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JANUARY 2017
community -6 Weeks Of Summer
Programme - the Kauaeranga Visitor
centre offers dozens of enticing nature
related lectures, workshops, abseiling,
guided walks, treasure hunts, crafts,
movies. Access to numerous campgrounds
and two camping huts, one near base of the
Pinnacles peaks. most activities are free.
Some are available or can be scheduled at
other times of year, café open everyday.
See event schedule p21-24 for more
details. contact the centre: 07 867 9080,
sAt 21 JAN - thU 23 feb
exhibition - ‘Blurred Lines’ by Jennie de
Groot bread & butter Gallery, Whitianga.
exhibition opens midday Sat 21 Jan.
fRI 27 JAN
conceRt - Andrew White Live eggsentric
cafe & Restaurant, cooks beach,
8-11pm. Show only: $20 Dinner &
show: $45. tickets 07 866 0307
sAt 28 JAN
WAlKinG - Guided Walk through Hall’s
Arboretum in Thames William hall
memorial Reserve, 9am. Free, led by
historian David Wilton. begin at currie St
entrance (off mt Sea Rd). Approx 90 mins to
complete the lower Arboretum, which has a
good walking track. later, ramble over the
upper part of the Arboretum.
conceRt - Shapeshifter: The Upbeats,
P-Money & Sunshine Sound System
Williamson Park, Whangamata, 4pm. R18,
earlybird: $65.
conceRt - Radiobaby Punters bar and
Grill, tairua, 8pm-1am. R18, free admission.
local band Radiobaby bring their rock out
tunes to tairua for a good night of dancing!
FiShinG - Troy Wheeler Contracting Ladies
Fishing Tournament m Game Fishing club,
Whitianga. Get your teams & rods together
ladies! entry forms from mercury bay Game
& Fishing or website:
sUN 29 JAN
conceRt - Whitianga Summer Concert
will feature icehouse, Alan Parsons
live Project & bonnie tyler. Whitianga
Waterways, Whitianga, 11am-6:30pm. $99
tickets 0800 ticKeteK.
conceRt - The LMM Club manaia cafe and
bar, tairua, 2-6pm every Sunday. Free. All
year music sessions are here to stay. local
performers contact shirley@localmusicians.
or 027 529 5916 to book your month
to be our featured artist.
febUARY 2017
sAt 4 - sUN 5 feb
FeStiVAl - Leadfoot Festival leadfoot
Ranch, hahei. the leadfoot Festival is a
unique weekend bringing together a mix of
classic cars and motorsport legends.
sAt 4 - moN 6 feb
WRitinG - Creative Writing Workshops
Led By Renee Liang embassy of
Friendship, Whitianga. Sat 2-5pm
Workshop; Sun 1-4pm Workshop, 8-10pm
book making; mon 12-2pm book launch &
readings. Adult $45, youth 15-18yrs $25,
tickets: 0277413230.
sAt 4 feb - sAt 11 mAR
SPoRt - Junior Weekend Tennis mercury
bay tennis club, Whitianga. Join our Junior
tennis players for weekend sessions. Sat
mornings in term one 2017: 6-9 year olds
8:30-9:30am; 10-15 year olds 9:30-
10:30am. $20 Junior membership fee,
players need their own racket.
sUN 5 feb
FeStiVAl - coromandel mussel Kitchen,
coromandel, 2pm-12am. $45, child $15,
under 5’s free, free onsite camping. mussel
favorites served all day: fritters, steamed
with sauces, grilled half shell, battered,
chowder. live music. 0800 buy tix (289
849)
sAt 11 feb
enteRtAinment - Paeroa Highland Games
and Tattoo Paeroa Domain, Paeroa, 9am-
9pm. the 24th Annual Paeroa highland
Games & tattoo. Starting as a small Pipe
bands competition, the tattoo has grown,
and today is a fully-fledged highland
Games. one of only seven such Scottish
gatherings in nZ, and the only evening
tattoo held in nZ. See website for schedule
sAt 11 - sUN 12 feb
FAiR - Mind Body Spirit Fair thames War
memorial civic centre, thames, 10am. Free
entry and workshops. browse the lovely
products and services have a reading, get a
healing.
sAt 11 feb - sUN 12 mAR
exhibition - ‘Great Barrier Paintings’ by
Ginney Deavoll bread & butter Gallery,
Whitianga. exhibition opens midday Sat 11
Feb. See p12,
sAt 18 feb
FAiR - Life is a Cabaret Whangamata
memorial hall, Whangamata, 7-10pm. GA
$20 R18. the award-winning burlesque
and cabaret show, the Rock ‘n’ Roll circus,
comes to Whangamata for the first time.
0800 buy tix (289 849)
SPoRt - ARC Adventure Race includes 2
races. A longer teams race that takes 12-
18hrs and a shorter one of 6-10hrs. Finish
before 6pm Saturday with prize giving.
sAt 18 - moN 20 feb
FiShinG - Billfish Classic Fishing
Competition mercury bay Fishing club, 12
the esplanade, Whitianga. Get your team
together and join up for some fishing fun
and competition in the billfish classic in
Whitianga, mercury bay. to register, see
sAt 18 - sAt 25 feb
FiShinG - Nationals Fishing Tournament
mercury bay Fishing club, 12 the
esplanade, Whitianga. enjoy a week of
fishing competition in Whitianga and
mercury bay. info mbFc
FiShinG - Tristram Marine Open Fishing
Tournament Whitianga 2017 if fishing is
your thing then grab your rod and enter the
sponsored tristram marine mercury bay
open Fishing tournament in Whitianga. to
register, see
sUN 19 feb
RAcinG - Paeroa Battle of the Streets
Paeroa. Riders once again converge on
this quiet town to compete around the
famous ‘hacksaw’ street circuit, closing
Sh2 for the day. See p51 for more .
fRI 24 - sUN 26 feb
RetReAt - Mindful Photography
mahamudra centre for universal unity,
colville, Fri 6-8:30pm, Sat 8:am-8:30pm,
Sun 8am-3:30pm. Pre-register by 20
Feb. course and meals fee $160; plus
accommodation. call 07 866 6851.
RAlly - Indian Owners Motorcycle Rally
Starts at thames Fri 24 Feb. leaves from
tapu holiday camp Sat 25 Feb to Driving
creek Railway, then coromandel township,
onto Whitianga, to iconic coroglen for a
pitstop. Final destinarion and Prizegiving
at top 10 holiday Park, hot Water beach
on Sat eve. See article on page 54,
sAt 25 feb
SPoRt - Hauraki Summer Series 2017:
Race 2. 10km-15km. Whitianga info
milan lukic,
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