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Port video previews new 6 Wharf
Napier Port has announced its new 6 Wharf will be operational in July. This brief video illustrates what to expect. Once fully operational, Napier Port’s 6 Wharf will provide increased shipping capacity and the ability to handle larger vessels and berth a greater…
Events
Hawke’s Bay Better Home and Living Show 2022
Pettigrew Green Arena Gloucester Street, Taradale, Napier, Hawke's BayThe Hawke's Bay Better Home and Living Show is back in May at Pettigrew Green Arena.Packed with hundreds of products and ideas for the home, the Better Home & Living […]
Terminus: Jess Johnson & Simon Ward
Hastings City Art Gallery 201 Eastbourne Street East, Hastings, Hawke's BayWith their pioneering use of virtual reality, artists Jess Johnson and Simon Ward have created a mysterious universe of alien architecture populated by humanoid clones and cryptic symbols, traversed via […]
The Dark Eighties
Paisley Stage 17 Carlyle Street, Napier, Hawke's BayTHE DARK EIGHTIES DANCE PARTYis returning to Napier's Paisley Stage onFRIDAY, MAY 20th, 2022Tickets at https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/.../The-Dark-Eighties.utrThis event's been postponed from March 19 + tickets purchased for March 19th will still be […]
Environment

Local watchdog gives kudos
Jessica Maxwell, publisher of Wings and Wildlife (which we are pleased to promote, here’s latest edition), is a formidable, relentless and outspoken protector of animal welfare and our urban streams,…

Wings and Wildlife – May
This month’s Wings and Wildlife, prepared by Jessica Maxwell, features: New walking and mountain biking trails at Maraekakaho. Enjoy the rustle of autumn leaves in Keirunga Gardens. Cook’s Petrel are…

Project DO LESS April Recap
Below is the Project Do Less April tips recap. What tips will you use?

Inside the DNA of our waterways
What is the environmental DNA composition of Hawke’s Bay’s streams and rivers? What plant and fish species are living in each waterway and how endangered or rare are they? And…
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Culture

Puti Lancaster – Harvester of stories
On Christmas Day Hawke’s Bay theatre’s brightest star shone its last. A master of storytelling, Puti Lancaster was taken before her time, right when her creative luminescence was at its…

Kōkōrangi ki Kōkōwai: Weaving Earth and Sky
One of the more insidious and damaging hallmarks of colonialism is loss of culture. It serves the invader’s superiority narrative to devalue indigenous wisdom, casting the carriers of native knowledge…

The road to Waimarama
The sights and scenes along Waimarama road are more than familiar to those who have explored this iconic route. None more so than to Josh Lancaster. His second exhibition of…

Terminus … art meets tech
It’s been an interesting few years for the arts. I know I say this in every one of these columns, but our industry is in a state of upheaval which…