For thousands of years, people have used the natural world to help with their journey navigation. The exhibition Nga Haerenga/ Journeys – Celebrating Matariki highlights this notion from legendary Polynesian explorer ...
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Friday 10 June 10:00am
William Beetham established a career as a professional portrait artist in England, but, anxious about prospects for his children, he emigrated to New Zealand with his family in 1855. The following year he founded what ...
Friday 10 June 10:00am
Karen Madoc is a Masterton-based artist who uses colour, form, layering, sgraffito and other techniques to create abstract paintings which reflect her interest in organic forms, mapping, views of the world from above, ...
Friday 10 June 06:15pm
The sounds of kapa haka performed by children from the combined Featherston schools will greet you as you take your seats at Featherston Booktown’s now famous Opening Night Fish’n’Chip Supper.
We will be ...
Friday 10 June 07:30pm
Rediscover the night sky from our dark sky site in Wairarapa. We are set well away from sources of light pollution, half way between Martinborough and Carterton.
Please check the directions here so you know where to ...
Friday 10 June 10:00pm
Come warm your bones by the fire, very late at the Royal Hotel, as we chill you with a selection of original sinister tales written especially for this event by Kiwi horror authors, including Cassie Hart, Denver Grenell, ...
Friday 10 June 10:00pm
Singing sensation and former Featherston/Pae Tū Mōkai resident, Moana Leota, and her live band celebrate the significance of poetry captured in some of the most highly acclaimed songs to date, including ...
Saturday 11 June 09:00am
Witi Ihimaera is the first Māori writer to publish both a book of short stories and a novel.
He considers “the world I’m in as Māori, not European” and his fiction has grown out of this perspective.
For ...