12 - 16 November 2008 HB Showgrounds, Hastings ADVERTISING FEATURE TAKITIMU FESTIVAL 2008 CELEBRATING OUR PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE www.takitimufestival.co.nz

Everyone’s Invited Takitimu Stage Kai Ora Stage Waka Stage TWOA Stage Moana Stage Numia'au Other Events Art Exhibitions Art Functions Wednesday 12th November What’s happening at the festival? 10.00am KAHUNGUNU POWHIRI (Showgrounds Grandstand) This is a special powhiri to welcome our Kahungunu whanau to Hawkes Bay KAHURANGI DANCE THEATRE That’s the message from Ngāti 11.00am HAKA POWHIRI MASS PRACTICE (Showgrounds Grandstand) Together, our Kahungunu whanau will unite in preparation for the Takitimu powhiri on Thursday Check out the Artists Performing!!! Kahungunu Chairman Ngahiwi This internationally reknowned group is a Hawke’s Bay 30 hours, 30 performances all for $30. 5.00pm TOI KAHUNGUNU ART EXHIBITION OPENING (Hastings Art Gallery) Tomoana as Hawke’s Bay fills with treasure. Their dynamic, energetic, and some times 6.00pm HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL CIVIC RECEPTION (By invitation only) visitors for this weeks events. NESIAN MYSTIC humourous shows have been presented in hundreds NATIONAL MAORI MUSIC AWARDS (Hastings Opera House Theatre - Tickets on sale separate to this event) Their Star is on the rise again with two current top 20 hits. of theatres and7.30 schoolpm halls across New Zealand and Close With crowds of up to 10,000 predicted Australia. 11.00pm Thursday 13th November and a huge range of events and performances being PATEA MAORI CLUB RUIA APEREHAMA Takitimu Stage Kai Ora Stage Waka Stage TWOA Stage Moana Stage Numia'au Other Events Art Exhibitions Art Functions showcased this is more than just a celebration of Enjoy New Zealand’s most infectious hit song “Poi E” live. those tribes that have descended from the Takitimu Ruia is a gifted10.00a singer/songwriterm MAIN TcomfortableAKITIMU POWHIR I (Showgrounds Grandstand) Kahungunu whanau will welcome the rest of the world to the Takitimu Festival hosted by our iwi canoe. It is a family reunion and cultural celebration in traditional2 .Māori00pm or contemporary musical Main entrance gates to the festival will open after the powhiri/hakari all rolled into one. ARDIJAH environments. Ruia’s style could be broadly categorisedFOO D VENDORS OPEN FOR TEA AND CRAFT STALLS OPEN FOR BUSINESS Platinum selling Pacific Music Award Winners Ardijah are as reggae, but strong jazz and pop influences abound. PAGEANT (Takitimu Stage) the pioneers of polyfunk, the fusion of Polynesian roots, 7.30pm Kahungunu, Samoa, Tribal Syndicate, Rezpect, Tamatea Arikinui Kapa Haka, Hastings Samoan Assembly, Kahurangi Dance Theatre, Jamoa Jam, Erena Tomoana, George Ferguson, If you are a visitor, we welcome you all to our region Black Katz, Hinewehi Mohi, Kui Tomoana Fashions, Te Rerenga Kotuku Kapa Haka, Toni Huata, Renata Connexion, William Winitana to experience for the first time ever, the vibrancy and ukulele rhythms and melodies with inspired R&B, funk HINEWEHI MOHI ***FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR*** artistic delights of the Takitimu waka (ancestral canoe). and reggae grooves. Hinewehi is a descendant of theHEAD NgātiL KahungunuINE ACT - T HEand L AUGHING SAMOANS " They'll make you laugh until it hurts & some! " Ngāi Tūhoe tribes and is a wonderful singer/songwriter The Ngāti Kahungunu iwi looks forward to hosting 11.00pm Close thousands of Takitimu descendants and visitors alike SPACIFIX and television producer. Friday 14th November from around the globe to discover new voices and new “Every so often a band comes along that alters our Takitimu Stage Kai Ora Stage Waka Stage TWOA Stage Moana Stage Numia'au Other Events Art Exhibitions Art Functions perception of what our music sounds like. Expect the ELENA stories presented in music, dance, art, and wānanga 6.00am WANANGA - (Waipatu Marae) Whakapapa, History, Waiata, & Karakia of Takitimu Waka from each area - Light Breakfast served unexpected from these eight “world fresh” performers She has a musical style that’s energetic, funky, (House of Learning) at the 2008 Inaugural Takitimu 9.00am Gates Open. Food and Craft Stalls open for Business. who defy comparison with their colour, energy, and passionate, and fun. Festival. 10.00am Takitimu 36 Hole theatrics. Vocal Workshop Haka Heroes Taikura Weaveavinging Deemmo Pakekeakeke Goollf VAIMUTU ALL10.30a STARSm Show WANANGA ART SEMINARS & Create your own itineraries, workshop, or step out into Takitimu WORKSHOPS NGATI Taonga Puoro THE LAUGHING SAMOANS Their music11 is. 00adescribedm as uplifting,Haka Hsummery,eroes happy, Tournament the unknown, just like our ancestors did 600 years KAHUNGUNU Cultural CNZ Toi Iho Maori Made Interactive Mark Applications & ago as they traversed the south seas on journeys of The Pacific’s favourite comedy duo of Eteuati Ete and and definitely11.30a funky.m The line-up features PolynesianHukarere STRATEGY Weaving Demo Summit M araenui PRESENTATION KAUPAPA Assessments stars Brother Love, Tyson, Chuck Upu,Haka H eT’angeloroes and TOI KAHUNGUNU Tofiga Fepuleai are set to perform a range of family Tautohetohe Story Telling Kia Maumahara Golf Club Hastings Art Gallery discovery. 12.00pm Takitimu Film Show Reo Debate ki te Mana Ahua ART EXHIBITION 11 - 12 noon friendly skits and routines from several of their hit shows. Melissa. Their funky popFes beatstival mixed with groovy Whakaari Reo Accoustic Set Ake o Te Waka Hastings Art Gallery HBH Opera House 12.30pm Branigan Kaa T ak i t i m u Vaka ukulele rhythms will infect any audience. Tapu o Takitimu 'Toi Kahungunu' 'P r o tections of Whanau Do these activities and more with your friends and (Tamariki Waiata) Group 1.00pm HBHS Pacific Weaving Demo 'To uphold the Fri 7.30-2.00pm HB Opera House Plaza r igh t o f Taonga on Loan family, and they’ll thank you for it! VAKA TAKITIMU Absolute 'Adornment & small to Museum collection' This young group representing Takitumu ki Rarotonga 1.30pm Meet Jamoa Jam Kahungunu Kura St Johns Pacific Weaving Demo Uniqueness of the Sat 7.30-2.00pm treasures' Toimairangi TWOA - And There’s So Much More… Check out Sacred Waka Heretaunga Taiwhenua 'Taonga Whakairo/ Meet 3 Houses won the Cook Islands 2007 Mairemaeva Nui competition. 2.00pm Pacific Group Taonga Puoro Takitimu….' 'Raranga, Fibre Arts' K o w h a i w hai the web site: www.takitimufestival.co.nzDown Guitar Workshop Toimairangi TWOA Conservation' They were given the honour of representing the Cook (Branigan Kaa) Piki mai, kake mai, haere mai 2.30pm Taikura Wananga Weaving Demo 'Rangatahi/ Emerging Heretaunga Taiwhenua WAIMARAMA artists' ' T a ong a R aranga/Fibre Islands at the 10th annual Pacific Arts Festival earlier this HIKOI Tamatea mai tawhiti 3.00pm Ta Moko Demo Conservation' year in Pago Pago, American Samoa. WANANGA ($55 pp) Hosted by BU S PICK UP Rongokako tapuwae haruru Vaimutu Allstars APRA / Weaving Demo 3.30pm Waka Ngati Kahungunu Heretaunga TICKET OUTLETS Maorimusic.com Navigation Iwi Taiwhenua Pōkaiwhenua Pōkaimoana 4.00pm Meet Spacifix Music Awards Acoustic Music TE RERENGA KOTUKU Pacific & Iwi 2.00pm Waikoko 2.30pm Kahungunu Pōkaiao The Wairoa kapa haka group has placed first on three Tickets4 are.30pm $30 for a 4-dayMee t valueNesian pass. Leaders Forum Mystik 'Recreating the BOOKINGS Mutunga kore consecutive occasions at the Ngāti Kahungunu Regionals Under 5.00 free.pm The cost for a single day NiuFM Hawaiki Nation' ESSENTIAL Tīhei Takitimu! and will proudly represent the iwi on the national Te "Takitimu's Got Presenters ticket is5. 30stillpm $30. These are on sale now Talent" Rangatahi include: Matatini stage in Tauranga next February. Vocal Challenge Paa Ariki at 40 Ticketek outlets nationwide Judged by Charlie Crofts 6.00pm Nesian Mystik www.ticketek.co.nz. Gate sales available. PAGEANT (Takitimu Stage) 7.30pm Nesian Mystik, Ngai Tahu, Ngati Ranginui, Fiji, Tonga, Three Houses Down, Sista Waitoa, Ngai Tahu Kapa Haka, Ariana Tikao, Elena Violin Virtuoso, KommiKaL, Fiji - Kula Bower, Ngati Ranginui Kapa Haka TAKITIMU Timetable INFORMATION 9.30pm HEADLINE ACT - SPACIFIX "Eight human dynamoes of energy and theatrics" 11.00pm Close Takitimu Stage Kai Ora Stage Waka Stage TWOA Stage Moana Stage Numia'au Other Events Art Exhibitions Art Functions Saturday 15th November Wednesday 12th November Takitimu Stage Kai Ora Stage Waka Stage TWOA Stage Moana Stage Numia'au Other Events Art Exhibitions Art Functions

10.00am KAHUNGUNU POWHIRI (Showgrounds Grandstand) This is a special powhiri to welcome our Kahungunu whanau to Hawkes Bay 6 . 00a m WANANGA (Waipatu Marae) - Whakapapa, History, Waiata, & Karakia of Takitimu Waka from each area WANANGA (Waipatu Marae) 11.00am HAKA POWHIRI MASS PRACTICE (Showgrounds Grandstand) Together, our Kahungunu whanau will unite in preparation for the Takitimu powhiri on Thursday 9.00am Gates Open. Food and Craft Stalls open for Business TOI KAHUNGUNU ART EXHIBITION OPENING (Hastings Art Gallery) 10.00am VARIOUS ACTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS ON ALL FIVE STAGES!! 5.00pm TAKITIMU Samoan KAHURANAKI HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL CIVIC RECEPTION (By invitation only) 10.30am Sax Supremo Weaving Demo WANANGA 6.00pm Assembly HIKOI ($20 pp) Economic MEETING POINT NATIONAL MAORI MUSIC AWARDS (Hastings Opera House Theatre - Tickets on sale separate to this event) 11.00am Te Huaki PuanakI Parearau Taikura Taonga Puoro 7.30pm Summit Kahuranaki STRATEGY Maunga 11.00pm Close 11.30am 3 Houses Down Fashion Show Weaving Demo Awhiorangi o 7 . 30am Register ART SEMINARS & Thursday 13th November Haka Heroes Te Waka Tapu TOI KAHUNGUNU 12.00pm Emma Paki Taikura Story Telling 9.00am Start WORKSHOPS Takitimu Film Show o Takitimu 1.00pm Wananga ART EXHIBITION Takitimu Stage Kai Ora Stage Waka Stage TWOA Stage Moana Stage Numia'au Other Events Art Exhibitions Art Functions Toimairangi TWOA Festival 'Paving the way for Hastings Art Gallery 12.30pm Wairarapa Acustic Set SOLD OUT Taonga Whakairo/ the Takitimu Waka' 'Toi Kahungunu' MAIN TAKITIMU POWHIRI (Showgrounds Grandstand) Kahungunu whanau will welcome the rest of the world to the Takitimu Festival hosted by our iwi The Wagners Kowhaiwhai 10.00am St Andrews 'Building HB Opera House Plaza 1.00pm Karl Teariki Weaving Demo Conservation Cook Islanders intergenerational 'Adornment & small 2.00pm Main entrance gates to the festival will open after the powhiri/hakari Heretaunga Taiwhenua Taikura wealth' treasures' 1.30pm Tamatea Arikinui Weaving Demo Taonga Raranga/Fibre FOOD VENDORS OPEN FOR TEA AND CRAFT STALLS OPEN FOR BUSINESS Workshop Heretaunga Taiwhenua Moana Keefe Conservation Workshop 2.00pm Zero T Taonga Puoro Golf Ends 'Raranga,Fibre arts' PAGEANT (Takitimu Stage) "He Wai" Billy TK Toimairangi TWOA Kahungunu, Samoa, Tribal Syndicate, Rezpect, Tamatea Arikinui Kapa Haka, Hastings Samoan Assembly, Kahurangi Dance Theatre, Jamoa Jam, Erena Tomoana, George Ferguson, Experience 7.30pm 2.30pm Ngarua Weaving Demo WANANGA 'Rangatahi/ Emerging Black Katz, Hinewehi Mohi, Kui Tomoana Fashions, Te Rerenga Kotuku Kapa Haka, Toni Huata, Renata Connexion, William Winitana artists' ***FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR*** Kahungunu 3.00pm Marama Smith Takitimu Vaka Fashion Show Ta Moko Demo Te Reo Strategy Cook Island Presentation HEADLINE ACT - THE LAUGHING SAMOANS " They'll make you laugh until it hurts & some! " Group Weaving Demo 3.30pm Witi & Patricia Guest Speaker Close Ngaa Morehu 11.00pm Moana Keefe Wo rkshop Dr Te Rangimarie 4.00pm Emma Paki Turuki Pere Friday 14th November "He Wai" Takitimu Stage Kai Ora Stage Waka Stage TWOA Stage Moana Stage Numia'au Other Events Art Exhibitions Art Functions 4.30pm Wairere Barnsley Kula Bower 'Fiji' Tai Winitana Waka Presentation 5.00pm Meet Ardijah NiuFM 6.00am WANANGA - (Waipatu Marae) Whakapapa, History, Waiata, & Karakia of Takitimu Waka from each area - Light Breakfast served Victoria Samoan "Takitimu's Got Student Assoc Talent" Rangatahi 9.00am Gates Open. Food and Craft Stalls open for Business. 5.30pm Hip Hop Dance Challenge 10.00am Takitimu 36 Hole 6.00pm Timothy Wagner Zero-T Vocal Workshop Haka Heroes Taikura Weaveavinging Deemmo Pakekeakeke Goollf 10.30am Show WANANGA ART SEMINARS & PAGEANT - (Takitimu Stage) Takitimu WORKSHOPS 7.30pm Tairawhiti, Te Aitanga a Mahaki, Taitokerau, Tahiti, Cook Islands, Ruia Aperahama, Iaora (Tahiti), Takitumu Vaka (Cook Islands), Hawaiian Performance, NGATI Taonga Puoro Tournament 11.00am Haka Heroes Vaimutu Allstars, Mere Boynton, Tama Waipara, Branigan Kaa, Special Guests Patea Maori Club KAHUNGUNU Cultural CNZ Toi Iho Maori Made Interactive Mark Applications & 11.30am Hukarere STRATEGY Weaving Demo Summit M araenui 9.30pm PRESENTATION KAUPAPA Assessments HEADLINE ACT - ARDIJAH "Polyfunk sweetness, love & laughter" Haka Heroes TOI KAHUNGUNU Tautohetohe Story Telling Kia Maumahara Golf Club Hastings Art Gallery Close 12.00pm Takitimu Film Show 11.00pm Reo Debate ki te Mana Ahua ART EXHIBITION 11 - 12 noon Festival Whakaari Reo Accoustic Set Ake o Te Waka Hastings Art Gallery HBH Opera House Sunday 16th November 12.30pm Branigan Kaa T ak i t i m u Vaka Tapu o Takitimu 'Toi Kahungunu' 'P r o tections of Whanau (Tamariki Waiata) Group 1.00pm HBHS Pacific Weaving Demo 'To uphold the Fri 7.30-2.00pm HB Opera House Plaza r igh t o f Taonga on Loan CLOSING CEREMONY (Waka Stage) All welcome! Absolute 'Adornment & small to Museum collection' treasures' Toimairangi TWOA - Celebratory farewell perfomances by Takitimu Choral Ensembles, 1.30pm Meet Jamoa Jam Kahungunu Kura St Johns Pacific Weaving Demo Uniqueness of the Sat 7.30-2.00pm From 10.00am Sacred Waka Heretaunga Taiwhenua 'Taonga Whakairo/ Meet 3 Houses 2.00pm Pacific Group Taonga Puoro Takitimu….' 'Raranga, Fibre Arts' K o w h a i w hai Mass Pacific Choral Recital,Taonga Gifting Ceremony. Down Guitar Workshop Toimairangi TWOA Conservation' (Branigan Kaa) Food & Craft Stalls open until 2.00pm 2.30pm Taikura Wananga Weaving Demo 'Rangatahi/ Emerging Heretaunga Taiwhenua WAIMARAMA artists' ' T a ong a R aranga/Fibre HIKOI Ta Moko Demo Conservation' 3.00pm WANANGA ($55 pp) Hosted by BU S PICK UP Vaimutu Allstars APRA / Weaving Demo FESTIVAL SITE MAP 3.30pm Waka Ngati Kahungunu Heretaunga Maorimusic.com Navigation Iwi Taiwhenua 4.00pm Meet Spacifix Music Awards Acoustic Music 1. Takitimu Stage Pacific & Iwi 2.00pm 2. Corporate Hospitality Meet Nesian Leaders Forum Waikoko 2.30pm 3. Kai Ora Stage 4.30pm 4. Waka Stage Mystik 'Recreating the BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL 5. TWOA Marquee and Stage 5.00pm NiuFM Hawaiki Nation' 6. Moana Stage "Takitimu's Got Presenters 7. Kiddies play activities 5.30pm Talent" Rangatahi include: 8. Food/Arts and Crafts Village Vocal Challenge Paa Ariki 9. Kiddies Zone, Arts and Crafts, Tā Moko Judged by Charlie Crofts 10. Main Entrance 6.00pm Nesian Mystik 11. Alternative exit to carpark/campsite 12. VIP/Headliners carpark and entrance PAGEANT (Takitimu Stage) 13. Rongoā Healing Marquee 7.30pm Nesian Mystik, Ngai Tahu, Ngati Ranginui, Fiji, Tonga, Three Houses Down, Sista Waitoa, Ngai Tahu Kapa Haka, Ariana Tikao, Elena Violin Virtuoso, 14. Weavers Marquee and demonstration area 15. Toilets/Portaloos KommiKaL, Fiji - Kula Bower, Ngati Ranginui Kapa Haka 16. Waka (2-3 in lake) 17. Site office, Ticketing, First Aid, ATM, Merchandise 9.30pm HEADLINE ACT - SPACIFIX "Eight human dynamoes of energy and theatrics" 18. Information Centre 11.00pm Close 19. Numi’au – Te Puna Korero Saturday 15th November TAKITIMUTakitim uSITE Stage K aINFORMATIONi Ora Stage Waka Stage TWOA Stage Moana Stage Numia'au Other Events Art Exhibitions Art Functions + 6.00am WANANGA (Waipatu Marae) - Whakapapa, History, Waiata, & Karakia of Takitimu Waka from each area WANANGA (Waipatu Marae) PERFORMANCE9.00am TIMES Gates Open. Food and Craft Stalls open for Business Thursday10. 00a13 mNovember VARIOUS ACTS AND7:30pm DEMONST RtoATI 11:30pmONS ON ALL FI VE STAGES!! Gates open at 2.00pm TAKITIMU Samoan KAHURANAKI Friday 1410. 30aNovemberm 9:30am to 12:00amSax S upremo WeavingGates Demo openWAN AatNG 9.00amA to 12.30am Assembly HIKOI ($20 pp) Economic MEETING POINT Saturday11. 00a15 Novemberm Te Huaki Puanak10:00amI Parearau to 12:00amTaik ura TaongaGates Puoro open at 9.00am to 12.30am Summit Kahuranaki STRATEGY Maunga Sunday11 16.30a Novemberm 10:00am3 Houses to Do w1:00pmn Fashion Show WeavingGates Demo open at 9.00am to 3.00pm Awhiorangi o 7 . 30am Register ART SEMINARS & Haka Heroes Te Waka Tapu TOI KAHUNGUNU 12.00pm Emma Paki Taikura Story Telling 9.00am Start WORKSHOPS Takitimu Film Show o Takitimu 1.00pm Wananga ART EXHIBITION ENTRANCES: The main entrance to the site is from Kenilworth Road. CAR PARKING: There is unlimited free parking at the festival Toiwithinmairangi the TW grounds.OA Festival 'Paving the way for Hastings Art Gallery 12.30pm Wairarapa Acustic Set SOLD OUT Taonga Whakairo/ the Takitimu Waka' 'Toi Kahungunu' WRISTBANDS: Everyone on site will need to wear a TakitimuThe W wristband,agners which is issued on entry. SUN SAFETY: Have fun in the Hawke’sKowh aBayiwha isun. “Slip, Slop, Slap and Wrap”. St Andrews 'Building HB Opera House Plaza 1.00pm Karl Teariki Weaving Demo Conservation Wear your hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen andCoo kseek Island theers shade. WHEELCHAIR ACCESS:inter geneThera sitetional and venues are 'accessibleAdornment & smato thosell wheeling themselves around. Heretaunga Taiwhenua Taikura wealth' treasures' INFORMATION1.30pm CENTRE: There is an informationTamatea centreArikinui inside the mainWeav entry.ing Dem If oyou need help, directions, or want to leave a message,Taonga R thisarang ais/Fib there place. Programmes and Workshop Heretaunga Taiwhenua Moana Keefe Conservation Workshop EFTPOS are2.00 availablepm here. AUAHI KORE – SMOKE FREE: TheZ estagero T areas,Taong workshopsa Puoro and indoor venuesGolf End ares smoke'Rarang free.a,Fibr ePlease arts' work with us on this. "He Wai" Billy TK Toimairangi TWOA Experience 2.30pm Ngarua Weaving Demo WANANGA 'Rangatahi/ Emerging artists' Kahungunu 3.00pm Marama Smith Takitimu Vaka Fashion Show Ta Moko Demo Te Reo Strategy Cook Island Presentation Group Weaving Demo 3.30pm Witi & Patricia Guest Speaker Ngaa Morehu The Takitimu Festival isMoan aProudly Keefe Wo rkshop SupportedDr Te Rangima by:rie Emma Paki Turuki Pere 4.00pm "He Wai" Wairere Barnsley Kula Bower 'Fiji' Tai Winitana Gold Sponsors4.30pm Silver SponsorsWaka Bronze Sponsors Presentation 5.00pm Meet Ardijah NiuFM Victoria Samoan "Takitimu's Got Student Assoc Talent" Rangatahi 5.30pm Hip Hop Dance Challenge 6.00pm Timothy Wagner Zero-T PAGEANT - (Takitimu Stage) 7.30pm Tairawhiti, Te Aitanga a Mahaki, Taitokerau, Tahiti, Cook Islands, Ruia Aperahama, Iaora (Tahiti), Takitumu Vaka (Cook Islands), Hawaiian Performance, Vaimutu Allstars, Mere Boynton, Tama Waipara, Branigan Kaa, Special Guests Patea Maori Club 9.30pm HEADLINE ACT - ARDIJAH "Polyfunk sweetness, love & laughter" 11.00pm Close Sunday 16th November Kahungunu Asset Holding Company CLOSING CEREMONY (Waka Stage) All welcome! Celebratory farewell perfomances by Takitimu Choral Ensembles, From 10.00am Mass Pacific Choral Recital,Taonga Gifting Ceremony. Food & Craft Stalls open until 2.00pm