Picnic Cinema presents Downton Abbey – A New Era (M)

Havelock North Village Green Te Mata Road, Havelock North, Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

It’s just what the doctor ordered for a perfect Saturday afternoon: a dose of genteel English poshness, lashings of acerbic Maggie Smith wit, and acres of stunning locations.  Bliss. Gate opens 45 minutes before the movie starts. Book in advance at picnic-cinema.co.nz

Picnic Cinema presents Billy Elliot (M)

Havelock North Village Green Te Mata Road, Havelock North, Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

There won’t be a dry eye in the park during Stephen Daldry’s Brit-pic classic:  11-year-old Billy meets acid-mouthed ballet teacher Julie Walters - and his life is changed forever.  Gate opens 45 minutes before the movie starts. Book in advance at picnic-cinema.co.nz

Picnic Cinema presents The Full Monty (M)

Havelock North Village Green Te Mata Road, Havelock North, Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Recently sacked Robert Carlyle doubles the dose of feel-good when he needs to make money for his child support payments.  Just remember to leave your hat on… Gate opens 45 minutes before the movie starts. Book in advance at picnic-cinema.co.nz

Picnic Cinema presents House of Gucci (R13)

Havelock North Village Green Te Mata Road, Havelock North, Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Lady Gaga, Lake Como, a cast to die for, a plot you wouldn’t believe, and a pumping 80s sound track.  Shut up… just shut up… you had me at ciao. Gate opens 45 minutes before the movie starts. Book in advance at picnic-cinema.co.nz

Frida; Viva la Vida

MTG Century Theatre 65 Marine Parade, Napier South, Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

This documentary film highlights the two sides of Frida Kahlo’s spirit: on one side the revolutionary, pioneering artist of contemporary feminism and on the other, the human being, victim of her tortured body and a tormented relationship. With Asia Argento as narrator, the two faces of the artist will be revealed, by pursuing a common […]

Eyes of the Orangutan 

Event Cinemas Havelock North 11 Joll Road, Havelock North, Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

 We are very lucky to be holding this and also to have the film maker there with questions and answers session at the end of the movie.  It is a  free event with bookings essential via email eventshb@hot.co.nz to register as seating is limited.  Tickets available from House of Travel Hastings, 117 Market Street North, Hastings and House […]

French Film Festival Aotearoa 2023

Bienvenue au Festival  = Hawke's Bay will be at Event Cinemas in Havelock North and also at MTG Century Theatre, Napier from Thursday 25 May to 7 June. Opening Night at Event Cinemas is on Wed 24 May  Venues Havelock North: Event Cinemas, Joll Road, Havelock North Napier: MTG Cinema, Herschell Street View ProgrammesNapierHavelock North

Barbie | Ladies Night

Reading Cinemas Napier 154 Station Street, Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Let’s go party! Join us on July 19 for a special Ladies Night advance screening of Barbie! Tickets on sale now athttps://readingcinemas.co.nz/movies/details/8354 About the film: Eccentric and individualistic, Barbie is exiled from Barbieland because of her imperfections. When her home world is in peril, Barbie returns with the knowledge that what makes her different also […]

The NZ Mountain Film Festival: National Tour – Hawkes Bay

MTG Century Theatre 65 Marine Parade, Napier South, Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Slide, glide, or hike to the MTG Century Theatre in Napier for an inspiring night out on Friday 28th July 2023 to watch an outstanding collection of unique adventure and award-winning films in the 2023 New Zealand Mountain Film Festival’s ‘National Tour’. The content, the magnitude of the exploits, along with the cinematography makes for […]

The Big Bike Film Night

MTG Century Theatre 65 Marine Parade, Napier South, Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

In its 10th year, The Big Bike Film Night will be celebrating cycling in all its glorious shapes and forms, returning to MTG Century Theatre in Napier, Hawkes Bay on Thursday 22 February 2024 with a programme proclaimed as ‘a feast of short films devised and designed for the two-wheel devotee’. With its humble beginnings […]

Pacific Mother Documentary

Focal Point Cinema 126 Heretaunga Street East, Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

On Wednesday February 28 at 6pm  can see the stunning documentary Pacific Mother at Focal Point Hastings. The film follows freediving couple Sachiko Fukumoto and William Trubridge navigate maternity systems for the birth of their first child, which awakens in them a fierce realization about the lack of choice many parents face. Director Katherine McRae follows Sachiko […]

Six Inches of Soil film

Focal Point Cinema 126 Heretaunga Street East, Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Six Inches of Soil is a story of three new farmers on the first year of their regenerative journey to heal the soil and help transform the food system - Anna Jackson, a Lincolnshire 11th generation arable and sheep farmer; Adrienne Gordon, a Cambridgeshire small-scale vegetable farmer; and Ben Thomas, who rears pasture fed beef […]

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