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COROMANDEL LIFE
SPRING 2013
FISHING
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Kids Day.
Tairua Pauanui Sport
Fishing Club, 11 Tui
Terrace, Tairua.
Info: 07 864 8361
or
FRI 3 JAN
MARKET
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Pauanui Market Day. The annual
Market Day at Kennedy Park. Entertainment for
kids, great food & coffee, over 100 stalls. Info:
Amber Cordero-
SPORT
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Contact Tri
Series, Whangamata.
Races for all levels.
Williamson Park, 8am-1pm.
Info: Haidee Stratford
or
FAMILY/FUN
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Tairua Summertime Trivia.
Family trivia evening at the Community Hall,
7pm. BYO refreshments, prizes for best
summer-decorated table. Kids too!
Info: Tairua Info Centre- 07 864 7575
MUSIC
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Shapeshifter with Opiuo, Coroglen.
Shapeshifter ignites the Coroglen Tavern at
8pm, R18.
SAT 4 JAN
FESTIVAL/FUNDRAISER
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Cooks Beach
Summer Gala. Raise funds for Whenuakite
School at the Central Reserve, Banks St, 9am
to 3pm. Over 100 stalls & activities for young &
old.
FESTIVAL/food
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Tairua
School Wine & Food Festival.
Limited parking at school,
shuttle from Rugby Club on
Manaia Rd for Gold Coin.
Ferry runs all day from
Pauanui. No pets, no BYO.
Tairua School, 110 Main Road, 9am-5pm.
Info: Tairua Info Centre - 07 864 7575 or
festival/SPORT
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Interislander Summer
Festival, Thames Races. Local food, wine & live
music. Thames Race Course, 9am. Info: Don
Patterson- 021 245 3963,
SPORT
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Thundercat Racing Whangamata.
1st race of national series, Whangamata
Beach, 11am. Info: Sandi Keen- 027 4712 743,
FISHING
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Valley Toyota Top Ten Trolling
Tournament, Sat/Sun 4/5 Jan. The Mercury Bay
Gamefishing Club. Info: 07-866-4121,
SUN 5 JAN
FISHING
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Ladies Mad Hatter, Pauanui. All
welcome to weigh in. Enter all tournaments at
Pauanui Service Station or Pauanui Marine.
Info: 021 966 153 or
SPORT
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Thundercat Racing Matarangi.
Don’t miss this action packed day. Matarangi
Beach, 11am. Info: Sandi Keen- 027 4712 743,
or
MON 6 JAN
FILM FESTIVAL
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Show
Me Shorts Film Festival,
6-12 Jan, Monkey House
Theatre, Coghill Street,
Whitianga. 8th annual
national film festival of best new short films
from NZ and the world.
Info:
TUE 7 JAN
FAIR/FUNDRAISER
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Hahei Market. Annual
summer market at the new venue, Kotare
Domain, Pa Road. Fundraiser for the Hahei
Community Library. Info: Judith Couldrey - 07
866 3250,
FAIR/FUNDRAISER
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Supper Room Antiques
and Collectables Fair, Whitianga, 7-8 Jan.
Professional, licensed out of town dealers.
Whitianga Town Hall, 24 Monk Street, 10-5 Tue,
10-4 Sun. Gold coin donation for St John’s.
WED 8 JAN
FESTIVAL/FUNDRAISER
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Mercury Bay
Seaside Carnival, Whitianga for Mercury Bay
Area School. 150 stalls! 9am-3pm. On the
waterfront, Buffalo Beach Reserve.
Info:
SAT 11 JAN
YOUTH
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Mud, Splash ‘n Dash, Tairua. Pirate-
themed races on harbour flats at low tide.
Teams & individuals. Prizes for pirate costume,
Sandcastle competition & treasure hunt, 10am.
Info: Tairua Info Centre - 07 864 7575
DOG SHOW
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The Original Tairua Scruffs Dog
Show. Best tricks, agility trials (for owners too)
and look-alike competitions. Cool canine prizes.
Limited registration. 11:30am on the Pepe
Reserve. Tairua Info Centre - 07 864 7575
FUNDRAISER
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Tairua Trash and Treasure.
Recycle those unwanted gifts and clean out the
garage! Sprinkling of stalls. 9am. Info: Tairua
Info Centre - 07 864 7575
SUN 12 JAN
FISHING
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Pauanui Classic Snapper Catch.
All welcome to weigh in. Enter all tournaments
at Pauanui Service Station or Pauanui Marine.
Info: 021 966 153 or
SAT 25 JAN
ART
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Tairua Summer ArtMart. Vote for best
entries & browse the stalls. Local musos. Tairua
Community Hall 10am- 3pm. Info: Tairua Info
Centre - 07 864 7575
FISHING
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Shimano Standup, 25-26 Jan.
Tairua Pauanui Sport Fishing Club, 11 Tui Tce.
Info:
call 07 864 8361
MUSIC/FUNDRAISER
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Concert in the
Vines returns to the Coromandel. Proceeds
to Westpac Rescue Helicopter. Under 12 free.
Mercury Bay Estate & Lonely Bay Vineyards in
Cooks Beach, 2pm - 9pm.
Info: Nathan Turley- 09 950 7261
or
MUSIC
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Experience U2 - New Zealand’s Live
U2 Show, Pauanui Sports & Recreation Club,
8pm. Back by popular demand!
Info:
FISHING
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Ladies & Ladies Blue Tournament,
25-26 Jan. The Mercury Bay Gamefishing Club.
Info: 07-866-4121,
or
SUN 26 JAN
FISHING
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Anniversary Big
Snapper Catch, Pauanui. All
welcome to weigh in. Enter
at Pauanui Service Station
or Pauanui Marine. Info: 021 966 153 or
MUSIC
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Experience U2 - New Zealand’s Live
U2 Show, The Whitianga Hotel, 8pm. Back by
popular demand!
available for gold
coin donation
fare
Mondays
Play free Poker
in nZ series of Poker
Tuesdays
Toss the Boss
flip a coin to see who pays 7pm-7.30pm
Wednesdays
Steak Night
$20 steak meal
Thursdays
Pool competition
$2 to play, $50 bar tab to the winner
Fri/saT
$20 Burger and Beer Deal
rugby and League LiVe
sundays
Kids Eat Free
from kids menu (1 child free per paying adult)
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