February 13 & 14 Taan's Thunder in the Bay FebruaryJanuary 20 23 & &21, 24 Saturday & Sunday Professional Development GisbornePoverty Carriage Bay Polo Drivers Open Workshop Combined Driving Trials For professionals; educators, health Come along and watch the driven professionals and support workers to dressage and cone course competition. learn best-practice skills and strategies Waikohu Golf Club, 319 Whatatutu Rd, to interact in positive ways with people Te Karaka, 9am-midday, free entry on the spectrum and their families. GUIDE Facilitated by Catherine Trezona, FEBRUARY 2021 ConTact CARE Equine national manager and Joanne Lawless, Foundation Course autism specialist. Bring your own horse to follow the HB Williams Memorial Library, 34 Bright journey together or attend without a St, 9am-3pm. Register: $150+GST at horse and learn an efficient, safe way to [email protected] or help relieve pain, stress and/or tension Kelly Booth ph 07 903 7013 in the horse’s body. Gisborne Riding for the Disabled, Gate 3, Te Hapara Garden and Floral A&P Showgrounds, Main Rd, Makaraka, Club 9am-5pm. Details/bookings: $345 for two Commune with like-minded people days, ph/text Greg 021 703 992 or to improve gardening skills and learn Feb 25 9am-4pm, Agri Women’s Luncheon Showgrounds, Main Rd, Makaraka, 3-8pm, [email protected] floral art. with Mavis Mullin 11.30am-1.30pm and R18. Tickets+Bfee: $169-$189 from ticketfairy. St Mark’s Hall, 776 Childers Rd, 2.30pm February 20-27, Saturday to Saturday Bayleys A&P Muster 6-9pm. Tickets at the com includes food/beverage tastings, art/ gate; single day pass $20. See eastcoastexpo. cooking demonstrations, chef competitions, NZ Nationals Fishing Contest Bee Smart Gisborne co.nz for tickets: Luncheon (cost is not buses to/from event and a lounge area. Purchase Weigh-in An opportunity for local beekeepers to confirmed) and muster $20 each of other food/drink/retail products not incl in Come along and watch the catch of the get together and share ideas. ticket price; cash-only day being unloaded from boats entered EIT Rural Studies, 320 Stout St, 7-9pm, February 25, Thursday in the contest. ph 027 218 8848 for details Women’s Native Tree Project Eastland Group Raceway race Gisborne Tatapouri Sports Fishing Club, Working Bee: Titirangi meeting Shed 2, Inner Harbour, approx 3-6pm February 24, Wednesday Come along and check on/release Derby, Saloon Champs & Walsh during the competition Altogether Autism: Kids do well if they can young plants around the edge of the Memorial February 21, Sunday main planting area. Gates open 4.30pm, racing 6pm. See Feb 13 Come along to a workshop for family/ Titirangi/Kaiti Hill carpark, 5-7pm Wa165 Steam Train Trip to whanau and professionals if there is an Sam Bartells: Let's Go Tour Muriwai autistic child in your life. Facilitated by FreeDance A band of hand-picked session musicians Catherine Trezona and Joanne Lawless, From the Railway Station, Grey St at 1pm. A movement and dance meditation with a blend of alt-rock and country, with see Feb 23. See Feb 7 practice with a variety of sound and guest: Grace Kelly, country-pop sensation. The Rose Room, Lawson Field Theatre, rhythms. Smash Palace Bar, 24 Banks St, 8pm-late, R18. 7 Fitzherbert St, 11am-2pm, & 6-9pm, free. Sunday Music at Matawhero St Andrew’s Church Hall, 176 Cobden St, Tickets+Bfee: $15 from eventfinda.co.nz Register by Feb 15 at Wines 7-8.30pm, $7, bring water bottle and comfy [email protected] Bridge Street Band plays live blues, clothes. See Facebook February 28, Sunday rock, pop and country music. or Kelly Booth ph 07 903 7013 Universal Energy Healing 1-3pm. See Feb 7 February 24 & 25, Wednesday Surfing for Farmers: Try a relaxing universal healing experience. & Thursday Tolaga Bay Blind Foundation Rooms, 39 Grey St, Gisborne Country Music Club For all who work on the land. Get off- 10am-2.30pm, $8A, $5Ch. Details: Ph Rose 1-4pm. See Feb 7 East Coast Farming Expo: farm for some quality downtime, learn 027 777 0782 February 23, Tuesday Creating opportunities to farm to surf from professional coaches, have Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids smarter and longer a BBQ and catch up (& Mar 12). Sunday Music at Matawhero TRYathlon Innovative trade exhibits and seminars Kaiaua Beach, Tolaga Bay, 5.30-7.30pm, Wines For ages 6-15 of all sporting abilities to for sheep and beef farmers. Muster free T-Bonez plays live music. swim, cycle and run their way around panelists: Minister of Agriculture Hon. 1-3pm. See Feb 7 age appropriate courses. Damien O’Connor, National MP Fearless Fridays Improv Churchill Park, Beacon St, 8am-12.45pm, Lawrence Yule, Beef+Lamb NZ's Mark Comedy Club $35-$40 online or $45-$50 on the day. Harris and sheep/beef farmer Nuku For ages 15/over to learn about improv Register: Facebook or tryathlon.co.nz Hadfield. and have a laugh. Wairoa A&P Showgrounds, Ruataniwha Evolution Theatre Company, 75 Disraeli St, Rd, Feb 24 9am-5.15pm, Altogether Autism: 6.30pm, $5 cash-only door sales In The Shallows: WHAT TO WATCH OUTFOR IN Debut Album Tour A live band blending catchy vocal MARCH 2021 hooks, soaring harmonies and acoustic BOOK NOW AT 1 guitar. Hanganga Reo Matatini Workshop Smash Palace Bar, 24 Banks St, 7.30-10.30pm 4 www.railbikes.nz Royal NZ Ballet: Tutus on Tour February 26-28, Friday to Sunday 5 Mahia Tuna Tournament Farmlands Gisborne Fishing Competition A fishing contest targeting marlin, tuna, kingfish, kahawai and snapper, 12-13 with lucky angler draws. Nicks Head Charity Fishing Tournament Mahia Boating & Fishing Club, 1 Pohutukawa Dr, 5am lines in the water, 13 $40 members, $50 non-members. Massively Metallica Briefing: 7pm, Feb 25. Register at the club 13, 26 & 27 between 6-7.30pm Feb 25 or 7-8am Speedway: Eastland Group Raceway Feb 26 & 27. Wet weather postponement dates: March 5-7 14 Tairawhiti Multicultural Council: Festival of February 27, Saturday Lights February 23 Essence of Tairawhiti Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon 18 A festival experience with local Heath Franklin’s Chopper: The Silencer growers/producers, live music, Azailia and Lilah Tamanui masterclasses and demonstrations 19 hosted by local chefs, hunters, An evening with Marlon Williams gatherers and artisan winemakers. Bayley’s House & Garden area, A&P 20-21 Relay For Life: Cancer Society Fundraiser 34067-01 36784-01 Extravaganza Fair February 6 The Waitangi Day Out education. February 13, 20 & 27, Saturdays Te Poho-o-Rawiri Marae, Queens Dr, Tairawhiti Coffin Club midday-5pm, free FEBRUARY Design and decorate your own personalised coffin; constructed by a February 17, Wednesday joiner. Senior Board Series 2020-2021 February 1, Monday professional coaches, have a BBQ BCR Joinery, 522 Gladstone Rd, 9am- Find a shady spot on the beach Te Karaka Bowling Club 100 and catch up (to Mar 16). midday. Details: [email protected] and watch the surf lifesaving senior Year Centennial Meet beside the green container, members compete in a paddleboard Call in over the long weekend, have a Midway Beach, 5.30-7.30pm, free February 13 & 27, Saturdays event. chat and share some memories. St Andrew’s Car Boot Sale Midway Beach, briefing 5pm, racing 6-7pm Te Karaka Bowling Club, 62 Station Rd, February 2-5, 9-12, 16-19, 23-26, A variety of realistically-priced goods. Te Karaka, 1-5pm Tuesdays to Fridays Carpark behind St Andrew’s Church, access February 18-21, Thursday to Sunday Tish Scott: A Surreal Intrepid off Childers Rd, 8am-midday, $5/car Liquorland Marlin & Tuna February 1-10 & February 1-28, Journey to Truth The Tournament Various Come along and view a surreal Black February 14, Sunday Come along and watch the catch of the Tairawhiti Museum Exhibitions art exhibition. Seeds Adaptive Surfing day being unloaded from boats entered Feb 1-10; Places and Faces, unidentified Wairoa Museum, 142 Marine Parade, The Waitangi Day Out Gisborne Boardriders and Parafed in the contest. glass plate negatives – Feb 1-28; Off Wairoa, 10am-2pm, free Gisborne Tairawhiti give-it-a-go day Gisborne Tatapouri Sports Fishing Club, The Canvas: Tom Heeney, Gisborne- for those living with disabilities or Shed 2, Inner Harbour, approx 3-6pm Have fun and meet others. Register: parkrun.co.nz/register The Rangatira Tavern, 26 Library Rd, February 13, Saturday born boxer and NZ’s first global February 3, 10, 17 & 24, Wednesdays impairments. during the competition Senior Citizens Hall, 30 Grey St, 9am-midday sporting hero – Tu te Whaihanga, Fifties Forward Waingake Horse Sports Midway Beach, 9am-midday, free. Bowls 9-11.30am, Housie 1-4pm, $3, Earlybird Market Action-packed, family-friendly fun on taonga from the 1769 sailing of the Low-impact aerobics class for all fitness Details/register: Lou at February 19, Friday ph Arnold 868 5529 Pre-loved treasures, home-baking, Wa165 Steam Train Trip to horseback, with events for all ages. Endeavour – Tuakana Taina, new art levels. [email protected] OPSM Tairawhiti Junior Surf fruit, veges and plants. Muriwai Follow the signs: Willy & Lou Livingston’s works by aspiring rangatahi artists. YMCA Stadium, cnr Childers & Roebuck or ph 020 4080 9069 Champs Social Bowls Behind the Gisborne i-Site, 209 Grey St, Enjoy the scenery, bring a picnic or property, Gordon Rd, Manutuke. Gate 10 Stout St, Mon-Sat 10am-4pm, Sun Rds, 9.30am, $4, first class free Find a shady spot on the beach and Come along with a mate or join others 6-8.30am. Stallholder inquiries: have a cuppa on board. opens for registration at 8am, starts 9am. 1.30-4pm, locals free, visitors $5, ph 867 3832 Sunday Music at Matawhero watch divisions for boys and girls for a game. Wendy ph 862 5860 Leaving from the Railway Station, Grey St Food and drinks available all day Mainly Music Wines surfing: Year 6/u to Year 10 and Poverty Bay Bowling Club, 111 Ormond Rd, at 1pm, $35A, $15 u/15s, $80Fam (2A & February 2, Tuesday A fun music group for pre-schoolers. Doug Snelling plays live music. push-in. 6-7.30pm. Bowls available. Gisborne Farmers’ Market 2Ch). Any unsold tickets from the station East Coast Kids Surfing Day Human Resources Workshop: St Andrew’s Community Centre, 1-3pm. See Feb 7 Between the Pipe and Northern Makorori, Wear flat-soled shoes. Locally grown produce, flowers and half an hour before departure or Gisborne Find a shady spot on the beach and 176 Cobden St, 9.45am, $4/Fam. February 16, Tuesday 8.30am-3pm. Register before Feb 17: Setting up your Business for seedlings. i-Site, 209 Grey St, ph 868 6139. watch tamariki from the East Coast Details: Trish ph 867 2789 or 868 5513 $15/competitor, incl a BBQ at Success February 6, Saturday Cnr Stout & Fitzherbert Sts, See www.gcvr.org.nz learn to surf with the help of the Junior Series: Ocean Athletes eventspronto.co.nz For small/medium-sized business 9.30am-12.30pm. Gisborne Boardriders Club. Find a shady spot on the beach and February 4, 11, 18 & 25, Thursdays Spearfishing Tournament watch the surf lifesaving juniors owners. Based on real life workplace Pairs competition for juniors, Details: gisbornefarmersmarket.co.nz Sunday Music at Matawhero Midway Beach, from 10am u11s-u14s compete in beach flags, February 20, Saturday examples; receive actionable advice or The River Run women and men. Enjoy quality live music by Martha 2.5m or 5km kid/walker/runner- sprint, relay, surf, board, Diamond, tube Bingo Night: Fundraiser guidance from an HR consultant. Mahia Boating and Fishing Club, February 6-28, Daily Kelly, beverages and gourmet platters Speedway: North Island friendly series. and relay events. Parafed Gisborne Tairawhiti bingo The Emerald Hotel, 13 Gladstone Rd, 1 Pohutukawa Dr, 9am-3pm, $40 per Passport Collection: V Hoy available. Streetstocks Meet: 5.30pm at the Marina carpark, Midway Beach, 5-7pm and live auction to get members to the 8.30–10.30am, free. Register: angler/$50 with T-shirt. Compulsory Creative Matawhero Wines, 189 Riverpoint Rd, Pack your dinner, bring the family eventfinda.co.nz or see employsure.co.nz Vogel St for a 6pm start, $2 entry Halberg Games, Auckland in April. registration & briefing: Feb 5, 7pm at An exhibition which aims to challenge 1-3pm, free entry. Bookings essential: and enjoy the spills and thrills. February 16-19, Tuesday to Friday Gisborne Cosmopolitan Club, 190 Derby the clubroom the ideas and impact of social/cultural 867 6140 or [email protected] Eastland Group Raceway, 357 Awapuni Build-a-Band St, 6pm-late. Tickets: $10pp incl two bingo Poverty Bay Blues Night labelling (to Apr 25). Rd, gates open 4.30pm, racing 6pm. Hui Fono: Te Wa o le Va, Come along and jam. cards, additional cards $2 each, Lou at A selection of live local blues music. Te Puka Hunting & Fishing Tairawhiti Museum, 10 Stout St, Gisborne Country Music Club Gate sale tickets, subject to change: Claiming our Space Smash Palace Bar, 24 Banks St, 7-10pm, [email protected] Poverty Bay Club, 38 Childers Rd, doors Club Annual Whanau Fishing Mon-Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 1.30-4pm, Singers and musicians welcome. $50Fam (2A+3C), $20A, $10Snr, Tairawhiti REAP and Tautua Village free entry, R18 or ph 020 4080 9069 open 7pm, music 8pm, $5 at the door, R18 Competition locals free, visitors $5, ph 867 3832 Blind Foundation Rooms, 39 Grey St, $8 5-15s, u/5s free host a hui for Maori and Pasifika 1-4pm, $3, incl afternoon tea, working in adult and community February 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, Live on the Lawn A competition all about whanau, fishing and fun. February 7, Sunday ph Flo 867 7637 or [email protected] Church & AP: God Said Tour The Walsh Brothers 23, 25 & 27, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Te Puka Tavern, 153 Beach Rd, Tokomaru Come along for hip-hop and rap. Bring a picnic and be prepared to be Wairoa Club Inc: 24th Saturdays Bay, 8am-3.30pm, free. Boat fishing is limited Special guests: Vayne and Yung Maac. entertained. Surfcasting Competition Tairawhiti Menzshed to within the bay. Registration: Friday, Feb 5 Irish Music Session Smash Palace Bar, 24 Banks St, Marina Park, Lawson Field Theatre Bring family and friends along for a Work in a fully equipped woodwork or from 5.30-7pm and on the day from 8am Enjoy Irish music and a sing-song. 9am-late, R18. Tickets+Bfee: $40-$50 Riverbank, 6-8pm, koha bucket collection for memorable day at the beach. carpentry workspace on community or Whakamahi Beach, Wairoa, 7am-1.30pm, The Rivers, cnr Gladstone Rd & Reads from ticketfairy or tinyurl.com/y6e7xahe personal projects. performers. Listen to MoreFM after 3pm if Quay, 4-6pm. Details: Ph Marty inclement weather The Waitangi Day Out adults $20/rod, u/13s free. Registration from Tairawhiti Menzshed, cnr Parkinson & A smoke, drug and alcohol-free festival 6.30am at the caravan headquarters at the 021 055 7685 February 13 & 14, Saturday & Innes Sts, Tues & Thurs 9am-2pm and February 5-8, Friday to Monday for the whole whanau; with The Black beach. Hangi lunch available at registration Sunday Sat 9am-3pm. Details: Ph/txt James Seeds, Troy Kingi & The Clutch, The $10. Weigh-in 2pm. Prize-giving at the club February 9, Tuesday Grease: Audition Workshop Explore our 022 465 0396 Gisborne Cycling Club Ride: The Country Garden Club Gisb-Tolaga Bay-Hicks Bay- Witchdoctor, Bella Kalolo, Ria Hall, from 3.30pm Come along to learn the group dances Supreme Brother Sound and Raiha For women interested in gardening or and songs for auditions, and collect an breathtaking Bayleys Beach Netball League Opotiki-Gisb Moetara. Gas Guzzlers' Breakfast floral arranging. audition pack. Find a shady spot and watch the five- A training ride for anyone who wants to Gisborne Soundshell, Centennial Marine Dr, Come along and check out the cars Waerenga-a-Hika Hall, 728 Matawai Rd, 10am-4pm. Venue/details: Txt/ph James landscape a-side mixed teams battle it out (to join with the club; three options and a gates open 10am, music 10.30am-4pm, free. on the Quay. 7.30pm, $2. Details: Katrine ph 867 2427 027 536 8096, or Facebook Messenger: OPEN 9-5PM DAILY Mar 9) mix of abilities. Kai carts, kids’ activities and a kaumatua tent Behind the Courthouse on Reads Quay, Gisborne Centre Stage Churchill Park, Centennial Marine Drive 8am-6pm. Where to meet: Michelle ph for nanny and koro to relax in 8-11am. Rain, hail or sunshine February 11, Thursday (between the Old Jail & Olympic Pool), 021 271 5171. See Facebook details to book Women’s Native Tree Project Taan's Thunder in the Bay 5.30-7.30pm your own accommodation February 6, 13, 20 & 27, Saturdays Te Karaka Summer Sunday Working Bee: Lovers Lane Round 1 of the NZ Offshore Gisborne parkrun February 5, 12, 19 & 26, Fridays Markets Come along and help with weeding. Powerboat Series where teams battle Surfing for Farmers Come along for a 5km run or walk. Bring the whanau along for crafts, Meet: Lovers Lane walkway, near for national points. P: 06 863 9003 E: [email protected] Get off-farm for some quality Gisborne Senior Citizens: Waikanae Surf Life Saving Club, food and car boot sale; also Steve Kingi, 185 Esplanade, 5-6.30pm From midday, Waikanae Beach or A: 2392 Wharekopae Rd, RD 2, Ngatapa, Gisborne downtime, learn to surf from Indoor Bowls & Housie 280E Grey St, 7.45-10am. Midway Beach www.eastwoodhill.org.nz open mic karaoke. 33013-01

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