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Clive Community Market
A vibrant collection of local artisans offering you a huge variety of their amazing handcrafted goods
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Guthrie Smith Arboretum Visit
Come and enjoy the Guthrie Smith Arboretum at Tutira which will be open every Sunday from October until the end of May
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Napier Urban Farmers' Market
Walk down Emerson Street and end up in a perfect little market offering a true Hawke's Bay experience
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Hawke's Bay Farmers' Market
Delight in a shopping event of taste sensations at one of New Zealand’s oldest and largest traditional Farmers’ Markets
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Taradale Sunday Market
Taradale Sunday Market, your local, weekly, indoor Market
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Napier Sunday Market
Every Sunday, the Napier waterfront comes to life with food trucks, coffee and the best seasonal produce on offer
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Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunov
Bass René Pape, the world’s reigning Boris, reprises his tremendous portrayal of the tortured tsar caught between grasping ambition and crippling paranoia, kicking off the highly anticipated 2021–22 Live in HD season
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Smith & Sheth + Malo Pink Ribbon Breakfast
Join us for some brunchtime festivities in support of a worthy charity
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Sign Language Taster Class
To celebrate NZ Sign Language Week, learn basic NZ Sign Language in a 45-minute session with a NZSL tutor
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Pop-Up Kids Market - Autumn Sale
We're back! Join us at Havelock North's only regular second-hand market with stalls selling quality preloved baby and kid's clothing, toys, books, nursery items and more
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Met Opera Series: Fire Shut Up In My Bones
Movie length 3h 36m
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Rainbow Storytime with Erika and Coco Flash
Come along to special storytimes with Taranaki drag queens Erika and Coco Flash
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Messy Church
Messy Church is a chance for families, young and old to engage with the message of Jesus in a fun and creative way
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South African Film Festival: Beyond Moving
83 MINS | DOCO, FAMILY | Rated G
Proceeds from the festival support Education without Borders (EwB)
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Pride Books and Movie Night
Come and share the titles you've loved, and hear about the LGBTQIA+ books and movies others have been enjoying
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The Wedding and Event Expo Hawke's Bay
Hawke's Bay's premier wedding and event expo is back for 2022!
We have every aspect of your big day covered
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Go with Tourism Expo
New Zealand’s only dedicated career expo for Tourism & Hospitality is back again in 2022!
Delivered in partnership with New Zealand Careers Expo, this event is not to be missed if you’re in need of work or study inspiration
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NZ Careers Expo Hawkes Bay
New Zealand Careers Expo
Every year our Expos prove to be engaging, informative, and interactive events for thousands of visitors seeking to explore their study and employment options
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French Film Festival: Murder Party
Comedy, Mystery | Rating TBC | 103 minutes
French with English subtitles
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French Film Festival: The Kitchen Brigade
Comedy | Rating TBC | 97 minutes
French with English subtitles
Cathy is a stubborn 40-year-old sous chef
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Napier MATARIKI Wellbeing & Vegan Market 2022
The biggest free mind-body-spirit weekend in Hawkes Bay is celebrating with our FIRST mid-year wellbeing event on the first Matariki holiday celebrations! FRIDAY & SATURDAY only (Friday 24th June is a public holiday for Matariki)
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French Film Festival: The Villa
Comedy | M | 97 minutes
French with English subtitles
With an all-star ensemble cast led by Gérard Depardieu, The Villa joins the ranks of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Calendar Girls and The Intouchables, with its touching and oft-hilarious depiction of friendships formed against all odds
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French Film Festival: La Traviata, My Brothers and I
DRAMA / FRANCE / 2022 / 108 MIN / M
French with English subtitles
In his feature debut, French filmmaker Yohan Manca breaks down the barriers and preconceptions surrounding art and culture with a touching story of hope, chance and overcoming adversity
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French Film Festival: Kompromat
THRILLER / FRANCE / 2022 / 127 MIN / M
French with English subtitles
Based on incredible true events, Jérôme Salle’s (The Odyssey, AF FFF19) gripping new spy thriller depicts the remarkable story of a French public servant who unwittingly found himself in conflict with one of the modern era’s most powerful and dangerous forces: Russia’s FSB
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French Film Festival: Little Nicholas’ Treasure
FAMILY, KIDS COMEDY, COMEDY / FRANCE / 2021 / 103 MIN / PG
French with English subtitles
From writer/director Julien Rappeneau (Rosalie Blum, Of Love & Lies), this charming and hilarious comedy is a lavish big-screen adventure featuring author René Goscinny (Asterix) and illustrator Jean-Jacques Sempé’s beloved character, a young boy with limitless curiosity and a dangerously overactive imagination
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Ice Skate Tour 2022
GET YOUR SKATES ON!
Get ready for a cool experience! The Ice Skate Tour is coming back to Hastings CBD
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Tutankhamun; 'The Last Exhibition' Film Screening
Tutankhamun
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Italian Film Festival Opening Night
The Italian Film Festival warmly invites you to the Opening Night Film "Lacci" at Event Cinemas Havelock North
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Italian Film Festival Havelock North - Three Floors
Featuring a tremendous ensemble cast, the new drama from acclaimed auteur Nanni Moretti (Mia Madre, The Son's Room) traces the disparate lives of three families who reside in the same apartment block in Rome's stylish Prati neighbourhood
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Italian Film Festival Havelock North - The Rossellinis
The Rossellinis,” is a tongue-in-cheek autobiographical look at the descendants living around the world of iconic Italian director Roberto Rossellini’s extended family and is being directed by his grandson, Alessandro Rossellini
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Italian Film Festival Havelock North - Journey to Italy
As one of the most influential directors of the mid-20th century, we take a look back at this master of Italian Neorealism with 3 of his films screening at the Italian Film Festival this year:
Rome Open City | ROMA, CITTÀ APERTA
Stromboli | STROMBOLI
A Journey to Italy | VIAGGIO IN ITALIA
Among the most influential films of the postwar era, Journey to Italy charts the declining marriage of a couple from England (Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders) on a trip in the countryside near Naples
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Italian Film Festival Opening Night
The Italian Film Festival warmly invites you to the Opening Night Film "Lacci" at The Globe Theatrette in Napier
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Italian Film Festival Havelock North - Stromboli
The first collaboration between Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman is a devastating portrait of a woman’s existential crisis, set against the beautiful and forbidding backdrop of a volcanic island
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Italian Film Festival Havelock North - A Chiara
From multi-award-winning writer/director Jonas Carpignano (A Ciambra, Meditteranea), To Chiara is a searing, gripping and remarkably poignant drama about a Calabrian teenage girl who learns some difficult truths about her close-knit family
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Italian Film Festival Havelock North - If You Care For Me
Diego (Bisio), a successful lawyer, is chronically depressed
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The Cocktail Party 2022
This year is our 30th birthday!! and what better way to celebrate than to bring on a new Charity
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Italian Film Festival Havelock North
Martin (a scalding Erik Enge) is one of the most promising football talents Sweden has ever seen
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National Theatre Live: LEOPOLDSTADT
Tom Stoppard’s Olivier Award-winning new play Leopoldstadt is a passionate drama of love, family, and endurance
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Italian Film Festival Napier - Journey to Italy
Among the most influential films of the postwar era, Journey to Italy charts the declining marriage of a couple from England (Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders) on a trip in the countryside near Naples
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Italian Film Festival Napier - The Rossellinis
Roberto Rossellini, the most famous film director of Italian neorealism, was a genius of cinema and a conspicuously unconventional father
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Whetū Mārama: Bright Star
Documentary Whetū Mārama – Bright Star tells the story of Sir Hekenukumai Ngaiwi Puhipi — aka 'Hek' Busby — and his significance for Māori in reigniting their wayfinding DNA
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Pop-Up Kids Market Sunday 31 July
Join us at Havelock North's only regular second-hand market with stalls selling quality preloved baby and kid's clothing, toys, books, nursery items and more
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HBAF 2022 - Gerry Paul & The Elephant Tree Band
[FREE SHOW - REGISTRATIONS ARE REQUIRED at www
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Italian Film Festival Napier - You Came Back
Marco (Accorsi), and Anita (Serena Rossi, 7 Hours to Win Your Heart IFF20) discover that they are expecting a child
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Italian Film Festival Napier - Three Floors
On the first floor, a young couple (Riccardo Scamarcio & Elena Lietti) grapple with suspicion about their elderly neighbour
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Italian Film Festival Napier - Padrenostro
As a child in the 1970s, writer-director Claudio Noce stood in the wings while a leftwing terrorist group – the Armed Proletarian Cells – targeted his father, Rome’s deputy chief of police
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Italian Film Festival Napier - Buona Sera, Mrs Campbell
During World War II, an Italian villager (Italian beauty Gina Lollobrigida in an award-winning role) befriends three American soldiers
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National Theatre Live: Prima Facie
Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) makes her West End debut in the UK premiere of Suzie Miller’s award-winning play on screen
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Hawkes Bay Yoga Festival
Find a new flow, embrace wellness and spiritual awakening at the second annual Hawkes Bay Yoga Festival in Napier this August
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Wellness for Women 2022
Wellness for Women 2022: Coping with Change
Entertainment | Inspiration | Education | Connection
BPW Central Hawkes Bay presents a fun-filled afternoon with speakers, exhibitors and demonstrations
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Gloriavale
GLORIAVALE is an observational documentary examining the widespread abuse inside the infamous Gloriavale Community cult and the institutional failures that have allowed it to continue
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Rigoletto (Metropolitan Opera)
Tony Award–winning director Bartlett Sher creates a bold new take on Verdi’s timeless tragedy, resetting the opera’s action in 1920s Europe, with Art Deco sets by Michael Yeargan and elegant costumes by Catherine Zuber
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Koha Book Sale
Be sure to come visit us at the Napier Urban Farmers Market on Saturday 13 August for our Koha Book Sale
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HNPS Big Night Out 2022
The Big Night Out is back!
Join us to outwit, outplay, and outbid your friends for a hilarious quiz night, live auction, and dancing til late
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MTG Movie Club; Kusama - Infinity
MTG's monthly Movie Club is proud to present: Kusama - Infinity
World famous living legend and artist Yayoi Kusama battles sexism and racism while rising to fame in America during the 1960s, from a conservative upbringing in Japan to her eventual placement in a Tokyo mental institution
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MTG Movie Club - Cave of Forgotten Dreams
MTG's monthly Movie Club is proud to present: Cave of Forgotten Dreams
In this documentary, filmmaker Werner Herzog and a small crew are given a rare chance to film inside France's Chauvet Cave, where the walls are covered with the world's oldest surviving paintings
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MTG Movie Club - Mrs Lowry & Son
MTG's monthly Movie Club is proud to present: Mrs Lowry and Son
A portrait of the British artist LS Lowry and the relationship with his mother, who tries to dissuade him from pursuing his passion
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Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; Fire of Love
This stunning documentary portrait of French volcanologists Maurice and Katia Krafft is skilfully constructed from their amazing archival footage collected from numerous volcanic expeditions in the 1970s and 80s
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Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; The Good Boss
Javier Bardem, renowned for his memorable portrayals of villains in No Country for Old Men and Skyfall, adds another sinisterly charming, immoral character to his repertoire as the titular “good boss” in this dark Spanish satire which bagged all the top awards at the 2022 Goyas (the Spanish Oscars)
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Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; Navalny
This staggering, fly-on-the-wall portrait of the charismatic anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny, filmed in secret following an assassination attempt on his life, is one of the year’s most electrifying films
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Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; The Forgiven
Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain headline a star cast dealing with the fallout from a debauched weekend in Morocco in John Michael McDonagh’s blackly comic skewering of privilege
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Hawke's Bay Go Green Expo 2022
FREE Adult Tickets available now!
Ticketing Tiers as follows:
FREE Tickets Online until 14th August
Followed by:
~ $4 Adult Tickets online
~ $5 Adult Door Sales
~ Kids U16 don’t need a ticket
Free parking available at the venue
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FIAFIA DAY 2022
Kia orana, Noa’ia, Talofa lava, Mauri, Mālō e lelei, Tālofa, Ni Sa Bula Vinaka, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Mālō ni and warm Pacific greetings
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Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; Ngā Whanaunga
Check out the best Māori and Pasifika short films in this year's Ngā Whanaunga Māori Pasifika Shorts Competition
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Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; Godland
Icelandic filmmaker Hlynur Pálmason follows up A White, White Day (NZIFF 2019) with this stunning historical epic which recalls the grandeur and madness of Herzog at his best
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Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; The Good Boss
Javier Bardem, renowned for his memorable portrayals of villains in No Country for Old Men and Skyfall, adds another sinisterly charming, immoral character to his repertoire as the titular “good boss” in this dark Spanish satire which bagged all the top awards at the 2022 Goyas (the Spanish Oscars)
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Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; Punch
Seventeen-year-old boxer Jim carries the hopes and dreams of his father on his shoulders, but his growing relationship with local takatāpui Whetu forces him to confront the truth about his sexuality and choose his own future
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Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; Alcarràs
A Catalonian, peach-growing family face upheaval in this moving and nuanced reflection on identity, place and time by Carla Simón (Summer 1993 NZIFF 2017), awarded the Golden Bear at the Berlinale 2022
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Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; Fire of Love
This stunning documentary portrait of French volcanologists Maurice and Katia Krafft is skilfully constructed from their amazing archival footage collected from numerous volcanic expeditions in the 1970s and 80s
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Whānau Mārama: NZ Int. Film Fest; Hallelujah; Leonard Cohen
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song (2021)
Directed by Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine - Portrait of an Artist
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Whānau Mārama: NZ Int. Film Festival; You Won't be Alone
In 19th century Macedonia, a young shapeshifting witch learns what it means to be human by inhabiting the lives of others in this one-of-a-kind feature debut from Australian-Macedonian filmmaker Goran Stolevski
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Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; Ali & Ava
This refreshingly authentic depiction of finding love right on your doorstep, and from unlikely directions, abounds with humour and the transformative power of song
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Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; Fire of Love
“There are only so many times you can shout ‘woah!’ at yourself during one film, but this documentary about two French daredevil volcano chasers pushes that number up
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Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; Kurt Vonnegut
An unconventional portrait of an unconventional author that not only chronicles the extraordinary life, work and legacy of Kurt Vonnegut but also his decades long friendship with the filmmaker who set out to document it
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Whānau Mārama: NZ Int. Film Festival; One Fine Morning
Léa Seydoux stars as a busy single mom, juggling caring for her daughter and her ailing father, who finds love in unexpected circumstances in Mia Hansen-Løve’s nimble romantic drama
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Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; The Forgiven
Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain headline a star cast dealing with the fallout from a debauched weekend in Morocco in John Michael McDonagh’s blackly comic skewering of privilege
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Whānau Mārama: NZ Int. Film Fest; Hallelujah; Leonard Cohen
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song (2021)
Directed by Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine - Portrait of an Artist
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Whānau Mārama: NZ Int.Film Festival; Both Sides of the Blade
Juliette Binoche, Vincent Lindon and Gregoire Colin form a turbulent love triangle as old flames endure in Claire Denis’ sexy and volatile relationship drama
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Whānau Mārama: NZ Int.Film Festival; We are Still Here
To sit, to listen to witness
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Whānau Mārama: NZ Int.Film Festival; Full Time
Single mum Julie (Laure Calamy, Call My Agent!) races against time in this forceful, authentic drama underpinned by a thriller momentum
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Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; Stars at Noon
Based on Denis Johnson’s cult novel, Margaret Qualley and Joe Alwyn star in this heady and alluring romantic thriller from NZIFF fave Claire Denis, directing her second English-language feature
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Whānau Mārama: NZ Int. Film Festival; Triangle of Sadness
Gilded privilege comes a cropper when abruptly confronted by less luxurious reality in this brilliantly orchestrated satire awarded the Palme d’Or 2022
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Whānau Mārama: NZ Int. Film Festival; Lost Illusions
Reaping top awards at the 2022 Césars, this majestic, lavish fresco adapted from Balzac’s masterpiece paints a cruel portrait of 19th century Parisian society and the burgeoning world of the press, which has startling contemporary overtones
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Whānau Mārama: NZ Int.Film Festival; Full Time
Single mum Julie (Laure Calamy, Call My Agent!) races against time in this forceful, authentic drama underpinned by a thriller momentum
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Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; Close
Belgian director Lukas Dhont follows up his award-winning debut Girl (NZIFF 2018) with this deft exploration of the fragile world of childhood bonds, which has already picked up major prizes at Cannes and Sydney
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Whānau Mārama: NZ Int. Film Festival; Decision to Leave
Park Chan-wook makes a welcome return to NZIFF with this masterful and seductive romantic thriller about an insomniac detective investigating a mysterious widow oddly unconcerned with her husband’s death
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Whānau Mārama: NZ Int. Film Festival; Where is Anne Frank?
A gloriously animated fantasy reimagining of Anne Frank’s story from the lauded director of The Congress (NZIFF 2013) and Waltz with Bashir (NZIFF 2008)
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Whānau Mārama: NZ Int. Film Festival; NZ's Best 2022
Check out the year’s best New Zealand short films as chosen by guest selector, Florian Habicht
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Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival; Corsage
Marie Kreutzer’s bold and subversive costume drama features an imperious Vicky Krieps as the restless Empress Elisabeth of Austria, struggling to break free from the restrictive confines of courtly life
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Whānau Mārama: NZ Int. Film Festival; Triangle of Sadness
Gilded privilege comes a cropper when abruptly confronted by less luxurious reality in this brilliantly orchestrated satire awarded the Palme d’Or 2022
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Harry Potter Quiz - Napier
Don't Let the Muggles Get You Down! Instead, come along to Gee Quiz's Harry Potter quiz at Shed 2 on the Quay on Tuesday 30th August!
Not only will teams be playing for an awesome swathe of prizes, the winners will book a place in the National Championship Harry Potter Quiz held in in Wellington later in the year!
With lots of trivia, bonus games and dress ups, it's set to be another magical evening of quizzing!
Entry cost is $90 per team for up to six players ($15 p/p)
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Napier Wellbeing & Vegan Market 2022
Our popular and famous Hawke's Bay Napier Wellbeing and Vegan Market 2022! Everyone welcome and invited
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The Enchanted Ball Supporting Te Mata Park
NEW DATE - 12 November 2022
The Enchanted Ball supporting Te Mata Park
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