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January 2025

Pristine Seas: Bringing the Ocean Back

Pick Your Own Sunflowers

Waka Kōrero Māori Exhibition

The Great Kids Rock Hunt

Art Deco on the Edge

Pūrākau o Te Whenua

Kuru Taonga: Voices of Kahungunu

1931 Hawke’s Bay Earthquake Exhibition

School Holiday fun - Science of Colour

Toi Koru – Sandy Adsett

The Light Shone Clear: History. Perspectives. Art.

Doco Dance: Xin Ji

2025 FRS New Zealand Scooter Nationals

Badge Making

Escape Rooms and Virtual Reality Chairs

Offering: Cindy Huang

In Good Relation: Maioha Kara

He Pānui: Te Ara Hihiko

Remember Industry: Tracy Keith

Pukeora - Open Air Cure for Tuberculosis

Justice of The Peace

Summer Sparks Challenge 2024-25

Summer Sparks Challenge 2024-25

Summer Sparks Challenge 2024-2025

Summer at Waiaroha

Ocean Detectives at The National Aquarium of New Zealand

The Cellar Door Collective

Rhythms of the World: A Latin Jazz Celebration

It Might Get Rowdy

Iconic Queens

Sunday Markets

School Holiday Skateboard Lessons

Sunday Session with Alec Withers

Rhythm and Rhymes

Art Classes for Adults - Tutor led

Justice of The Peace

Quiz Night With Riggsy

Wāhineahuone - Karanga Symposium

Dream11 Super Smash

A Small Hall Session with Charm of Finches

Cuppa Tech

Art Classes for Adults in Havelock North

A Small Hall Session with Charm of Finches

Sarah Millican - Late Bloomer

Kawhe Kōrero

Hawke's Bay Regional Chardonnay Technical Workshop

Exhibition Opening of 'The Village' by Kirk Nicholls

Al Fresco Fridays

A Small Hall Session with Charm of Finches

Drag Bingo-A-Go-Go with Anita Wigl'it!

February 2025

Havelock Handmade Market

Pristine Seas: Bringing the Ocean Back

Waka Kōrero Māori Exhibition

Art Deco on the Edge

Pūrākau o Te Whenua

Kuru Taonga: Voices of Kahungunu

1931 Hawke’s Bay Earthquake Exhibition

Toi Koru – Sandy Adsett

The Light Shone Clear: History. Perspectives. Art.

Doco Dance: Xin Ji

Escape Rooms and Virtual Reality Chairs

Offering: Cindy Huang

In Good Relation: Maioha Kara

He Pānui: Te Ara Hihiko

Remember Industry: Tracy Keith

Pukeora - Open Air Cure for Tuberculosis

Justice of The Peace

Ocean Detectives at The National Aquarium of New Zealand

Abbey Summer Sessions

Get Up Get Down - Hands Down Taco Party

A Celebration Of Black Sabbath + Led Zeppelin

The Splinters Live

Sunday Markets

Italian Long Lunch Cooking Workshop

Church Road Gwen Summer Sessions

School Holiday Skateboard Lessons

The Ashia Kizilay Memorial Walk

Tea With Tales

Baking Club

Rhythm and Rhymes

Art Classes for Adults - Tutor led

Baby Bounce

Storytime

Justice of The Peace

Beginners Ballroom & Latin 8 Week Course Feb/March 2025

Quiz Night With Riggsy

Beginners Salsa & Bachata 8 Week Course Feb/March 2025

Otane Waitangi Day Fair

Art Classes for Adults in Havelock North

New Vogue 8 Week Course Feb/March 2025

Sensory Playtime

Sensory Playtime

Art for Tots 2025

Weleda Garden Tour

Napier Night Fiesta

Napier Summer Pop Up Carnival 2025

Beacon Bloom

Bob Marley 80th Birthday Tribute

Te Awanga Wine Festival

Board Games with the Geeks Guild

Repair Cafe Hastings

Learn To Draw For Beginners

Flaxmere Book Chat Group

Sensory Playtime

Drama Playground For Kids 8-12 years

Creative Improv For TEENS 13-17 years

Hastings Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon 2025

Art Deco Fashion Walking Tour

Steam in the Bay - February 2025

Art Deco Festival Napier 2025

Cuppa Tech

Intro to Improv Classes - Adults - 6 Week Course

Every Brilliant Thing

Intermediate Improv Classes - Adults

Artdeco Dance - Davey Jack Deco Band

Baby Bounce

Central Stags Ford Trophy one-dayer v Canterbury

Murder and Martini’s

Trinity Hill Cellar Door Canvas Night - Valentine's Day

A Small Hall Session with Arahi

One Night in Buenos Aires (Napier Art Deco Festival 2025)

Love and War: with Jessie Cassin and Robin Kelly

Woodville Wanderer-Cancer Society of Hawke's Bay Fundraiser

Family-friendly Dungeons & Dragons With the Geeks Guild

Sourdough Bread Making Workshop

Peter Urlich Swingin' Duet feat. Lewis McCallum

Starlight Soirée: A Swingin' Tribute to Napier in the 30's

A Small Hall Session with Arahi

Double Bill - Dido & Aeneas and Gianni Schicchi

One Night in Buenos Aires (Napier Art Deco Festival 2025)

Whiskey at Midnight

A Small Hall Session with Arahi

Flappers & Dappers - Electro Swing Dance Party

Lindy-Hop 7week beginners course (Feb/March) 2025

Central Stags Ford Trophy one-dayer v Otago Volts

Wine Books and More

East Coast Farming Expo

Hastings Library Book Chat

Napier Night Fiesta

LIVE Impact Pro Wrestling - Waipukurau War at the Memorial

Napier Port Ocean Swim Feb 2025

Photographing the Pacific Sisters: Vivienne Haldane

Napier Repair Cafe

Feta, Haloumi and Mozzarella Cheese Making Workshop

LIVE Impact Pro Wrestling - Havoc in Havelock

Down with the System Tribute feat. Awarewolves and Crate

Serenity Sunday

Thrive 25 - Presented by Nevertheless

Beyond The Buzz - Rethinking Attention with Elen Nathan

Drag B-I-N-G-O Napier - with Anita Wigl'it!

Al Fresco Fridays

Indonesian Cooking Workshop

A Small Hall Session with M Ward

March 2025

Havelock Handmade Market

Waka Kōrero Māori Exhibition

Art Deco on the Edge

Pūrākau o Te Whenua

Kuru Taonga: Voices of Kahungunu

1931 Hawke’s Bay Earthquake Exhibition

Toi Koru – Sandy Adsett

The Light Shone Clear: History. Perspectives. Art.

Escape Rooms and Virtual Reality Chairs

Photographing the Pacific Sisters: Vivienne Haldane

In Good Relation: Maioha Kara

He Pānui: Te Ara Hihiko

Pukeora - Open Air Cure for Tuberculosis

Justice of The Peace

Abbey Summer Sessions

Crab Fest

A Small Hall Session with M Ward

Air Force on Tour

Sunday Markets

Lindisfarne College Gala

Italian Long Lunch Cooking Workshop

Tea With Tales

Learn To Draw For Beginners

Baking Club

Rhythm and Rhymes

Art Classes for Adults - Tutor led

Baby Bounce

Storytime

New Zealand's White Ferns v Sri Lanka ODI

Justice of The Peace

Building a Better Brain: Nutrition and Mental Wellness.

Quiz Night With Riggsy

Operatunity Presents - From Phantom to Les Mis

THERAPY: A Musical Comedy

Therapy

Operatunity Presents - From Phantom to Les Mis

Art Classes for Adults in Havelock North

Sensory Playtime

Sensory Playtime

Art for Tots 2025

Health Hawke’s Bay Primary Care Symposium 2025

The Big Bike Film Night and Matinee: Napier

The Arty Farty Garden Party

Artist Kōrero: Vivienne Haldane with Nephi Tupaea

Beer Appreciation Day

Board Games with the Geeks Guild

Te Mata Kindergarten's Junior Triathlon and Family Fun Day

Repair Cafe Hastings

Flaxmere Book Chat Group

Sensory Playtime

Leadership and Management Part 1

Leadership and Management Part 2

Cuppa Tech

Baby Bounce

Bridge Pa Sculpture Trail

F.A.W.C! Hastings Meatball Festival

F.A.W.C! Unlikely Companions - A Cocktail Party

F.A.W.C! Captain and Commander: CANCELLED

F.A.W.C! The Laden Table workshop with Ashia Ismail-Singer

F.A.W.C! Church Road Chardonnay Experience

F.A.W.C! The Coastal Cocktail Trail

F.A.W.C! Grand Long Lunch

Family-friendly Dungeons & Dragons With the Geeks Guild

F.A.W.C! Love Me Tender

F.A.W.C! Knight of the Long Table

F.A.W.C! Moonlight at the Mission

GO-4-12 Adventure Events - Youth Adventure

Church Road Gwen Summer Sessions

F.A.W.C! Sea, Earth + Stone: An Elemental Lunch

F.A.W.C! The Constant Gardener-A Celebration of Local Flora

F.A.W.C! BLENDED Havelock North

F.A.W.C! High Jinks

F.A.W.C! Decorum and Mischief

F.A.W.C! Tour NZ’s Great Wine Capital

Wine Books and More

Hastings Library Book Chat

F.A.W.C! San Telmo Fire

Suitcase Show

F.A.W.C! Salt and Smoke

F.A.W.C! Kompatible

F.A.W.C! Flame, Ice, Vine

F.A.W.C! Experience Winemaking with Trinity Hill

F.A.W.C! La Vie en Pask

F.A.W.C! An Ocean Odyssey

Nick Hyde - "New Horizons" Album Release Tour

F.A.W.C! FIG Classic with Annabelle White

F.A.W.C! Great Wine Capitals: Mendoza Showcase

F.A.W.C! Tacoteca Takeover 2.0

F.A.W.C! Taittinger Oyster & Whitebait Street Bar

F.A.W.C! Let's Get High Tea with DJs Frank Booker and Vee

F.A.W.C! Three Rivers Regional Supper

F.A.W.C! To Nonna with Love

Nick Hyde - New Horizons - Album Release Tour

F.A.W.C! The Cooks Station

F.A.W.C! A French Country Lunch

F.A.W.C! Double Barrel

F.A.W.C! La Comida

Cuppa Tech

Hawke's Bay Better Home & Living Show 2025

Wonder Pēpi Market 2025

Blackcaps V Pakistan Odi

Napier Repair Cafe

Stevie Ray Vaughan with Friends Tribute.

April 2025

Baking Club

Art Deco on the Edge

The Light Shone Clear: History. Perspectives. Art.

Rhythm and Rhymes

Art Classes for Adults - Tutor led

Baby Bounce

Photographing the Pacific Sisters: Vivienne Haldane

Storytime

Justice of The Peace

Quiz Night With Riggsy

Bridge Pa Sculpture Trail

Hope I Made You Proud: Comedian Joe Daymond

Art Classes for Adults in Havelock North

Sensory Playtime

Sensory Playtime

Art for Tots 2025

I'm Proud of You | Hastings

In Other Words

Havelock Handmade Market

Justice of The Peace

Abbey Summer Sessions

Salty Palate 2025

Easter Sourdough Bread Workshop

Sound Scape

Tea With Tales

Nathan Wallis - The Teen Brain

Flaxmere Book Chat Group

Dealing With Difficult People & Situations

Sensory Playtime

Dion Pride - Sings the Songs of his Father

Leadership and Management Part 3

Cuppa Tech

Baby Bounce

Impact Pro Wrestling - Trouble in Taradise

Dai Henwood - Dai Hard

Impact Pro Wrestling - Smash 'Em All at Asher Hall

Elton John vs Billy Joel *NZ Tribute*

Reb Fountain - ‘How Love Bends’ Tour Napier

Church Road Gwen Summer Sessions

Repair Cafe Hastings

Customer Service Excellence

Kids Drop-In Art Days 2025

Wine Books and More

Time Management Workshop

Hastings Library Book Chat

The Electric Llamas

The Extravaganza Fair

Family-friendly Dungeons & Dragons With the Geeks Guild

Abba Heaven - Abba Tribute Show

Cuppa Tech

Napier Repair Cafe

Operatunity Presents - Around the World in 90 Minutes

May 2025

Art Deco on the Edge

Photographing the Pacific Sisters: Vivienne Haldane

Operatunity Presents - Around the World in 90 Minutes

Art for Tots 2025

HNHS 50th Jubilee Foundation and Board Welcome Drinks

Havelock Handmade Market

HNHS 50th Jubilee 'Back to School' Open Day

Justice of The Peace

Feta, Haloumi and Mozzarella Cheese Making Workshop

Havelock North High School 50th Jubilee Dinner

The Boss - Bruce Springsteen Experience

The Kenny Roger Band

Tea With Tales

Baking Club

Flaxmere Book Chat Group

Rhythm and Rhymes

Quiz Night With Riggsy

Cuppa Tech

Board Games with the Geeks Guild

Wonder Winter Market

Repair Cafe Hastings

Heath Franklin's Chopper - The Last Hard Bastard on Earth

Family-friendly Dungeons & Dragons With the Geeks Guild

The Michael Jackson HIStory Show

Wine Books and More

Hastings Library Book Chat

New Zealand Highwaymen

Napier Repair Cafe

Cuppa Tech

Landslide - Fleetwood Mac & Stevie Nicks Tribute Show

June 2025

Art Deco on the Edge

Tea With Tales

Baking Club

Flaxmere Book Chat Group

Rhythm and Rhymes

Quiz Night With Riggsy

Operatunity Presents - 3 Tenors & A Soprano

Operatunity Presents - 3 Tenors & A Soprano

Art for Tots 2025

Havelock Handmade Market

Dutch Wintry Baking Workshop

Repair Cafe Hastings

Cuppa Tech

Board Games with the Geeks Guild

Wine Books and More

Hastings Library Book Chat

A Midwinter Moroccan Dinner Workshop

Family-friendly Dungeons & Dragons With the Geeks Guild

Matariki Mahuika Beach Fires

Cuppa Tech

Napier Repair Cafe

July 2025

Baking Club

Art Deco on the Edge

Rhythm and Rhymes

Kids Drop-In Art Days 2025

Quiz Night With Riggsy

Art for Tots 2025

Havelock Handmade Market

Tea With Tales

Operatunity Presents - It’s Raining Men

Cuppa Tech

Operatunity Presents - It’s Raining Men

Board Games with the Geeks Guild

Repair Cafe Hastings

Wine Books and More

Hastings Library Book Chat

Family-friendly Dungeons & Dragons With the Geeks Guild

Magic Men - Feel The Magic Tour

Napier Repair Cafe

Cuppa Tech

August 2025

Art Deco on the Edge

Art for Tots 2025

Havelock Handmade Market

Tea With Tales

Baking Club

Rhythm and Rhymes

Quiz Night With Riggsy

Board Games with the Geeks Guild

The Boss - Bruce Springsteen Experience

Repair Cafe Hastings

Cuppa Tech

Best of the Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever

Family-friendly Dungeons & Dragons With the Geeks Guild

Wine Books and More

Hastings Library Book Chat

Cuppa Tech

Napier Repair Cafe

Creedence Clearwater Collective

September 2025

Tea With Tales

Baking Club

Rhythm and Rhymes

Quiz Night With Riggsy

Operatunity Presents - Last Night of the Proms

Operatunity Presents - Last Night of the Proms

Art for Tots 2025

Havelock Handmade Market

Board Games with the Geeks Guild

Cuppa Tech

Repair Cafe Hastings

Wine Books and More

Hastings Library Book Chat

Seventh Wonder - Fleetwood Mac's 'Rumours' Album + Hits

Family-friendly Dungeons & Dragons With the Geeks Guild

Kids Drop-In Art Days 2025

Cuppa Tech

Napier Repair Cafe

October 2025

Kids Drop-In Art Days 2025

Art for Tots 2025

Havelock Handmade Market

Tea With Tales

Baking Club

Rhythm and Rhymes

Quiz Night With Riggsy

Cuppa Tech

Board Games with the Geeks Guild

Repair Cafe Hastings

Hastings Library Book Chat

Operatunity Presents - Fabulous 50s

Operatunity Presents - Fabulous 50s

Queen:It's a Kinda Magic

Family-friendly Dungeons & Dragons With the Geeks Guild

Queen - It's A Kinda Magic

Wine Books and More

Napier Repair Cafe

Cuppa Tech

November 2025

Havelock Handmade Market

Tea With Tales

Baking Club

Rhythm and Rhymes

Quiz Night With Riggsy

Art for Tots 2025

Board Games with the Geeks Guild

Repair Cafe Hastings

Cuppa Tech

Family-friendly Dungeons & Dragons With the Geeks Guild

Wine Books and More

Hastings Library Book Chat

Impact Pro Wrestling - Mad King's Court

LIVE Impact Pro Wrestling

Operatunity - It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Cuppa Tech

Operatunity - It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Napier Repair Cafe

December 2025

Tea With Tales

Baking Club

Rhythm and Rhymes

Quiz Night With Riggsy

Art for Tots 2025

Havelock Handmade Market

Wonder Christmas Market 2025

Cuppa Tech

Board Games with the Geeks Guild

Wine Books and More

Hastings Library Book Chat

Family-friendly Dungeons & Dragons With the Geeks Guild

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