Arts and Culture

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With its richly textured Maori and European history that today mixes with a vibrant and flourishing art scene, Hawke’s Bay treasures its cultural heart, including its critically-acclaimed galleries and the internationally renowned Art Deco Festival.

In Arts and Culture

Local Artist Creates Award Winning Mural

Jil Sergent was one of 10 winners from across the country who took out the top prize in Keep New Zealand Beautiful's (KNZB) Resene Nature Murals Competition 2019....

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Artist Looks For Reaction To Latest Collection

John Brown's new exhibition The Great Race explores theories from the controversial book To the End of the Earth....

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CHB Settlers Museum Finalist For National Award

The Central Hawke's Bay Settlers Museum is in the spotlight in Wellington this week, as a finalist in the ServiceIQ NZ Museum Awards 2019....

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Sixth Time A Museum Award Finalist For MTG Hawke’s Bay

This is the sixth year in a row that the region’s museum has made the finals of the national ServiceIQ NZ Museum Awards....

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In Arts and Culture, Community Engagement

Poetry Prowess Celebrated @ National Aquarium

The challenge for this year’s writers is to come up with something which sums up this year’s theme - Tiakina o Tatou Moana – Care for our Seas – in the best way possible....

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New Cornwall Park Mural Sends Environmental Message

Titled “Generation to Generation”, the mural comprises five panels depicting a timeline as one generation passes the message of care, protection and enjoyment to the next generation....

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Unseen Works From “NZ’s Jackson Pollock” To Show In Napier Gallery

The Boyd-Dunlop Gallery on Hastings Street will showcase the works of the late Allen Maddox next month....

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Seed Sculpture Symposium Transforms Hastings’ Albert Square

The event sees 10 local artists working with a variety of materials including timber, clay, recycled materials, stone carving, bronze and wood....

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Boost For Hastings City Art Gallery Education Programme

Hastings City Art Gallery educator Peter Madden is looking forward to introducing the region’s students to the value of contemporary art....

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Italian Ambassador To Be Hosted By Local Marae

The Italian Ambassador to New Zealand Fabrizio Marcelli will attend Kohupatiki Marae in Clive for the 28th Māori Battalion Ngāti Kahungunu D Company Anzac Day service....

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In Arts and Culture, Community Engagement

Osmanthus Gardens Set To Come To Light

This year is the 10th year of lighting the gardens, an occasion that’s become a highlight of the annual events calendar in the Hastings district....

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