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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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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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Summer Sparks Challenge 2022-3
Hastings District Libraries Summer Sparks Challenge is for children aged 5-12
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Napier Night Fiesta
Make the most of the balmy summer weather at the Napier Night Fiesta
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Harry Potter Book Week Make an Owl Friend
Drop in and make your very own little owl friend
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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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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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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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2023 Earthquake Commemoration
Hastings District Council will be holding an Earthquake Commemoration Ceremony on Friday 3 February
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Scandi Film Festival Aotearoa | Diana's Wedding
Exclusively screening at MTG Century Theatre!
It’s July 29, 1981
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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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Scandi Film Festival Aotearoa | Diana's Wedding
Exclusively screening at MTG Century Theatre!
It’s July 29, 1981
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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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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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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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Scandi Film Festival Aotearoa | Diana's Wedding
Exclusively screening at MTG Century Theatre!
It’s July 29, 1981
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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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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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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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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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Dirty Deco
Hastings has yet another secret and you are invited to partake, if you dare
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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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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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Sunday Cinema | Persian Lessons
A young Jewish man pretends to be Iranian to avoid being executed in a concentration camp
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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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Wairoa Record Fair
A Record Fair
All sorts of Record Goodness
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Puketapu Auction & Country Fair:
A genuine Country Fair and rural Auction set around a beautiful lake
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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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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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Lindisfarne College Gala 2023
Annual Gala, fun day for all the family
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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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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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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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Together we Rise
Come along to an evening of elegance supporting courageous women at the Hastings & Napier Women's Refuges
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Wonder Pēpi
Wonder Markets is delighted to be bringing you their first pēpi market
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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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Hawkes Bay Yoga Festival
Invoke clarity and peace with an entire weekend of Yoga at the Hawkes Bay Yoga Festival
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