Category: Arts and Culture

Talented Bay artist designs Deco jewellery

THERE’S NO payday in Sophie Blokker’s line of work, but she really doesn’t care – she’s doing something she loves. The Hawke’s Bay freelance artist says it has taken a lot of hard work and determination to get to where she is today. Sophie is a talented, successful artist. Her Bay-themed and kiwiana works are […]

Golden night for Hawke’s Bay at New Zealand’s Best Design Awards

Two of Hawke’s Bay’s top designers have been recognised by the Designers Institute of New Zealand, picking up Golds at the Best Design Awards. George Nuku and David Trubridge were both recognised at the DINZ Best Design Awards which were held on Friday at Spark Arena, Auckland. Being held for the 21st consecutive year, the […]

Napier Māori Tours won the Environmental Award at the 2019 HB Tourism Awards

https://youtu.be/9srR5ReNsto Congratulations to Napier Māori Tours for winning the Environment award at the 2019 Hawke’s Bay Tourism Awards. Napier Māori Tours provide an intimately unique and inspiring cultural experience. Join them for a journey through ancestral mountains, lands, waters, and history, that connects your being to our being. Thanks to Grundy Productions for all the Export Awards […]

MTG – Collaborative creation gets national attention

This time last year visitors to MTG Hawke’s Bay were being wowed by a unique artistic approach to plastic pollution and our future, in the collaborative exhibition George Nuku: Bottled Ocean 2118. The exhibition was created in three weeks by the Hastings-raised, Paris-based artist George Nuku, school groups, members of the public, museum staff and […]

More than $20k in funding available for Central Hawke’s Bay arts and culture sector

Central Hawke’s Bay’s arts and culture sector will benefit from an increase in funding this year with $23,490 available through Central Hawke’s Bay District Council’s (CHBDC’s) Creative Communities Scheme (CCS), now open for applications. Administered by CHBDC through Creative NZ, the fund increased this year by nearly $10,000 thanks to Creative NZ’s new funding formula […]

Flowers On Show At MTG

A new floral art exhibition, One Heart, has come to MTG, the third floral exhibition created with the Napier Activator Champion funding from Napier City Council.

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.