For more than 6,000 years, throughout Europe and Asia, the dawn rising of the Pleiades star cluster (Matariki, the Seven Sisters) was a significant and celebrated of event. In this presentation we explore their meaning ...
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Sunday 7 July 10:00am
"Reflection: A Matariki Exhibition" The artists of Te Hūpēnui Gallery explore the theme of reflection through the lens of Matariki, the Māori New Year. Matariki is a time of both celebration and contemplation, marking ...
Sunday 7 July 10:00am
People are extraordinary. In their achievements, in the way they help others, in competition and in playfulness. In recognition of an event, for a service, or of a visit, one party will give a physical item to another to ...
Sunday 7 July 10:00am
Make your way around the streets of Greytown, in search of the near-extinct, brightly lit 8-foot gingerbread men. How many can you find? Go quietly so not to scare them!! Enter the competition and go in the draw for ...
Sunday 7 July 10:00am
Take a trip down memory lane and explore toys and games from the last 150 years.
Discover why toy soldiers are now made from plastic and not lead, the rise and fall of fad toys, why Tetris theory is used in ...
Sunday 7 July 10:00am
"Fire and Ice: A Dual Exhibition" presents a juxtaposition of elemental forces, Artists have been invited to explore the dynamic interplay between heat and cold, passion and tranquility, destruction and creation.
In ...
Sunday 7 July 10:00am
Explore the wonders of Aotearoa's very own Stonehenge! On this self-guided tour you be given both a a map of the Henge and an audio-visual that explains how it works. Learn all about the Stones in the beauty of New ...
Sunday 7 July 10:00am
A threshold is a boundary or a gate – a point of entry or beginning. It is a precipice, or space in-between, and it is because of this that thresholds contains such poetic and conceptual potential.
This ...
Sunday 7 July 10:30am
Ever driven past beehives in a paddock and wondered what happens inside? Or maybe while you're enjoying a thick layer of honey on your toast you've wondered how many bees it took to make it? Maybe you just love good food ...