A Bloody Business: the history of five Hawke’s Bay freezing works explores the effect the frozen meat processing industry had on the socio-economics of the Hawke’s Bay region using as illustration five significant meat works: Tomoana (1884), Hawke’s Bay & North British (1887), Thomas...
Date: Monday 25 January to Sunday 7 November
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Children's Holocaust Memorial - Te Whakamaharatanga o te Parekura Tamariki
A unique Memorial honouring the 1.5 million children killed during the Holocaust 'giving a voice to those who cannot speak' and serving as a reminder to stand up to prejudice, discrimination and apathy.
On display in...
Date: Monday 25 January to Sunday 31 January
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The naming of a new apple cultivar Billy Apple® fulfils a long held ambition for the artist and is the natural culmination of his 1962 self-branding exercise.
Billy Apple® A Brand Looking for a Product 1962—2020 looks back to Apple’s name change and the way Apple created art works that...
Date: Monday 25 January to Sunday 21 March
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Billy Apple® A Brand Looking for a Product Exhibition
Stories, fables and journeys from the outer limits, magical dream-like paintings to charm and enchant.
“People who own one or two of my paintings say they see something new in them every day. Others tell me that when they come home from work, they step into their painting and leave the world...
Date: Monday 25 January to Saturday 30 January
Where: Hastings Community Arts Centre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A celebration of the creative designs that have been part of the Edible Fashion Awards’ success.
Featuring designs from the recent 2020 Edible Fashion Awards, this exhibition includes winners and a selection of finalists from a range of age-group and open categories.
This is a unique...
Date: Monday 25 January to Saturday 30 January
Where: Hastings Community Arts Centre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
What does your perfect place look like?
Something weird and wonderful? A spaceship landing in new territory surrounded by aliens, a dinosaur in an ancient forest, a train steaming up and over a rainbow, or an underwater castle? Create your imaginative utopia!
Kids - bring a bucket load of...
Date: Monday 25 January to Tuesday 26 January
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Bev Doohan's usual medium and the subject is watercolour flowers. As a floral designer for many years, the forms of plant material have become very familiar to her as she has explored the structure, colour, and shapes of all the various beautiful plants that is used in flower arranging. As a...
Date: Monday 25 January to Thursday 28 January
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Marama Ngawhika: Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Awa, Te Arawa, Ngapuhi.
Marama grew up in Edgecumbe, Kawerau and Pukehina three small towns in the Bay of Plenty New Zealand. Her mother is of Ngati Kahungunu and Ngati Awa descent while her father affiliates to Te Arawa and Nga Puhi. Marama grew up in...
Date: Monday 25 January to Thursday 28 January
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Health & Well-being for Families by Marama Ngawhika
‘The Smiths’ is a duo exhibition created by Liz Ross Smith and Sam Smith, who met during their art classes held by Christine Lemin.
Liz Ross Smith began painting about four years ago, after attending Christine Lemin’s classes with an urge to paint flowers. She credits Christine for...
Date: Monday 25 January to Thursday 28 January
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - 'The Smiths' Duo Exhibition by Liz Roth Smith and Sam Smith
One of CAN’s youngest and regular exhibitors Emma Rodger, has a series of still life photography on show. This year’s series is a compilation of flora and fauna with gathered treasures. Emma’s Mum always has flowers in her house, and most of the ones Emma has photographed for this series are...
Date: Monday 25 January to Sunday 31 January
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Exhibition of Still Life Photography by Emma Rodger
Gail Davidson is a Hawke’s Bay artist and has been painting for more than 10 years now. She is enjoys painting humorous incidents or stories as they unfold, drawn as she perceives “this wonderful world,” usually using acrylics and bright bold colours.
“I am as far from being a realistic...
Date: Monday 25 January to Thursday 4 February
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Lordy - Shiver Me Timbers Again! Exhibition by Gail Davidson
Join Yaniv Janson to celebrate the opening of his exhibition on Friday 22 January, 5-7pm. Light refreshments will be served.
Yaniv Janson is a young artist whose goal is to encourage others to take action toward environmental sustainability. His work centers on his great passion for...
Date: Monday 25 January to Thursday 4 February
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Here To Stay And We Care Opening & Exhibition; Yaniv Janson
Kids! Create an Art Deco inspired artwork and see it on display for the ‘CAN-DO Deco’ Children’s Art Exhibition, which will be open during the Napier Art Deco Festival, from 18 February – 11 March 2021.
Your artwork can be anything from painting, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics,...
Date: Monday 25 January to Monday 8 February
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
World War Two exhibition, part 2 (1942 -45) with focus on Long Range Desert Group and the Maori Battalion with profiling soldiers from Central Hawkes Bay. Life in Central Hawkes Bay during war years remembered by locals. A war scene from the desert showcasing military vehicles and equipment.
Date: Monday 25 January to Wednesday 12 May
Where: Central Hawke's Bay Settlers Museum, Waipawa, Central Hawke's Bay
Make something crafty for someone or attend one of our Crafternoons.
Pop in each week to make something new. Keep it for yourself or find the perfect person to give it to.
At all three libraries every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday during December and January.
We may take photographs or...
Date: Tuesday 26 January to Thursday 28 January
Where: Hastings War Memorial Library, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Make something crafty for someone or attend one of our Crafternoons.
Pop in each week to make something new. Keep it for yourself or find the perfect person to give it to.
At all three libraries every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday during December and January.
We may take photographs or...
Date: Tuesday 26 January to Thursday 28 January
Where: Flaxmere Library, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Make something crafty for someone or attend one of our Crafternoons.
Pop in each week to make something new. Keep it for yourself or find the perfect person to give it to.
At all three libraries every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday during December and January.
We may take photographs or...
Date: Tuesday 26 January to Thursday 28 January
Where: Havelock North Library, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hastings District Libraries is again hosting an unforgettable and internationally celebrated Harry Potter Book event.
This year is different, though. Internationally the event is on one day a year, but because one day wasn’t enough Hastings District Libraries are holding a week-long...
Date: Tuesday 26 January to Sunday 31 January
Where: Hastings War Memorial Library, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Main Gallery
EAST 2020 is the flagship biennial exhibition for Hawke's Bay. With an open call to artists and selection for inclusion, the exhibition has given the opportunity for new stars to emerge and present their work alongside more established and recognised local artists. EAST has provided...
Date: Tuesday 26 January to Thursday 28 January
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Ever feel like money controls your life? Do you wish you understood a bit more about wealth and debt, interest rates, insurances and investment? Can't quite come to grips with the basics?
TWOA 20 week programme
Certificate in Money Management Level 3
Come along to find out more and see if...
Date: Tuesday 26 January to Tuesday 23 February
Where: Te Wananga o Aotearoa, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A weekly half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and fingerplays especially for children aged 0-2 years and their parent/caregiver.
Building a foundation for literacy starts as soon as a child is born, and every story, song, rhyme or fingerplay strengthens that foundation. Help your child get a...
Date: Tuesday 26 January to Tuesday 14 December
Where: Havelock North Library, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Flaxmere Library Book Chat is a friendly gathering of book lovers.
Come along to talk about the books you've been reading and to see what's new in the library.
All welcome.
We may take photographs or video recordings during events and programmes which may be used in Council promotional...
Date: Tuesday 26 January
Where: Flaxmere Library, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Let yourself relax, renew and rejuvenate in 2021.
This "Not Yoga" summer series is designed to improve your movement and renew your sense of wellbeing.
The summer series of easy, fun "Not Yoga lessons (aka Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement lessons) is held over 3 consecutive nights at...
Date: Tuesday 26 January to Thursday 28 January
Where: Movement Works Studio, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Artists can do magic or so it seems. Some people have a natural ability to see something – really see it – and draw what they see near perfectly. In this specialist drawing class, we get to delve into those seemingly magical skills and learn how to look at a subject and draw it.
Suitable for...
Date: Tuesday 26 January to Tuesday 2 March
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Come and join us every Tuesday night for a great night of Rock n Roll dancing and music. RnR lesson's given on the night. We also hold a social every second Sunday each month. For further info phone Mike 0200801048.
Date: Tuesday 26 January
Where: Napier RSA, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Everyone who wants to be officially recognised as a H&S representative in their workplace needs to complete this course. NZ Health and Safety law requires training and recognises the role, the duties and responsibilities of workplace health and safety representatives. This course introduces you to...
Date: Wednesday 27 January to Thursday 28 January
Where: Hawke's Bay Business Hub, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Stage 1 Health & Safety Reps - Business Central
Can you outsmart Dolores Umbridge? Work in a group to try and beat our Escape Room within the hour. Those who do will win prizes! For Ages 13 - 18.
Limited sessions and numbers - Registrations required.
We may take photographs or video recordings during events and programmes which may be used...
Date: Wednesday 27 January
Where: Hastings War Memorial Library, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Come in and meet our supportive staff, talk to our lecturers and tutors, have a tour of the campus, and chat about how to enrol.
You could be a eligible for free study. Check out the website.
Date: Thursday 28 January
Where: Eastern Institute of Technology, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A 3 hours class focuses
on the creation of elegant macarons,
from start to finish using the Italian Meringue method and filling with different ganaches (salted butter caramel, chocolate).
We work through the steps from creating the batter, to piping and filling these delicious...
Date: Thursday 28 January
Where: Farmhouse Kitchen Cooking School, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Vinyasa Flow is a “flow style” class that combines traditional instruction on form, alignment, flow, and strength and balance. A steady rhythm of breath awakens and reconnects you to a stronger and stress-free self as we synchronise breath and movement. You will leave feeling sweaty, uplifted...
Date: Thursday 28 January
Where: The Yoga Space, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Roving entertainers from Dance, jugglers, rappers, DJ's to solo talented musicians will entertain you from 10-2pm. It's free, so whilst you are in our great little city shopping, catching up with friends or a quick bite to eat or drink - be entertained!
These talented locals could be performing...
Date: Friday 29 January to Saturday 6 March
Where: Market Street, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Nicole & the High Society Swingers
International Jazz/Rock vocalist Nicole Chesterman and the fabulous High Society Swingers Jazz Combo.
Simply one of the most sensational vocal artists in New Zealand, Nicole Chesterman and her High Society Swingers regularly headline Festivals, Clubs,...
Date: Friday 29 January
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Take a trip down the rabbit hole with local hip hop up-and-comer TAH1 for his debut live show celebrating the release of two distinctive projects EXS7ANT (14.01.2021) and LUVs.Labórs.Lo$t (29.01.2021)
Featuring fellow iiiEXIST collective members from Arillion (AKL) and KeyAura (AKL) and...
Date: Friday 29 January
Where: Spaceship, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The annual Elsthorpe Horse Sports,
Classes include FEI Events, Pleasure Riding (HOY Qualifier) Dog Trials, Show Hunter and many more for the kids and young Equestrians.
Hole in one Golf, Target shooting and athletic events for the non-competitors.
Please see our facebook page to view the...
Date: Saturday 30 January
Where: Elsthorpe Sports Grounds, Otane, Central Hawke's Bay
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.
Register once for free on the website to get your free barcode then join us every Saturday.
Date: Saturday 30 January to Saturday 4 December
Where: Flaxmere Park, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Format:
- Competitive Senior Men’s
- Social Mixed (15+) Must be at least 2 females on the pitch at all times
- Teams to consist of up to 10 players max.
- 5 v 5 format (one of which is the goalie)
- The games will consist of 9min halves with a 2min halftime break.
- Referees will be...
Date: Saturday 30 January
Where: Mitre 10 Park, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Walk down Emerson Street and end up in a perfect little market offering a true Hawke's Bay experience.
This is where the local shop. Enjoy freshly roasted coffee, divine treats and all the produce you need to cook up a true locavore's meal.
Shop local and enjoy some of the best produce from...
Date: Saturday 30 January to Saturday 13 February
Where: Clive Square, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Vinyasa Flow is a “flow style” class that combines traditional instruction on form, alignment, flow, and strength and balance. A steady rhythm of breath awakens and reconnects you to a stronger and stress-free self as we synchronise breath and movement. You will leave feeling sweaty, uplifted...
Date: Saturday 30 January
Where: OptimalMe Studio, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
New Zealand's original farmers market, the Black Barn Growers’ Market has been running for more than 14 years and has become a ‘must-do’ for locals and visitors alike on Saturday Mornings through summer.
Open from 9 till noon every Saturday of summer, just follow the line of cars down...
Date: Saturday 30 January to Saturday 27 February
Where: Black Barn Vineyards, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Magpie Market is an indoor, all weather market with 25+ stalls offering unique, designer and handmade products from jewellery to chilli sauces. Happy and welcoming atmosphere. We have parking behind the hall as well as on street. Ramp access back and front of hall. Clean toilets. Quality coffee and...
Date: Saturday 30 January
Where: Meeanee Hall, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
In the relaxed and purpose-built painting workshop at CAN, you will spend a weekend creating a colourful painting in acrylic and ink on canvas, from a starting point of your choice. Choose from a provided selection of beautiful objects and natural forms, or bring an image from home.
Tuition is...
Date: Saturday 30 January to Sunday 31 January
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join our Hastings City Art Gallery guides for a fascinating tour of the much loved public art of Hastings.
Meet at the gallery entrance in Civic Square, next to the Hastings Library.
A minimum of five attendees are required for the tour to proceed.
No booking required (approx 90 mins)....
Date: Saturday 30 January to Saturday 27 February
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
30 Saturday Spring & Summer Sessions at Abbey for the Summer season!
- Coastal Rhythm Section
- Ian Munro
- Ariana Henare
- Lady Larisa
- Climate
- Fraser Mackenzie
- The Acoustic Project
- Little Big Noise
Kickback and relax and listen to the chilled sounds of local talents while...
Date: Saturday 30 January to Saturday 27 March
Where: Abbey Cellars Winery & Brewpub, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Mack's looking forward to playing at the Kune for the first time in December, and then again next month.
Enjoy a relaxing afternoon in a country setting as you listen to Mack originals and high-quality covers of your favourite tunes
Kune offers yummy food and a selection of local craft beers...
Date: Saturday 30 January
Where: Kune Cafe & Bar, Otane, Central Hawke's Bay
Hawke’s Bay Jazz vocalist Margot Pierard has recently begun a fruitful association with the locally born, internationally renowned jazz pianist Wil Sargisson.
She has become familiar to local audiences through her captivating performances with the Tropical Downbeat Orchestra and her hugely...
Date: Saturday 30 January
Where: Havelock North Village Green, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Jazz On the Village Green - Margot Pierard ft. Wil Sargisson
DejaBlue is a 5 piece band with a repertoire selected from all niches of the wide Blues genre, catering to all tastes from folk blues, RnB, to soul/rock.
Date: Saturday 30 January
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Delight in a shopping event of taste sensations at one of New Zealand’s oldest and largest traditional Farmers’ Markets.
The Hawke's Bay Farmers' Market offers a complete shopping experience. Discover the diverse range of locally grown or artisan produced products. There is nothing like...
Date: Sunday 31 January to Sunday 28 February
Where: Showgrounds Hawke's Bay Tomoana, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The Ossian Street Market is a fantastic local market that specialises in vintage, collectables and quality secondhand goods.
It runs the last Sunday of every month from 9am - 1pm, weather permitting.
Situated in the carpark opposite FG Smiths Eatery 9b Ossian Street.
Date: Sunday 31 January to Sunday 28 March
Where: F.G Smith Eatery, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Reiki course for learning a natural hands-on healing. Reiki is a simple and natural energy healing that all human can have. Reiki is Japanese translated to English as "Universal Life-force Energy".
The encounter with Reiki is an opportunity to reunite with your dormant ability. This is a journey...
Date: Sunday 31 January to Sunday 21 March
Where: Rudolf Steiner Centre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
MND New Zealand’s volunteer-led event series, Walk 2 D’Feet MND, is returning to Napier.
A sponsored fundraising and awareness walk. Register to attend in advance and take advantage of an Early Bird discount. Dogs welcome on a leash.
Venue: Napier Sailing Club, 63 West Quay, Ahuriri,...
Date: Sunday 31 January
Where: West Quay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Sundays are tailor-made for long lunches. Combine the timelessly relaxed lodge setting of Cape Kidnappers and the local New Zealand cuisine of Chef James Honore, with wines perfectly matched to each course by one of the country’s top wine producers, and you have the recipe for an ideal summer’s...
Date: Sunday 31 January to Sunday 14 February
Where: The Farm at Cape Kidnappers, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
30 Spring & Summer Sundays at Abbey for the Summer season!
Coastal Rhythm Section, Ben Throp, Ian Munro, Ariana Henare, Alex Richardson, The Pukes Ukelele rock band, Lady Larisa, Climate and The Acoustic Project
Kickback and relax and listen to the chilled sounds of local talents while...
Date: Sunday 31 January to Sunday 28 March
Where: Abbey Cellars Winery & Brewpub, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Singing School New Zealand presents a summer concert of popular songs from opera, stage productions and movies. Performers include talented Singing School students, as well as exciting younger singers who aim to study at the school in the future.
They’ll perform music from shows like Evita...
Date: Sunday 31 January
Where: Cornwall Park, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Summer In the Park - Singing School New Zealand
A Bloody Business: the history of five Hawke’s Bay freezing works explores the effect the frozen meat processing industry had on the socio-economics of the Hawke’s Bay region using as illustration five significant meat works: Tomoana (1884), Hawke’s Bay & North British (1887), Thomas...
Date: Monday 25 January to Sunday 7 November
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The naming of a new apple cultivar Billy Apple® fulfils a long held ambition for the artist and is the natural culmination of his 1962 self-branding exercise.
Billy Apple® A Brand Looking for a Product 1962—2020 looks back to Apple’s name change and the way Apple created art works that...
Date: Monday 25 January to Sunday 21 March
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Billy Apple® A Brand Looking for a Product Exhibition
Gail Davidson is a Hawke’s Bay artist and has been painting for more than 10 years now. She is enjoys painting humorous incidents or stories as they unfold, drawn as she perceives “this wonderful world,” usually using acrylics and bright bold colours.
“I am as far from being a realistic...
Date: Monday 25 January to Thursday 4 February
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Lordy - Shiver Me Timbers Again! Exhibition by Gail Davidson
Join Yaniv Janson to celebrate the opening of his exhibition on Friday 22 January, 5-7pm. Light refreshments will be served.
Yaniv Janson is a young artist whose goal is to encourage others to take action toward environmental sustainability. His work centers on his great passion for...
Date: Monday 25 January to Thursday 4 February
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Here To Stay And We Care Opening & Exhibition; Yaniv Janson
Kids! Create an Art Deco inspired artwork and see it on display for the ‘CAN-DO Deco’ Children’s Art Exhibition, which will be open during the Napier Art Deco Festival, from 18 February – 11 March 2021.
Your artwork can be anything from painting, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics,...
Date: Monday 25 January to Monday 8 February
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Janice is a 73-year-old artist, pianist, reader, gardener, Salvationist, puzzler, traveller, wife, mother, grandmother and a former primary school teacher.
Since retiring from teaching, Janice has had a lot more time to indulge in her interests. Janice has had three exhibitions at CAN, and these...
Date: Monday 1 February to Sunday 28 February
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Lenie Johnson has enjoyed painting and drawing from a very young age. After leaving school she attended night classes at Elam School of Fine Arts. She then worked for department stores on display and ticket writing. Lenie has also travelled extensively, having lived in the US and visited all over...
Date: Monday 1 February to Sunday 28 February
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Celebrating Another Time; Exhibition by Lenie Johnson
World War Two exhibition, part 2 (1942 -45) with focus on Long Range Desert Group and the Maori Battalion with profiling soldiers from Central Hawkes Bay. Life in Central Hawkes Bay during war years remembered by locals. A war scene from the desert showcasing military vehicles and equipment.
Date: Monday 25 January to Wednesday 12 May
Where: Central Hawke's Bay Settlers Museum, Waipawa, Central Hawke's Bay
Ever feel like money controls your life? Do you wish you understood a bit more about wealth and debt, interest rates, insurances and investment? Can't quite come to grips with the basics?
TWOA 20 week programme
Certificate in Money Management Level 3
Come along to find out more and see if...
Date: Tuesday 26 January to Tuesday 23 February
Where: Te Wananga o Aotearoa, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A weekly half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and fingerplays especially for children aged 0-2 years and their parent/caregiver.
Building a foundation for literacy starts as soon as a child is born, and every story, song, rhyme or fingerplay strengthens that foundation. Help your child get a...
Date: Tuesday 26 January to Tuesday 14 December
Where: Havelock North Library, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Artists can do magic or so it seems. Some people have a natural ability to see something – really see it – and draw what they see near perfectly. In this specialist drawing class, we get to delve into those seemingly magical skills and learn how to look at a subject and draw it.
Suitable for...
Date: Tuesday 26 January to Tuesday 2 March
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Ballroom & Latin Dance Lessons - Beginners course start Tuesday 2nd February 2021.
Join the grace & excitement of Ballroom & Latin dancing, we recommend having a partner however it is not essential as we have helpers to assist, just come along and have a fantastic time meeting new people and...
Date: Tuesday 2 February to Tuesday 23 March
Where: Munro Dance Studio, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Salsa Dance Lessons - Beginners course start Wednesday 3rd February 2021.
Join the fun of salsa dancing, we recommend having a partner however it is not essential as we have helpers to assist, just come along and have a fantastic time meeting new people and learn to dance.
Class is one hour...
Date: Wednesday 3 February
Where: Munro Dance Studio, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join the Hastings City Art Gallery curator Clayton Gibson, for a tour of the current exhibitions in the gallery, conveniently timed for your lunchtime! To be part of the discussion, meet at the gallery front desk at 12:10pm, ready for a 12:15pm start.
Date: Thursday 4 February to Thursday 13 May
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The concept is simple - take a brush in one hand, a drink in the other and let’s paint a masterpiece!
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting in Napier! No previous painting experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going!
The need to...
Date: Thursday 4 February
Where: Shed 2 Bar and Restaurant, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
This exhibition by Gina Guerin, aptly titled 'Serious Colour Two' is a follow on from her previous exhibition 'Serious Colour.' This show naturally features works on board, paper, and canvas in vivid colours. It also includes a number of smaller works on paper which act as Gina's experimental...
Date: Friday 5 February to Thursday 25 February
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Serious Colour Two - Exhibition by Gina Guerin
Born in, and working out of an apartment studio in New Plymouth, Jordan Barnes is recognised as an artistic all-rounder. He’s an award winning painter and is considered to be one of New Zealand’s top emerging artists.
Jordan is equally passionate about song writing, releasing his debut album...
Date: Friday 5 February to Saturday 1 May
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join artist Jordan Barnes for a talk and tour of his exhibition, The Artist and the Ego. Born and raised in New Plymouth, Jordan Barnes is an award-winning painter and known to many as an artistic all-rounder.
Jordan derives inspiration for his works through social observations and personal...
Date: Friday 5 February
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Anytime we play the Cantabs it's a great contest and this is a top of the table clash! Wind into Waitangi Day weekend with two T20s for the price of one, last home doubleheader at McLean Park, CENTRAL HINDS from 3:40PM then CENTRAL STAGS ready to smash it under lights from 7:10PM. All the family...
Date: Friday 5 February
Where: McLean Park, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The secret is out. Honorary Kiwi and Belgian producer Netsky has ticked off 2 weeks of quarantine, surprised fans at Gisborne’s Rhythm and Vines on the strike of midnight, and will now be turning his attention to taking his exciting new immersive (Glasshouse) production on a 6 date tour across...
Date: Friday 5 February
Where: Moana Park Winery, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
"The only thing we all have in common is that we are different"
That is what makes life special and that is what this show is about.
Languages, Rhythms, Instruments, Stories and a mix of Arts are going to take you through a musical Journey full of dance, theater, poetry and magic.
...
Date: Friday 5 February
Where: Hawkes Bay Latin Dance Club, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
On Waitangi Day, the Waipureku Waitangi Trust invites everyone to the commemoration of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 by three Ngati Kahungunu chiefs at Waipureku (Clive).
Waipureku, meaning ’the meeting of waters’, was a lagoon that joined the Ngaruroro and Tukituki...
Date: Saturday 6 February
Where: Farndon Park Domain, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
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.
Register once for free on the website to get your free barcode then join us every Saturday.
Date: Saturday 30 January to Saturday 4 December
Where: Flaxmere Park, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Walk down Emerson Street and end up in a perfect little market offering a true Hawke's Bay experience.
This is where the local shop. Enjoy freshly roasted coffee, divine treats and all the produce you need to cook up a true locavore's meal.
Shop local and enjoy some of the best produce from...
Date: Saturday 30 January to Saturday 13 February
Where: Clive Square, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
New Zealand's original farmers market, the Black Barn Growers’ Market has been running for more than 14 years and has become a ‘must-do’ for locals and visitors alike on Saturday Mornings through summer.
Open from 9 till noon every Saturday of summer, just follow the line of cars down...
Date: Saturday 30 January to Saturday 27 February
Where: Black Barn Vineyards, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The Havelock Handmade Market is held once a month (and occasionally a couple of times a month during the summer months) Tucked in the courtyard behind Peak Pizza on Te Mata Road, Havelock North we're an enterprising group of stall holders who enjoy sharing our products.
Come along and support...
Date: Saturday 6 February
Where: Village Court Havelock North, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Havelock Handcrafted Market is held on the first day of every month, next to Peak Pizza in Havelock North
We sell unique handcrafted products made locally - garden art, wooden toys and kitchenware, beautiful hand knitting, jewellery, intricate paper journals and cards, soft toys and busy books...
Date: Saturday 6 February to Saturday 1 May
Where: Havelock North Function Centre, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Otane will be buzzing on Waitangi Day with the annual Waitangi Day fair hosted by Progressive Otane. There will be a huge variety of stalls, and it's our 21st birthday this year, so come and help us celebrate. To book a stall email otaneprogressive@gmail.com or phone Vera on 06 8568159
Date: Saturday 6 February
Where: Otane Town Hall, Otane, Central Hawke's Bay
Roving entertainers from Dance, jugglers, rappers, DJ's to solo talented musicians will entertain you from 10-2pm. It's free, so whilst you are in our great little city shopping, catching up with friends or a quick bite to eat or drink - be entertained!
These talented locals could be performing...
Date: Friday 29 January to Saturday 6 March
Where: Market Street, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A great Hawkes' Bay summer afternoon enjoying local brews, great music and an awesome atmosphere!
You can't miss this party!
Presenting:
- Dusty Roads & The Blues Mobile
- Jack Knife Beat
- Neil Young & The Cellar Door Band Tribute
And more!
when buying your ticket online, your email...
Date: Saturday 6 February
Where: The Filter Room, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
30 Saturday Spring & Summer Sessions at Abbey for the Summer season!
- Coastal Rhythm Section
- Ian Munro
- Ariana Henare
- Lady Larisa
- Climate
- Fraser Mackenzie
- The Acoustic Project
- Little Big Noise
Kickback and relax and listen to the chilled sounds of local talents while...
Date: Saturday 30 January to Saturday 27 March
Where: Abbey Cellars Winery & Brewpub, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
MBS Music presents a non-stop Elton John Experience show. If you missed out on tickets to Elton John last year, can't wait until 2023 for his return or just love his legendary catalogue of songs then this is definitely the show for you and not to be missed!
On the back of sell-out shows at Abbey...
Date: Saturday 6 February
Where: Abbey Winery & Brewery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Come chill with Mack and check out a venue he has never played before! Should be a great day with lovely food and lovely people!
See you there!
About Hygge at Clifton Bay
"hygge" - a Danish concept/atmosphere perhaps translated as embracing the mind or something that is good for the soul. ...
Date: Saturday 6 February
Where: Hygge at Clifton Bay, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
For one night only...playing in the Hawke's Bay with our beautiful winery as the backdrop.
The legendary band - Dragon purveyors of Antipodean anthems and Australian Rock since 1973. Thousands of shows, tons of records sold, innumerable songs played since the reformation in 2006.
Dragon has...
Date: Saturday 6 February
Where: Moana Park Winery, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Playing jazz tunes from George Benson, Django Reinhardt, with some jazz-funk, Latin, swing and original tunes mixed in. Don’t miss this great band led by Dave Boston on guitar, featuring Matt Mear on trumpet, Wil Sargisson on piano, Graham Coumbe on bass and Cameron Budge on drums.
Date: Saturday 6 February
Where: Havelock North Village Green, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Jazz On the Village Green - Dave Boston and Friends
Bob Marley Tribute - Waitangi Day 6 February 2021 - Bob Marley 76th Birthday.
Music legend, reggae icon, spiritual visionary and rebel revolutionary Robert Nesta Marley - Bob Marley - impact on the world has been unlike any musician before.
Anywhere you go in the world from the ghetto of...
Date: Saturday 6 February
Where: The Common Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Delight in a shopping event of taste sensations at one of New Zealand’s oldest and largest traditional Farmers’ Markets.
The Hawke's Bay Farmers' Market offers a complete shopping experience. Discover the diverse range of locally grown or artisan produced products. There is nothing like...
Date: Sunday 31 January to Sunday 28 February
Where: Showgrounds Hawke's Bay Tomoana, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
What are Farm Days? Our visitors often comment about how much they enjoy unplugging from their day-to-day lives and having a new experience together. Whether this is camping, bonfires, milking a cow or walking the trails, they've come away feeling refreshed and closer to one another.
We've...
Date: Sunday 7 February
Where: Mohaka River Farm, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
30 Spring & Summer Sundays at Abbey for the Summer season!
Coastal Rhythm Section, Ben Throp, Ian Munro, Ariana Henare, Alex Richardson, The Pukes Ukelele rock band, Lady Larisa, Climate and The Acoustic Project
Kickback and relax and listen to the chilled sounds of local talents while...
Date: Sunday 31 January to Sunday 28 March
Where: Abbey Cellars Winery & Brewpub, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Mack is always rapt to spend the afternoon at one of his favourite venues, GodsOwn Brewery. Grab a beer and join him as your day winds to a close.
About Fraser Mack
Mack loves the connection between the audience and the music and he's developed a dynamic and distinctive sound influenced by...
Date: Sunday 7 February
Where: GodsOwn Brewery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Fusion of Celtic, Scandinavian and Americana music with a sprinkling of theatrics, Whimzik will keep you tapping your toes with upbeat Polskas, and relaxed while you listen to beautiful Celtic airs.
Whimzik features Glenn Kastrinos on vocal, fingerstyle guitar and Irish flute, Hanna Wiskari, a...
Date: Sunday 7 February
Where: Cornwall Park, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
We're opening up our outside park area for a relaxing afternoon of live music, delicious casual food and a few wines! We'll provide the soundtrack to summer as you kick back and enjoy a range of platters and casual style snack food in our outside park area (and food available from Food Truck...
Date: Sunday 7 February
Where: Crab Farm Winery, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hospo Night Featuring “The Acoustic Project”.
Our regular Monthly Hospo Night aimed at everyone working, or not, in the Hospo Sector.
This month we feature the wonderful soulful harmonies of The Acoustic Project with Polly and Winky out front.
Koha entry and $5 drink specials. Let's do...
Date: Sunday 7 February
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Simply Ballroom is held every first Sunday of the month come along and enjoy a mixture of all types of ballroom with DJ's Bertie & Ansie. Two hours of non-stop music - Waltz, Foxtrot, Cha Cha, Rumba or any requests for other ballroom dances. A good night of social ballroom dancing. All dancers...
Date: Sunday 7 February to Sunday 7 March
Where: Napier RSA, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Let’s get together
And bring our ideas for topics and speakers in 2021
meaningful to Rationalist and Humanist thought.
A rationalist believes that knowledge and truth are ascertained by using reason and logic, and not by divine or supernatural revelation.
A humanist believes in the...
Date: Sunday 7 February
Where: Duart House, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - 2021 Your Opportunity to Shape What Lies Ahead
A weekly art class that provides children with practical art skills to explore their creativity, while encouraging originality and celebration of their own unique style. We work in a range of art materials and practice both traditional art skills and working from the imagination.
In Term 1 our...
Date: Tuesday 9 February to Tuesday 30 March
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Term 1 - for beginners and mixed abilities.
Recycle, re-use and re-purpose your hoarded fabric! Sew up a storm while making new friends in the relaxed atmosphere of the CAN workshop.
This weekly class is for beginners to experienced students of mixed abilities. Learn basic sewing skills as a...
Date: Wednesday 10 February to Wednesday 31 March
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Move better and feel more awesome with "Not Yoga" classes.
Also known as Awareness Through Movement®, these classes do wonders to ease muscular discomfort and tension as well as improve mobility, coordination, balance and sense of wellbeing.
In each "Not Yoga" class you are verbally...
Date: Wednesday 10 February to Wednesday 3 March
Where: Movement Works Studio, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
For beginners and mixed abilities.
Recycle, re-use and re-purpose your hoarded fabric!
This evening class is for beginners to experienced students of mixed abilities. Learn basic sewing skills or extend your existing skills, whilst at the same time creating something useful.
The projects...
Date: Wednesday 10 February to Wednesday 31 March
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The Howard Morrison Quartet Take Two, featuring Howard Morrison Jnr, Russell Harrison, Chris Powley and Andre King, take to the road in October with a two hour show to celebrate and recreate the magic of the NZ entertainment phenomenon that was the original Howard Morrison Quartet.
The Howard...
Date: Wednesday 10 February
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Lie down, Bliss out, Float away.
To the quietness and connectedness of meditation, contemplation, breathwork, voice-activated mindscapes that is Rob's specialty when he plays his singing crystal bowls.
Rob will take you on a journey into your very soul to open your heart and connect you to...
Date: Wednesday 10 February to Saturday 12 June
Where: The Loft B&B, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Who Heals the Healers - Singing Crystal Bowls Meditations
Move better and feel more awesome with "Not Yoga" classes.
Also known as Awareness Through Movement®, these classes do wonders to ease muscular discomfort and tension as well as improve mobility, coordination, balance and sense of wellbeing.
In each "Not Yoga" class you are verbally...
Date: Thursday 11 February to Thursday 4 March
Where: Movement Works Studio, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join us for immersive baking and discover all the secrets of the brioche.
From kneading the dough
to shape in different ways (balls, with a crunchy dome, cinnamon rolls, plaited brioche and more...)
and finally filling with custard or caramel before proving and cooking...
and...
Date: Thursday 11 February
Where: Farmhouse Kitchen Cooking School, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Make the most out of your makeup in 2021 with our 'New Year, New Me' workshop, focusing on makeup application techniques and products that will make the most noticeable difference in both your daily or special occasion makeup routine. Learn exclusive tips and tricks only known by experienced...
Date: Thursday 11 February
Where: Havelock North Function Centre, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Term 1 Screen Printing Basics for Beginners.
A short introductory course of 6 sessions, weekly on Thursday evenings will introduce you to the process of screen printing using hand cut stencils.
Screenprinting is a great way to apply images T-shirts, paper for fine art prints, fabric for...
Date: Thursday 11 February to Thursday 18 March
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
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 what a...
Date: Friday 12 February
Where: The Urban Winery, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Make the most of the balmy summer weather at the Napier Night Fiesta.
Come and dine on delectable food while relaxing to local tunes and soaking up the fabulous atmosphere of Napier's Clive Square at twilight.
Meet your friends, bring your family and your picnic rug and relax at this event....
Date: Friday 12 February to Friday 26 February
Where: Clive Square, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Valentines is on its way and Aubyn Live Theatre has just the show remind you what’s important, LOVE!
With a mix of classic and contemporary songs; Love Hearts & Heartbreak will remind you what love is all about. Our talented cast of singers and dancers will take you on a journey of love and...
Date: Friday 12 February to Saturday 13 February
Where: Aubyn Live Theatre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
HB Music Hub in association with Hawke's Bay App and Napier City Council are proud to present the HB Music Hub Live Sessions v2.
This second session to be held at The Cabana is part of a series of eight, featuring Mia Jay, Scarlett Eden and FYVEYES.
We'll be hosting 8 live music sessions from...
Date: Friday 12 February
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join our Hastings City Art Gallery guides for a fascinating tour of the much loved public art of Hastings.
Meet at the gallery entrance in Civic Square, next to the Hastings Library.
A minimum of five attendees are required for the tour to proceed.
No booking required (approx 90 mins)....
Date: Saturday 30 January to Saturday 27 February
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Outfield Music, Food & Arts Festival 2021
Hawkes Bay's latest family-friendly celebration of Music, Food & Art!
If you’ve ever been on a summer road trip through Hawkes Bay, chances are you’ve spent some time on the coast at laidback Te Awanga, a beachside settlement with a thriving arts...
Date: Saturday 13 February
Where: Outfield Music, Food & Arts Festival Site, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
In this three-hour long workshop, you will learn how to make halloumi, feta, and mozzarella. You will be taught by Chris Van Der Have and Pauline Korevaar of Farmhouse Kitchen.
All equipment and ingredients to make cheese are provided, and a beginner's Italian Kit (valued at $42.90) from Mad...
Date: Saturday 13 February
Where: Farmhouse Kitchen Cooking School, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Mozzarella, Feta and Haloumi Cheese Making Workshop
Learn Two Crafts In One Lesson. Soy candle making is a gentle, satisfying craft enjoyed by both young and old.
After the candle making demonstration, you will learn two methods of decorating glasses to make your candle. All materials provided.
$45 pp spaces are limited and bookings...
Date: Saturday 13 February
Where: Calico Craft Supplies, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Mandy Meadows is delighted to be home after 5 years in London performing in luxury hotels as well as at Ronnie Scott's, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Royal Albert Hall and taking her Swing Band to Chennai, India to perform with the host of MTV India.
Growing up in Waipukurau, Mandy Meadows...
Date: Saturday 13 February
Where: Havelock North Village Green, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Jazz On the Village Green - David Selfe Trio & Mandy Meadows
The Self Righteous Brothers
The Self-Righteous Brothers are Derek Jacombs (vocals and acoustic guitar) and Nigel Masters (vocals and upright bass), moonlighting members of well-known blues & roots band Kokomo. They have performed at everything from prestigious Arts Festivals to backyard BBQs,...
Date: Saturday 13 February
Where: River Park Event Centre, Waipawa, Central Hawke's Bay
UPDATE: Sorry to disappoint, but event been postponed. New date TBC.
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The boyz are very excited to be invited back to Napier and look forward to seeing you there!
NB: Early-Bird tickets available up until 20 January if not sold-out prior. Call Joe to book yours now: 027-582-9925
Son...
Date: Saturday 13 February
Where: Hawkes Bay Latin Dance Club, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Lowe Corporation Rescue Helicopter Service has been looking after the Hawke's Bay region for decades. We are very proud to be able to put on an Open Day for the Central Hawke's Bay community so they can see our service up close!
On Sunday the 14th February at the CHB Aero Club, based in...
Date: Sunday 14 February
Where: Central Hawke's Bay Aero Club, Waipukurau, Central Hawke's Bay
Read more » - Central Hawke's Bay Rescue Helicopter Open Day: CANCELLED
Returning again for another sunny Hawke’s Bay summer are the Church Road Live Summer Sessions.
Church Road are excited to be hosting some of Hawkes Bay’s finest acoustic acts across six Sunday afternoons during the summer. Come down to the park and enjoy a delicious cheese board or platters,...
Date: Sunday 14 February to Sunday 14 March
Where: Church Road Winery, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Sundays are tailor-made for long lunches. Combine the timelessly relaxed lodge setting of Cape Kidnappers and the local New Zealand cuisine of Chef James Honore, with wines perfectly matched to each course by one of the country’s top wine producers, and you have the recipe for an ideal summer’s...
Date: Sunday 31 January to Sunday 14 February
Where: The Farm at Cape Kidnappers, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The City of Hastings Pipe Band, both a contesting and parading band, was founded in 1951 and rebranded to The Hawke’s Bay Caledonian Pipe Band in 2018. The Napier Pipe Band is a parading band, active in community events and enthusiastic about teaching people young and old the arts of piping and...
Date: Sunday 14 February
Where: Cornwall Park, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Summer In the Park - HB Caledonian & Napier Pipe Bands
Bring your picnic or grab your takeaways for an entertaining afternoon/evening in the park. Like us on Facebook to receive regular updates "Summer Series Nelly Jull Park". Liquor ban applies.
Mark these dates on your calendar today:
-11th December - A Tribute To Elton John featuring Michael...
Date: Sunday 14 February to Sunday 7 March
Where: Nelly Jull Park, Waipawa, Central Hawke's Bay
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics of the bay and visiting comics from around the world. If you want to have a go yourself, contact us through the Hawkes...
Date: Sunday 14 February to Sunday 12 December
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Move better and feel more awesome with "Not Yoga" classes.
Also known as Awareness Through Movement®, these classes do wonders to ease muscular discomfort and tension as well as improve mobility, coordination, balance and sense of wellbeing.
In each "Not Yoga" class you are verbally...
Date: Monday 15 February to Monday 8 March
Where: Movement Works Studio, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
If you want to learn how to paint but aren’t sure where to start this course will teach you everything you need to get painting on your own, including what tools to use, how to mix, apply and blend acrylic paint, what surfaces to paint on and how to prepare them.
The first few weeks will...
Date: Monday 15 February to Monday 22 March
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Are you leading as well as managing?
Confident leaders not only get things done on time, but they also inspire and motivate their team members to grow and develop, and their teams to achieve at a high level.
This two-day course is designed for Managers who have learned and can apply the...
Date: Tuesday 16 February to Wednesday 17 February
Where: Hawke's Bay Business Hub, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Management - Becoming a Confident Leader - Business Central
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff, and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics from Hawkes Bay and visiting from around the world. If you want to have a go, please contact us through the Hawkes Bay...
Date: Tuesday 16 February to Tuesday 21 December
Where: The Common Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Focus on Business
Driving our local economy
Hastings District Council is proud to host a quarterly series of business breakfast events providing inspiration and networking opportunities to our business community.
Join us for breakfast and hear from a range of inspiring speakers across the...
Date: Wednesday 17 February
Where: Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join us for a free seminar on Building a Better Business in 10 Steps presented by Roz Scott, Associate at Baker Tilly Staples Rodway.
Learn strategies you can implement in your business to reach its true potential, why you need to take them, clarity on where you can add value to your business...
Date: Wednesday 17 February
Where: Baker Tilly Staples Rodway, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Each year Napier City Business Inc supports the Art Deco Festival weekend with these popular free tours. Hosted by Art Deco enthusiast volunteers, who provide great historical insights whilst taking you around specialist and inspiring Art Deco stores within easy walking distance to help you find...
Date: Wednesday 17 February to Friday 19 February
Where: Art Deco Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Following the Whakatūwheratanga Opening Ceremony, kapa haka teams will perform in a 1930s style waiata-aringa action song and poi dance competition.
For this event teams will be judged on their costumes, repertoire, and likeness to the 1930s style of kapa haka.
Date: Wednesday 17 February
Where: Napier Soundshell, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
One of New Zealand's most iconic events is back in 2021 - The Napier Art Deco Festival!
This is a five day Festival like no other, where locals and visitors alike come together to celebrate Hawke's Bay's unique Art Deco heritage.
The Festival features the best of live entertainment through,...
Date: Wednesday 17 February to Sunday 21 February
Where: Napier Soundshell, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
When the world went to war, swing music went to war too. Jazz music provided comfort for the families at home as well as the soldiers abroad. Many musicians were drafted into the military and they took their music with them.
Amid the chaos of war, the music would have brought some sanity to...
Date: Wednesday 17 February
Where: Napier War Memorial Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - A Salute To The Services Concert - Hawkes's Bay Jazz Club Bi
Enjoy the opportunity to learn the story of the famous Hawke’s Bay Club.
Collect your self-guided notes on arrival, explore this Edwardian treasure and learn about its history, then finish with a special High Tea served on the lawn.
Sunshine and History always goes well paired with a...
Date: Thursday 18 February
Where: Hawke's Bay Club, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Sponsored by Pak ‘n Save
A youth-focused event for Hawke’s Bay children aged 8 –12-year-olds (school years 4 – 8), designed to replicate our main Gatsby Picnic.
This will be a fun-filled morning held in the Napier Soundshell, featuring music, entertainment, games, celebrity visits,...
Date: Thursday 18 February
Where: Napier Soundshell, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Our famous Hastings City Art Deco Market is back to kit you out and make sure you’re dressed to the nines for the Art Deco Festival Weekend!
From 10 am until 8 pm in the vibrant Hastings City Mall, our vendors will be selling their carefully collected brand new, vintage, and second-hand Art...
Date: Thursday 18 February
Where: Hastings City Mall, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Enjoy the Festival’s revelry and festivities of the Soundshell, Upper and Lower Lawn from the comfort of the Garden Bar.
Located on the lower lawn, overlooking the ocean and perfect for viewing the flying displays; this is the ideal place to be part of the Art Deco atmosphere while enjoying a...
Date: Thursday 18 February to Sunday 21 February
Where: Lower Lawn, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Watch the glitz and glamour of the senior Māori generations as they strut the catwalk vying for the title of Kaumātua King and Queen.
The Hākui and Hākoro will be judged on their best Toi Deco Māori interpretation and use of kākahu traditional garments.
The crowned Kaumātua King and...
Date: Thursday 18 February
Where: Hastings City Mall, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Come along to our famous Eat Up Cookery vegetarian class. We show you new ways to include more meatless meals in your life in easy, affordable ways! All of our recipes are made from scratch and use minimally processed ingredients.
Book now to receive:
- A delicious & nourishing 3-course...
Date: Thursday 18 February
Where: Central Hawke's Bay College, Waipukurau, Central Hawke's Bay
Relax, recline and repose, sipping a glass or two whilst enjoying fresh canapés on the lawn of the gracious Hawke’s Bay Club. Ease into the deco weekend with a dancing display and entertainment by Robert Cross.
Deco dress encouraged with prizes available for best-dressed male and...
Date: Thursday 18 February
Where: Hawke's Bay Club, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Late Night Jazz. Come and fly with Pegasus!
Enjoy some of the best local wines and beers and dance the night away to many classic Jazz ballads with the Pegasus Quintet, Hawke’s Bay’s only pure jazz group.
Playing the music of all the greats – Sinatra, Bennett, Torme, Fitzgerald,...
Date: Thursday 18 February to Saturday 20 February
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Thursday night is all about the glitz and glamour of the 1930s film stars, when the men were dashing and women were bewitching.
Get dressed up like the greats Katherine Hepburn, Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Cary Grant or whoever inspires your inner glamour.
Dinner is served at 8 pm, then dance...
Date: Thursday 18 February
Where: Napier War Memorial Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Start your 2021 Art Deco Festival with sparkling jazz singer Lady Larisa and her incredible band.
Be entertained in the Stunning Opera House, whilst sharing in the official release of ‘Honeychild’ Lady Larisa’s debut jazz ep which recently received a five-star review from Muzik.
The...
Date: Thursday 18 February
Where: Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
For those who want to partake in a true speakeasy experience. Full of bootleg liquor, non-stop music and live entertainment, this is the place to party.
Get your friends together and make this a night to remember. Please note that this is a bar/nightclub. Cash bar available. R18
Dress to...
Date: Thursday 18 February to Saturday 20 February
Where: Paisley Stage, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Meander through the peace and tranquillity of Marine Parade’s Sunken Garden’s in this first Toi Deco Māori Village.
See traditional Māori arts practices up-close, listen to ancient story-telling and immerse yourself in this rare cultural kaleidoscope. At the Toi Deco Māori Village, you...
Date: Friday 19 February to Sunday 21 February
Where: Sunken Gardens, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join us for a 'behind the scenes' tour at our offsite storage facility in Ahuriri.
Explore Art Deco objects from the collection as the team take you through a private viewing.
Space is limited do to secure your place register online now!
Date: Friday 19 February to Sunday 21 February
Where: Offsite Storage Ahuriri, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Aunty’s Garden is renown for providing fresh produce to all who enter the garden’s gates. Come and join Aunty Hānui Lawrence for a personally guided tour of her maara kai food garden.
Pick your lunch as you saunter, and listen to the stories of the māramataka Māori lunar calendar and how...
Date: Friday 19 February
Where: Waipatu Marae, Karamū Road, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Regarded as one of the Country’s finest military bands, the Royal New Zealand Navy Band commemorates its Art Deco connection with a not to be missed concert at the Napier Municipal Theatre, conducted by Lieutenant Commander, Michael Dowrick, RNZN.
Pushing the boundaries of music presentation,...
Date: Friday 19 February
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join us onboard the vintage railcar for a dinner adventure like no other.
Board in Napier, take a run to Hastings and then back to Ahuriri where you will disembark for a 3-course dinner at Shed 2 and fabulous entertainment. After dinner, it’s back on board the railcar to Napier where your...
Date: Friday 19 February
Where: Napier Railway Station, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join us for dinner on the lawn at the historic Hawke’s Bay Club.
You will be well looked after and entertained with a dancing display and harmonies by Robert Cross all whilst being served a mouth-watering dinner on our stunning lawn.
Don your Deco best with prizes available for best-dressed...
Date: Friday 19 February
Where: Hawke's Bay Club, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Enter a world of illegal drinking, organised crime and extravagance and join us for a wild and indulgent night that even prohibition won’t be able to stop! Live it up with an evening of great food, classic jazz music, dancing and fun. Grab your fedoras, feathers, Uzi’s and Pearls and don your...
Date: Friday 19 February
Where: The Old Church, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Always a Festival favourite! Dress down for this fun event where depression style food is served. You can still keep it on theme with 1930s clothing, just keep your sequins and/or cravats for glamourous evening events.
Join the procession through the city centre then sing your heart out as a...
Date: Friday 19 February
Where: Tom Parker Fountain, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Step back in time into the party lifestyle of the rich and famous during the 1920s. Sophisticated, stylish with a hint of danger!
Take in the glitz and glam, feathers, champagne and sparkle to party in true Deco luxurious style!
This evening will feature a top jazz band that will have you...
Date: Friday 19 February
Where: Napier War Memorial Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A cornerstone event of the festival where toe-tapping jazz is played whilst a scrumptious buffet dinner prepared by Orton’s is served.
Enjoy a complimentary glass of wine on arrival. From your beachside vantage point, you will also enjoy a fabulous view of the flying displays in the sky above...
Date: Friday 19 February
Where: Festival Marquee, Lower Lawn, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The concert that kicks off a massive weekend of celebrations! Once again we’re bringing together some of New Zealand’s finest vocalists to perform.
Backed by the amazing Hawke’s Bay Jazz Club Big Band and singing songs from the era, this is going to be a special night in the Napier...
Date: Friday 19 February
Where: Napier Soundshell, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
What starts as a celebration, to which all present are attendees, quickly and tragically takes a terrible turn for the worst.
In this new interactive event, all participants have a part to play in solving the mystery and will discover more mystery as the evening evolves.
A felon in the midst!...
Date: Friday 19 February
Where: Dunstall's Funeral Services, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Relive the dark underground nightlife during the prohibition period as you revel in bootleg liquor and dance to the sounds of electro swing and jazz, blending modern swing and jazz with house and hip hop.
This is the place to party unless the police arrive to enforce the prohibition law so get...
Date: Friday 19 February
Where: The Cheval Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Entry Fee to be paid online or an invoice to be sent out before the tournament – Cut off 12th February 2021.
Format: There are three grades in the 7s Tournament: Men’s, Women’s and Tight-5.
-14-minute games (7 min halves)
- 2-minute break at half time
- 1-minute turn around for the next...
Date: Saturday 20 February
Where: Mitre 10 Park, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join 100 uniformed servicemen and women from the Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal New Zealand Air Force, New Zealand Army, NZ Police, NZ Fire and Emergency, St John Ambulance.
Be a part of a memorable breakfast along with our special uniformed services guests as we commemorate the 90th anniversary...
Date: Saturday 20 February
Where: Napier RSA, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Kick start your fun-filled Saturday with a hearty buffet breakfast, supplied by Orton’s overlooking the beachfront views, whilst a jazz band sets your feet tapping.
Enjoy a glass of bubbles on arrival. Ensure you join us for a pre-event drink in our wonderful arrival lounge, open 30 minutes...
Date: Saturday 20 February
Where: Festival Marquee, Lower Lawn, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The 10th Napier Port Ocean Swim is on at Perfume Point Ahuriri Beach on Saturday morning 20th February 2021. Race distances for all ages and abilities.
200m Pack n Save Napier kids dash
500m Higgins Construction individual and teams races
1000m HB Regional Council and Napier City Council...
Date: Saturday 20 February
Where: Perfume Point Reserve, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Reiki course for learning a natural hands-on healing. Reiki is a simple and natural energy healing that all human can have. Reiki is Japanese translated to English as "Universal Life-force Energy".
The encounter with Reiki is an opportunity to reunite with your dormant ability. This is a journey...
Date: Sunday 31 January to Sunday 21 March
Where: Rudolf Steiner Centre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Sponsored by Pak ‘n Save
Whether for entertainment or a great place to get out of the sun, take a break with the little ones at the Deco Kids Club.
Full of fun Art Deco activities, free arts, games, entertainment and educational projects for them to work on.
Please note all children must...
Date: Saturday 20 February to Sunday 21 February
Where: Deco Kids Club, Lower Lawn, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Sponsored by Progressive Meats In 2021 the feature group is Veteran cars, 100 years or older. We expect at least 50-60 including many never seen before at the Festival. To recognise the 90th anniversary of the 1931 Napier Earthquake the HBVCC has invited a number of vehicles that were in Napier and...
Date: Saturday 20 February
Where: Clive Square, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The Charter parade is a tradition going back centuries that signifies the bond between the military and the people, where a military unit entrusted with the protection of a city is permitted to march through the streets with Drums beating, Band playing, Colours flying, Bayonets fixed and Swords...
Date: Saturday 20 February
Where: Clive Square, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Death never tasted so good – the most delicious and unique funeral you’ll ever attend. There’ll be eulogies, sing-along hymn sheets accompanied by an organist and the service will be led by our chocolate chaplain Reverend Conner Fectionary.
This will be an Art Deco experience of...
Date: Saturday 20 February
Where: Dunstall's Funeral Services, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Who doesn’t love a good old-fashioned baking competition?
Inspired by classic village fête baking, take part in our Deco bake-off and show off your baking skills. Entries will be judged on Taste, Appearance, Execution and Creativity. Categories are Pies, Muffins and Cakes.
There will be...
Date: Saturday 20 February
Where: Festival Garden Bar, Lower Lawns, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The 1920s and 30s were the Golden Age of Radio, and during this time new forms of entertainment were created for the new medium including radio plays, mystery, adventure and detective serials.
Now it’s your chance to relive this Golden Age as you watch a radio play being born while enjoying a...
Date: Saturday 20 February
Where: Festival Marquee, Lower Lawn, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
I will take you through the steps of cold process soap to saponification (hopefully) then we will all try our hand at melt 'n pour soap making so you can compare the two. They both have their advantages.
All-natural products are used and available for sale. You will go away from this class with...
Date: Saturday 20 February
Where: Calico Craft Supplies, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The Teenage Antics of The New Romantics - a little seven-piece big band of trombones, saxophones and trumpets playing Spandau Ballet, The Cars, Flock of Seagulls, Talking Heads, Blondie and other guilty pleasures.
Re-animating the nineteen ‘theighties’ in all its splendour join Anton Wuts...
Date: Saturday 20 February
Where: Havelock North Village Green, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Jazz On the Village Green - Teenage Antics of New Romantics
Houngarea Marae at Pakipaki sets the scene for this special Māori Salute to the Services. Houngarea stands as a national marae in commemoration of Māori service people and as such the gates are open to all who wish to attend this auspicious evening of remembrance.
The Beating of the Retreat...
Date: Saturday 20 February
Where: Houngarea Marae, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A wonderful opportunity to be hosted at the elegant Hawke’s Bay Club where you will enjoy a delectable alfresco meal on the lawn whilst being entertained with a dancing display and local legend Robert Cross.
Deco dress encouraged with prizes available for best-dressed male and female. Cash bar.
Date: Saturday 20 February
Where: Hawke's Bay Club, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Dance the night away to a sweet and salty cocktail of jazz, blues, swing and soul in the timeless décor of the main hall of the historic building at The Old Church.
Gather with your friends in banquet style seating and savour the delights of a decadent three-course dinner. Don your best dancing...
Date: Saturday 20 February
Where: The Old Church, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The Festival's most extravagant party is back! We’re taking over the whole Mission Estate Winery and transporting you directly into the decadent world of the Great Gatsby.
You’ll be greeted with showgirls, canapés and a glass of wine on arrival. On the ground floor, you’ll enjoy an...
Date: Saturday 20 February
Where: Mission Estate Winery, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A dedicated youth event for 2021! Come as a flapper, dress to impress, suit up as a gangster or silent screen star, it’s going to be fun! Enjoy an evening of bootlegging, dancing, entertainment and some speakeasy fun!
A 2-course meal will be served. Spot Prizes for best dressed. Aimed...
Date: Saturday 20 February
Where: Memorial Square Marquee, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
SOL3 MIO announce nationwide tour to round out the Kiwi summer! SOL3 MIO, will perform in some of the country's most loved regional venues with a repertoire of classics as well as debut some of their own new material.
Sol3 Mio are an operatic pop vocal trio from Auckland, New Zealand. Comprised...
Date: Saturday 20 February
Where: Black Barn Vineyards, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Sponsored by Gemco
Celebrate the rebels, the criminals, and backcountry moonshiners of the Prohibition Era. Dress up, whether it be in a flapper dress, zoot suit, or old-timey bootlegger garb, join us for a night of underground New York style party celebrations.
We’ve cleared away the...
Date: Saturday 20 February
Where: Festival Marquee, Lower Lawn, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
After the sudden death of local chocolate maker Mavis Davis, the whole town of Decoshire is invited to attend her funeral, including five locals who all harbour a secret.
No one suspects anything is amiss until a note written by Mavis reveals that someone amongst them may be her killer.
This...
Date: Saturday 20 February
Where: Dunstall's Funeral Services, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join the Catholic Māori Mission at Pakipaki for this special Māori Mass in honour of Mēri Hōhepa Venerable Suzanne Aubert, New Zealand’s first Saint in making.
Show your support and be a part of this event, watch history in the making by starting your day at the Art Deco Festival with The...
Date: Sunday 21 February
Where: Church of the Immaculate Conception, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
This is a commemorative 80th anniversary of the RNZN breakfast that recognises the special historical connection between the Navy and Napier.
Join our special Services guests, defence attachés, officers and ship’s company from the Royal New Zealand Navy and enjoy a sumptuous breakfast and the...
Date: Sunday 21 February
Where: The Thirsty Whale, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Thank God For The Royal NZ Navy Commemorative Breakfast
Brunch is cheerful, sociable and exciting, so get your Sunday off to a flying Art Deco start and enjoy a delicious buffet brunch served by Orton’s overlooking the beautiful ocean view.
There will be live jazz entertainment and a best-dressed competition with prizes, to set you up for a...
Date: Sunday 21 February
Where: Festival Marquee, Lower Lawn, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join us for this family-friendly day and try out the winter sports before signing your child up for a season! Multiple Sports available with demonstrations happening throughout the day.
Sports on offer:
- Rugby
- Netball
- Football
- Hockey
- Canoe Polo
- Orienteering
- Taekwon-do
-...
Date: Sunday 21 February
Where: Mitre 10 Park, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join us for a Sesh on the lawn - our wine, their music and your vibe. Summer in Te Awanga at its finest!
January 24th - The Cellar Door Band.
February 21st - Hail to the Thieves, back by popular demand, Radiohead glory and a total must hear and see.
Entry is a nominal $5 at the gate, kids...
Date: Sunday 21 February
Where: Te Awanga Estate, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Step back in time and enjoy the Jazz Age like all the most glamourous did.
Set on the stunning Mission Estate Winery lawns, you’ll enjoy an afternoon of incredible Jazz music, as well as the Mission’s world-renowned food, wine and stunning atmosphere. Other activities include croquet, dance...
Date: Sunday 21 February
Where: Mission Estate Winery, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Sponsored by Tremains
Be our special guest during this VIP event at the Gatsby Picnic.
Join us for a light lunch, along with complimentary wine and relax in the shade of the marquee as you soak up the atmosphere and enjoy all the music on offer.
Ensure you join us for a pre-event drink in...
Date: Sunday 21 February
Where: Festival Marquee, Lower Lawn, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Come and join Fraser Mack at Hawkes Bay's newest Garden Bar! Relax, socialise, soak up the sun while Mack entertains you with his dynamic and distinctive sound influenced by blues, rock, folk and flamenco. The Three Wise Birds is child friendly and also dog friendly.
Like what Mack does? If you...
Date: Sunday 21 February to Sunday 7 March
Where: Three Wise Birds Garden Bar, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A six-piece band playing a mix of traditional Eastern European/Arabic/Andalusian folk tunes and original pieces inspired by them. Join us for evocative sounds and relentless rhythms as we travel through dusty marketplaces, crowded taverns and fire-lit camps.
The brainchild of Dana Parkhill the...
Date: Sunday 21 February
Where: Cornwall Park, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Sponsored by The Gintrap
What better way to wrap up another fantastic Festival, than by experiencing a little bit of everything?
Enjoy entertainment from various performers and groups from throughout the Festival, while enjoying a delicious buffet dinner, in a relaxed fun setting. Have one...
Date: Sunday 21 February
Where: Festival Marquee, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Say a final hurrah to the wonderful 2021 Festival with friends at the Hawke’s Bay Club.
Enjoy a light meal in delightful surroundings of the Hawke’s Bay Club lawn accompanied by a dancing display and the jazz sounds of Robert Cross.
Deco dress essential with prizes available for...
Date: Sunday 21 February
Where: Hawke's Bay Club, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Torn from what should be a the pages of a comic book but is actually our time, comes a satirical comedic character like no other.
Come see the truely unique brilliance of this larger than life modern-day jester.
THE MAN is a playful mashup of standup and theatre that invites the audience on...
Date: Sunday 21 February
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The concept is simple - take a brush in one hand, a drink in the other and let’s paint a masterpiece!
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting in Napier! No previous painting experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going!
The need to...
Date: Sunday 21 February
Where: Shed 2 Bar and Restaurant, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Your job may be a joke, you're probably broke, your love is likely D.O.A., but we've got something to cheer you up for Gee Quiz is back in Napier again, this time bringing Friends trivia.
In what will be a frivolity-filled Friends fest, you and your team will face off against other Friends...
Date: Tuesday 23 February to Wednesday 24 February
Where: Shed 2 Bar and Restaurant, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The two-day event, which is hosted by Wairoa Community Development Trust, will be held at the Wairoa A&P showgrounds.
Two days of interactive exhibits, seminars and demonstrations will give East Coast and Hawke’s Bay farming communities the opportunity to interact face-to-face with industry...
Date: Wednesday 24 February to Thursday 25 February
Where: Wairoa A&P Showgrounds, Wairoa, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
You are invited to our birthday party to celebrate the best musical, comic and memorable moments of our past 20 years!
Starring Susan Boland, John Cameron, Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua, Karl Perigo, Alex Milligan, Kelly Lim Harris, Lynette Martin and Paul Carnegie-Jones.
Date: Wednesday 24 February
Where: Equippers Church, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Operatunity - 20th Anniversary Royal Variety Show
In many respects, the Holidays Act is difficult to manage because the law was not planned with the diversity of workplaces and flexible workplace practices in mind.
Session Topics:
The Holidays Act and its administration.
The role of Ministry of Business Innovation Employment and...
Date: Thursday 25 February
Where: Hawke's Bay Business Hub, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
You are invited to our birthday party to celebrate the best musical, comic and memorable moments of our past 20 years!
Starring Susan Boland, John Cameron, Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua,Karl Perigo, Alex Milligan, Kelly Lim Harris, Lynette Martin and Paul Carnegie-Jones.
Date: Thursday 25 February
Where: Equippers Church, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Operatunity - 20th Anniversary Royal Variety Show
Create a tarte as tasty as it's beautiful.
From learning to make your own pastry from scratch, to shape small and big tarts in a real tin, to bake a zesty lemon curd and an Italian meringue and to pipe, become a real expert and create your own dressing.
Mademoiselle Classes are a real French...
Date: Thursday 25 February
Where: Farmhouse Kitchen Cooking School, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Wellington’s much loved, 10 pieces, Hip-Hop crew, Raw Collective, are back with their long-awaited 2nd studio album and will be hitting the road for their national album tour, The album is out on Feb 19th 2021 with the tour to follow!
Playing all their favourite tracks from the past and the...
Date: Friday 26 February
Where: Paisley Stage, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Raw Collective - The Good Things LP Release Tour
Conquer the peaks! In beautiful Hawke's Bay!
Breathtaking views. Craggy, challenging terrain. Fun single track. Staggeringly beautiful private land. A few hearty river crossings...
This is one of New Zealand's most enjoyable and rewarding events - suitable for everyone - from the competitive...
Date: Saturday 27 February
Where: Havelock North Village, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Still Life with Moving Parts is an exhibition created by outsider artists. Outsider art is art by self-taught or naïve art makers. Typically, those labelled as outsider artists have little or no contact with the mainstream art world or art institutions. Outsider art illustrates different visual...
Date: Saturday 27 February to Saturday 8 May
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join artist and curator Anna Crichton for a talk and tour of Still Life with Moving Parts.
In 2020, Anna Crichton set up a studio container on the Auckland waterfront and worked with ‘outsider artists’. Outsider artists are artists who are either self-taught or naïve art-makers. Typically,...
Date: Saturday 27 February
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
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:
Fresh baked slow-fermented sourdough bread, sourdough buns, focaccia, pizza dough and crackers, plus Sourdough Bagels
Go home with freshly...
Date: Saturday 27 February
Where: Farmhouse Kitchen Cooking School, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Make your own economical bath bombs and luxuriate in a sparkling, relaxing, fragrant bath whenever you fancy. Kids will enjoy bath time as well.
The class includes all ingredients, molds and instructions to take away and product will be available to purchase should you wish to carry...
Date: Saturday 27 February
Where: Calico Craft Supplies, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Returning by popular demand Fuego Latino is an eclectic four-piece band enchanting Hawke's Bay with their style of Gypsy-Latin music. Accordion, fiddle, percussion, bass, thrilling harmonies and guitar all come together to create this multi-cultural experience.
Perfect for a dance in the park...
Date: Saturday 27 February
Where: Cornwall Park, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Free fun for the whole family. Learn new crafts, activities, and music with a Bible theme. Included is a light meal. Hosted by St Peter's Anglican Church, Riverslea, Hastings.
All are welcome so bring your friends and neighbours. We look forward to seeing you.
Date: Saturday 27 February
Where: St Martins Hall, Mayfair, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Kick back and tune in to some amazing blues talent from around NZ.
Licensed Bar, food, coffee + Camping available
Our Line Up Includes
Tucker Lane
Dust & Gold
The Warratahs
Tucker Lane are a 5 piece Bluegrass band hailing from Clive, Hawkes Bay. They play a wide variety of heel stomping,...
Date: Saturday 27 February
Where: River Park Event Centre, Waipawa, Central Hawke's Bay
Motif Poetry and Hastings Library are excited to present a special, one-off, free Pride Poetry Slam right here in the Bay! Hosted by UK Slam Champion Sara Hirsch and featuring wordsmiths from around Hawke's Bay, this will be spoken word at its biggest and best.
Come and watch poets battle it...
Date: Saturday 27 February
Where: Hastings War Memorial Library, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Elemeno P announce a full NZ tour - The High Fidelity Vinyl Release Tour.
It’s with much anticipation that Elemeno P return in full voice to support the vinyl release of their first three album releases.
For the first time all three albums will be available on vinyl;
- Love & Disrespect
-...
Date: Saturday 27 February
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Country Fair and Rural Auction held annually beside the beautiful Lake at Puketapu.
It is a great family day out in the country and only seven minutes from Taradale.
There is ample parking, plenty of shade and seating beneath trees surrounding the lake.
The Fair has a great range of stalls...
Date: Sunday 28 February
Where: The Puketapu Lake, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Cemetery Walks
Sunday 24 January – 2pm
Sunday 28 February – 2pm
Sunday 28 March – 2pm
Discover tales of tragedy and bravery as the tour winds its way through the
historic cemetery guided by MTG’s Curator of Social History Gail Pope.
What to bring: Sturdy walking shoes, sun hat,...
Date: Sunday 28 February to Sunday 28 March
Where: Old Napier Cemetery, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join Mack at the Copperpot Gastro Pub from 2pm and immerse yourself in Fraser Mack's distinctive mix of blues, rock, folk, and flamenco!
Sweet tunes, tasty grub and happy faces.
If you like what Mack does, consider becoming his Patron (see Patreon link above).
Date: Sunday 28 February to Sunday 21 March
Where: Copperpot Gastro Pub, Waipawa, Central Hawke's Bay
Please note this concert is correctly scheduled for Sunday 4pm - 6pm to accommodate another booking in this park.
Wellington-based jazz band playing original compositions by guitarist Aslan (Michael Rowlands). Taking inspiration from the likes of John Coltrane, Bud Powell, and Kurt Rosenwinkel,...
Date: Sunday 28 February
Where: Havelock North Village Green, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A Bloody Business: the history of five Hawke’s Bay freezing works explores the effect the frozen meat processing industry had on the socio-economics of the Hawke’s Bay region using as illustration five significant meat works: Tomoana (1884), Hawke’s Bay & North British (1887), Thomas...
Date: Monday 25 January to Sunday 7 November
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The naming of a new apple cultivar Billy Apple® fulfils a long held ambition for the artist and is the natural culmination of his 1962 self-branding exercise.
Billy Apple® A Brand Looking for a Product 1962—2020 looks back to Apple’s name change and the way Apple created art works that...
Date: Monday 25 January to Sunday 21 March
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Billy Apple® A Brand Looking for a Product Exhibition
World War Two exhibition, part 2 (1942 -45) with focus on Long Range Desert Group and the Maori Battalion with profiling soldiers from Central Hawkes Bay. Life in Central Hawkes Bay during war years remembered by locals. A war scene from the desert showcasing military vehicles and equipment.
Date: Monday 25 January to Wednesday 12 May
Where: Central Hawke's Bay Settlers Museum, Waipawa, Central Hawke's Bay
Move better and feel more awesome with "Not Yoga" classes.
Also known as Awareness Through Movement®, these classes do wonders to ease muscular discomfort and tension as well as improve mobility, coordination, balance and sense of wellbeing.
In each "Not Yoga" class you are verbally...
Date: Monday 15 February to Monday 8 March
Where: Movement Works Studio, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
If you want to learn how to paint but aren’t sure where to start this course will teach you everything you need to get painting on your own, including what tools to use, how to mix, apply and blend acrylic paint, what surfaces to paint on and how to prepare them.
The first few weeks will...
Date: Monday 15 February to Monday 22 March
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Born in, and working out of an apartment studio in New Plymouth, Jordan Barnes is recognised as an artistic all-rounder. He’s an award winning painter and is considered to be one of New Zealand’s top emerging artists.
Jordan is equally passionate about song writing, releasing his debut album...
Date: Friday 5 February to Saturday 1 May
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Still Life with Moving Parts is an exhibition created by outsider artists. Outsider art is art by self-taught or naïve art makers. Typically, those labelled as outsider artists have little or no contact with the mainstream art world or art institutions. Outsider art illustrates different visual...
Date: Saturday 27 February to Saturday 8 May
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A weekly half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and fingerplays especially for children aged 0-2 years and their parent/caregiver.
Building a foundation for literacy starts as soon as a child is born, and every story, song, rhyme or fingerplay strengthens that foundation. Help your child get a...
Date: Tuesday 26 January to Tuesday 14 December
Where: Havelock North Library, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Artists can do magic or so it seems. Some people have a natural ability to see something – really see it – and draw what they see near perfectly. In this specialist drawing class, we get to delve into those seemingly magical skills and learn how to look at a subject and draw it.
Suitable for...
Date: Tuesday 26 January to Tuesday 2 March
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A weekly art class that provides children with practical art skills to explore their creativity, while encouraging originality and celebration of their own unique style. We work in a range of art materials and practice both traditional art skills and working from the imagination.
In Term 1 our...
Date: Tuesday 9 February to Tuesday 30 March
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The Royal New Zealand Ballet returns in 2021 with their much-loved regional touring programme, Tutus on Tour, presenting an enchanting summer programme. Enjoy the ‘White Swan’ pas de deux from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake; Jules Perrot’s Pas de Quatre (1845), a gorgeous showpiece from the...
Date: Tuesday 2 March
Where: Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Term 1 - for beginners and mixed abilities.
Recycle, re-use and re-purpose your hoarded fabric! Sew up a storm while making new friends in the relaxed atmosphere of the CAN workshop.
This weekly class is for beginners to experienced students of mixed abilities. Learn basic sewing skills as a...
Date: Wednesday 10 February to Wednesday 31 March
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Move better and feel more awesome with "Not Yoga" classes.
Also known as Awareness Through Movement®, these classes do wonders to ease muscular discomfort and tension as well as improve mobility, coordination, balance and sense of wellbeing.
In each "Not Yoga" class you are verbally...
Date: Wednesday 10 February to Wednesday 3 March
Where: Movement Works Studio, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
For beginners and mixed abilities.
Recycle, re-use and re-purpose your hoarded fabric!
This evening class is for beginners to experienced students of mixed abilities. Learn basic sewing skills or extend your existing skills, whilst at the same time creating something useful.
The projects...
Date: Wednesday 10 February to Wednesday 31 March
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Move better and feel more awesome with "Not Yoga" classes.
Also known as Awareness Through Movement®, these classes do wonders to ease muscular discomfort and tension as well as improve mobility, coordination, balance and sense of wellbeing.
In each "Not Yoga" class you are verbally...
Date: Thursday 11 February to Thursday 4 March
Where: Movement Works Studio, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
This course will cover key requirements of core legislation that govern the employment relationship. Anyone who employs staff needs to have a sound understanding of the rights and responsibilities involved in the employment relations area.
Session Topics:
- Employment Relations Act 2000
- What...
Date: Thursday 4 March
Where: Hawke's Bay Business Hub, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join the Hastings City Art Gallery curator Clayton Gibson, for a tour of the current exhibitions in the gallery, conveniently timed for your lunchtime! To be part of the discussion, meet at the gallery front desk at 12:10pm, ready for a 12:15pm start.
Date: Thursday 4 February to Thursday 13 May
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
We are delighted to present some of New Zealand's favourite entertainers, singers, and musicians, with full support band performing together exclusively at Black Barn Amphitheatre on Thursday 4 March. Some of the most celebrated and iconic entertainers in one show. Each will perform their own hits...
Date: Thursday 4 March
Where: Black Barn Vineyards, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Term 1 Screen Printing Basics for Beginners.
A short introductory course of 6 sessions, weekly on Thursday evenings will introduce you to the process of screen printing using hand cut stencils.
Screenprinting is a great way to apply images T-shirts, paper for fine art prints, fabric for...
Date: Thursday 11 February to Thursday 18 March
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The concept is simple - take a brush in one hand, a drink in the other and let’s paint a masterpiece!
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting in Napier! No previous painting experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going!
The need to...
Date: Thursday 4 March
Where: Shed 2 Bar and Restaurant, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The Hereworth 4WD Trek 2021 will be based at 1844 Matahoura Road, Tutira and the 4WD Trek will be set around Tutira, Northern Hawkes Bay. The terrain is rolling hills through to high country so expect water, mud, and all that comes with off-road 4WD driving. The exact course will be set closer to...
Date: Friday 5 March to Sunday 7 March
Where: , Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Banana Mundo is a collective of musicians from around the world. Members from Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, France, Switzerland, England and New Zealand bring together an infectious worldly mix of upbeat Latin and Afro-Beat tunes.
Hailing from New Plymouth, the w(b)est coast of beautiful New...
Date: Friday 5 March
Where: Napier Tango Club, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
MEINIAK unleash Hell's Wrath! More than 2 hours worth of Southern Grooves... the goddamn closest thing you'll get experiencing PANTERA in the flesh! This is NZ's premiere PANTERA experience!
THE DEVIL's REJECTS open Hell's Gate with an hours worth of Rob Zombie & classic White Zombie!
Date: Friday 5 March
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
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.
Register once for free on the website to get your free barcode then join us every Saturday.
Date: Saturday 30 January to Saturday 4 December
Where: Flaxmere Park, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
This is a free event for anyone with an interest in motorcycling. No booking or ticket is required.
As our tech gurus and motorcycling experts travel the country to the 4 main Bike Fest events, they stop by along the way for the evening Talk Series. Come meet the talented bunch who have a wealth...
Date: Saturday 6 March
Where: Napier War Memorial Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Havelock Handcrafted Market is held on the first day of every month, next to Peak Pizza in Havelock North
We sell unique handcrafted products made locally - garden art, wooden toys and kitchenware, beautiful hand knitting, jewellery, intricate paper journals and cards, soft toys and busy books...
Date: Saturday 6 February to Saturday 1 May
Where: Havelock North Function Centre, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Roving entertainers from Dance, jugglers, rappers, DJ's to solo talented musicians will entertain you from 10-2pm. It's free, so whilst you are in our great little city shopping, catching up with friends or a quick bite to eat or drink - be entertained!
These talented locals could be performing...
Date: Friday 29 January to Saturday 6 March
Where: Market Street, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
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. Enjoy Mack's excellent acoustic stylings, influenced by blues, funk, flamenco and...
Date: Saturday 6 March
Where: The Filter Room, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
30 Saturday Spring & Summer Sessions at Abbey for the Summer season!
- Coastal Rhythm Section
- Ian Munro
- Ariana Henare
- Lady Larisa
- Climate
- Fraser Mackenzie
- The Acoustic Project
- Little Big Noise
Kickback and relax and listen to the chilled sounds of local talents while...
Date: Saturday 30 January to Saturday 27 March
Where: Abbey Cellars Winery & Brewpub, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
In great news for their longtime loyal fans, iconic band Crowded House announced today that they will tour New Zealand in March 2021 on their “To the Island” tour.
The band also released their first new music in more than a decade with the debut of the single “Whatever You Want”...
Date: Saturday 6 March
Where: Church Road Winery, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Grab your sexiest get up and join us for the first ever Naughtiness lingerie party. Indulge in a night of lingerie, adult toys, live DJs and giveaways!
Wear as much or as little as your comfortable with.
We encourage wearing some form of lingerie/underwear but wear what your comfortable...
Date: Saturday 6 March
Where: Level 1 Nightclub, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Te Mata Kindergarten is hosting their Annual Triathlon and Family Picnic. Fun, games, face painting, bouncy castle, sausage sizzle, raffles, coffee cart. For age 3 to 6 year olds. A short bike ride on grass, followed by a quick dash to the top of the water slide and a wet slide down the Hereworth...
Date: Sunday 7 March
Where: Hereworth School, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Be inspired by our surroundings and paint our gorgeous City, The Marine Parade, Napier. A short stroll to the parade to take reference pics and sketches from life then take our findings back to The CAN Napier, to develop further into watercolour studies. There is also an option to follow a step...
Date: Sunday 7 March
Where: Creative Arts Napier, Community Arts Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
30 Spring & Summer Sundays at Abbey for the Summer season!
Coastal Rhythm Section, Ben Throp, Ian Munro, Ariana Henare, Alex Richardson, The Pukes Ukelele rock band, Lady Larisa, Climate and The Acoustic Project
Kickback and relax and listen to the chilled sounds of local talents while...
Date: Sunday 31 January to Sunday 28 March
Where: Abbey Cellars Winery & Brewpub, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Come and join Fraser Mack at Hawkes Bay's newest Garden Bar! Relax, socialise, soak up the sun while Mack entertains you with his dynamic and distinctive sound influenced by blues, rock, folk and flamenco. The Three Wise Birds is child friendly and also dog friendly.
Like what Mack does? If you...
Date: Sunday 21 February to Sunday 7 March
Where: Three Wise Birds Garden Bar, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Bring your picnic or grab your takeaways for an entertaining afternoon/evening in the park. Like us on Facebook to receive regular updates "Summer Series Nelly Jull Park". Liquor ban applies.
Mark these dates on your calendar today:
-11th December - A Tribute To Elton John featuring Michael...
Date: Sunday 14 February to Sunday 7 March
Where: Nelly Jull Park, Waipawa, Central Hawke's Bay
Australian based Kiwi rocker Jon Stevens, with his Noiseworks and INXS collection, can't wait to perform all the huge hits at the renowned Black Barn Amphitheatre on Sunday 7 March. The former frontman of these bands will rock out chart-toppers such as Devil Inside, Suicide Blonde, Need you Tonight...
Date: Sunday 7 March
Where: Black Barn Vineyards, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Jon Stevens With Special Guests Automatic 80's
In great news for their longtime loyal fans, iconic band Crowded House announced today that they will tour New Zealand in March 2021 on their “To the Island” tour, with new shows announced!
The band also released their first new music in more than a decade with the debut of the single...
Date: Sunday 7 March
Where: Church Road Winery, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Simply Ballroom is held every first Sunday of the month come along and enjoy a mixture of all types of ballroom with DJ's Bertie & Ansie. Two hours of non-stop music - Waltz, Foxtrot, Cha Cha, Rumba or any requests for other ballroom dances. A good night of social ballroom dancing. All dancers...
Date: Sunday 7 February to Sunday 7 March
Where: Napier RSA, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Land Rover Horse of the Year 2021.
Welcome to New Zealand’s Premier Equestrian Event Showcase. An absolute “must-see” for equestrian fans and sports enthusiasts who delight in watching world-class competition.
Over 1400 riders and 1800 horses compete for titles and high-stakes prize...
Date: Tuesday 9 March to Sunday 14 March
Where: Showgrounds Hawke's Bay Tomoana, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
This 1-day Communicating with Confidence workshop is designed to introduce self-awareness and self-management as the foundation to effective leadership. Furthermore, it is designed to explore differences in others and the ability to adapt to meet the needs of others, as critical skills to...
Date: Tuesday 9 March
Where: Hawke's Bay Business Hub, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Communicating with Confidence - Business Central
This 1-day Introduction to Leading & Managing Others workshop is designed to introduce and develop core management skills to deliver successful team outcomes. Throughout the course, you develop an awareness of how effective teams work together and the behaviours required to build a high performing...
Date: Wednesday 10 March
Where: Hawke's Bay Business Hub, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Intro to Leading and Managing others - Business Central
Lie down, Bliss out, Float away.
To the quietness and connectedness of meditation, contemplation, breathwork, voice-activated mindscapes that is Rob's specialty when he plays his singing crystal bowls.
Rob will take you on a journey into your very soul to open your heart and connect you to...
Date: Wednesday 10 February to Saturday 12 June
Where: The Loft B&B, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Who Heals the Healers - Singing Crystal Bowls Meditations
If the scope of your role is increasing, you may find it useful to build a clear framework for achieving project objectives and wider alignment to your organisation’s goals.
This full-day workshop provides a practical approach to processes and tools central to the basics of project management....
Date: Thursday 11 March
Where: Hawke's Bay Business Hub, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Project Management for Non-Project Managers - Business Centr
7Days regular and star of What We Do In The Shadows, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer returns to Napier with his hilarious one hour show.
“The future of NZ comedy.” - NZ Herald
“The only show I’d return to twice.” - Mac and Mae
7Days regular and star of What We Do In The Shadows, Cori...
Date: Thursday 11 March
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
7Days regular and star of What We Do In The Shadows, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer returns to Napier with his hilarious one hour show.
"the future of NZ comedy" - NZ Herald
"the only show I'd return to twice" Mac and Mae
Date: Thursday 11 March
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Old Man's Beard, Detour, Hot Janola.
Three of the best H.Bay Bands are joining forces to bring you a night of great originals plus a few covers.
I personally love these guys and have witnessed them evolve over the last 11 years. This will be a night of Epic Swamp Rock, R and B with a side...
Date: Friday 12 March
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Flirting with form: Works by Toi Ako artists is an exhibition that explores the role of the arts and wellbeing in communities, and its effectiveness in supporting older people to age well.
Showcasing works by 13 emerging elder artists aged 56-91, developed over 2019-2020 as part of Connect the...
Date: Saturday 13 March to Saturday 22 May
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Boom!
Beer Appreciation Day is back again, bringing you super tasty beers and ciders from our favourite local and not-so-local breweries and cideries.
Live music, DJ tunes, delicious kai and a super chill vibe add up to good times in the beautiful gardens of Duart House.
As usual, we'll be...
Date: Saturday 13 March
Where: Duart House, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Silent Movies LIVE!
This is the chance to see Charlie Chaplin's movie 'The Kid', as it was first broadcast, with no talking, just live piano and percussion, at the fabulous Church Rd Winery in Napier, New Zealand.
Suitable for all the family to enjoy, outside on the grass with the bespoke...
Date: Saturday 13 March
Where: Church Road Winery, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Returning again for another sunny Hawke’s Bay summer are the Church Road Live Summer Sessions.
Church Road are excited to be hosting some of Hawkes Bay’s finest acoustic acts across six Sunday afternoons during the summer. Come down to the park and enjoy a delicious cheese board or platters,...
Date: Sunday 14 February to Sunday 14 March
Where: Church Road Winery, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics of the bay and visiting comics from around the world. If you want to have a go yourself, contact us through the Hawkes...
Date: Sunday 14 February to Sunday 12 December
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
As seen on 7 Days
"The Silencer" will not be silenced! And we're picking up where we left off.
Covid Safe and harder than ever, Chopper brings his hit show to NZ in March 2021.
Panic, terror, stupidity; they can all form a queue and suck the wrinkles out of Chopper’s walnut wallet...
Date: Sunday 14 March
Where: Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff, and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics from Hawkes Bay and visiting from around the world. If you want to have a go, please contact us through the Hawkes Bay...
Date: Tuesday 16 February to Tuesday 21 December
Where: The Common Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A 3 hours class focuses on the creation of elegant macarons, from start to finish using the Italian Meringue method and filling with different ganaches (salted butter caramel, chocolate).
We work through the steps from creating the batter, to piping and filling these delicious...
Date: Thursday 18 March
Where: Farmhouse Kitchen Cooking School, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
In celebration of new material, March 2021 will welcome the long-awaited return to the stage for the Marlon Willliams. Over an extensive tour of Aotearoa, audiences will be treated to a very different show from Marlon – a full solo performance unearthing some early material, beloved album songs...
Date: Thursday 18 March
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Those seeking a unique Scottish heritage experience should visit the NZ National Pipe Band Championships in HB in March. Pipe Bands from all around NZ will be in Hawke’s Bay for the contest. The competition will feature the best of pipe band music, marching and specialty disciplines such as mace...
Date: Friday 19 March to Saturday 20 March
Where: Mitre 10 Park, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Fall into the ring of fire in this unforgettable music concert dedicated to the music, love and lives of Johnny Cash and June Carter.
For more than 40 years Johnny Cash and June Carter enthralled audiences around the world with their songs of life, love and heartache. A love story played out...
Date: Friday 19 March
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Leaving Jackson - The Johnny Cash and June Carter Show
Reiki course for learning a natural hands-on healing. Reiki is a simple and natural energy healing that all human can have. Reiki is Japanese translated to English as "Universal Life-force Energy".
The encounter with Reiki is an opportunity to reunite with your dormant ability. This is a journey...
Date: Sunday 31 January to Sunday 21 March
Where: Rudolf Steiner Centre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
It's your 'Rural Day in the Bay!' The 9th annual Maraekakaho Country Market Day.
There will be local produce, coffee, home baking and gourmet foods, artisan crafts, gifts, toys, baby/child/adult clothing, jewellery, furniture, landscaping plants, art, entertainment and a ton of country fun on...
Date: Saturday 20 March
Where: Maraekakaho Sports Grounds, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
From the producers of the smash-hit show Celtic Illusion comes the most exhilarating dance production of 2020!
Celtica, a high octane modern Irish Dance show will storm the stages of New Zealand on its National tour in 2021.
Starring an elite troupe of dancers, including stars of Riverdance...
Date: Saturday 20 March
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Dear All,
These announcement broadcasts usually take a familiar shape on my end - in an nth hour harried state, I comb through my last and oft-neglected bio screed and recalibrate it as if I’m a deeply impressed (!) third party narrator. While I understand the utility, I have to be honest, it...
Date: Saturday 20 March
Where: Paisley Stage, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Our Pet First Aid Courses educate both pet owners and those working in the industry on animal first aid and emergency situations.
Studies show that 90% of all pets will experience at least one emergency situation in their lifetime!
- Would you know what to do if your pet choked on their toy?
-...
Date: Sunday 21 March
Where: Waiohiki Creative Arts Village, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Annual Gala, fun day for all the family. Books, 2nd Hand Clothing, White Elephant, Auction, Meat, Produce, Sports Gear, Cakes, Preserves, Linen, Picture Frames, Crafts & Collectibles, Jewellery, Plants, Hamburgers, Tea & Coffee, Candy Floss, Sausage Sizzle, Steak Sandwiches, kids games etc etc.
Date: Sunday 21 March
Where: Lindisfarne College, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join Mack at the Copperpot Gastro Pub from 2pm and immerse yourself in Fraser Mack's distinctive mix of blues, rock, folk, and flamenco!
Sweet tunes, tasty grub and happy faces.
If you like what Mack does, consider becoming his Patron (see Patreon link above).
Date: Sunday 28 February to Sunday 21 March
Where: Copperpot Gastro Pub, Waipawa, Central Hawke's Bay
The concept is simple - take a brush in one hand, a drink in the other and let’s paint a masterpiece!
Join us for a creative night of drinking and painting in Napier! No previous painting experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and your brush strokes going!
The need to...
Date: Sunday 21 March
Where: Shed 2 Bar and Restaurant, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Paint and Wine Night - Picasso's Kiss - Paintvine
International cricket is back! It all starts with the Blackcaps taking on the West Indies to open the summer with three T20s including opening night at Eden Park, and two Test Matches. The team then meet Pakistan in a packed schedule that features a Boxing Day Test Match at Bay Oval. We round out...
Date: Tuesday 23 March
Where: McLean Park, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Returning to the Cabana for the first time in 2021, Holloway Holiday is ready to make a splash in the Bay with new music and a sweeter, more frantic live show. Following their NZ tour in 2020, Holloway is bringing the Undead Neon Roadshow to select locations around the North Island as they usher in...
Date: Thursday 25 March
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join us for the Tremains Affordable Art Exhibition 2021, an annual fundraiser for Napier Girls High School.
The exhibition features over 300 artworks by more than 80 professional artists from around New Zealand.
Please see our website profiling the event, the artists and our wonderful fleet...
Date: Friday 26 March
Where: Napier Girls' High School, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Roll up. Roll up. Roll up!
Welcome to Season 6 of New Zealand's largest and most fabulous travelling event! The Extravaganza Fair!
The Extravaganza Fair is a family affair, it is a free entry, fun day out with something for everyone.
We're bringing to NZ a unique style of interesting...
Date: Saturday 27 March to Sunday 28 March
Where: Havelock North Domain, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Chur Bro: A Tale of Kiwiana
Our Kiwiana show is a mixtape of songs by kiwi artists. You don’t quite know which song is going to be next! Much like the $1 pick n mix you’d get from the dairy we have a mixed bag of performers ready to take the stage for a celebration of kiwi life! Aerialists,...
Date: Saturday 27 March
Where: Paisley Stage, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Covid19 Update
All tickets purchased before 1st December 2020 have been converted into VIP Zone A tickets with front of stage access.
Zone B GA tickets are now available.
What will happen if there is a Covid 19 outbreak?
Under Level 2 - The event will go ahead either at the current venue or a...
Date: Saturday 27 March
Where: Pettigrew Green Arena, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The Ossian Street Market is a fantastic local market that specialises in vintage, collectables and quality secondhand goods.
It runs the last Sunday of every month from 9am - 1pm, weather permitting.
Situated in the carpark opposite FG Smiths Eatery 9b Ossian Street.
Date: Sunday 31 January to Sunday 28 March
Where: F.G Smith Eatery, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Cemetery Walks
Sunday 24 January – 2pm
Sunday 28 February – 2pm
Sunday 28 March – 2pm
Discover tales of tragedy and bravery as the tour winds its way through the
historic cemetery guided by MTG’s Curator of Social History Gail Pope.
What to bring: Sturdy walking shoes, sun hat,...
Date: Sunday 28 February to Sunday 28 March
Where: Old Napier Cemetery, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Auckland Theatre Company presents Two Ladies by Nancy Harris
“Provocative... passionately on the side of women who are not in the room where it happens.” - The Guardian
The women behind the most powerful men in the world take centre stage.
Two Ladies catapults two dynamic women into a...
Date: Sunday 28 March
Where: Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A one-woman, tour-de-force jazz musical about the lives of America's greatest songwriters, Cole Porter, and his muse and wife, Linda Lee.
Georgia Jamieson Emms plays Linda, accompanied by the jazz trio of Ayrton Foote (keyboard), Thomas Moore (bass) and Sebastian Macaulay (drums).
"As Mrs...
Date: Sunday 28 March
Where: Central Hawke's Bay Municipal Theatre, Waipawa, Central Hawke's Bay
A one-woman, tour-de-force jazz musical about the lives of America's greatest songwriters, Cole Porter, and his muse and wife, Linda Lee. Georgia Jamieson Emms plays Linda, accompanied by the jazz trio of Ayrton Foote (keyboard), Thomas Moore (double bass) and Sebastian Macaulay (drums).
"As Mrs...
Date: Monday 29 March
Where: Art Deco Masonic Hotel, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
New Zealand, it’s time to get ready to Wiggle! THE WIGGLES are coming to perform for you in March as part of their We’re All Fruit Salad Tour! This show will see Emma, Lachy, Simon and Anthony singing and dancing their way around New Zealand with all their Wiggly Friends; Captain Feathersword,...
Date: Tuesday 30 March
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A Bloody Business: the history of five Hawke’s Bay freezing works explores the effect the frozen meat processing industry had on the socio-economics of the Hawke’s Bay region using as illustration five significant meat works: Tomoana (1884), Hawke’s Bay & North British (1887), Thomas...
Date: Monday 25 January to Sunday 7 November
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Born in, and working out of an apartment studio in New Plymouth, Jordan Barnes is recognised as an artistic all-rounder. He’s an award winning painter and is considered to be one of New Zealand’s top emerging artists.
Jordan is equally passionate about song writing, releasing his debut album...
Date: Friday 5 February to Saturday 1 May
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Still Life with Moving Parts is an exhibition created by outsider artists. Outsider art is art by self-taught or naïve art makers. Typically, those labelled as outsider artists have little or no contact with the mainstream art world or art institutions. Outsider art illustrates different visual...
Date: Saturday 27 February to Saturday 8 May
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Flirting with form: Works by Toi Ako artists is an exhibition that explores the role of the arts and wellbeing in communities, and its effectiveness in supporting older people to age well.
Showcasing works by 13 emerging elder artists aged 56-91, developed over 2019-2020 as part of Connect the...
Date: Saturday 13 March to Saturday 22 May
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
World War Two exhibition, part 2 (1942 -45) with focus on Long Range Desert Group and the Maori Battalion with profiling soldiers from Central Hawkes Bay. Life in Central Hawkes Bay during war years remembered by locals. A war scene from the desert showcasing military vehicles and equipment.
Date: Monday 25 January to Wednesday 12 May
Where: Central Hawke's Bay Settlers Museum, Waipawa, Central Hawke's Bay
Join the Hastings City Art Gallery curator Clayton Gibson, for a tour of the current exhibitions in the gallery, conveniently timed for your lunchtime! To be part of the discussion, meet at the gallery front desk at 12:10pm, ready for a 12:15pm start.
Date: Thursday 4 February to Thursday 13 May
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join us for immersive baking and discover all the secrets of the brioche.
From kneading the dough
to shape in different ways (balls, with a crunchy dome, cinnamon rolls, plaited brioche and more...)
and finally filling with custard or caramel before proving and cooking...
and eating. For...
Date: Thursday 1 April
Where: Farmhouse Kitchen Cooking School, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Roll up. Roll up. Roll up!
Welcome to Season 6 of New Zealand's largest and most fabulous travelling event! The Extravaganza Fair!
The Extravaganza Fair is a family affair, it is a free entry, fun day out with something for everyone.
We're bringing to NZ a unique style of interesting...
Date: Friday 2 April to Monday 5 April
Where: Anderson Park, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Get ready for The Little Easy on Friday 2nd April (Good Friday) in Central Hawke's Bay!
Please make sure you register by 14 March. After this date, your preferred t-shirt size may no longer be available for selection during the registration process.
The Little Easy offers two options:
- A...
Date: Friday 2 April
Where: Russell Park, Waipukurau, Central Hawke's Bay
Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic the Tech rugby club has made the decision to postpone the Centenary event until April 2021.
Existing tickets will remain valid for the postponed date (exact date TBC) however, a refund will be offered to those people who would prefer that option.
In a...
Date: Friday 2 April
Where: Napier Tech Rugby Club, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Napier Technical Rugby Centenary Opening night: POSTPONED
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.
Register once for free on the website to get your free barcode then join us every Saturday.
Date: Saturday 30 January to Saturday 4 December
Where: Flaxmere Park, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Havelock Handcrafted Market is held on the first day of every month, next to Peak Pizza in Havelock North
We sell unique handcrafted products made locally - garden art, wooden toys and kitchenware, beautiful hand knitting, jewellery, intricate paper journals and cards, soft toys and busy books...
Date: Saturday 6 February to Saturday 1 May
Where: Havelock North Function Centre, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The Big Easy on the Hawke’s Bay Trails is the ultimate antidote to all those serious lycra laden cycling events held across the country. The Big Easy ride is a gentle ride and we encourage you to take all day and enjoy the many tasty Hawke’s Bay distractions along the way.
Please make sure...
Date: Saturday 3 April
Where: Church Road Winery, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic the Tech rugby club has made the decision to postpone the Centenary event until April 2021.
Existing tickets will remain valid for the postponed date (exact date TBC) however, a refund will be offered to those people who would prefer that option.
In a...
Date: Saturday 3 April to Sunday 4 April
Where: Napier Tech Rugby Club, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Napier Technical Rugby Centenary Lunch: POSTPONED
Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic the Tech rugby club has made the decision to postpone the Centenary event until April 2021.
Existing tickets will remain valid for the postponed date (exact date TBC) however, a refund will be offered to those people who would prefer that option.
In a...
Date: Saturday 3 April
Where: Centennial Hall, Napier, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Napier Technical Rugby Centenary Dinner: POSTPONED
How did we get here? How do we find our way through this? And exactly who are we again? In Bill’s new show, En Route to Normal, Bill ponders these and other questions that this moment in history has thrown up and tries to see a way through the strange unreality of our new world. With Bill naming...
Date: Saturday 3 April
Where: Hawkes Bay Opera House Plaza, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A weekly half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and fingerplays especially for children aged 0-2 years and their parent/caregiver.
Building a foundation for literacy starts as soon as a child is born, and every story, song, rhyme or fingerplay strengthens that foundation. Help your child get a...
Date: Tuesday 26 January to Tuesday 14 December
Where: Havelock North Library, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
From the creators of the hit show OH WHAT A NIGHT! comes a unique new musical revue celebrating four of the most iconic singing groups of the 70’s known for their soaring vocal harmonies.
YESTERDAY ONCE MORE stars four dynamic performers direct from Las Vegas whose lush harmonic...
Date: Wednesday 7 April
Where: Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The Heretaunga Women’s Centre Art Exhibition and Sale, ‘Sweet as Banana Pudding’ is an exhibition and sale of work by women artists, both professional and emerging, who reside in the Hawke’s Bay region. It also serves as our main annual fundraiser. We recommend going to the opening night as...
Date: Friday 9 April
Where: Heretaunga Women's Centre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Sweet as Banana Pudding - Art Exhibition Grand Opening
You Should Be Dancing is a gianT Disco Dancing celebration! A night of incredibly danceable disco hits. A Boogie Wonderland featuring classic tunes groovy enough to make even a statue move! We are very excited to announce our first shows of 2021! We hope you can make it along to dance up a storm.
...
Date: Friday 9 April
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The Heretaunga Women’s Centre Art Exhibition and Sale, ‘Sweet as Banana Pudding’ is an exhibition and sale of work by women artists, both professional and emerging, who reside in the Hawke’s Bay region. It also serves as our main annual fundraiser. We recommend going to the opening night as...
Date: Saturday 10 April to Friday 16 April
Where: Heretaunga Women's Centre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Sweet as Banana Pudding - Art Exhibition and Sale
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics of the bay and visiting comics from around the world. If you want to have a go yourself, contact us through the Hawkes...
Date: Sunday 14 February to Sunday 12 December
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Located just 40 minutes North of Napier, Lake Tutira offers a beautiful and challenging course, with stunning views.
This is trail running at its very best! Choose from a half marathon, a 12k or dip your toes in with the 5k. Walkers are welcome in the 12k and 5k events.
There is a picturesque...
Date: Sunday 11 April
Where: Lake Tutira, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Lake Tutira Off Road Half Marathon - 12k & 5k Trail Run
Learn how to make the transition from buddy to the boss and lead a successful team.
Managing staff can be a very rewarding, interesting and fun role, it can also be a tough and demanding job. Between managing your own time and projects, helping your team members solve problems and complete...
Date: Tuesday 13 April
Where: East Pier, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Leadership & Management Part 1 - Business Training NZ
Dealing With Difficult People & Situations
Transform conflict and difficult situations with co-workers/customers into opportunities by equipping your staff with the skills and techniques required to manage these situations with confidence, professionalism, and pride.
Learn ways to resolve...
Date: Wednesday 14 April
Where: East Pier, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Dealing With Difficult People - Business Training NZ
Yee-haw! Giddy up as our all-star cast transports you to the home of country music showcasing the likes of John Denver, Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash.
Starring Karl Perigo, Bruce French, Grant Winterburn, Marian Burns, Pat Urlich, Ray Eade and Suzanne Lynch.
Date: Wednesday 14 April
Where: Equippers Church, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Lie down, Bliss out, Float away.
To the quietness and connectedness of meditation, contemplation, breathwork, voice-activated mindscapes that is Rob's specialty when he plays his singing crystal bowls.
Rob will take you on a journey into your very soul to open your heart and connect you to...
Date: Wednesday 10 February to Saturday 12 June
Where: The Loft B&B, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Who Heals the Healers - Singing Crystal Bowls Meditations
Learn how to make the transition from buddy to boss and lead a successful team. As John F. Kennedy once said, “leadership and learning are indispensable to each other”.
Our Leadership & Management courses are designed to help you get the best performance from yourself and your team,...
Date: Thursday 15 April
Where: East Pier, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Leadership & Management part 2 - Business Training NZ
Yee-haw! Giddy up as our all-star cast transports you to the home of country music showcasing the likes of John Denver, Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash.
Starring Karl Perigo, Bruce French, Grant Winterburn, Marian Burns, Pat Urlich, Ray Eade and Suzanne Lynch.
Date: Thursday 15 April
Where: Equippers Church, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Prepare to be inspired!
The Big Bike Film Night is on a mission sharing the best cycling short films from around the world with you!
Showcasing our 2021 collection that has everything a cycle-centric audience could want - action, drama, humour, and plenty of inspiration; the evening is...
Date: Friday 16 April
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff, and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics from Hawkes Bay and visiting from around the world. If you want to have a go, please contact us through the Hawkes Bay...
Date: Tuesday 16 February to Tuesday 21 December
Where: The Common Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Come along to our famous Eat Up Cookery vegetarian class. We show you new ways to include more meatless meals in your life in easy, affordable ways! All of our recipes are made from scratch and use minimally processed ingredients.
Book now to receive:
- A delicious & nourishing 3 course...
Date: Thursday 22 April
Where: Central Hawke's Bay College, Waipukurau, Central Hawke's Bay
The Musical Gala with an International cast brings London’s West End and New York’s Broadway to New Zealand for the first time.
The World of Musicals brings the very best of Musical theatre to life.
This incredible production is a wonderful revue of all your favorite musical theatre...
Date: Monday 26 April
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Parrotdog, Banished Music & Under the Radar Presents:
THE VEILS
Nux Vomica - Live in concert
In Autumn 2021, The Veils present the first ever live performance of their legendary sophomore album Nux Vomica in its ferocious entirety.
The album was originally recorded in Los Angeles with...
Date: Thursday 29 April
Where: Paisley Stage, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
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.
Register once for free on the website to get your free barcode then join us every Saturday.
Date: Saturday 30 January to Saturday 4 December
Where: Flaxmere Park, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A Bloody Business: the history of five Hawke’s Bay freezing works explores the effect the frozen meat processing industry had on the socio-economics of the Hawke’s Bay region using as illustration five significant meat works: Tomoana (1884), Hawke’s Bay & North British (1887), Thomas...
Date: Monday 25 January to Sunday 7 November
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Havelock Handcrafted Market is held on the first day of every month, next to Peak Pizza in Havelock North
We sell unique handcrafted products made locally - garden art, wooden toys and kitchenware, beautiful hand knitting, jewellery, intricate paper journals and cards, soft toys and busy books...
Date: Saturday 6 February to Saturday 1 May
Where: Havelock North Function Centre, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Born in, and working out of an apartment studio in New Plymouth, Jordan Barnes is recognised as an artistic all-rounder. He’s an award winning painter and is considered to be one of New Zealand’s top emerging artists.
Jordan is equally passionate about song writing, releasing his debut album...
Date: Friday 5 February to Saturday 1 May
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Still Life with Moving Parts is an exhibition created by outsider artists. Outsider art is art by self-taught or naïve art makers. Typically, those labelled as outsider artists have little or no contact with the mainstream art world or art institutions. Outsider art illustrates different visual...
Date: Saturday 27 February to Saturday 8 May
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Flirting with form: Works by Toi Ako artists is an exhibition that explores the role of the arts and wellbeing in communities, and its effectiveness in supporting older people to age well.
Showcasing works by 13 emerging elder artists aged 56-91, developed over 2019-2020 as part of Connect the...
Date: Saturday 13 March to Saturday 22 May
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
World War Two exhibition, part 2 (1942 -45) with focus on Long Range Desert Group and the Maori Battalion with profiling soldiers from Central Hawkes Bay. Life in Central Hawkes Bay during war years remembered by locals. A war scene from the desert showcasing military vehicles and equipment.
Date: Monday 25 January to Wednesday 12 May
Where: Central Hawke's Bay Settlers Museum, Waipawa, Central Hawke's Bay
A weekly half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and fingerplays especially for children aged 0-2 years and their parent/caregiver.
Building a foundation for literacy starts as soon as a child is born, and every story, song, rhyme or fingerplay strengthens that foundation. Help your child get a...
Date: Tuesday 26 January to Tuesday 14 December
Where: Havelock North Library, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
New Zealand’s most accomplished performers, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa protégé Ipu Laga’aia, tenor Chris McRae, musical theatre stars Sophie Morris and Rutene Spooner, and music legend Laughton Kora join forces with The New Zealand String Quartet to today announce a nationwide tour of The New...
Date: Tuesday 4 May
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Located 15 minutes drive south of Waipukurau.
This is trail running at its very best! Choose from a half marathon, a 12k or dip your toes in with the 5k. Walkers are welcome in the 12k and 5k events.
We are excited about our new Ranui Farm Park course which is a mix of farmland with mown...
Date: Sunday 9 May
Where: Ranui Farm Park, Waipukurau, Central Hawke's Bay
Read more » - Ranui Farm Half Marathon (TBC) - 12k & 5k Trail Run
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics of the bay and visiting comics from around the world. If you want to have a go yourself, contact us through the Hawkes...
Date: Sunday 14 February to Sunday 12 December
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Lie down, Bliss out, Float away.
To the quietness and connectedness of meditation, contemplation, breathwork, voice-activated mindscapes that is Rob's specialty when he plays his singing crystal bowls.
Rob will take you on a journey into your very soul to open your heart and connect you to...
Date: Wednesday 10 February to Saturday 12 June
Where: The Loft B&B, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Who Heals the Healers - Singing Crystal Bowls Meditations
Join the Hastings City Art Gallery curator Clayton Gibson, for a tour of the current exhibitions in the gallery, conveniently timed for your lunchtime! To be part of the discussion, meet at the gallery front desk at 12:10pm, ready for a 12:15pm start.
Date: Thursday 4 February to Thursday 13 May
Where: Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff, and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics from Hawkes Bay and visiting from around the world. If you want to have a go, please contact us through the Hawkes Bay...
Date: Tuesday 16 February to Tuesday 21 December
Where: The Common Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
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.
Featuring Kitchens, Building, Renovating, Heating, Insulation,...
Date: Friday 21 May to Sunday 23 May
Where: Pettigrew Green Arena, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Romantic, mystical and lyrical, the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Giselle is a timeless production of one of ballet’s great stories.
Former RNZB Artistic Director Ethan Stiefel and celebrated principal dancer, choreographer and director Johan Kobborg’s acclaimed production of Giselle first...
Date: Saturday 22 May to Sunday 23 May
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Our tenors delight with the greatest melodies and songs ever written, delivered with their signature charm and cheekiness.
Starring the amazing artists Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua, Amanda Atlas, Derek Hill, Kalauni Pouvalu and on piano Paul Carnegie-Jones.
Date: Wednesday 26 May
Where: Equippers Church, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Our tenors delight with the greatest melodies and songs ever written, delivered with their signature charm and cheekiness.
Starring the amazing artists Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua, Amanda Atlas, Derek Hill, Kalauni Pouvalu and on piano Paul Carnegie-Jones.
Date: Thursday 27 May
Where: Equippers Church, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Celebrated New Zealand tenor, Geoff Sewell, founder of the world’s first opera band, Amici Forever, will tour through New Zealand in May 2021 in time for Mother’s Day with BRAVO AMICI, his opera group of leading international West End and Broadway stars, to perform an uplifting, moving...
Date: Sunday 30 May
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A Bloody Business: the history of five Hawke’s Bay freezing works explores the effect the frozen meat processing industry had on the socio-economics of the Hawke’s Bay region using as illustration five significant meat works: Tomoana (1884), Hawke’s Bay & North British (1887), Thomas...
Date: Monday 25 January to Sunday 7 November
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A weekly half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and fingerplays especially for children aged 0-2 years and their parent/caregiver.
Building a foundation for literacy starts as soon as a child is born, and every story, song, rhyme or fingerplay strengthens that foundation. Help your child get a...
Date: Tuesday 26 January to Tuesday 14 December
Where: Havelock North Library, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
So you’re tough, but are you tough enough to take on the 1-day 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...
Date: Wednesday 2 June
Where: Clifton Station, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Hawke's Bay 1-day Junior Tough Guy and Gal Challenge
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.
Register once for free on the website to get your free barcode then join us every Saturday.
Date: Saturday 30 January to Saturday 4 December
Where: Flaxmere Park, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Lie down, Bliss out, Float away.
To the quietness and connectedness of meditation, contemplation, breathwork, voice-activated mindscapes that is Rob's specialty when he plays his singing crystal bowls.
Rob will take you on a journey into your very soul to open your heart and connect you to...
Date: Wednesday 10 February to Saturday 12 June
Where: The Loft B&B, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Who Heals the Healers - Singing Crystal Bowls Meditations
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics of the bay and visiting comics from around the world. If you want to have a go yourself, contact us through the Hawkes...
Date: Sunday 14 February to Sunday 12 December
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Located just 40 minutes North of Napier, Tutira offers a beautiful and challenging course, with stunning views.
This is trail running at its very best! Choose from a half marathon, a 12k or dip your toes in with the 5k. Walkers are welcome in the 12k and 5k events.
A new venue and course at...
Date: Sunday 13 June
Where: Lake Tutira, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Tutira Off Road Half Marathon - 12k & 5k Trail Run
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff, and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics from Hawkes Bay and visiting from around the world. If you want to have a go, please contact us through the Hawkes Bay...
Date: Tuesday 16 February to Tuesday 21 December
Where: The Common Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A Bloody Business: the history of five Hawke’s Bay freezing works explores the effect the frozen meat processing industry had on the socio-economics of the Hawke’s Bay region using as illustration five significant meat works: Tomoana (1884), Hawke’s Bay & North British (1887), Thomas...
Date: Monday 25 January to Sunday 7 November
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
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.
Register once for free on the website to get your free barcode then join us every Saturday.
Date: Saturday 30 January to Saturday 4 December
Where: Flaxmere Park, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A weekly half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and fingerplays especially for children aged 0-2 years and their parent/caregiver.
Building a foundation for literacy starts as soon as a child is born, and every story, song, rhyme or fingerplay strengthens that foundation. Help your child get a...
Date: Tuesday 26 January to Tuesday 14 December
Where: Havelock North Library, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics of the bay and visiting comics from around the world. If you want to have a go yourself, contact us through the Hawkes...
Date: Sunday 14 February to Sunday 12 December
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff, and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics from Hawkes Bay and visiting from around the world. If you want to have a go, please contact us through the Hawkes Bay...
Date: Tuesday 16 February to Tuesday 21 December
Where: The Common Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Frantic fiddling, breathtaking ballads, jigs and jollity, Irish jokes, you'll have Ireland in your heart to be sure, to be sure!
Starring the amazing artists Susan Boland, Alex Foster, Jessica Hindin, Paul Carnegie-Jones, Russell Dixon and Stuart Coats.
Date: Wednesday 21 July
Where: Equippers Church, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Frantic fiddling, breathtaking ballads, jigs and jollity, Irish jokes, you'll have Ireland in your heart to be sure, to be sure!
Starring the amazing artists Susan Boland, Alex Foster, Jessica Hindin, Paul Carnegie-Jones, Russell Dixon and Stuart Coats.
Date: Thursday 22 July
Where: Equippers Church, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A Bloody Business: the history of five Hawke’s Bay freezing works explores the effect the frozen meat processing industry had on the socio-economics of the Hawke’s Bay region using as illustration five significant meat works: Tomoana (1884), Hawke’s Bay & North British (1887), Thomas...
Date: Monday 25 January to Sunday 7 November
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A weekly half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and fingerplays especially for children aged 0-2 years and their parent/caregiver.
Building a foundation for literacy starts as soon as a child is born, and every story, song, rhyme or fingerplay strengthens that foundation. Help your child get a...
Date: Tuesday 26 January to Tuesday 14 December
Where: Havelock North Library, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Following the triumph of his Hansel & Gretel in 2019, the Royal New Zealand Ballet is delighted to commission a new work by Choreographer in Residence Loughlan Prior for 2021.
The Firebird, first staged in Paris in 1910, changed the direction of ballet. The spine-tingling grandeur of...
Date: Friday 6 August to Saturday 7 August
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
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.
Register once for free on the website to get your free barcode then join us every Saturday.
Date: Saturday 30 January to Saturday 4 December
Where: Flaxmere Park, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics of the bay and visiting comics from around the world. If you want to have a go yourself, contact us through the Hawkes...
Date: Sunday 14 February to Sunday 12 December
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff, and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics from Hawkes Bay and visiting from around the world. If you want to have a go, please contact us through the Hawkes Bay...
Date: Tuesday 16 February to Tuesday 21 December
Where: The Common Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Bring your dancing shoes and get ready to boogie as we sing and dance the day away to your favourite hits of the 50s, 60s and 70s.
Starring the amazing artists Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua, Karl Perigo, Bruce French, Grant Winterburn, Ray Eade and Suzanne Lynch.
Date: Wednesday 25 August
Where: Equippers Church, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Bring your dancing shoes and get ready to boogie as we sing and dance the day away to your favourite hits of the 50s, 60s and 70s.
Starring the amazing artists Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua, Karl Perigo, Bruce French, Grant Winterburn, Ray Eade and Suzanne Lynch.
Date: Thursday 26 August
Where: Equippers Church, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A Bloody Business: the history of five Hawke’s Bay freezing works explores the effect the frozen meat processing industry had on the socio-economics of the Hawke’s Bay region using as illustration five significant meat works: Tomoana (1884), Hawke’s Bay & North British (1887), Thomas...
Date: Monday 25 January to Sunday 7 November
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Turning houses into homes for over 30 years!
The Hawke’s Bay Home & Garden Show is packed with all the ideas and information that you need to transform your surroundings into the space you’ve always dreamed of. Be thrilled by the variety, amazed by the innovations and impressed by the expert...
Date: Friday 3 September to Sunday 5 September
Where: McLean Park, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
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.
Register once for free on the website to get your free barcode then join us every Saturday.
Date: Saturday 30 January to Saturday 4 December
Where: Flaxmere Park, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Located 20 minutes from central Napier, our Sacred Hill Winery course is one of our favourites. It starts with a lap around the vines before heading off across the farm and into the forest.
This is trail running at its very best! Choose from a half marathon, a 12k or dip your toes in with the...
Date: Sunday 5 September
Where: Sacred Hill Riflemen’s Vineyard, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - Sacred Hill (TBC) Off Road Half Marathon - 15k & 6.5k Trail
A weekly half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and fingerplays especially for children aged 0-2 years and their parent/caregiver.
Building a foundation for literacy starts as soon as a child is born, and every story, song, rhyme or fingerplay strengthens that foundation. Help your child get a...
Date: Tuesday 26 January to Tuesday 14 December
Where: Havelock North Library, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics of the bay and visiting comics from around the world. If you want to have a go yourself, contact us through the Hawkes...
Date: Sunday 14 February to Sunday 12 December
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff, and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics from Hawkes Bay and visiting from around the world. If you want to have a go, please contact us through the Hawkes Bay...
Date: Tuesday 16 February to Tuesday 21 December
Where: The Common Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A Bloody Business: the history of five Hawke’s Bay freezing works explores the effect the frozen meat processing industry had on the socio-economics of the Hawke’s Bay region using as illustration five significant meat works: Tomoana (1884), Hawke’s Bay & North British (1887), Thomas...
Date: Monday 25 January to Sunday 7 November
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
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.
Register once for free on the website to get your free barcode then join us every Saturday.
Date: Saturday 30 January to Saturday 4 December
Where: Flaxmere Park, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A weekly half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and fingerplays especially for children aged 0-2 years and their parent/caregiver.
Building a foundation for literacy starts as soon as a child is born, and every story, song, rhyme or fingerplay strengthens that foundation. Help your child get a...
Date: Tuesday 26 January to Tuesday 14 December
Where: Havelock North Library, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
There's No Business Like Show Business features Glitter, glamour and show tunes, prepare to be dazzled by our amazing musical spectacular!
Starring the musical talents from Susan Boland, Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua, Alex Milligan, Grant Winterburn, Kelly Lim Harris and Stuart Coats.
Date: Wednesday 6 October
Where: Equippers Church, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - There's No Business Like Show Business - Operatunity
There's No Business Like Show Business features Glitter, glamour and show tunes, prepare to be dazzled by our amazing musical spectacular!
Starring the musical talents from Susan Boland, Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua, Alex Milligan, Grant Winterburn, Kelly Lim Harris and Stuart Coats.
Date: Thursday 7 October
Where: Equippers Church, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Read more » - There's No Business Like Show Business - Operatunity
Friends – The Musical Parody have today announced that they are postponing their near sold out 2020 tour & have secured new dates for 2021 and added extra shows. All tickets remain valid for the new dates.
The tour will now take place in September and October 2021 and they look forward to...
Date: Saturday 9 October
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
It’s time to check-in to Hotel California The Eagles Experience – the captivating live concert and stage show saluting the extraordinary talent and timeless catalogue of The Eagles.
With a stage full of show-stopping voices and musicians, relive the beautiful country harmonies, the rockin’...
Date: Saturday 9 October
Where: Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics of the bay and visiting comics from around the world. If you want to have a go yourself, contact us through the Hawkes...
Date: Sunday 14 February to Sunday 12 December
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff, and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics from Hawkes Bay and visiting from around the world. If you want to have a go, please contact us through the Hawkes Bay...
Date: Tuesday 16 February to Tuesday 21 December
Where: The Common Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A Bloody Business: the history of five Hawke’s Bay freezing works explores the effect the frozen meat processing industry had on the socio-economics of the Hawke’s Bay region using as illustration five significant meat works: Tomoana (1884), Hawke’s Bay & North British (1887), Thomas...
Date: Monday 25 January to Sunday 7 November
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A weekly half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and fingerplays especially for children aged 0-2 years and their parent/caregiver.
Building a foundation for literacy starts as soon as a child is born, and every story, song, rhyme or fingerplay strengthens that foundation. Help your child get a...
Date: Tuesday 26 January to Tuesday 14 December
Where: Havelock North Library, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
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.
Register once for free on the website to get your free barcode then join us every Saturday.
Date: Saturday 30 January to Saturday 4 December
Where: Flaxmere Park, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Let the Royal New Zealand Ballet transport you to a fantastical world of dazzling dance, music and enchantment. Following its hugely successful world premiere in 2015, the RNZB is thrilled to be bringing A Midsummer Night’s Dream back for Christmas 2021. Lovers, fairies, mischief and moonlight...
Date: Saturday 6 November to Sunday 7 November
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics of the bay and visiting comics from around the world. If you want to have a go yourself, contact us through the Hawkes...
Date: Sunday 14 February to Sunday 12 December
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Please note due to the Covid-19 situation, the 2020 performance date has been postponed to 2021.
Following their sell-out 2019 performances of Swan Lake, the Imperial Russian Ballet Company return to New Zealand to perform a double bill, The Nutcracker & Don Quixote. Two sensational ballets, one...
Date: Sunday 14 November
Where: Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff, and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics from Hawkes Bay and visiting from around the world. If you want to have a go, please contact us through the Hawkes Bay...
Date: Tuesday 16 February to Tuesday 21 December
Where: The Common Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Lose yourself in the splendour of Vienna as we capture the magic of Christmas, the wonder of the lights, the beautiful carols, the waltzes and great frocks! Starring, Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua, Karl Perigo, Alex Foster, Jessica Hindin, Kelly Lim Harris and Paul Carnegie-Jones on piano.
Date: Thursday 18 November
Where: Equippers Church, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Direct from Australia, Showtime invites you to dance your way into a time warp of 70’s disco dancefloor thrillers and timeless heartfelt rock ballads with The Bee Gees Night Fever!
Night Fever is jetting into town to recreate the Bee Gee’s 1997One Night Only Las Vegas concert experience in a...
Date: Saturday 20 November
Where: Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join us for this exciting educational opportunity for clinicians and those working in or having an interest in Concussion.
With renowned researchers and specialists in their field such as Dr Barry Willer, Dr Stephen Kara and many more to be named this conference is sure to be educational,...
Date: Friday 26 November to Saturday 27 November
Where: Napier Conference Centre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join us at the beautiful Paritua Vineyard & Winery for Run the Vines, in the wine-growing region of Bridge Pa, Hastings. Walk or run the flat and scenic 5km, 10km or 15km around the vines, then sit back and enjoy music with Alex Richardson and Shelby while enjoying a glass of Paritua wine (or a...
Date: Saturday 27 November
Where: Paritua Vineyards, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
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.
Register once for free on the website to get your free barcode then join us every Saturday.
Date: Saturday 30 January to Saturday 4 December
Where: Flaxmere Park, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A weekly half-hour programme of songs, rhymes and fingerplays especially for children aged 0-2 years and their parent/caregiver.
Building a foundation for literacy starts as soon as a child is born, and every story, song, rhyme or fingerplay strengthens that foundation. Help your child get a...
Date: Tuesday 26 January to Tuesday 14 December
Where: Havelock North Library, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics of the bay and visiting comics from around the world. If you want to have a go yourself, contact us through the Hawkes...
Date: Sunday 14 February to Sunday 12 December
Where: The Cabana, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hawkes Bay Comedy Open Mic Nights provide budding comedians with a safe place to strut their stuff, and experienced comics a place to try new material. Come and see the best comics from Hawkes Bay and visiting from around the world. If you want to have a go, please contact us through the Hawkes Bay...
Date: Tuesday 16 February to Tuesday 21 December
Where: The Common Room, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
We are a reliable, hard-working family business, with over 25 years’ experience in the industry.
Experienced team of plumbers in Napier & Hastings. Here at MEP Plumbing (HB) Ltd we provide a wide range of plumbing services.
For more information on us check out our website.
Date: Friday 31 December
Where: Hastings Racecourse, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Road To IELTS
Use the British Council’s Road to IELTS to help develop the skills you need to succeed in the test.
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Quick search for books, DVDs, CDs, Magazines etc. Napier Libraries have a large collection at our Taradale and Napier libraries.
Located on Marine Parade, Napier, is the Bay Skate Park - home to skateboarding, BMX, roller derby, inline hockey and scootering.
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We offer an all purpose built venue that uniquely combines spectacular outlooks with functional layout.
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The Faraday Centre in Napier, is Hawke's Bay's Museum of Technology. It's a place of discovery where history comes alive through hands on experience.
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Visit the Napier i-SITE to find out more about what is happening in Hawkes Bay, from events, activities and accommodation.
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Situated in the centre of Napier, in the middle of Onekawa Park, the Napier Aquatic Centre is a safe and affordable aquatic facility for everyone.
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Located in the Art Deco city of Napier. We have worked closely with our builders to promote and develop high quality housing within an open-aspect environment.
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Nowhere else in New Zealand will you discover a wider range of marine animals and native species in a single facility than at the National Aquarium of New Zealand.
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Unique Art Deco heritage has been preserved with the skilful addition of modern theatre facilities making it the best provincial performing arts centre in the nation.
View website for Napier Municipal Theatre
Comprising a Museum, Theatre and Gallery - MTG is home to a significant collection of objects that form the foundation of distinctive exhibitions, a world-class research facility and the MTG Theatre.
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For Napier City residents and citizens to have easy access to see what council are currently working on, completed, what they do, facilities, and council information.
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We are Hawkes Bay's premier holiday accommodation park providing an array of facilities to keep the entire family entertained.
View website for Kennedy Park Resort Napier
Come to Par2 MiniGolf and meet Seamore the Seagull at our sea-side minigolf courses. Challenge your friends and family for a round.
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