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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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Concerts & Gig Guide
The Royal New Zealand Navy Band in Concert
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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Performing Arts
Peak Comedy
Finish your working week with a naughty laugh and relax into the weekend
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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Sourdough Breadmaking Workshop
In this workshop, you will learn how to create, feed and care for your own everlasting rye sourdough starter, and from this to make fresh sourdough bread
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Festivals & Lifestyle
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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Festivals & Lifestyle
Dirty Deco
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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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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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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Workshops, Conferences & Classes
Sika 'Singing Stones' Sound Journey Tour
Journey to 'The Valley of the Singing Stones'
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paint and Wine Night - Pohutukawa Tui
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
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
This is a free event for anyone with an interest in motorcycling
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Wairoa Record Fair
A Record Fair
All sorts of Record Goodness
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Sports & Outdoors
Scooter - Oceania Continental Championship
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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Sports & Outdoors
MCL Construction TRIPLE PEAKS 2023
Be Challenged
A spectacular 55 kms course
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Performing Arts
Tutus on Tour
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
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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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
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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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 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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Sports & Outdoors
Bay Skate Street Competition 2023
This is Bay Skate's very first street competition for skateboarding
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Paintvine in the Park - Kakapo
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
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 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
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
Lindisfarne College Gala 2023
Annual Gala, fun day for all the family
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Sports & Outdoors
Land Rover Horse of the Year 2023
Welcome to New Zealand’s Premier Equestrian Event Showcase
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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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Performing Arts
Showgirls @ Paisley
Paisley Stage you’re in for a real treat! We have the beauties Kiki Kisses (Auckland) and Cici von Rouge (New Plymouth) joining us from out of town, as well as another beauty; Katie in the Storm who you haven’t met but we know you’re going to love
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Vegetable Fermentation Workshop
Be ready to turn all your garden produce into your own probiotics!
Come and learn the practical skills for some basic vegetable ferments
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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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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
A musician helps a young singer find fame as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral
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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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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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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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Sports & Outdoors
Monster Truck & FMX Spectacular - Napier Show
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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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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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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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
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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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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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
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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Food, Gourmet, Wine
Szechuan Cooking Workshop
Join tutor Jie Pang on for a masterclass of China’s Szechuan flavours
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Exhibitions
Wine Country Quilts Exhibition
Wine Country Quilts are excited to stage our 2023 exhibition at Toitoi, Hawkes Bay Arts and Event Centre
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Food, Gourmet, Wine
HARVEST Hawkes Bay Food & Wine Festival
HARVEST Hawkes Bay will truly be a celebration of Hawkes Bay, NZ's Food & Wine country
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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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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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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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Concerts & Gig Guide
Motel California Eagles Experience
Motel California is the tribute show everyone's talking about
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Festivals & Lifestyle
Wonder Pēpi
Wonder Markets is delighted to be bringing you their first pēpi market
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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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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
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
The UK's Best & Most Authentic - Oasis tribute
The best of Oasis - 25+ chart hits
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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
80's Super Band 'Love Shack' Napier
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
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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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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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
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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Performing Arts
Magic Men Australia - R18
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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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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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
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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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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