Waimakariri OCTOBER 2017 Event Guide Events

More info at: www.visitwaimakariri.co.nz/events or i-SITE Visitor Centre, Phone: 03 327 3134, Email: [email protected]

14th - 15th World 22nd Dog Day Afternoon TO Championship Jetboat As part of Conservation Week, RECEIVE Marathon family walk with your dog to the SIGN UP OUR REGULAR EVENTS CALENDAR 9am, Boat Ramp. top of Mt Grey /Maukatere on the October boat show and circuit time forestry road for fantastic views www.visitwaimakariri.co.nz/events trial on the Waimakariri. over Waimakariri.

22nd Oxford Speedway 1st Hellers Pegasus Fun Run 11am, Carleton Road. North 8.30am, Pegasus Lake. Make Canterbury Champs for all grades. it your first event of Spring! 11km, 6km options plus a 2.5km 28th RUN!! Don’t be Dead Last lakeside loop! Zombie Run Breeze Walking Festival 7pm, Dudley Park, . Enter 1st Spring into Oxford Join in these free guided walks as either a Zombie or Survivor. to explore diverse and natural 10am, Pearson Park, Oxford. Family A family friendly event so bring the landscapes of the Waimakariri. fun day with cars from all ages, 17th Soroptimist Annual kids too! entertainment and stalls. A fundraiser 1st Tuhaitara Trail/Beach for the Oxford Men’s Shed. Craft and Market Day 10am, Rangiora A&P Walk 6th - 7th Rangiora Rotary Showgrounds. Spring day out 10am, Tuhaitara Trust Office, October Book Fair with over 90 stalls selling a large Woodend Beach Rd variety of crafts and food. 8.30am Fri & Sat, Rangiora Borough 7th Loop Track School, King St, Rangiora. The book fair includes 100’s of books, 28th Woodford Glen – 10.30am, Glentui Picnic Area, 20th Auckland Piano Trio magazines, CD’s, DVD’s and puzzles! Fireworks Extravaganza Glentui Bush Road 7.30pm, Chamber Gallery, 7pm, Doubledays Rd, Kaiapoi. Rangiora. Come along to hear three 10th Twilight River Bird 7th Spring Garden Party A family favourite, racing, high profile artists perform well Discovery No. 10 Road, . Dress up in entertainment with an impressive known favourites. your ‘Garden Party Best’ for Kaiapoi display of fireworks. 6pm, Ashley River Picnic Area, Anglican Parish. Ashley Bridge. limited to 15 – 20th - 22nd Ashgrove School 29th Plant Sale bookings required sensor@doc. 50th Jubilee 8th Wellbeing Expo at Manaia 10am, Ohoka School, Jacksons govt.nz 10am, 1 Merton Road, Rangiora. Various times and venues, see Road, Ohoka. Over 15,000 plants 12th Ramble Treat yourself to a day of wellbeing. website. A chance to catch up for sale at the super low prices with old school mates, teachers, starting from $2. 10am, Kaiapoi Library, Williams 12th Passchendaele neighbours, family and friends in Street, Kaiapoi Centenary Service some relaxed social settings. 29th Oxford Garden Fete 13th Beech Forest Botanical 11am, Kaiapoi Cenotaph, 10am, Ribblesdale Gardens, Raven Quay. Remembering Oxford. A relaxing day out in Oxford Discovery Passchendaele. featuring music, food, children’s 10.30am, Wooded Gully Picnic entertainment and over 80 stalls in Area, Mt Thomas Forest a beautiful garden setting. Conservation Area. limited to 25 – bookings required sensor@ doc.govt.nz

15th Nature 20th - 22nd Rangiora A&P Discovery 13th - 15th Art Show 11am, Ashley Gorge Recreation Show Reserve, (between Oxford and 8am – 4pm, Rangiora A&P ) 7pm-10.30pm Fri, 10am – 4pm Showgrounds. A great day out Sat/Sun, Pegasus Bay School. for the family to experience the Visit our website for more 80 artists exhibiting from activities of a rural show. Family information on each walk. throughout Canterbury with entertainment, food stalls, 29th Oxford Farmers Market guest artists Frank Malone and craft and trade plus a variety of Amateur Cheese Competition Rachel Harre from Woodend livestock sections on show. 9am, Oxford Farmer’s Market. Local Beach. home cheese makers are invited to 21st Woodford Glen bring their cheeses to a tasting and - Opening Night informal judging by all the tasters. 13th - 15th The Magic of Light RANGIORA’S. 7pm, Doubledays Rd, Kaiapoi. Photography Exhibition . The AmPro Tools Woodford Glen 31st Waimakariri Light Party PREMIER 10am – 4.30pm, iD Gallery, Speedway promises to deliver 4.30pm, Wylie Park, Kaiapoi. A PRINTERS. Brick Mill, . Over 100 another summer of speedway thrills fun family evening offering a safe photographic images to view and spills for the whole family. alternative to trick or treating. and buy presented by Rangiora www.createdesignstudio.co.nz Photographic Society.