlop Gallery
Spirit of Eden is an exhibition presenting a suite of Emma Bass’ classic Floral Portraits in dialogue with selections from her more recent series, Interrupted Eden
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Scandi Film Festival Aotearoa | Diana's Wedding
Exclusively screening at MTG Century Theatre!
It’s July 29, 1981
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Indonesian Cooking Workshop
Indonesian themed menu, a Dutch Rijsttafel;
Nasi Kuning, yellow rice!
Gado Gado, vegetables with eggs and Sataysauce
Beef or Tofu Rendang
Sambal Beans
Pangsit, fried wonton
Seroendeng
Pisang Goreng
Dinner and Recipe booklet included
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Concerts & Gig Guide
A Small Hall Session with Esther Swift
A prolific, boldly innovative harpist, composer and singer, Esther works across genres as diverse as classical chamber music and free improvisation, and writes for ensembles large and small
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Napier Libraries After Dark - Pamper pack DIY
Napier Libraries After Dark - Pamper pack DIY
Join us for a night of relaxing crafts and fun! Create bath bombs and heated ricepacks for yourself or for a loved one
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Scandi Film Festival Aotearoa | Everybody Hates Johan
Exclusively screening at MTG Century Theatre!
Everybody Hates Johan is an explosive comedy about the life of Johan, a small town loner with a flair for dynamite who finds himself in constant conflict with the rural community
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Joffa Presents
Joffa presents 3 alluring Wellington bands, promoting new released and upcoming albums
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Development Workshop
Come join Stephen Waitere for his second workshop
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Outfield Music, Food & Arts Festival 2023
After a sold-out festival in 2021, Outfield Music, Food & Arts Festival returns on Saturday 11th February 2023
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Scandi Film Festival Aotearoa | Diana's Wedding
Exclusively screening at MTG Century Theatre!
It’s July 29, 1981
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Scandi Film Festival Aotearoa | Ladies of Steel
Exclusively screening at MTG Century Theatre!
Inkeri, 75, after hitting her husband on the head with a frying pan, flees with her two sisters Raili and Sylvi
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Concerts & Gig Guide
A Small Hall Session with Esther Swift
A prolific, boldly innovative harpist, composer and singer, Esther works across genres as diverse as classical chamber music and free improvisation, and writes for ensembles large and small
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Scandi Film Festival Aotearoa | Everybody Hates Johan
Exclusively screening at MTG Century Theatre!
Everybody Hates Johan is an explosive comedy about the life of Johan, a small town loner with a flair for dynamite who finds himself in constant conflict with the rural community
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Scandi Film Festival Aotearoa | Ladies of Steel
Exclusively screening at MTG Century Theatre!
Inkeri, 75, after hitting her husband on the head with a frying pan, flees with her two sisters Raili and Sylvi
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Scandi Film Festival Aotearoa | Diana's Wedding
Exclusively screening at MTG Century Theatre!
It’s July 29, 1981
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Concerts & Gig Guide
A Small Hall Session with Esther Swift
A prolific, boldly innovative harpist, composer and singer, Esther works across genres as diverse as classical chamber music and free improvisation, and writes for ensembles large and small
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Scandi Film Festival Aotearoa | The Jonsson Gang
Exclusively screening at MTG Century Theatre!
The Jonsson Gang (Se Upp för Jönssonligan) is a reboot of Sweden’s all-time favourite comedy franchise Jönssonligan
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
"Not Yoga" Movement & Mobility Class
New Monday morning class available!
Say goodbye to pain and discomfort and say hello to a whole new way of moving
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Sports & Outdoors
Term 1 Skate School - February
As the school term begins, so do all the extracurricular activities
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Sports & Outdoors
Free Ford Trophy • Central Stags V Canterbury
Free national one-day cricket game between the Central Stags and Canterbury - the big last round of the season before the Final
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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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Performing Arts
The Magic Flute
Step into the fairytale world of Mozart’s final opera Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), with characters who are driven forward by love and hatred, in search of the ultimate truth
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Sports & Outdoors
Hastings Weet-Bix™ Kids TRYathlon 2023
Join us at your local Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon! Open to kiwi kids aged 6 to 15 years
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Art Deco Fashion Retailers Walking Tour
A free hosted walking tour of all the Napier CBD retail hotspots that sell or specialise in all things fashion Art deco! Don't panic if you are missing all, or a few essential art deco pieces for your outfit - we can help! Be whisked around on a hosted tour of all the retail hotspots to grab your outfits and accessories
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Art Deco Festival Napier 2023
Do deco your way as we welcome you back to the Art Deco Festival 2023! The flagship events are returning including Planes, Trains and the Vintage Car Parade, the Soap Box Derby, Fashion on the Foreshore and The Great Gatsby Party
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
2023 Art Deco Commemorative Lecture for 1931 Earthquake
This lecture has been advertised as part of Napier’s Art Deco Festival and is therefore likely to be popular
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Wardrobe Clothing Swap - Environment Centre Hawke's Bay
For a new look that doesn't cost the Earth come along to our clothes swap!
Simply bring along your pre-loved, quality clothes that you'd like to swap
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Concerts & Gig Guide
The Royal New Zealand Navy Band in Concert: CANCELLED
The Royal New Zealand Navy Band is back for the Art Deco Festival 2023 with an evening concert at the Toitoi Hawkes Bay Arts and Events Centre, 101 Hastings Street, South, Hastings on Thursday the 16th February 2023 from 7pm
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Exhibitions
To be at home: Salome Tanuvasa
18 Pēpuere – 7 Mei 2023
He puninga toi aro-paenga hōu a ‘Here Taunga’, nā te ringatoi, nā Salome Tanuvasa, he kohinga kara i hāngaia ki te papanga hou, ki te papanga hangarua anō hoki
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Exhibitions
Ghosts of the Past: Jeremy Bright
18 o Pēpuere – 7 o Mei 2023
I te 2009, i te hāereere te kaiwhakaahua o Taupō, a Jeremy Bright, i Te Wairarapa, kātahi ia ka hipa i te Hōhipera o mua o Waipukurau - he whare kua whakarērea i te huarahi o Pōrangahau
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Performing Arts
Waipawa French Friday Film & Food
Our film will be A l'Abordage / All Aboard (2020) French, with English Subtitles
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Art Deco Event
Napier's World Famous Art Deco Festival is back on this month
Friday Night we have a great local band called Magnetix playing for us
Saturday Night we have a well known local DJ - Big Beat playing all your favourite Art Deco music
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Performing Arts
Peak Comedy
Finish your working week with a naughty laugh and relax into the weekend
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Deco After Dark
Come celebrate Art Deco weekend at The Urban Winery with 'The Urban Jazz Collective'
The Urban Jazz collective is made up of some of the finest Jazz musicians in New Zealand let alone Hawke’s Bay
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Central Hawke’s Bay Art Deco Market
The Central Hawke’s Bay Art Deco Market will be a day not to miss! With over 30 craft, produce and artisan stalls, live music, and Art Deco attire, Waipukurau will be transformed back to the Art Deco era
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paintvine in the Park- Abstract Flowers
Join NZ's premier creative experience company, Paintvine as we present Paintvine In The Park this summer
Paintvine in the park is a beginners painting class in some of New Zealand's most beautiful parks and gardens
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Gin Tasting with The Puketapu & Reefton Distilling Co.
The Puketapu is proud to announce we have Reefton Distilling Co
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Dirty Deco: CANCELLED
Hastings has yet another secret and you are invited to partake, if you dare
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Art Deco-Dent Dining
Deco-dent Dining @ the Old Church
Join us for an indulgent and immersive night at one of Hawke’s Bay’s most iconic venues
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Art Deco Dining with the Cars
Art Deco Dining With the Cars
Immerse yourself in the beautifully curated Buick Motor Garage
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hypnotist Show Te Pohue
Dave upfold show Comedy Stage Hypnotist
Fun family show
$40pp includes snacks at interval
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hypnotist show Te Pohue
Dave Upfold show Comedy Stage Hypnotist
Fun family show
Includes snacks at interval, BYO drinks
0211071719 for ticket info
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Hot Potato Band - Napier
The brass-funk party you've all been waiting for is coming to town!
Grab your lover, mother, friend or other and join us for a night of laughter, dancing and singing
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Playing Mantis - Live
What do you get when you put 4 of Hawke's Bays finest and combine them with some of the greatest Classic Rock songs from the 70s? - The smooth single malt rock sound of Playing Mantis
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Sarapu Cup Junior Chess Tournament
A fun, social Chess Tournament open to all players aged up to 18 years old
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Sunday Cinema | Spitfire: POSTPONED
The story of the fighter plane and pilots that helped win the Battle of Britain in World War II
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Sunday Cinema | Labyrinth of Lies: POSTPONED
A story that exposes the conspiracy of prominent German institutions and government branches to cover up the crimes of Nazis during World War II
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Sunday Cinema | Persian Lessons: POSTPONED
A young Jewish man pretends to be Iranian to avoid being executed in a concentration camp
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Sika 'Singing Stones' Sound Journey Tour: CANCELLED
Journey to 'The Valley of the Singing Stones'
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Performing Arts
CMNZ Series - Voices at the End: CANCELLED
Michael Houstoun - Piano
John Psathas - composer
John Psathas
Voices at the End
Prologue Mitote
Part 1 Business as Usual
Part 2 The Great Unravelling
Part 3 The Great Turning
Epilogue Chrysalis
John Psathas
Second Hand Time
Part 1 The Nature of Reality
Part 2 The Aesthetics of Violence
Two of New Zealand’s most respected musicians, pianist Michael Houstoun and composer John Psathas, come together for an extraordinary
one-hour programme in which they explore through music, text, and film some of the most pressing issues confronting our world today
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Night - Pohutukawa Tui: CANCELLED
The concept is simple - take a brush in one hand, a drink in the other, now let’s paint a masterpiece!
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting in the heart of Parnell! No previous painting experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going!
This ticket does not include a complimentary drink on arrival
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Festivals & Lifestyle
East Coast Farming Expo: CANCELLED
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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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Shiny Side Up Talk Series - Napier: CANCELLED
This is a free event for anyone with an interest in motorcycling
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Late Night Which Craft DIY Terrarium Workshop
Hastings District Libraries Late Night Which Craft presents
DIY Terrarium Workshop
Have you ever wanted to create a world in miniature? Do you love succulents? Does your home need more greenery?
Come along for a relaxed workshop, enjoy a glass of wine, and learn to create your own little terrarium
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Sports & Outdoors
Scooter - Oceania Continental Championship: POSTPONED
World Skate has announced the inaugural Oceania Continental Scooter Championships to be hosted at Bay Skate, Napier, New Zealand this coming February 24th - 26th!!
It will see the top scooter riders from New Zealand, Australia and Fiji trying their best to take home the 2023 title
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Wairoa Record Fair
A Record Fair
All sorts of Record Goodness
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Sports & Outdoors
MCL Construction TRIPLE PEAKS 2023
Be Challenged
A spectacular 55 kms course
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Breathwork with Marcel Hof & Cacao Ceremony
This workshop is designed to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the benefits of breathwork and how it can help you achieve greater relaxation, energy, and overall well-being
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hastings Record Fair
Records, Records and more Records, all sorts of everything
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Cyclone Gabrielle Relief Concert
Come and Support those affected by Cyclone Gabrielle
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Performing Arts
Tutus on Tour: CANCELLED
To begin the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s 70th birthday year, Tutus on Tour 2023 looks affectionately back at the RNZB’s early days, with performances in some of Aotearoa’s smaller cities and towns and loveliest historic theatres
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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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Festivals & Lifestyle
Farewell the Godwits/kuaka At the Ahuriri Estuary
Farewell the Godwits/kuaka as they leave the Ahuriri Estuary on the start of their journey along the East Asian – Australasian flyway back to their breeding grounds in the Arctic
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Vinyl Day
There is no such thing as too many records and there will be loads of them available from Rockstuff at The Urban Winery! Sunday 26th February is the second Vinyl Day of the year, so mark it on your calendar
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Met Opera: La Traviata: POSTPONED
Soprano Nadine Sierra stars as the self-sacrificing courtesan Violetta—one of opera’s ultimate heroines—in Michael Mayer’s vibrant production of Verdi’s beloved tragedy
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Lunch Hour Concert
Our free community concerts are held on the first Wednesday of the month at 12pm
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Emma from Aleph Beauty: POSTPONED
POSTPONED TO MAY! NEW DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON!
Join us on Wednesday 1st March for an exclusive evening with Emma Peters, makeup artist, founder, and owner of NZ makeup brand Aleph Beauty
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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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Festivals & Lifestyle
Aotearoa Surf Film Festival - Hastings
Welcome to the 11th annual Aotearoa Surf Film Festival
ASFF 2022 National Tour - Hastings
Wednesday March 1st - Spaceship, Hastings (118 Karamu Road North, Hastings)
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Frida: Viva la Vida - POSTPONED: POSTPONED
This documentary film highlights the two sides of Frida Kahlo’s spirit: on one side the revolutionary, pioneering artist of contemporary feminism and on the other, the human being, victim of her tortured body and a tormented relationship
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Sports & Outdoors
Impact Pro Wrestling presents Trouble in Taradise: POSTPONED
Unfortunately this event has been postponed due to the impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Beach Clean Up - Environment Centre Hawke's Bay: CANCELLED
As part of Seaweek 2023, The Environment Centre Hawke's Bay, Para Kore & Trade Aid Havelock North invite you to join them for a beach clean-up at Waitangi Regional Park
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Sports & Outdoors
Bay Skate Street Competition 2023: POSTPONED
This is Bay Skate's very first street competition for skateboarding
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paintvine in the Park - Hydrangea Vase: CANCELLED
Join NZ's premier creative experience company, Paintvine as we present Paintvine In The Park this summer
Paintvine in the park is a beginners painting class in some of New Zealand's most beautiful parks and gardens
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Chengdu BaoBun Workshop
Join tutor Jie Pang on for a masterclass of China’s Szechuan flavours
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Sports & Outdoors
Impact Pro Wrestling presents the Mad King's Court: POSTPONED
Unfortunately this event has been postponed due to the impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Sting
Sting will return to New Zealand in March 2023 for the first time in 8 years, on his critically acclaimed My Songs tour
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Concerts & Gig Guide
U2 Tribute - Blood Red Sky
Blood Red Sky NZ's only U2 tribute band are heading to Napier to give you some ear food
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Picnic Cinema Outdoor Movies presents ELVIS: CANCELLED
Pack your picnic, your favourite Elvis fans, a comfy cushion and join us under the stars at the Havelock North Village Green for this big Oscar nominated movie!
ELVIS
(M, drug references)
Movie length: 2hrs 39mins
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Summer Latin Party
Join Napier's Latin DJ Jorge and all the local Latin community in the first Fiesta Latina of 2023
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Lindisfarne College Gala 2023: CANCELLED
On behalf of the college PFA, we have unfortunately decided to CANCEL the College Gala
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Te Rā o Ngā Tamariki Children's Day
Te Rā o Ngā Tamariki Children's Day | Sunday 5 March 2023
1pm-4pm | Civic Square & Hastings War Memorial Library
This is a celebration of children across the district for Te rā o Ngā Tamariki Children’s Day 2023, with lots of activities during the day in the library and outside in Civic Square, plus a workshop for adults and parents in the evening
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Picnic Cinema Outdoor Movies presents DC LEAGUE OF SUPERPETS: CANCELLED
Grab your picnic rug, your favourite friends, and loads of tasty snacks for some great family-movie watching at the Havelock North Village Green
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Nurture Our Tamariki Brainwave Trust Workshop
Join us for a free seminar by the Brainwave Trust to learn about the importance of healthy brain development in the early years, and how we as adults can help children reach their full potential
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Picnic Cinema Outdoor Movies presents E.T: CANCELLED
Pack your picnic, grab your family for this all-time 80's classic movie
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Taradale Playcentre Open Week
We invite you to our open week March 6-10th
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Port Ahuriri Playcentre Open Week
We invite you to join us for our open week March 6-10th
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Havelock North Playcentre Open Week
Come enjoy a range of messy play, nature play, gardening and baking at our open week! Come for one session or come to them all
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Sports & Outdoors
Term 1 Skate School - March
As the school term begins, so does all the extra curricular activities
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Sports & Outdoors
Land Rover Horse of the Year 2023: CANCELLED
Welcome to New Zealand’s Premier Equestrian Event Showcase
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Onga Onga Playcentre Open Week
We invite you to our open week March 6-10th
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Tamatea Playcentre Open Week
We invite you to our open week March 6-10th
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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
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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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
How Much Do Sharks Understand About Us?
Join us for a lecture giving by Dr Adrian who has a long relationship with sharks began when he was a self-professed “frothing little grommit”, terrified of sharks when surfing on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Takapau Playcentre Open Day
We invite you to our open day on March the 8th
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Tikokino Playcentre Open Week
We invite you to our open week March 6-10th
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Performing Arts
Ray O'Leary: Everything Funny All the Time Always
Incredibly funny for someone who looks like an accountant accidentally wandered on stage, Ray O’Leary (7 Days, Have You Been Paying Attention?, two-time Billy T Award loser) will leave you in stitches while he delivers dark and intelligent jokes in his sardonic, deadpan style
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Sports & Outdoors
The Big Bike Film Night - Hawkes Bay
Let the good times roll Hawkes Bay! The Big Bike Film Night is back in the Bay on its mission- bringing the best cycling short films from around the world together for you
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Performing Arts
David Strassman in The Chocolate Diet
From London to New York, David Strassman's comic genius has shocked and surprised
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Movie Fundraiser Night - Environment Centre Hawke's Bay: CANCELLED
The Environment Centre Hawke's Bay are having a Movie Fundraiser night featuring a Climate Impact film, followed by a Q & A discussion session
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Otamauri Playcentre Open Day
We invite you to our open day on March the 10th
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Exhibitions
'Recent Landscapes' - Joe Bradley
Joseph Bradley brings a selection of classic painterly landscapes to the Gallery that take their inspiration from local sites
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Exhibitions
Blue Elvis: A Tribute Exhibition To Fane Flaws
Blue Elvis: A Tribute Exhibition To Fane Flaws
March 10 - March 24, 2023
at Arcade Gallery
Boyd-Dunlop Arts Precinct
Fane Flaws was well known and loved in the Hawkes Bay art community
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Festivals & Lifestyle
WAIPAWA French Friday Film & Food CHB
Our 10 MAR 2023 film will be A l'Abordage / All Aboard (2020) French, with English Subtitles
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Performing Arts
Showgirls @ Paisley
Paisley Stage you’re in for a real treat! We have Cici von Rouge (New Plymouth) joining us from out of town
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Exhibitions
Making a Mark; the work of Fane Flaws
Making a Mark: The Work of Fane Flaws celebrates Fane’s unerring commitment to creativity that lifts us out of the humdrum and recognises that whatever he was making, be it television commercials, books for kids, music videos or songs, Fane’s work radiated a spirit that was much bigger than any of it
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Exhibitions
'Life's Little Dramas' - Dr David Guerin
[HB Today Article - by Mitchell Hageman]
David Guerin’s new art exhibition wasn’t intended to be about the floods, but Life’s Little Dramas ended up being a pretty real reflection
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Beer Appreciation Day
Boom!
Beer Appreciation Day is finally back again, bringing you super tasty beers and other tasty fermented beverages from our favourite local and not-so-local breweries
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Picnic Cinema Outdoor Movies presents ELVIS: CANCELLED
Pack your picnic, your favourite Elvis fans, a comfy cushion and join us under the stars at the Napier Botanicals for this big Oscar nominated movie
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Playing Mantis
Saturday night is going to get loud at The Puketapu!!
Come for some of the greatest Classic Rock songs and get your groove on with the smooth single malt rock sound of Playing Mantis
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Mac Summer - Drum & Bass Party
Mac Summer is back with a special lineup of tasty Drum and Bass
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Sports & Outdoors
Te Mata Kindergarten's Junior Triathlon and Family Fun Day
Join us for Te Mata Kindergarten's Annual Junior Triathlon and Family Fun Day!
Register on the day - $5 per entry - registration opens at 10am with the first race at 10:30am
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Italian Long Lunch Cooking Workshop
Late Autumn Italian Long Lunch Cooking Workshop
Hands-on workshop, preparing 5 dishes
Menu TBC
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Hastings Music Society Concert
UPCOMING CONCERTS Door charge $5
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Hope in Our Hearts
Hastings Music Society present Hope in Our Hearts
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Hawke's Bay Soul Choir Flood Relief Concert
Come to Clive Community Hall and have a fun Sunday afternoon!
Bring your whanau and enjoy community and music, and do something nice for others at the same time
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Picnic Cinema Outdoor Movies Presents MARY POPPINS RETURNS: CANCELLED
Pack your picnic, gather your pals and sit back in the beautiful Napier Botanicals to enjoy this delightful tale on the big screen!
*Children under five are free to all our movies!
MARY POPPINS RETURNS (pg)
Movie length: 2hours 10 minutes
Starring: Emily Blunt, Ben Wishaw, Emily Mortimer
Director: Rob Marshall
Welcome back Mary Poppins in all her supercalifragilisticexpialidocious glory! (Emma Clark-Dow, stuff
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Picnic Cinema Outdoor Movies presents E.T: CANCELLED
Pack your picnic, grab your family for this all-time 80's classic movie
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Performing Arts
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Imagine sitting by the fire of a cosy Irish pub, surrounded by friends, singing along to all your favourite Irish songs! In When Irish Eyes are Smiling Operatunity’s lads and lassies transport you to the Emerald Isle with tunes such as “Ireland’s Call”, “Whiskey in the Jar”, “Danny Boy”, and more! A stirring accordion, breathtaking ballads, jigs and jollity, you’ll have Ireland in your heart to be sure!
Meet the artists
Karl Perigo
Kelly Lim Harris
Marian Burns
Paul Carnegie-Jones
Russell Dixon
Tracey Collins
NZ Tour 7 Feb - 10 Mar
Concerts start 11am
General admission seating
Doors open 10am
Complimentary morning tea
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Performing Arts
Lunchtime concert
Come along for this free concert, where you will have the opportunity to hear the Lindisfarne Symphonic Band, Jazz Band, Pipe Band and more
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Parawhenuamea: The Untamed Rivers of Hawke's Bay
Join historian Michael Fowler who will give a talk on the history of the Ngaruroro, Tūtaekurī and Esk Rivers and attempts to control them over the years
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Parawhenuamea: The Untamed Rivers of Hawke's Bay
Join historian Michael Fowler who will give a talk on the Ngaruroro, Tutaekuri and Esk Rivers and attempts to control them over the years
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Kahungunu Kaumatua Ball
Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga is proud to host the Kahungunu Kaumatua Ball
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Exhibitions
NGHS Tremains Affordable Art Exhibition 2023
Join us for the Tremains Affordable Art Exhibition 2023, an annual fundraiser for Napier Girls High School
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Parawhenuamea: The Untamed Rivers of Hawke's Bay
Join historian Michael Fowler who will give a talk on the history of the Ngaruroro, Tutaekuri and Esk Rivers and attempts to control them over the years
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Save This Space
The Arkadien community has always been involved with Spaceship, with many of our community helping to build and run Spaceship to hosting events and attending events there over the last 2 years
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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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Exhibitions
CHB Museum: Wet Plate Portrait Sessions
Experience how portraits were made during the Victorian era
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Exhibitions
Wet Plate Portrait Sessions
Photographer Adrian Cook brings his mobile darkroom (a 1950's Bond-wood caravan) to the Central Hawkes Bay Museum in Waipawa to craft timeless portraits using the wet plate collodion process
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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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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Find Your Feet Workshop
Be done with foot pain and enjoy movement again
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Sports & Outdoors
Relay For Life Hawkes Bay
Small steps can make a remarkable difference for people affected by cancer in our community
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Picnic Cinema Outdoor Movies presents THE BAD GUYS: CANCELLED
Grab your bean bag, pack your picnic and bring the kids along to Cornwall Park for this hilarious family-movie on the big screen!
Children under 5 are free
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Sports & Outdoors
Monster Truck & FMX Spectacular - Napier Show: CANCELLED
CANCELLED
Monster truck Mayhem is coming to town and its going to be a show that you will not want to miss!
Four Spectacular Monster Trucks will stun the crowds
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Picnic Cinema Outdoor Movies presents ELVIS: CANCELLED
Pack your picnic, your favourite Elvis loving pals and join us under the stars at the Havelock North Village Green for this big Oscar nominated movie
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Dissonance Presents Hawkes Bay Fundraiser 2
Dissonance return to The Cabana Napier, on Saturday 18th March 2023, for their second Hawkes Bay Fundraiser Gig, to raise money for the regions Cyclone Gabrielle recovery effort
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Cellar Door Band (Neil Young Tribute) - Live
Calling all Neil Young fans!
Do not miss this opportunity to see an authentic group of quality musicians performing the music of Neil Young - spanning 40 years of his beautifully melodic unplugged tunes to his raw, powerful crazy horse madness, the Cellar Door Band will deliver a quality set of Neil Young classics
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Met Opera: The Hours
Soprano Renée Fleming makes her highly anticipated return to the Met in the world-premiere production of Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Kevin Puts’s The Hours, adapted from Michael Cunningham’s acclaimed novel
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Picnic Cinema Outdoor Movies presents PUSS IN BOOTS: CANCELLED
Pack the picnic blanket, gather the family and roll out the snacks in front of the big screen at Cornwall Park for a Sunday afternoon of movie watching
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Picnic Cinema Outdoor Movies presents E.T: CANCELLED
Pack your picnic and grab your family for this all-time 80's classic movie
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Sports & Outdoors
Tee 21 - Golf Fundraiser for Kiwi Kids with Down Syndrome
Hastings Golf Club presents Tee 21 - an Ambrose Golf Day for the whole family to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day 2023 and raise funds for the UpsideDowns Education Trust!
Ticket price covers entry to the Ambrose golf tournament, food & drinks on course, dinner, and prizes, as well as supporting Kiwi kids with Down syndrome
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Connan Mockasin Cyclone Relief Concert for Hawke's Bay
Now Wednesday 22 March!
Big news
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Concerts & Gig Guide
A Small Hall Session with Grace Cummings
Grace Cummings' first ever solo headline shows in New Zealand will be with the Small Hall Sessions, and I could not be more proud! I have worked for over a year to get this young Australian artist to come to us
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Glow in the Dark Paint Party - Trippy Valley
Ultra Violet lights and neon nights
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Concerts & Gig Guide
The Proclaimers
Scottish legends The Proclaimers return to New Zealand in March for their biggest ever tour of Aotearoa
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Concerts & Gig Guide
HB Compilation Record Launch - Under the Sun Vol.2
Come along and celebrate the launch of Hawke's Bay's second exclusive compilation album - Under the Sun Vol
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Performing Arts
The Drowning Girls
The Drowning Girls was inspired by the Scotland Yard case of the notorious serial murderer George Joseph Smith and his victims, the ‘Brides of the Bathtub’
Bessie, Alice and Margaret have two things in common: they are married to George Joseph Smith, and they are dead
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Turning Point
Do you need a Miracle? Do you need healing? Have you tried everything else? Do you have a desperate situation in your life? need a turning point?
Join us for a night of prayer for pain, healing, sickness and disease
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Performing Arts
Naked At My Age
A grandma’s surprising Sexual Renaissance, fraught with difficult choices, leads to risk, lust and healing in the Oldest Profession
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Together we Rise: CANCELLED
Come along to an evening of elegance supporting courageous women at the Hastings & Napier Women's Refuges
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Performing Arts
Variety Baby!
Come and enjoy some Variety Baby! We have some aerials, belly dance, and burlesque, just to name a few
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Performing Arts
Peak Comedy
Finish your working week with a naughty laugh and relax into the weekend
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Concerts & Gig Guide
The Veils ...And Out Of The Void Came Love Tour
The Veils
…and Out of The Void Came Love
Aotearoa 2023
The Veils will be touring …And Out Of The Void Came Love in New Zealand in March & April 2023
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Breathwork with Marcel Hof & Cacao Ceremony
This workshop is designed to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the benefits of breathwork and how it can help you achieve greater relaxation, energy, and overall well-being
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Sports & Outdoors
HBCFCT OPEN DAY
The Hawke's Bay Community Fitness Centre trust is opening it's doors for everybody to come in and watch or participate in all the facilities run by the HBCFCT trust
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hearts of Love - free activity
This weekend, come and take part in ‘Hearts of Love’ at MTG!
This is a free activity to make a heart for children affected by Cyclone Gabrielle, specifically Eskdale Primary School
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Artist Kōrero: Hemi Macgregor and Shannon Te Ao
Join us to hear artist Hemi Macgregor (Ngāti Rakaipaaka, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tūhoe) in kōrero with Shannon Te Ao (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Wairangi, Te Pāpaka-a-Māui), as they discuss Macgregor’s solo exhibition, Waiora
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Sports & Outdoors
Taylor Hawks - NBL Preseason fundraiser
Bring the kids down to meet the Hawks, celebrate our local heroes & support the Hawks in their first pre-season game
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Mozzarella, Feta and Haloumi Cheese Making Workshop
In this three-hour long workshop you will learn how to make Haloumi, Mozzarella and Feta
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Performing Arts
Alice in Wonderland
The Rochelle Spence Dance Studio will present their own dance / drama version of the children’s story Alice in Wonderland
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Miracle Healing Crusade
Do you need a Miracle? Do you need healing? Have you tried everything else? Do you have a desperate situation in your life? need a turning point?
Join us for a night of prayer for pain, healing, sickness and disease
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Drops to the Whops
Raising funds for ongoing supplies of food, fuel, essentials and support for the village (60 people) of Waikoau
Join us for a fun night fundraising at Level 1 in Hastings to raise funds for Waikoau, which due to flooding from cyclone the only bridge has been badly damaged so they need some ongoing support, Forsaken styles grew up in Waikoau and his family still live there so its very close to his heart so he will be your host welcoming a awesome line up of artists who have amazingly given there time and talent to help support this great cause!
Line up so far:
- Forsaken Styles will be your host for the evening, welcoming all the amazing artists onto stage, one of Hawkes' Bays best young up and coming Rap/Hip-hop artists speaking from his soul!
- Killabill - If you havent heard the name you should definitely come hear him, one of hawkesbays best hip-hop artists
- Fanatik Emnz
- Mordz- diverse style of hip-hop, boom bap and trap, East Coast and West Coast rap with Maori influence
- DJ Jackdoor
- A-ON - Muilti genre DJ from hastings, Known for his fun House selections
- Solar Wizardry - Psytrance fresh from the Aussie bush doof scene
- P$y TraKt - Gary Doof Doof
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Concerts & Gig Guide
The D4 6twenty One Tour - Napier
The rock & banished music presents:
The D4
6twenty One Tour
3 March - Harvest Festival, Blenheim
4 March - San Fran, Wellington
10 March - Loons, Lyttelton
11 March - Dive, Dunedin
17 March - Kaipara Tavern, Helensville*
18 March - Powerstation, Auckland*
25 March - Totara St
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Free Falling the Tom Petty Tribute Show
Free Falling is a Wellington based tribute act to the classic rock genius of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, featuring lead singer and guitarist Greg White taking the helm of the band brings you through the whole catalog of one of the greatest songwriters of his generation Tom Petty
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Jazz on the Horizon
Incredible Hawkes Bay musicians coming together to deliver an evening of scintilating jazz
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Social Alley Long Brunch
The Craft and Social team are passionate about getting people together and having fun
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Vinyl Day
Supporting local businesses… Rockstuff at The Urban Winery! Sunday 26th March is the third Vinyl Day of 2023, so mark it on your calendar
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Sunday Cinema | Herbs: Songs of Freedom
Five men from different islands throughout the South Pacific join forces in 1978 and find the words and the music within each other to give New Zealand its voice and Pacific place in the world
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Sunday Cinema | A Star is Born: POSTPONED
A musician helps a young singer find fame as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Szechuan Cooking Workshop
Join tutor Jie Pang on for a masterclass of China’s Szechuan flavours
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Sunday Cinema | Muscle Shoals
A documentary that celebrates Rick Hall, the founder of Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and the signature sound he developed in songs such as "I'll Take You There", "Brown Sugar", and "When a Man Loves a Woman"
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Meet the Winemaker
Join us and local Winemaker Ant McKenize to experience a selection of both Theory & Practice and Haha wines in our 4th Door Lounge Bar area
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Sports & Outdoors
2023 Ford Trophy Grand Final • Central Stags v Canterbury
Free admission Ford Trophy Grand Final cricket for the Hawke's Bay public! Top qualifiers the Central Stags and Canterbury were originally scheduled to contest the national Final in February, but the Stags were unable to travel after Cyclone Gabrielle hit
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
New Methods In Developing New Antibacterial Drugs
In this lecture, Emily will introduce her current projects including developing new antibacterial drugs and developing efficient biomanufacturing processes for synthesising complex natural products
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Intro Beginners Salsa & Bachata
Free introduction class
Beginners Salsa & Bachata
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Artbeats | Frida: Viva la Vida
This documentary film highlights the two sides of Frida Kahlo’s spirit: on one side the revolutionary, pioneering artist of contemporary feminism and on the other, the human being, victim of her tortured body and a tormented relationship
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Exhibitions
Wine Country Quilts Exhibition: CANCELLED
Wine Country Quilts are excited to stage our 2023 exhibition at Toitoi, Hawkes Bay Arts and Event Centre
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Exhibitions
Richard Moorhead Exhibition Sale for Cyclone Gabrielle Fund
Small Exhibition Sale of new Richard Moorhead paintings will be on display for Cyclone Gabrielle victims
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Sneaky Ambush ART DECO Prohibition Party
We have decided the only way to have an Art Deco party is to sneak up on it! Get dressed up in your Deco finery, enjoy a cocktail or two and enjoy the entertainment!
Featuring a stellar live band dubbed "the Premature Swingers" will get you dancing all night with guest performances from our own naughty deco dame Cherry Boomb performing burlesque
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Action April
Action April
Taking small steps towards big change - together!
Visit the National Aquarium this April to learn how we can all work together to help the environment
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Monsters vs Unicorns Storytime
Monsters vs Unicorns Storytime is open to all ages
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Performing Arts
Illuminate Showcase
ARTEMIS pole arts presents Illuminate, a student showcase
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Elton John vs Billy Joel *NZ Tribute* Napier
NZ’s Award-winning hit tribute show “Elton John vs
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Stronger Than the Storm Community Day Out
Ultrasound Hawke's Bay brings you Stronger than the Storm, a day out to bring the community together for some great tunes, food and times
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Met Opera: La Traviata
Soprano Nadine Sierra stars as the self-sacrificing courtesan Violetta—one of opera’s ultimate heroines—in Michael Mayer’s vibrant production of Verdi’s beloved tragedy
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Beginners Ballroom & Latin 8-Week Course (April/May)
Ballroom & Latin Dance Lessons - Beginners course starts Tuesday 4th April 2023
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Performing Arts
The Ultimate 70s Show
Calling all dancing queens! It’s time to slip into your bell bottoms and platform shoes - Operatunity is going disco! In The Ultimate 70s Show Operatunity’s foxy ladies and gents will transport you to the psychedelic scene of Studio 54, the glamour, the dancing, in a show filled with good vibes and great music
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Napier Port Primary Sector Awards
The Napier Port Primary Sector Awards articulate the story of excellence within rural Hawke’s Bay and celebrate success, business innovation and growth
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Beginners Salsa 8 Week Course (April/May)
Salsa Dance Lessons - Beginners course start Wednesday 5th April 2023
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Performing Arts
Napier Performing Arts Easter Competitions Festival
We hold performing arts competitions in Instrumental (Piano, strings), Vocal/Aria, Dance (Tap, Modern, Ballet)
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Performing Arts
Ashton Family Circus & Dylan Daisy's Magic Show
The Ashton Family Circus are a family of five bringing a fast-paced, humorous family show with a message to Aotearoa
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Performing Arts
Goldilocks and The Three Bears
Synopsis: A tale of a girl, three bears and some porridge
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Rod Stewart
One of the best-selling artists in the history of recorded music, Rod Stewart is hitting the road in 2023, heading to New Zealand with very special guests, Cyndi Lauper and Jon Stevens
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Sports & Outdoors
School Holiday Skateboarding Lessons
The first school holidays of 2023 are upon us so that means more activities starting up to keep the kiddies from being bored at home
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Unboring Holidays Art Sleuthing Flaxmere
Get your sleuth on and look for the special art displayed around the libraries
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Unboring Holidays Art Sleuthing Havelock North
Get your sleuth on and look for the special art displayed around the libraries
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Unboring Holidays Makerspaces Havelock North
Makerspace are happening across all three libraries during the Unboring School Holidays!
This year they will include:
- Still Life Drawing
- Masquerade Masks
- Poppy Making
- Make a Monster
Keep an eye out at your local library for the makerspaces! Suitable for all ages,
Children must be accompanied by a caregiver
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Unboring Holidays Art Sleuthing Hastings
Get your sleuth on and look for the special art displayed around the libraries
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Unboring Holidays Makerspaces Hastings
Makerspace are happening across all three libraries during the Unboring School Holidays!
This year they will include:
- Still Life Drawing
- Masquerade Masks
- Poppy Making
- Make a Monster
Keep an eye out at your local library for the makerspaces! Suitable for all ages,
Children must be accompanied by a caregiver
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Performing Arts
The Boy With Wings
Using puppetry, songs, storytelling, and exquisite hand-crafted sets that magically unfold out of boxes, award-winning theatre company ‘Birdlife Productions’ promise laughter, tears and thrilling adventure when a young man’s epic journey unites with the miracle of Kuaka/Bar-tailed Godwit migration
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Night - O'Keeffe Landscape
The concept is simple - take a brush in one hand, a drink in the other and let’s paint a masterpiece!
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting in the heart of Hastings! No previous painting experience necessary
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Unboring Holidays Marvellous Magic & Stupendous Storytelling
Join us for an enchanting evening of magic and stories performed by The Great Wardini
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Unboring Holidays Chat & Paint
We never claimed to be Bob Ross, but we think we can do pretty well with a little guidance! Come paint with us, create a masterpiece to take home and display
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Performing Arts
50 Golden Years of Musicals
Pioneers of the New Zealand entertainment industry, Stewart and Tricia Macpherson, will celebrate 50 golden years in 2023 and to mark this amazing milestone, they will present a showstopping journey through their greatest musical triumphs
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Unboring Holidays Polymer Clay Workshop
Will you make a creature? Jewellery? A Keyring charm? The choices are endless so come join us to create with Polymer Clay
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Festivals & Lifestyle
The Very Best Of Mexico Quiz Night
You think you know your countries? And Mexico holds a special place in your heart? Then you need head on down to our
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Jungle Bridge Double Header!
JB are rolling out of the Trailer Park for a Double-Header in Hawke's Bay!
Motorhead, Talking Heads, Nirvana, HLAH, Bloodhound Gang, Shihad, G'n'R, The Killers, old school Chilli's, Sublime, Sabbath, Queen and more!
Friday the 14th - 8:30pm 'til late
Saturday the 15th - 8:30pm 'til late
And we'll mix up the set each night!
SUPPORT ACT TBC
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Sports & Outdoors
Power Farming Hawke's Bay Cup
The Power Farming Hawke's Bay Cup is a community event, where people of all ages can come and enjoy a day of racing and entertainment
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Sunday Cinema | Advanced Style
Advanced Style examines the lives of seven unique New Yorkers whose eclectic personal style and vital spirit have guided their approach to aging
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Sunday Cinema | The Gospel According to André
This intimate portrait for André Leon Tally, a fixture in the world of fashion, takes viewers on a journey from André’s roots growing up to becoming one of the most influential tastemakers and fashion curators of our times
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Sunday Cinema | McQueen
The life and career of fashion designer Lee Alexander McQueen: from his start as a tailor, to launching and overseeing his eponymous line and his untimely death
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Unboring Holidays Book Art
Books come and books go, but what happens once they are gone? Join us to make some amazing art using old books and some creativity
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Unboring Holidays Musical Instrument Creation
Want to be a muso but just can't find that perfect instrument? Come along and make your own!
Suitable for all ages
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Unboring Holidays Musical Instrument Creation
Want to be a muso but just can't find that perfect instrument? Come along and make your own!
Suitable for all ages
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Unboring Holidays Mini-Movie Set Making
*Spielberg* *Cameron* *your name here* - design and make your own miniature movie set
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Unboring Holidays Stop Motion Movie Making
Stop
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Red Cross Knitting and Book Sale + Shop Open
Beautiful hand knitted garments for babies and children
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Performing Arts
A Big Night In with the New Zealand Poet Laureate
Join us for a wonderful evening of words with New Zealand’s youngest ever Poet Laureate Chris Tse and his guests, noted poets Louise Wallace, Emma Barnes and Nathan Joe
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Performing Arts
Kita Mean - Delightfully Camp
Join the winner of season 1, Miss Kita Mean, from RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under on a spectacular 90 minute whirlwind of pop parodies, stand-up hilarities and finally… mental clarities as she gives you a giddy glimpse into the mind of a strange lady!
Get to know our quirky queen on a whole new level as she delves into what truly makes her tick
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Met Opera: The Hours
Soprano Renée Fleming makes her highly anticipated return to the Met in the world-premiere production of Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Kevin Puts’s The Hours, adapted from Michael Cunningham’s acclaimed novel
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Concerts & Gig Guide
The Ten Tenors
Australasia’s longest running stage show (tag artist) The TEN Tenors will return to New Zealand for an 11-date tour in 2023, celebrating the act’s 20th anniversary touring New Zealand
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Performing Arts
The Ten Tenors
Formed in 1995, The TEN Tenors are the world’s longest running classical crossover act
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Sports & Outdoors
Term 2 Skate School
Term one is done and dusted, now let's bring on term two! Here at Bay Skate we offer a wide range of activities - skateboard lessons included
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Performing Arts
Forest Song & Don Quixote - Kyiv Ballet
From the trauma and heartbreak of war in their country, to the major cities of USA and Europe, and now to the stages of New Zealand
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hermitage: The Power of Art
Join us on a visually stunning journey through the daily life of the magnificent Hermitage museum, and retrace two and a half centuries of legendary art and history
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Indonesian Cooking Workshop
Indonesian themed menu, a Dutch Rijsttafel;
Nasi Kuning, yellow rice!
Gado Gado, vegetables with eggs and Sataysauce
Beef or Tofu Rendang
Sambal Beans
Pangsit, fried wonton
Seroendeng
Pisang Goreng
Dinner and Recipe booklet included
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Sports & Outdoors
Impact Pro Wrestling present Flaxmere's Friday Fight Night 2
Live Pro Wrestling finally makes its return to Flaxmere! Courtesy of Powerplay, you don't want to miss the best of the Bay taking on the best of the rest!
Impact Pro Wrestling has been entertaining fans up and down the country for nearly 20 years and has seen many of its talented wrestlers go on to perform in WWE, AEW, New Japan Pro Wrestling and more
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Oasis By Gallagher: CANCELLED
The UK's Best & Most Authentic - Oasis tribute
The best of Oasis - 25+ chart hits
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Dead Favours Album Tour 2023 - Napier
Tickets on sale from 12pm Thursday 23rd February
Dead Favours are proud to announce their biggest tour to date to celebrate the release of ‘Riffing & Yelling Part 2’
Featuring the hit single Sink Or Swim, Part 2 will finally be released 31st March, this is the second half of the album that earn't them the Best Rock Artist nod at the 2021 Aotearoa Music Awards
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Vegetable Fermentation Workshop: POSTPONED
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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Sports & Outdoors
Impact Pro Wrestling presents Smash 'Em All at Asher Hall 2
Live Pro Wrestling finally makes its return to Napier City! Courtesy of Powerplay, you don't want to miss the best of the Bay taking on the best of the rest!
Impact Pro Wrestling has been entertaining fans up and down the country for nearly 20 years and has seen many of its talented wrestlers go on to perform in WWE, AEW, New Japan Pro Wrestling and more
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Julie Lamb Outfit - Dogs of Tour
Coming your way, looking for appaws!
In light of the recent cyclone damage in Hawke's Bay, this initially ticketed show is now free
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Concerts & Gig Guide
80's Super Band 'Love Shack' Paisley Stage
Back by popular demand , New Zealand's 80's Super group 'Love Shack' are bringing their show back to The Paisley Stage, Napier
Paisley Stage - 29th April 2023
Doors from 8pm
Show starts 8
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Crystal Visions - Stevie Nicks Tribute Show
Crystal Visions - Stevie Nicks Tribute Show
A brand new show from Landslide - Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks Tribute Show but this one is all about Stevie and her exquisite songs!
All the big hits and the heart wrenching ballads will be showcased in one big set
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Pop-Up Kids Market
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
Sunday Cinema | Spitfire
The story of the fighter plane and pilots that helped win the Battle of Britain in World War II
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Sunday Cinema | Labyrinth of Lies
A story that exposes the conspiracy of prominent German institutions and government branches to cover up the crimes of Nazis during World War II
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Sunday Cinema | Persian Lessons
A young Jewish man pretends to be Iranian to avoid being executed in a concentration camp
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Exhibitions
Art Hawkes Bay 'Artfully Yours' Exhibition
Art Hawkes Bay 15th Annual Exhibition- The event presents the work from artists and groups across Hawke's Bay in a single exhibition and competition during which all entries are for sale
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Bjorn Again
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 2022 Tour - A Celebration of the Music of Abba
Abba fans get excited as Bjorn Again bring ABBA's timeless hits back to the stage in a sing-along, dance-along extravaganza
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Artist Floor Talk: Salome Tanuvasa
Join us to hear artist Salome Tanuvasa talk about her solo exhibition To be at home
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Met Opera: Fedora
Giordano’s exhilarating drama Fedora returns to the Met for the first time in 25 years, starring soprano Sonya Yoncheva in the title role of the 19th-century princess who falls in love with her fiancé’s murderer, Count Loris, sung by tenor Piotr Beczała
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Performing Arts
Byu Living Legends
Celebrating the native cultural heritage of North and South America and the South Pacific, Living Legends presents a vibrant spectacle of energy, music, costume, and dance
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Kaylee Bell - Boots 'N All National Tour
After a dream start to 2023, opening for all six of Ed Sheeran’s Multiply (+-=÷ x) tour dates in New Zealand, including a record breaking show at Sky Stadium, Wellington and two packed nights at Auckland’s Eden Park, Kaylee Bell is now taking her incredible full live band show on the road throughout Aotearoa this May and June
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Performing Arts
CMNZ Series - NZTrio
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Piano Trio in B flat major K 502
Arvo Pärt/Mozart | Adagio
Gareth Farr | Forbidden Colours
Johannes Brahms | One of either Piano Trio No 1, Piano Trio No 2, or Piano Trio No 3
Claire Cowan | Ultra Violet (performed only Brahms Trio No 3)
Amalia Hall, violin
Ashley Brown, cello
Somi Kim, piano
At the heart of the programme are Brahms’ remarkable Piano Trios, composed during the early, mid, and late stages of his life
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Midwave Breaks NZ Tour 2023
The Rock presents Midwave Breaks on their first Headline tour, featuring 9 shows across the motu for NZ Music Month!
Featuring former Supergroove drummer Paul Russell, and singer-songwriter Bruce Conlon, the Tauranga Alt-Rock Duo have made serious waves at Rock Radio since their launch in 2021, with 3 independent singles in the top 10 NZ Rock Chart and a further 3 breaching the top 20
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
High Tea - Mother's Day
Come try a selection of our specialist teas before taking a tour of the history and grounds of the historic Oruawharo Homestead
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Sports & Outdoors
Ice Skate Tour
Be prepared for a cool but not cold Disco Ice Skating experience or join us for a great night of curling (adults only)
The Ice Skate Tour travels around New Zealand with state of the art, artificial ice rinks
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Performing Arts
Strike Up The Band!
Strike up the Band is a scintillating celebration of the best of the big band era
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Performing Arts
A Natural Woman - Celebrating the Music of Carole King
Carole King - extraordinary, timeless, iconic!
Hailed as the greatest singer-songwriter when her landmark album TAPESTRY was released in 1971
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Sports & Outdoors
Stroke Foundation at Hawke's Bay Marathon 2022
Over 9,500 strokes are experienced in Aotearoa each year – that’s one every 55 minutes – and we know that as many as 300,000 New Zealanders are directly affected by stroke
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
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
Tiny Ruins - Ceremony Album Release Tour | Napier
Banished Music presents
Tiny Ruins - Ceremony Album Release Tour
To celebrate the incoming release of their fourth album, Ceremony, Tiny Ruins will embark on an eight-date headline tour around Aotearoa this Autumn
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Italian Long Lunch Cooking Workshop
Late Autumn Italian Long Lunch Cooking Workshop
Hands-on workshop, preparing 5 dishes
Menu TBC
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Performing Arts
CHICAGO High School Edition Presented by Iona College
Iona College presents this full length High School Edition of Chicago
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Festivals & Lifestyle
NZ Careers Expo - Hawkes Bay
The NZ Careers Expo comprises the widest range of exhibitors of any career focused Expo in New Zealand
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hawke's Bay Better Home & Living Show 2023
Get tomorrow's ideas today! A Wonderful range of exhibitors, 'Ask an Expert' sessions, latest trends, innovations and exclusive show specials it’s the place to be for solutions for sustainable homes, gardens and better living
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Eclipse - The Music Of Pink Floyd In Full Quadraphonic
Eclipse - in concert
Celebrate 50 years of Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of The Moon’ with an unbelievable performance from Eclipse
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Concerts & Gig Guide
The Greatest Love of All
Whitney Houston’s musical legacy is brought to life in this critically acclaimed tribute show described as “mind-blowingly spot on”
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Concerts & Gig Guide
NZ Highwaymen
A very special country music event, featuring legendary talent, announces a nationwide tour
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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 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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Performing Arts
Magic Men Australia - R18: POSTPONED
New Date: Tuesday 14th November
R18
Worldwide sensation – the MAGIC MEN AUSTRALIA are finally coming your way!
Australia’s most anticipated men are heating up the town Magic Men’s “FEEL THE MAGIC” showcases it’s most talented men in a heart-stopping live performance
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Concerts & Gig Guide
10cc - The Ultimate Greatest Hits Tour
UK legends 10cc are bringing their Ultimate Greatest Hits Tour to New Zealand in June, with very special guests Hello Sailor
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Performing Arts
Romeo & Juliet
Shakespeare’s greatest love story returns to the Royal New Zealand Ballet in May 2023, in a passionate re-telling choreographed by Andrea Schermoly (Stand to Reason, Within Without)
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Wine Options 2023
Love wine?
Love a fun night out?
Love supporting a good cause?
Join us for our annual Wine Options event - no prior experience necessary!
Ticket price for a Team of 4 includes:
- A bottle of wine per table
- A sharing platter for your Team provided by Dish Catering (Dips, breads, crudites, cured meats, cheeses)
- 7 mystery tasting wines
The Scholarship
The Hawke's Bay Women in Wine EIT scholarship is an annual scholarship awarded to the top performing graduate in the Bachelor of Viticulture & Wine Science
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Sports & Outdoors
Impact Pro Wrestling presents Trouble in Taradise
Live Pro Wrestling finally makes its way to Taradale! Courtesy of Powerplay, you don't want to miss the best of the Bay taking on the best of the rest!
Impact Pro Wrestling has been entertaining fans up and down the country for 20 years and has seen many of its talented wrestlers go on to perform in WWE, AEW, New Japan Pro Wrestling and more
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Performing Arts
CMNZ Series - Menzies/Endres
A monumental programme featuring cornerstone works of the violin and piano repertoire
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Sports & Outdoors
Impact Pro Wrestling presents The Mad King's Court
Live Pro Wrestling finally makes its way to Bay View! Courtesy of Powerplay, you don't want to miss the best of the Bay taking on the best of the rest!
Impact Pro Wrestling has been entertaining fans up and down the country for 20 years and has seen many of its talented wrestlers go on to perform in WWE, AEW, New Japan Pro Wrestling and more
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Disco Party
A fun night of happy happy music and absolutely no hassles
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Met Opera: Falstaff
Baritone Michael Volle stars as the caddish knight Falstaff, gleefully tormented by a trio of clever women who deliver his comeuppance, in Verdi’s glorious Shakespearean comedy
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Performing Arts
Wonderland Glow Show
The much-loved Glow Show is back!
82,000 Kiwi kids have already seen these innovative, glow-in-the-dark giant puppet shows, which are an absolute favourite for parents and tamariki
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Summerset Dementia HB Matariki Charity Ball and Auction
Summerset Retirement Villages are proud to be sponsoring Dementia Hawkes Bay first ever charity ball and auction
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Bollywood Live Concert
An evening of poetry and music focused on the topic of everyday solidarities
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Mitch James - The Long Road Home Tour
At long last, Mitch James is hitting the road this winter announcing his first ever global tour including a whopping 13-date tour throughout New Zealand, his first headline shows in his homeland in four years
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Concerts & Gig Guide
The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac - Napier
Gold Dust Woman brings The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Creedence Clearwater Collective
We invite you to join us for a celebration of Creedence Clearwater Revival, as we walk through the life and music of one of the world’s most iconic bands – from the songs they wrote, to the songs covered, to the songs they wrote for others
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Performing Arts
CMNZ Series - Sonoro Quartet & Tony Chen Lin
Programme
Franz Schubert (arr
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Wonder Pēpi
Wonder Markets is delighted to be bringing you their first pēpi market
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Devilskin - Let Me Breathe NZ Tour 2023
Devilskin - Let Me Breathe NZ Tour 2023
Jennie, Nic, Paul and Nail are positively excited and looking forward to getting back out on tour to connect with their passionate Kiwi audience
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Met Opera: Der Rosenkavalier
A stellar trio assembles to take on the lead roles of Strauss’s comedy, with soprano Lise Davidsen in her Met role debut as the Marschallin, opposite mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard in her Met role debut as Octavian, and soprano Erin Morley as Sophie
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Seattle Tribute
Waxstar Touring Presents – Seattle Tribute
Come and celebrate a very special night of awesome 90s grunge!!
After selling out shows across New Zealand in 2022, The Superunknowns/Sludge Factory and Tom Grant Disciples stunned audiences across Aotearoa with their high energy tributes to Alice In Chains, Soundgarden and Nirvana
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hawkes Bay Yoga Festival
Invoke clarity and peace with an entire weekend of Yoga at the Hawkes Bay Yoga Festival
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Piaf: The Legend - Hastings
International singer Mandy Meadows presents Piaf: The Legend, a celebration of Edith Piaf’s extraordinary life and timeless songs
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Hawke's Bay Home and Garden Show 2023
Turning houses into homes for over 30 years!
The Hawke’s Bay Home & Garden Show is packed with over 190 exhibitors you will find all the ideas and information that you need to transform your surroundings into the space you’ve always dreamed of
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Met Opera: Don Giovanni
Tony Award–winning director Ivo van Hove makes his Met debut with a new staging of Mozart’s tragicomedy Don Giovanni
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Concerts & Gig Guide
Motel California Eagles Experience
Motel California is the tribute show everyone's talking about
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Performing Arts
The Ultimate Drag Show - Hawkes Bay
Hawkes Bay, are you ready for the Ultimate Drag Show?
Olivia Dreams is producing a dragtastic national tour and baby we are excited to bring the glitz and glam to the Hawkes Bay
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