What's On in Wellington - Oct 94
Richard Naylor
14-Oct-1994
WHAT'S ON IN THE HARBOUR CAPITAL OCTOBER
(events so far - still to be edited)
QUEEN'S PICTURES EXHIBITION
15 Oct-23 Jan '95: "The Queen's Pictures" at Museum of NZ Te Papa
Tongarewa, Buckle St. Thirty superlative paintings - old masters
from the collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Open
Mon-Wed 9am-5pm, Thurs-Fri 9am-9pm, Sat & Sun 9am-5pm. Admission
$12, concessions $7.50. Prebooked & prepaid groups of 20 or more
$7.50, American Express cardholders $5, booked school groups $2
per student, $5 adults accompanying groups. Two adults & 2
children $25, multiple entry tickets $7.50 per ticket, children
under 5 yrs free. School & group bookings ph Carolyn Roberts
385-9609.
STATE INSURANCE OPERA HOUSE. Ph 385-0832. 20,22,25,27,29,31 Oct:
"Turnandot" opera with NZSO 7.30pm (25 Oct at 6pm). Dramatic love
story colourfully set in ancient China telling how Princess
Turnandot's icy heart is melted when she meets a handsome and
mysterious stranger. Features tenor aria Nessun dorma None shall
sleep. Conductor Richard Buckley, director Miklos Szinetar,
designer Philip Markham. Starring a leading European soprano
Zsuzsa Misura from Hungary, Australian opera star Joan Carden and
American tenor Quade Winter. Tickets $50-$100 for stalls &
circle, $40 & $25 for gallery. 21-30 Oct: "Craft from the Island
of the Pacific" in conjunction with a week long workshop of art,
craft and music at Page 90 Artspace. Ph 237-4043.
SPRING FESTIVAL
Until 9 Oct: The Botanic Gardens of Wellington
Spring Festival, featuring gardening demonstrations, seminars,
guided walks and open days. Ph 801-3071
Until 9 Oct: Spring Pottery Exhibition & sale "Celebrating Spring
- Pots for Indoors and Outdoors" by Wellington Potters'
Association at Botanic Garden Education & Environment Centre
9am-4pm weekdays, 10am-4pm weekends.
2-9 Oct: Tulip Week, main garden Wellington Botanic Garden. See
25,000 tulips flower amidst spring flowering shrubs and trees.
Free guided walks around the tulips starting 12-12.30pm. Family
entertainment Tulip Sunday (9 Oct) including Windmill Man, Morris
Dancers and a Dutch Choir singing near the tulips from 12 noon.
Ph 801-3071.
2-8 Oct: LISTENER WOMEN'S BOOK FESTIVAL
The 7th Listener Women's Book Festival featuring writing, women's
issues, wine, food, film & performance. Catalogues, programmes &
tickets available from local booksellers. Tickets also on sale on
day of events at respective venues.
2 Oct: 1pm Kaz Cooke, Australian author, columnist and
cartoonist talks about her new book "Real Gorgeous: The Truth
About the Body Beautiful". 6pm Gala evening at Plaza
International Hotel. The Women of "Once Were Warriors". Actor
Rena Owen, scriptwriter Riwia Brown and producer Robin Scholes
talk about their work in New Zealand's premier movie. Followed by
wine, finger food and entertainment from jazz band Sarah Thing
and Friends.
3 Oct: 12pm City Gallery. Truth and Fiction: Author Elizabeth
Knox and actor Miranda Harcourt present new material and discuss
the relationship between real lives and fiction. 1pm City Gallery
"Kirsa: A Mother's story". Robyn Jensen talks about the life and
disappearance of her daughter Kirsa. Offers a look at the hopes,
difficulties and triumphs of a family whose life has been turned
upside down. 5.30pm Victoria University Booklaunch "Women and
Economics" by Prue Hyman. 6pm City Gallery. "Convent Girls".
Jane Tolerton, author of "Convent Girls" is joined by
contributors to her latest book to talk about what it is like to
grow up within convent walls.
4 Oct: 6pm City Gallery. Award winning British author Sarah
Maitland reads and talks about her work. Sarah's novels include
"Daughter of Jerusalem" and "Home Truths", and her most recent
collection of short stories "Women Fly when Men Aren't Watching".
7pm Antipodes Bar, Trekkers Hotel - Poet's Corner. Opportunity
for women to read their poetry. If you would like to read at this
event, contact Ann de Vries 237-1539.
5 Oct: 12pm Chamber of Commerce, Featherston St. Business lunch
with Prue Hyman discussing her book "Women and Economics in New
Zealand. 12pm Central Library "Show & Tell" - women from the
Whitireia creative writing course talk about the writing process.
6pm City Gallery Olympic skier hopeful Australian Janine Shepherd
talks about her recovery from a near fatal accident - the subject
of her book "Never Tell Me Never". 6pm Taki Rua Theatre Mana
Wahine - an evening with Irihapeti Ramsden, Roma Potiki & Cathy
Irwin, outstanding Maori women who feature in Amy Brown's book
"Mana Wahine - Women who show the way". Followed by a new
production of Riwia Brown's play "Roimata". .
6 Oct: 7.45am Plaza International Hotel breakfast. Sara
Henderson, author "From Strength to Strength In Us All" talks
about life's struggles and achievements. 6pm City Gallery Women
and Crime British crime writer Susan Moody "House of Moons" joins
forces with Australian poet Dorothy Porter, whose latest work
"The Monkey's Mask" has been described as a lesbian crime
thriller in verse. 7.30pm Illot Concert Chamber. Erica Jong talks
about her latest book "Fear of Fifty" - aimed at women of the
whiplash generation - brought up on Doris Day, wanting to be
Gloria Steinem at their coming of age and bringing up daughters
in the age of Princess Di & Madonna.
7 Oct: 12pm City Gallery. "All the Nice Girls Are Like You
Really" - award winning Wellington writers Kate Flannery and
Barbara Anderson read from their work and talk about writing
fiction. 1pm City Gallery "Crackling With Energy" - Australian
novelist Janette Turner Hospital talks about her work which
includes "Charades" and "Last Magician"
8 Oct: 11am Brooklyn Cafe. "In the Kitchen With Lois" -
Wellington chef and food writer Lois Daish entertains with food
and discussion of her latest book "Dinner at Home".
PORIRUA/KAPITI PROGRAMME 3 Oct: 12pm Whitireia Polytechnic. The
women from "Once were Warriors" talk about their work. 1pm Kapiti
Women's Centre, Ngahina St Paraparaumu. "Palm Prints" - Fiona
Kidman reads from her newly published book. 7.30pm Delectables
Cafe, Margaret Rd Raumati. "Between Friends" - hosting Linda
Burgess reading from her novel.
4 Oct: 6.30pm Hadfield Room,
Coastlands. Two Kapiti women writers Riwia Brown and Roma Potiki
read and discuss their work..
5 Oct: 7.30pm Plimmerton Gallery,
6 Steyne Ave. Strategic planning for working mothers - Francesca
Holloway talks about her book "A Working Mother's Handbook".
7.30pm Porirua Library. Whanau and Family Living in a Changing
World - Dame Joan Metge and Alison Gray talk about challenges and
trials facing Maori and pakeha families in NZ in the 90's. LOWER
HUTT (no charge)
5 Oct: 11am Lower Hutt Central Library.
Strategic Planning for working mothers - Francesca Holloway talks
about the her book "A Working Mother's Handbook".
6 Oct: 11am Lower Hutt Central Library. "A Life of Crime" -
international crime writer Susan Moody discusses her work.
7 Oct: 11am Lower Hutt Central Libray. Local author Heather
Marshall talks about getting started and writing your first book.
Tickets from Ahradsen's bookshops, Lambton Square Paper Plus,
London Books, Marsden Books, Plimmerton Gallery, Unity Books,
Victoria University Book Centre & Whitcoulls. Door sales unless
sold out.
For more info ph Sarah Wilson 566-8575 or Jayne Wasmuth
473-0088.
MUSIC
TOWN HALL. Tickets ph 801-4263.
2 Oct: Mozart Requiem (from the film Amadeus) organised by
Festival Singers in association with Wellington Sinfonia 7.30pm .
Mass (K.626) and the New Zealand premier of Dvorak's biblical
songs (Op.99) sung by Rodney Macann. Rita Daczian will conduct,
and the soloists for the mass are Rodney Macann (Bass) Russell
Ixer (tenor), Scilla Askew (soprano) & Linden Loader (mezzo).
Tickets $27 A reserve, $24 B reserve. Group discounts available.
For more info ph Helen Climo 476-7711.
5 Oct: Beastie Boys & Helmet 8pm. Hip hop punk rock. Tickets $39.90.
13 Oct: New Zealand String Quartet with Michael Houstoun at Town Hall 8pm.
15 Oct: Sanyo Youth Orchestra, Wellington Youth Choir and Nelson
Youth Choir concert conducted by Philip Walsh 7.30pm featuring
Pruden - Lambton Quay March, Vivaldi - Gloria and Sibelius -
Symphony No 1. Tickets $15 waged, $12 unwaged.
ST ANDREWS ON THE TERRACE 12.15pm Ph 472-9211.
5 Oct: Celebrity concert - Michael Houstoun (piano). Door sales $10.
14 Oct: Ralph McTell - singer/songwriter from England of "Streets
of London" fame 8pm. Tickets $25 from Capital Music, Cuba St,
Colin Morris, Willis St, Madness Music, Newtown and Northern
Music, Porirua Mall. For more info ph Debbie Gillanders 237-8087.
MICHAEL FOWLER CENTRE. Tickets ph 801-4263.
7, 8 Oct: NZSO Buddle Findlay Planets Concert conducted by James
Loughran with soloist Jard van New (mezzo) and members of the NZ
National Youth Choir with musical director Karen Grylls 8pm.
Programme: Arnold overture Tam O'Shanter, Elgar Sea Pictures and
Holst The Planets. Tickets $45 adudlts ($35 B reserve), $40
concessions (30 B reserve), child/student $30, ($20 B reserve).
8 Oct: Regional Country Music Show Time Spectacular at Lower Hutt
City Town Hall, Laings Rd. Ph 570-6442.
CAPITAL PERFORMING ARTS, The Pines, Houghton Bay. Ph George Morrison 387-9853.
11 Oct: (2nd Tues of month) Two hour concert of light classical
music by CPA orchestra under Doug Bell. Singers and solo
instrumental items, dinner & supper. Cost $22, concert only $10.
VICTORIA UNIVERSITY.
14 Oct: Buffalo Tom Super Chunk & 3D's at Victoria University
8pm. Grunge music. Tickets $29.90. Ph 801-4263.
15 Oct: Sunday afternoon concert series 1994 - Citadel of
Wellington South Salvation Army Brass Band at St Mark's Anglican
Church, 13 Dufferin St, Mt Victoria 2.30pm. Director Stephen
Stein, organ Michael Cox. Admission by programme at door $5.
Complimentary afternoon tea. Wheelchair access. Ph 385-8536.
16 Oct: "A Celebration of New Zealand Song" - Upper Hutt Choral
Society concert at St Margaret's Church, Dunn's St Silverstream
2.30pm. A number of works by NZ composers including John Ritchie,
David Hamilton and Dorothy Buchanan. Plus solo items by organist
Janet Gibbs and 15 year old singer Jade Eru. Tickets $10 ($6
unwaged) at the door. Includes afternoon tea.
ST JAMES THEATRE. Ph 801-4263.
21-23 Oct: Cinderella - the pamtomime returns 4.30 & 7.30pm on
the 21st, 10.30am & 2pm on the 22nd and 2pm on the 23rd. Fantasy
classic pantomime with a beautiful princess, handsome prince,
baddies, plenty of singing and dancing, fantastic costumes
incuding gorgeous ballgowns, great props and non-stop action.
More tha 40 singers, dancers and actors on stage! Features
Windsor Davies of "Never the Twain" and "It ain't half hot Mum"
fame. Glitter, sparkle, romance and razzamatazz. Tickets $25
adults, $14.50 children, $65 family concessions (2 adults, 2
children).
24 Oct: Wellington May Day Collective Concert at Frank Kitts
Park. Ph L Beech (06) 323-558.
1 Nov: NZSO concert at Upper Hutt Civic Centre 7.30pm organised
by the Rotary Club of Upper Hutt with proceeds to the Upper Hutt
Community Arts Centre. Music by Berlioz, Falla, Tchaikovsky,
Mussorgsky, Delius & Shostakovich. Tickets $25 from Energy Direct
and other Upper Hutt shops.
THEATRE
BATS, 1 Kent Tce. Ph 384-9507. Contemporary NZ theatre.
Until 8 Oct: "In Transit". Juliet O'Brien one woman physical
theatre about being stuck between life and death. Starts 8pm
Mon-Sat.
5-15 Oct: "Touch & Go" 6pm. Miranda Harcourt interviews rape
victims and perpetrators.
14 Oct-5 Nov: "Long Time No See" - scorching comedy by Karin
Mainwaring about three women of three generations struggling in
the drought stricken Australian outback.Then Dad comes back ...
25 years too late!
DOWNSTAGE, Courtenay Place. Ph 384-9639 or BASS 384-3842.
Mon & Tues 6.30pm, Wed-Sat 8pm. Adults $24, members & senior
citizens $20, students, beneficiaries, previews, Monday special
$15, school groups $10.
Until 15 Oct: "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" - award winning play
by Irish playwright Frank McGuiness about humour in a prison
cell. Three men - an Irish Journalist, an English teacher and an
American doctor are imprisoned in Lebanon. Starring Desmond
Kelly, Cameron Rhodes and William Walker. Moving study of human
endurance full of unexpected tenderness and humour.
2 Oct: Memorabilia Auction from 2.30pm. Includes Clark Gable's
bow tie as worn in "Gone With The Wind", a programme signed by
Laurence Olivier, a Wedgewood mug commemorating the 400th
anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, unusual costumes & props etc.
8 Oct: Downstage open day.
19 Oct-5 Nov: "The King's Player" - 20th century one man comedy show.
Starts Nov: "Dead Funny" - West End comedy with a serious theme.
Members of the Dead Comics Society hold a special meeting on
hearing of Benny Hill's death. Their personal lives become
entwined with the routines of well-know British comedians, among
them Benny Hill, Morecombe & Wise, Frankie Howard, Syd James and
Terry Scott.
13 Nov: 3rd play reading 1pm.
17 Nov: An hour with Peter Bland 7pm.
18 Nov: Founders forum.
19 Nov: Birthday ball.
CIRCA, 1-7 Harris St. Bookings ph 472-8778 10-4pm.
Until 29 Oct: "I Hate Hamlet" by Paul Rudnik, directed by Ross
Jolly. Fittingly theatrical light-hearted look at a young soap
star torn between TV & stage. A ghost story with a difference.
5 Nov: "Angels in America; Millenium Approaches by Tony Kushner
- OPENING AT THE NEW THEATRE, on the waterfront at the bottom of
Taranaki St.
4-6 Nov: ExtravaCANZa & CANZdemonium at Civic Square on Nov 5
celebrates 20th birthday of the Composers Assn of NZ with weekend
of concerts, workshops and forums at Town Hall & late night
outdoor sonic spectacular - fanfares, fireworks, a continuous
performance of specially written mini-sound events by a diverse
range of composers and a concluding massed car-horn hocket. Ph
Eve de Castro-Robinson (09)528-0053.
5 Nov: Opening of new Circa Theatre, Cable St with "Angels in
America; Millenium Approaches" by Tony Kushner, directed by Susan
Wilson. Set in New York, interweaving three stories. Prior has
just been diagnosed as having AIDS and his partner Louis can't
cope. A young Mormon couple is also in crisis: Harper, the
pill-popping housewife, has visions and Joe, her upright, uptight
lawyer husband is hiding a dark secret. Then there's Roy Cohn,
Senator McCarthy's right-hand man, a crooked wheeler-dealer and
corrosive figure of power. Slides from uncompromising reality to
dream-fantasy to heroic spectacle and back. It's a play about
life and death, good and evil, you and me, us and them. Powerful,
visionary and moving. Winner of Pulitzer Prize 1993, the Olivier
Award and the Critics Circle Award. Something rare, dangerous and
exhilarating! A landmark of American theatre that explodes the
American dream with ferocious fizzing energy.
TAWA COMMUNITY THEATRE, Linden Social Centre. Bookings ph 232-8098.
6-22 Oct: "Salad Days - summer musical by Dorothy Reynolds and
Julian Slade 8pm. Bar facilities and BYO Cabaret.
EASTBOURNE SCHOOL HALL THEATRE. Ph Bill Woollerman 562-8643.
8-15 Oct: "Once in a Lifetime by Hart & Kaufman, directed by
Paddy Stevens 7.30pm. (matinees Oct 8 & 15, no performance Oct
10.) Hilarious play with songs about the start of 'talking
pictures'. Tickets from Health Shop, Cubacade & The Pavillion,
Laings Rd Lower Hutt.
WELLINGTON REPERTORY THEATRE, 13 Dixon St. Ph 385-4939. Bookings ph 385-4247.
10-15 Oct: "Sisterly Feelings" - witty play by Alan Ayckbourne
Tues & Wed 6.30pm, Thurs-Sat 8pm, Sun 4pm.
19 Nov-Mid Dec: "Rookery Nook" - classic English farce by Ben
Travers written in the early 20's..
TAKI RUA THEATRE, 12 Alpha St. Ph 384-4531.
(The only professional theatre in Aotearoa/NZ committed to
fostering Maori theatre).
Starts 16 Sep: "Roimata" by Riwia Brown. Tickets $16 adults, $12 concessions.
DANCE
1 Oct: "No Mean Feet" - Royal NZ Ballet at Shed 11, Wellington
Waterfront 8pm 22-24, 30 Sep & 1 Oct, 2pm on 25 Sep & 6pm on 29
Sep. Comic, athletic, poetic and risky! Ecletic programme of four
dances - "World News", "Whatever Happened to Eve", "Overboard"
and "Etruscan Eagles". Tickets $25 adult, $20 concession, $15
child, $60 family & $20 friends of the Ballet. Ph Barbara Hyde
499-1107.
1,8,15,22,29 Oct: The Fernleaf Club Ballroom, sequence and old
time dance at St Andrews on the Terrace 7.30-11pm. Tickets $5 at
the door (includes light supper). Ph 528-8895 or 478-2466.
4 Oct: NZ School of Dance open day at State Insurance Opera House
10am-5.30pm. Insight into professional dance world. Preview of
graduation performance, question and answer sessions etc. Free.
Ph 385-2821.
28 Oct: NZ School of Dance studio performance at 46 Cable St. Ph 385-2821.
CAPITAL DISCOVERY PLACE TE AHO A MAUI Civic Square. Ph 801-3900.
Hands-on discovery science centre with action for all ages.
Until 13 Nov: Reflections. Magic with light, reflections,
image-distortion & mazes - all done with mirrors. Can you
believe your eyes?
Until 30 Nov: Light & Sound. Action exhibits that challenge your
perceptions of everyday light and sound.
Weekends: Fun with science shows every weekend. October focus on food.
22-24 Oct: Firewalk - see firewalkers stride over burning hot coals!
Ongoing: Bio-diversity area with hands-on activities and live
tuatara, mountain to climb, vertical slide, mirror maze, theatre
stage and making things room, fun with food - the science of
nutrition, electronic cafe (hands-on computer learning) and
Rainbow discovery fun for under-fives.
Open 10am-5pm weekends & daily during holidays. School group
visits weekdays by arrangement. Adults $6.50, children $5, group
discounts.
NEW ZEALAND ASTRONOMY CENTRE, near cable car terminus, Kelburn.
Comprises the telescopes, planetarium displays etc of the Carter
Observatory. Open 7 days 10am-5pm. Tues & Sat evenings public
sessions 6pm.. Astrochat telescope viewing, planetarium
programme, audio-visual show etc. Ph 472-5053 for details of
various programmes, times, prices etc.
During Oct: "Worlds in Collision" (35 min) plus new audio-visual
show "Galileo - A Space Odyssey" (30 min).
October Astrochats:
4 Oct Richard Hall "The Milky Way Galaxy",
8 Oct: Stewart Mawson "Mercury - The Burnt Cinder", 11 Oct: Gary
Wilmshurst "The 5 Day Moon", 15 Oct: Les Davys "Pluto - At the
Edge of the Solar System", 18 Oct: Denis Goodman "Saturn - Lord
of the Rings", 22 Oct: Owen Moore "Titan - A Primeval World", 25
Oct: Frank Andrews "Planetary Nebulae - Dying Stars", 29 Oct:
Cameron Jack "Cygnus X1 - A Black Hole".
WELLINGTON ZOO (Catch No 10 or 23 bus). Ph 389-8130.
Open 9.30am-5pm. Children under 5 yrs free, 5-14yrs $3.50, over
15 yrs $7.50, family passes available. See the new baby chimps.
Keeper talks during weekends - 11am tuatara/nocturnal house,
1.15pm chimps, 2.45pm sun bears, 3.30pm otters and 4pm pelicans.
SPORT
ATHLETICS
1,8 Oct: "Have a Go Days" at Newtown Stadium 2pm. Running,
jumping, throwing etc. Newcomers to the sport and visitors
welcome to participate or watch. Ph Ian Carter 843-722 or Ngaire
Drake 385-9488.
TENNIS Renouf Tennis Centre ph 385-9709.
1 & 8-9 Oct: Pre-season tennis tournaments at Renouf Tennis
Centre. Ph 385-9709
2 Oct: BP National Tennis Open Day 10-5pm. Free coaching, court
hire, ball machines, accurate serve competitions, family
entertainment etc.
18,19 Oct: Wellington Primary Schools tournament at Renouf Centre
(back up days 25 & 27 Oct).
22-24 Oct: Pro Kennex Wellington/Hutt Valley combined Labour
Weekend tournament (juniors).
HORSE/GREYHOUND RACING
8,18 Oct: Greyhound racing at Hutt Park Raceway. Ph 568-5900.
22,24 Oct: Horse racing at Trentham Racecourse. Ph 528-9611.
GOLF
9 Oct: Otaki Lions Heart Foundation Golf Tournament. Ph (06) 364-7620..
RUNNING/TRIATHLON/DUATHLON. Ph 479-5563.
16 Oct: Secondary Schools Road Racing Champs. Ph Don Dalgliesh 473-9414.
29 Oct: Ultra marathon - 67km race Queen Charlotte walkway. Ph
Jeff Wardd (03)573-886.
YACHTING. Ph 233-1592.
22-24 Oct: Regatta for P & Starling Class Yachts at Plimmerton.
SNOOKER
23 Oct: RSA NZ Single Snooker Championships, Otaki. Ph (06) 364-7437.
WINDSURFING
29-30 Oct: Windsurfing - 1994 Ditch Derby - giant 10km downwind
slalom race at Evans Bay. Entry $30 non-menbers. $15 members/out
of towners. Ph Paul Cooper 589-0582..
WALKING
Friends of the Wellington Botanic Garden offer guided walks in
the Botanic Garden. Ph Botanic Garden Education & Environment
Centre 801-3071. Free (donations welcome).
EXHIBITIONS
DOWSE ART MUSEUM, Laings Rd, Lower Hutt. Ph 570-6500.
Oct: "Function" - 250 works from the Dowse collection using a
variety of media to show the scope and function of the pieces of
craft art.
Until 17 Oct: "Inside Art" - still life images and studies of
domestic objects in a variety of art media and forms.
Until Dec: "Making the Molecules Dance" - important retrospective
exhibition 1947-1994 featuring 130 pots by potter Len Castle.
22 Oct-29 Jan: "Under the Sea" - childrens' art exhibition at
Dowse Art Museum.
BROOKER GALLERY, 44 Upland Rd Kelburn. Ph 475-8798.
Until 8 Oct: Ruth Cole, Patricia France, Karl Maughan & Helen Stewart exhibit.
CITY GALLERY, WELLINGTON, Civic Square. Ph 801-3952. Regional,
national, international, bicultural & multicultural art.
Until 13 Nov: "Kiwiana". Includes buzzy bee, the Taranaki Gate,
All Black jerseys, the Golden Kiwi, jandals and many other
symbols familiar to NZers as part of our cultural history. Plus
"Lest We Forget": Photography, memory and National Character.
Wellington photographers capture NZ.
Until 20 Nov: "$elling New Zealand: 30 years of NZ Television
advertising". Presenting on monitors, the tv ads that teach us,
excite us and shape us! Examines cultural importance of
television ads.
Until 20 Nov: Warren & Mahoney Retrospective: Four Decades of
Architecture. Models, photographs and drawings looking at the
work of two of NZ's senior architects.
CONTINUUM CITY CINEMA. Admission $6, $4 concessionss, $2.50
children. Contact City Gallery for details of 3pm & 6pm programme
of films and discussions.
Gallery open everyday - 11am-5pm, Thurs 11am-8pm. Admission $2
adults, $1 community card holders, 50c children. Free Tuesdays.
Free 30 minute guided tours every Tuesday 12.30pm & 1.30pm.
Weekend tours Sat & Sun at 1pm & 2pm. Contemporary art made
user-friendly.
PAGE 90 ARTSPACE, Cultural Centre, Norrie St. Ph 237-4043.
Open 11am-4pm daily. Admission free.
Until 16 Oct: "The Music-makers" photographic studies from the
Kapiti Camera Club.
Until 7 Nov: "Taiwhiao - To Encircle: paintings by young Maori
artists from around New Zealand. Stitched Pictures by Vicki
Taylor.
Until 11 Nov: Eric Heath - cartoonist and illustrator.
Until 30 Oct: "Winspears from Paul Winspear's studio.
2 Oct: "Crafts from the Islands of the Pacific" in conjunction
with a week long workshop of art, craft and music.
UPPER HUTT COMMUNITY GALLERY,832 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt. Ph 528-6716.
28 Oct-6 Nov: June Brunsdon, Ann Hamlin, Martha Laurie and Shane
Hay oils & watercolours of NZ landscapes.
PORIRUA MUSEUM, Te Hiko St. Ph 237-6763. Open Tues-Fri 10-4.30pm
Weekends & public holidays 1-4.30pm.
Until 6 Nov: "Thar She Blows" - about the whaling trade in
Porirua & Cook Strait, plus a look at the contemporary
international whaling scene.
9 Nov-Feb '95: Pouches,prams and papooses - "Have baby will
travel". A look at how babies have been carried around in the
human & animal worlds.
MUSEUM OF NEW ZEALAND TE PAPA TONGAREWA, Buckle St. Ph 385-9609,
fax 385-7157. Bi-cultural museum focusing on Aotearoa New Zealand
and its place in the world. Collections of art and history, Maori
art and history and the natural environment.
ONGOING EXHIBITIONS
Ongoing: "Voices He Putahitanga" (The People and the Land) -
narrates history of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Ongoing: "Perspectives" - art works and applied arts from the
museum's collections from eighteenth century to present day.
Ongoing: "Naturespace" - hands on natural history resource
centre.
CHANGING EXHIBITIONS
15 Oct-23 Jan '95: "The Queen's Pictures". (See front page).
Open daily 9-5pm. Public guided tours Mon-Fri 12.30pm, Sat & Sun
12.30-1.30pm. Lectures & workshops plus special events for
children. Free admission.
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF NEW ZEALAND TE PUNA MATAURANGA O AOTEAROA,
Molesworth St. Ph 474-3000.
Until 19 Nov: "That Serpent Milton" - radical view of John Milton
from the collection of the Alexander Turnbull Library. "The
Wandering Artist: Augustus Earle's Travels Around the World,
1820-29" National Library of Australia travelling exhibitition of
50 watercolours by Earle (1793-1838), illustrating his travels in
NZ, Australia, the Pacific, South America & Asia.
15 Oct: "A New Look at Old Books" - panel of experts will answer
questions on the value and care of old books 10am-1pm.
PETONE SETTLERS MUSEUM Te Whare Whakaaro o Pito-one, The
Esplanade Petone. Ph 568-8373.
Local social history, computerised passenger ship lists, family
history system 1839-1888, exhibitions, interactives, videos,
migration and settlement stories.
Until 5 Feb '95: Patchwork Lives" - women's stories 1840-1993.
Ongoing: "Manpowered" - women in local industry during WWII.
Audiovisual programme alternating with "Glees to Flicks:, arts &
entertainment in Petone 1860-1950.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES, 10 Mulgrave St. Ph 499-5595.
Open 9-5pm Mon-Fri & 9-1pm Sat. Admission free. Wheelchair accessible.
Ongoing: " Paths to Nationhood" with the original Treaty of
Waitangi & other founding documents, in the Constitution Room.
Until Feb '95: "Trees, Timber & Tranquility", an exhibition on
the value of forests, featuring the photography of John Johns.
UPPER HUTT COMMUNITY GALLERY, 832 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt. Ph
527-9885. Open 11am-4pm daily, 1.30-4pm Sun.
1-11 Oct: Woodcrafts by Upper Hutt Woodturners.
13-24 Oct: Upper Hutt Embroiderers' Guild.
15,16 Oct: Wellington Woodworker's Guild exhibition & display at
Horticultural Hall, Lower Hutt. Ph 801-4119.
KATHERINE MANSFIELD BIRTHPLACE, 25 Tinakori Rd. Ph 473-7268.
Birthplace of one of the world's best known short story writers.
Visit her 1888 birthplace - the period furnished home and town
garden. Admission $4 adults, $1 children, group concessions.
Exhibitions include "A Sense of Living" - period photographs and
excerpts from her writings, "The Doll's House" - reconstructed
from details in Mansfield's 1921 short story.
TRUST BANK WRITERS AT THE BIRTHPLACE SEASON PROGRAMME FOR PRIMARY
AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN. Hear NZ writers read their
own stories in the house where Katherine was born...and talk
about writing. Cost $4.50 (includes entry to birthplace and
refreshments). Bookings essential.
11-13 Oct: "Listening to Katherine Mansfield. Diedre O'Connor
reads Katherine's stories aloud in the house where she was born
and promotes discussion on their content and the way the material
is handled by the writer. Times - 9.45-10.45am, 11am-noon, 1-2pm
& 2.15-3.15pm. Admission $1 (includes admission to birthplace,
readings and refreshments). Class bookings.
2 Oct-13 Nov (fortnightly): Writers At The Birthplace Season
1.30pm & 3pm.. David Merritt & Raewyn Whyte on the 2nd, Simon
Garret on the 16th, Maurice Gee on the 30th, Fiona Kidman on 6
Nov & Bill Manhire on the 13th.
COLONIAL COTTAGE MUSEUM, 68 Nairn St. Ph 384-9122. Restored 1858
cottage. Open Mon-Fri 10-4pm & weekends 1-4.30pm. Adults $3,
children $1. Students, group concessions & senior citizens $2.
WELLINGTON MARITIME MUSEUM, Queen's Wharf. Ph 472-8904. Maritime
memorabilia - models of ships, paintings, video displays, Wahine
corner, Captain's cabin, navy room.
Ongoing: "The Liners" and "The Arts & Crafts of the Mariner".
OLD ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, Mulgrave St Thorndon. Ph 473-6722.
Beautiful historic Wellington church with native timber interior.
open Mon-Sat 11-3pm & Sun 1-4.30pm.
PARLIAMENT: BEEHIVE AND BOWEN HOUSE (where Parliament sits)
tours. Ph 471-9457 for daily tour times.
ALEXANDER McKAY GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, Cotton Building, Victoria
University. Ph 387-2532., bookings ph 471-5345.
Ongoing: Exhibitions of dinosaur fossils, minerals, Wellington
geology etc. Open weekdays 9-4pm weekdays.
MELODY FARM MUSIC MUSEUM, Muri Road, Pukerua Bay. Ph (04)239-9307.
Ongoing: Hear the unique European street barrel organ and other
instruments. Escorted tours by appointment. Light refreshments on
request.
TURNBULL HOUSE, Bowen St. Ph Heather Williams 386-2516.
2-5 Nov: Wellington Porcelain Artists' Association Exhibition &
sale supporting the Life Flight Trust Westpac Rescue Helicopter.
Guest artist Jennie Blackwood and Richard Ponder oil paintinngs.
Entry $3. Open 12-4pm on the 2nd, 10am-4pm on the 3rd & 4th and
10am-2pm on the 5th.
MISCELLANEOUS
Native tree planting activities - organised by Royal Forest &
Bird Society and Wellington City Council Culture and Recreation
Department. Public invited to be part of the action. Look for
tree planting signs and bring a grubber! Ph 476-4292.
1 Oct: Tinakori Hill - meet outside No 1 Wadestown Rd 9.30am.
9 Oct: Island Bay - meet end of Danube St 10am.
16 Oct: Meet at Scout Hall Hapua Rd Hataitai 9.30am.
22 Oct: Meet at Scout Hall Hapua Rd Hataitai 9.30am.
1 Oct, 6 Nov, 3 Dec & 27 Dec-7 Jan: Wgtn Botanic Garden field
trips. Visitors welcome Ph
1 Oct: Beerfest at Plimmerton Boating Club 8pm-midnight. Ph 237-5089.
1 Oct: Open Weekend at Hidden Lakes, Wairarapa. Ph (06) 378-7373.
Until 2 Oct: "The Cannes Shorts" - eight NZ short films
presented by the NZ Film Commission at The Paramount, 25
Courtenay Place 2pm on the 1st and 4pm on the 2nd. Tickets $9
adults, $7 concessions, $6 senior citizens. Ph 384-4488.
Sundays: Tai Chi practise by Wellington Tai Chi clubs (open to
all students of Tai Chi) at Civic Square, 9am-10.30am. Ph
8011-4040.
2 Oct: Craft Fair at Otaki Information Centre. Ph (06)364-7620.
2 Oct: Ramblings in a Country Garden. Ph ((06)364-6193.
2 Oct: Country Gardens Ramble at Otaki. Ph (06) 364-7620.
2-9 Oct: Tulip Week at The Botanic Garden. ph 801-3071.
4-7 Oct: Japanese Film Festival 1994 at BP Theatrette, BP House,
Cnr Johnson St & Customhouse Quay 6pm. "We Are Not Alone"on the
4th, "Twinkle" on the 5th, "The River With No Bridge" on the 6th
and "The Games Teachers Play" on the 7th. Ph 472-780
5,12,19,26 Oct: Extending Counselling Skills course designed to
help people develop skills to help people with personality
disorders & depression at Frederic Wallis House, 12 Military Rd
Lower Hutt 7.30-9.30pm Cost $30. Ph 676-876.
7 Oct: Telecom Wellington Tourism Awards at James Cook Centra
Hotel. Ph 499-9995.
7,14,21,28 Oct: (Fridays until 16 Dec). Avalon Craft Market with
15 stalls 9.30am-4pm at Avalon Public Hall, Mabey Rd Lower Hutt.
Knitting, sewing, children's clothing, ceramics etc. Ph Isabell
563-7727.
8,9 Oct: Wellington Orchid Society Show at Avalon Public Hall,
Lower Hutt. Ph Gordan Sylvester 564-4074.
14 Oct: Ronald McDonald Parade starts 1.15pm Slip Rd Waterloo
Quay, Bunny, Lambton, Panama, Featherston, Hunter, Victoria to
Civic Square arriving 2pm.
14 Oct: Otaki Maori Racing Club Meeting. Ph (06) 364-8078.
14 Oct: Casino Evening at Otaki. Ph (06)364-816.
14 Oct: Ronald McDonald Parade starts 1.15pm Waterloo Quay,
arriving Civic Square approx 2pm.
14-30 Oct: Festival of Flowers at upper Hutt to raise funds for
Te Omanga Hospice. Ph 383-8842.
15, 23 & 29 Oct, 6 & 12 Nov: Wairarapa early spring garden tours
departs Wellington via Cityrail 9.58am (stopping Petone, Waterloo
& Upper Hutt) returning 5.27pm. Cost $20. Ph 498-3352.
16 Oct: Wairarapa Country fair at Tauherenikau Racecourse starts
9am. Ph (06) 307-7728.
16 Oct: Wellington first annual pancake day at the mound, Frank
Kitts Park. Ph C Porter 472-3100.
16 Oct: Family Fun Day - low cost activities to celebrate the
International Year of the Family at Kilbirnie Park 10am-4.30pm
orgainsed by Wellington East Altrusa International. Craft stalls,
face painting, art competition, clowns, bands, entertainment by
cultural groups, schools, Fire Service & NZ Army displays,
rescue helicopter, air castle, kiddies cars, merry-go-round etc.
Lots of giveaways. Ph Caroline Horton 473-2208(w), 385-6917(h).
17-21 Oct: Bridging the gap - 20th annual IAEA (International
Association for Educational Assessment) conference at Parkroyal
hotel.
During Oct: "Artists against Violence" - poster campaign in
association with the Goeth-Institut at Old James Smiths Building,
Cuba St. 17- 22 Oct: "Them and us: expressions of violence in
society: - nine recent feature & documentary films on violence &
xenophobia in Germany. Daily at City Gallery, Civic Square 6pm.
19 Oct: Public discussion with NZ writer Alan Duff & Germany's
best known political essayist & novelist Peter Schneider 6pm. Ph
499-2469.
18,20 Oct: "The Family Secret" - 100 minute Japanese film starts
6pm at Japan Information and Cultural Centre, 113 Customhouse
Quay. Sharp, satirical look at a modern Japanese family. Free.
Ph 472-7807.
18 Oct: "Sudan The Horn of Africa" public meeting at Connolly
Hall, Guilford Tce (off Hill St) 7.30pm. Ph 384-3055.
21-23 Oct: Otaki Catholic Mission 150 years celebrations. (06)364-3367.
21-23 Oct: St Peter Chanel School 100 years celebrations at
Otaki. Ph (06) 364-3367.
21-23 Oct: NZ senior rock and roll championships at Indian
Cultural Centre 7pm. Ph Ron Bailey 528-7224.
21-24 Oct: Story telling festival at St Matthews Collegiate,
Masterton. Ph Maureen McEwen (06) 377-0792.
22-24 Oct: National Garden & Outdoor Lifestyle Show at Trentham
Racecourse Gardens. Ph 472-6161, fax 472-6151.
22-24 Oct: Craft Fair of the '90's - major art & craft show with
nationwide exhibitors at Overseas Passenger Terminal 10am-5pm.
Entry $4 adults, $1 children, children under 5yrs free. Ph Angela
Christofferson 526-6648.
22 Oct: Open day at Otaki Children's Health Camp. Ph (06)364-8069.
22,23 Oct: NZ Martial Arts Assn tournament at Hutt Valley
Memorial College & Hutt Valley High School, Lower Hutt. Kick
boxing, karate and sumo wrestling. Ph Mr Stirling 568-6941.
22,23 Oct: Te Omanga Hospice Festival of Flowers, Hutt Valley
includes exhibitions and garden tours. Ph 566-4535.
22-24 Oct: 1994 Machol Pacifica 6th National Israeli Folk Dancing
Camp at St Patricks College, Kilbirnie. Moshe Telem (from Israel)
will be coming out for the camp. Ph Marcia Trask 386-3658 or Val
Meyer 562-8181.
22-24 Oct: NZAME Convention 1994 -A Little Look at the Twenties
- exhibition and sale of miniatures & dolls houses at
Horticultural Hall and Town Hall, Lower Hutt. Ph Sue Glyde
560-0582.
22-24 Oct: The U-Save Partsworld 1994 NZ National Hot Rod Show at
Taranaki St Wharf, Wellington Waterfront 10am-8pm on the 22nd,
10am-6pm on the 23rd & 10am-4pm on the 24th. Hosted by Twin Lakes
Rod & Custom Club inc. Ph Marcus Wilson 568-6061(w), 566-6651(h),
(021)662-269 or Katie Watts 474-4746.
22-24 Oct: Steam Incorporated Taranaki Weekender Garden Tour. Ph (025)466-504.
22 Oct: Tawa Fire Brigade 50th Jubilee Parade starts 11am. Ph 237-5089.
23 Oct: Carterton Spring Festival. Ph (06) 378-7373.
23 Oct: Open day at Otaki Childrens Health Camp. Ph (06) 364-8069.
27-29 Oct: Wairarapa A & P Association Show at Clareville
Showgrounds, Carterton. Ph (06) 378-7373.
27-30 Oct: NZ Association of Optomotrists conference at
Wellington Festival & Convention Centre. Ph Peter George
566-7516.
28-30 Oct: Wellington Spring Home Show at Wellington Show &
Sports Centre, John St 10am-10pm Fri & Sat, 10am-5pm Sun. Largest
home show in Wgtn for a decade. Features home related products
and services, (many new to Wgtn region), regular cooking
demonstrations by food expert Alison Holst and special culinary
court. Free entry.
29 Oct: Art Auction with proceeds to the Salvation Army at Page
90 Artspace. Ph 237-4043.
29 Oct: Wellington City Rifle Volunteers parade starting Slip Rd
Waterloo Quay, Bunny, Lambton, Willis, Mercer to Civic Square
starting 11.40am.
29-31 Oct: Home Show at Wellington Show & Sports Centre 10am-10pm
Fri & Sat, 10am-5pm Sun. Includes cooking demonstrations by
Alison Holst. Free entry.
29 Oct: Wellington City Rifle Volunteers parade - Bunny St to
Civic Square starts 11.40am.
29 Oct: Garden Party at Frederick Wallis House, 12 Military Road
Lower Hutt 11am-4pm. Family fun includes music, sausage sizzle,
Devonshire teas etc. Free admission. Ph 567-6876.
EDUCATIONAL
BUSINESS SKILLS COURSES. Wellington City Council Capital
Development Agency, 3rd floor Public Library Bldg Victoria St.
Bookings ph 801-3222.
3 Oct: Be Your Own Boss - evening course (7 weeks) 6pm-9pm (1
night per week).
17 Oct: Business Start - 5 days full-time 9.30am-4pm.
31 Oct: Start Your Own Business - 4 weeks, 9am-4pm (1st two
weeks) 9am-1pm (2nd two weeks).
5 Dec: Business Start - 5 days full-time 9.30am-4pm.
NEW SERVICE - Computer accounting. Learn to do your own accounts
- GST a speciality - on CDA's easy accounting package. Training
given.
WEA/WCC MONDAY LUNCHTIME FORUMS at Betty Campbell Complex Meeting
Room, 8th floor James Smiths City Council Parking Bld, Wakefield
St. Admission by koha. Ph June Bastings 476-9044.
3 Oct: Rev Charles Waldegrave (social policy consultant) "The
impact of social and economic policy changes on the family".
10 Oct: Ian Rogers (Marketing and events manager for Lambton
Harbour Development) "Events and Development on Lambton Harbour".
17 Oct: Ian Lawrence (Chairman, Local Government Commission) "The
shifting sands of lacal government re-organisation.
31 Oct: David Russell (Chief executive Consumers Institute)
"Consumer Protection and the new Consumer Guarantees Act".
KARORI SPRING SEMINARS 1994 at Karori Arts & Crafts Centre
(Newman Centre) behind Karori Library 7.30-9.30pm. Fee $5
(includes tea/coffee). Ph June Bastings 476-9044.
4 Oct: "Collective versus Individual Rights" - Paul Goulter
(finance sector union) and John Slater (labour consultant).
11 Oct: "Changes in accident compensation". Ross Wilson
(coalition of Accident Compensation) and Hazel Armstrong (ACC
health & safety co-ordinator, engineers union and recent member
of reviewing panel for ACC).
18 Oct: "Self employment and supplementing your income". Quentin
Jukes and Sam Cotton (People's Resource Centre)..
YWCA FEMINIST LECTURE SERIES 1994. Admission $10 per session, $50 per series.
TURNBULLL HOUSE 12.30pm. Ph 385-0505.
4 Oct: Sandre Lee, MP "Maori Women in politics".
11 Oct: Phillida Bunkle "Does Therapy Drive Women Mad? The power
of the couselling industry"
18 Oct: Joy Anderton "Dancing barefoot on the earth: ecofeminist rhythms".
1 Nov: Anne Else "Feminism for new times".
DOWSE ART GALLERY, Lower Hutt 7.30pm.
4 Nov: "Year of the Family? Whose family?" Chair Mary O'Regan,
panel Bonnie Ranfurly, Moari concepts of famila, Anna Woods,
lesbian concepts of family, Lorraine Coulston, single parent
families.
11 Nov: "An interview with the interviewer" - Kim Hill
interviewed by Judith Fyfe.
KIWIHOST COURSES
4,11,18 Oct, 1,15,29 Nov: Kiwihost course - one day customer
service training programme developed by NZ Tourism Board for
anyone in or wanting to be in the service industry 8.30am-4.45pm.
20 Oct: Kiwihost Super Service course. 8.30am-4.45pm.
6 Oct: Kiwihost for Managers course 8.30am-5pm.
Courses run by Capital Development Agency, 3rd floor Central
Library. Ph Frances Trim 801-4007.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
THE ROYAL SOSSCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND
Lectures, open to public. Ph 475-9496.
Dept of Conservation seminar series, first floor, 58 Tory St 10.30am.
4 Oct: "Classification of the NZ Shoreline for conservation
purposes" by Dr Cameron Hay DOC.
CARTER OBSERVATORY, Kelburn, 7.30pm.
5 Oct: "An overview of the solar system" by Frank Andrews.
Royal Society Science House Lecture Theatre, 11 Turnbull St (off
Murphy St) Thorndon 7.30pm.
6 Oct: Geology - students report recent research work.
11 Oct: Archaeology "Palaeolithic rock art in Southern France
with some comments on cultural tourism" by Jim McKinlay.
13 Oct: Physics - "How unconventional are the high temperature
superconductors?" by Dr H J Trodahl, Victoria University.
20 Oct: Geophysics - "Using seismic anisotraphy probes for deep
structure of subduction zones" by Dr Ken Gledhill.
31 Oct: Technology - "Windpower - electricity generation" by Paul
van Lieshout, Designpower. Wellington Botanical Society, room
K301, new Kirk Building, Victoria University, Kelburn Parade
7.30pm.
17 Oct: Botany - "Mytaceae and Araliaceae from New Caledonia to
the Subantarctic Islands" by John Dawson & Rob Lucas.
RELIGIOUS
WELLINGTON CATHEDRAL, Molesworth St. Ph 472-0286.
2 Oct: The Animals Service 10am.
10 Oct: Seafarers Service 10am.
30 Oct: The Antarctic Service 10am.
13 Oct: "Peace - for you and all" - Robert Caporn from Perth
speaks at Christian Science Church, 285 Willis St 8pm. Ph
479-2507.
WRIGHTS HILL TUNNELS, Karori.
Labyrinth of underground tunnels, ammunition storage, cannons,
bunkrooms etc built by the NZ military to protect Wellington from
possible invasion during WW11. Visitors can be picked up from
around Wellington or met at the tunnels. Tunnel tours
approximately 40 minutes. Tours/functions venue by arrangement 24
hours a day, seven days a week. A great place to see the sun rise
over Wellington, stage a 'confidence' course, or have a very
different special occasion. Ph John Brown 476-8188.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Until 15 Jan: Queens' Pictures Exhibition at Museum of New
Zealand Te Papa Tongarerewa.
1 Nov: Calcutta on Melburne Cup - sweepstake & charity luncheon
at Plaza International Hotel. Ph 387-9994.
Nov: Rangiatea Church, Otaki reopens after being refurbished.
4 Nov: Guy Fawkes Extravaganza at Haruatai Park, Otaki. Ph (06)364-8272.
4 Nov: Fresh Up Step for Sight at 14 fitness centre/gyms
throughout greater Wgtn 7pm-midnight to raise funds for the Royal
NZ Foundation for the Blind. Ph 389-1538 or Jill ford on
389-4496.
4 Nov: "Mother Knows Best" celebrity debate (in the year of the
family) chaired by Denis Wellch at The Beehive 8pm. Tickets from
Cashmere Avenue School 8.30am-3.30pm. Enquiries ph Jacqui Hale
479-6727. Debaters Linda Clark, Jim Hopkins, Dougal Stevenson,
Pauline Gillespie, Steve Maharey MP and Kerre Woodham. Entry $20
debate, $10 supper.
4 Nov: 1994 Tourism Awards Dinner at Plaza International Hotel. Ph 472-8860.
4-5 Nov: UNICEF Charity auction at Wellington Show & Sports
Centre. Ph 389-6199.
5 Nov: Horse racing at Trentham Racecourse, Upper Hutt.
5 Nov: Hutt City Council Open Day. Ph 570-6442.
5 Nov: New Circa Theatre opens on the waterfront at the bottom of
Taranaki St with "Angels in America; Millenium Approaches". Ph
472-8778.
5,6 Nov: ExtravaCANZa - celebrating the 20th birthday of
Composers' Association of NZ with lively and stimulating weekend
of concerts, workshops and forums based around the Wgtn Town
Hall. Includes late night outdoor sonic spectacular CANZdemonium
in Civic Square on 5 Nov featuring fanfares, fireworks,
continuous performance of specially written mini-sound events by
a diverse range of composers, and a concluding massed car-horn
hocket. Ph Eve de Castro-Robinson (09)528-0053.
5 Nov: Chamber music - Kalichstein - Laredo - Robinson trio at Town Hall.
6 Nov: Recorders and Early Music Union at Page 90 Artspace,
Porirua. Big blow, rounds and canons etc with Keith Riach. Ph
237-4043.
6 Nov: Raft Race at Upper Hutt. Ph 527-6041.
6 Nov: City to Surf fun run organised by Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation starts Frank Kitts Park, through Mt Victoria Green
Belt to Lyall Bay. Total 10km starts 10.15am. Mountainbike
classic starts 9.45am. Entry $10 before Oct 31, $15 on the day.
Ph Wendy Calnan 388-3103.
6 Nov: Cystic Fibrosis Surf Fun Run starts 9.45am Frank Kitts
Park - Lyall Bay Surf Club.
6 Nov: Floral Fiestas Cityrail Garden tour to Wairarapa. Ph498-3352.
6 Nov: Craft Fair at Otaki Information Centre. Ph (06) 364-7620.
6 Nov: Pan Tera at Town Hall 8pm. Ph 801-4263.
6,13 Nov: Day in the Country, Wairarapa. Ph (06) 378-7373.
8 Nov: Stars of "Stars in your Eyes" at MFC 8pm featuring Neil
Diamond, Shirley bassey, Patsy Cline, Elvis Presley and Roy
Orbison. Tickets $37.50 adults, $34.50 concessions.
9 Nov: Cellnet Corporate Challenge starts Frank Kitts Park. Ph D
Quax (09) 527-2282.
9 Nov-3 Dec: "Horse Play" at Theatre. New play about what James
K Baxter and Hugh Morrieson might have got up to if they had met.
9-13 Nov: "Romeo & Juliet" - Royal NZ Ballet at State Opera
House. Ph 385-0832.
10-12 Nov: UNICEF Fair. Ph 801-3268.
11 Nov: Life Flight Trust street day appeal. Ph Jenny Rowland 387-9591.
11 Nov: Wairarapa Garden Galaxy. Ph (06) 378-7373.
12,13 Nov: ANZ NZ Wine & Food Festival at Wellington Festival &
Convention Centre. Ph 385-2106, fax 385-2107.
12 Nov: Nature & Design Cityrail trip to Mt Holdsworth, gateway
of Tararua Forest Park. Ph 498--3352.
12 Nov: Picton Business Association Mussel Festival. Ph Maria
Grice 573-8597.
12 Nov: Metro Ford Band Concert at Page 90 Artspace, Porirua. Ph 237-4043.
12 Nov: Spring Mozart series at MFC 8pm. Tickets $25 adults, $20 concessions.
13 Nov: Gear Homestead Annual Arts & Crafts Fun Day 10am-4pm. Ph 237-5089.
13 Nov: Christmas Craft Market at Mitsubishi Motors. Ph 235-9409.
13-15 Nov: "The Golden Salamander" - a new romantic comic opera
in 3 acts, written by Michael Vinten. Victoria University
Memorial Theatre. Ph Fiona Campbell 388-8069.
15 Nov: 5km Fun Run starts Overseas Passenger Terminal. Ph A Klap 479-5563.
16 Nov: Greyhound racing at Hutt Park Raceway.
17 Nov-15 Dec: Whitireia Polytechnic Art Dept Graduation
exhibition at Page 90 Artspace, Porirua. Ph 237-4043.
18,19 Nov: The Nexus Antiques at Overseas Passenger Terminal. Ph
Elaine Yellowlees 499-3922.
18-20 Nov: The Great NZ Craft Show at Wellington Show & Sports
Centre. Ph 389-6199.
19 Nov: Santa parade (rain out date 20th).
19 Nov: Theatresports at State Opera House.
19 Nov: Rimutaka Incline Fun Run, Upper Hutt. Ph 527-6041.
19 Nov: Featherston Festival. Ph (06) 378-7373.
19 Nov: Colonial Cycle Classic Criterium Jervois Quay/Frank Kitts
Park. Ph J Sandoval 563-8904. Ph 801-3250.
19 Nov: Naomi Wolf "Women & Feminism in the '90's" forum
2-5.30pm. Ph 088-100-888.
19 Nov-12 Feb: Levi Borgstrom - successful marriage of
traditional Scandinavian hand crafting with indigenous NZ timbers
resulting in finely honed wooden spoons from public & private
collections at Dowse Art Museum.
20 Nov: Toast Martinborough Food & Wine Festival. Ph (06) 378-7373.
20 Nov: World triathlon warm up at Onepoto Park, Porirua. Ph 233-9479.
20 Nov: Sunday afternoon concert series 1994 at St Mark's
Anglican Church, 13 Dufferin St Mt Victoria 2.30pm. Members of
Wellington Regional Orchestra piano quintet, string quartet, wind
ensemble, cello-brenton veitch. Admission by programme at door
$5. Complimentary afternoon tea. Wheelchair access. Ph 385-8536.
20 Nov: Western Bays Street Rodders Swap Meet & Boot Sale at AWA
Carpark, Semple St Porirua. Buy & sell used car parts. Ph Ian
Stuart 237-4191.
20 Nov: The Great Family Life Cycle for International Year of the
Family at Upper Hutt. Ph 527-6041.
24 Nov: Royal Viking cruise ship at Overseas Passenger Terminal.
24 Nov: Beyer Classic meeting at Levin Racing Club, Otaki
Racecourse. Ph (06)363-8149.
24-27 Nov: Grand Lodge of NZ Freemasons Annual Communication at
Michael Fowler Centre. Ph David Garing 232-7466.
25,26 Nov: NZ School of Dance annual graduation performance at
State Insurance Opera house 6pm on the 25th, 7.30pm on the 26th.
Ph 385-2821.
25,26 Nov: Muka Prints - lithographs by leading artists at Page
90 Artspace, Porirua. Purchases to young people only. Ph
237-4043.
25-27 Nov: Capital Garden Festival - more than 90 gardens in the
Greater Wellington region to visit 10am-4pm organised by Crippled
Childrens Society. Tickets $15 per day, $40 for the three days
(concessions for senior citizens on the 25th. Bus tours
available. Proceeds to Wellington Cathedral Completion Fund. Ph
Alan Frost 478-9291.
26 Nov: Engelbert Humperdinck at MFC. Tickets $58.50, $55.50
unwaged, senior citizens, students & groups. Ph 801-4263.
26 Nov: Porirua Christmas parade and craft fair starts 11am.
Christmas Magic with stalls, entertainment and air castle
10am-3pm. Ph 237-5089.
27 Nov: Metropolitan Life ITU Triathlon World Championships 1994.
Ph 479-5563.
27 Nov: Family Fishing Competition, Upper Hutt. Ph 527-6041.
27 Nov: Horse racing at Tauherenikau Racecourse. Ph (06) 378-7373.
29 Nov: 5km Fun Run starts Overseas Passenger Terminal. Ph A Klap 479-5563.
29 Nov: "Family Portraits" photographic images of family life in
Petone from 1905-1919 and in 1994 at Petone Settlers Museum. Ph
568-8393.
29 Nov: Horse racing (trotting) at Hutt Park Raceway.
1-15 Dec: Hutt Art Society exhibition at Odlin Gallery, Myrtle St. Ph 566-0102.
1 Dec: Horse racing (trotting) at Hutt Park Raceway.
2-4 Dec: Nissan Mobil 500 Street Race. Ph P Carrad 472-6161.
3 Dec: Wainuiomata Christmas Parade. Ph Coral 564-8364.
3 Dec: Upper Hutt Christmas Parade. Ph 527-6041.
3 Dec: Montana's Opera starring Malvina Major & NZSO at Basin
Reserve 7pm. Tickets $30 adults ($20 ground) & $8 children. Ph
801-4263.
3 Dec: Otaki Maori Racing Carnival/Otaki Lions Market Day at
Otaki Racecourse. Ph (06)364-7620 (market), (06)364-8078
(races)..
3 Dec-15 Apr: Exhibitions at National Library - "Flowers Worthy
of Paradise" - Banks' Florilegium - botanical engravings from the
voyage of James Cook 1768-71. "Nature Studies" - photographs by
Thelma Kent 1899-1946. Ph 474-3143.
3,4,10,11 Dec: Yachting - Starling class match racing trials at
Plimmerton. Ph 233-1592.
Starts 4 Dec: The Kodak Tasman Triangle Ocean Racing Series
(first international blue water yachting event to come to
Wellington) featuring 250 yachts competing in the 50th running of
the Sydney-Hobart race. A fleet of 30-40 yachts is anticipated to
sail the Hobart-Wellington leg. Wellington to Sydney leg 4 Dec.
Sydney-Hobart 26 Dec, Hobart-Wellington 5 Jan 1995 and
Wellington-Sydney 23 Jan '95. Ph 384-8700.
4 Dec: Steam Incorporated 1994 Christmas Flyer. Ph (025)466-504.
4 Dec: Craft Fair at Otaki Information Centre. Ph (06) 364-7620.
4,8 Dec: Roundabout Christmas with Philip Liner at El Rancho,
Waikanae 2.30pm on the 4th & 7.30pm at Otaki College on the 8th.
Two concerts of readings full of humour and pathos and seasonal
meaning, with plenty of carols for the audience to sing along
with featuring Kapiti Community Choirs with conductor Peter
Godfrey. Celebration of the joy & spirit of Christmas. Ph
232-8505.
7-10 Dec: Shell Trophy cricket - Wgtn v Northern Districts at
Basin Reserve. Ph 384-3171.
7-24 Dec: "Go Christmas Cracker" at Bats Theatre 10pm. Crazy
Christmas show starring Fergus Aiken & David Backler.
8-11 Dec: Windsurfing - NZ National Slalom Championships,
Eastbourne. Grades for various level and ages, top sailors from
all over NZ. Ph Rory 527-9320.
9-11 Dec: Under 16 National Waterpolo Championships at Huia Pool,
Lower Hutt. Ph Brett 570-6655.
10 Dec: Life Flight Trust charity race day at Trentham
Racecourse, Upper Hutt. Ph Jenny Rowland 387-9591.
10 Dec: Horse racing at Trentham Racecourse.
10 Dec: Tangaroa Dragon Boat Festival at Frank Kitts Park. Ph
Suse Keith 471-0205.
10 Dec: The Orpheus Choir perform Handel's Messiah.
10 Dec-5 Feb: "By the Waters of Babylon" - the art of Lois White
at the Museum of NZ Te Papa Tongarewa.
10 Dec-5 Mar: "Provided with Eyes" - selection of 33 exquisitely
hand stitched quilts layered with meaningful issues from
expatriate kiwi Bryony Dalefield at Dowse Art Museum.
11 Dec: Shell Cup cricket - Wellington v Northern Districts at
Basin Reserve. Ph384-3171.
11 Dec: Business House Triathlon & duathlon starting Frank Kitts
Park 8am. Swim 450m, cycle 15km, run 5km. Fun team event with
team triathlon & team relay sections. Ph 479-5563, fax 479-7974.
11 Dec: Annual Thorndon Fair, Tinakori Rd 9.30am-4pm (Shed 1 Wgtn
waterfront if wet). Ph 472-4267.
11 Dec: The World Festival of Magic at State Insurance Opera
House. Ph 385-0832.
14 Dec: Trust Bank Carols by Candelight at Frank Kitts Park. Ph
385-3200.
13 Dec: 5km Fun Run starts Overseas Passenger Terminal. Ph A Klap
479-5563.
14 Dec: Greyhound racing at Hutt Park Raceway.
14-17 Dec: Shell Trophy cricket - Wgtn v Otago at Basin Reserve. Ph 384-3171.
17 Dec: The Great Lower Hutt Charity Bier Fest at Lower Hutt Town
Hall 7pm-1am. Tickets $30 (includes three course meal), your own
stein, six hours of entertainment and five NZ deutschmarks to
start off. Limited to 1,000 tickets. Ph David Edwards 570-0321.
17,18 Dec: Variety Show at State Opera House. Ph 385-0832.
18 Dec: Shell Cup cricket - Wellington v Otago at Basin Reserve. Ph 384-3171.
26 Dec: Shell Cup cricket - Wellington v Central Districts at
Basin Reserve. Ph 384-3171.
30 Dec: Shell Cup cricket - Wellington v Canterbury at Basin
Reserve. Ph 384-3171.
1 Jan-26 Feb '95: Wellington Summer City Festival. Ph 801-3600.
Jan '95: NZ Rifle Range Competition at Trentham. Ph Mr Lockhart 499-1641.
1 Jan '95: Shell Cup cricket - Wellington v Auckland at Basin
Reserve. Ph 384-3171.
1 Jan '95: Annual Marlborough Walk (Blenheim to Picton). Ph Maria
Grice (03)573-8597.
1-7 Jan '95: Yachting - Tanner & Tauranga Cup. National
competition for P Class. Ph Ross Murray 568-3837.
2 Jan '95: Tauherenikau Race Meeting family day, Featherston,
Wairarapa. Ph (06) 308-9393.
2-8 Jan '95: Tennis - BP Challenger at Renouf Tennis Centre. Ph 385-9709.
4-23 Jan '95: World Long Range Rifle Championships at Upper Hutt.
Ph June Young 528-4843.
5 Jan '95: Summer City Pacific Island Fun & Recreation Day 9-5pm.
Ph 801-3600. (Postponement date 6th).
9-15 Jan '95: Masefield Ballinger Belt Series, Seddon Range,
Trentham, Upper Hutt. Ph 527-6041.
9-13,16-20, 24-27 Jan '95: Summer City Lunchtime entertainment
12.30-1.30pm & holiday programme. Ph 801-3600.
10 Jan '95: 5km Fun Run starts Overseas Passenger Terminal. Ph A
Klap 479-5563.
11-18 Jan '95: Yachting - Starling Class Nationals at Plimmerton
Yacht Club. Ph 233-1592.
12-15 Jan '95: Golf- AMP NZ Open at Wellington Golf Club,
Heretaunga, Upper Hutt. Ph 528-2640.
12 Jan '95: Gourmet Paradise Country Music Awards, Marlborough..
12-22 Jan '95: Tennis - BP National 16's Champs & Teams event at
Renouf Tennis Centre.
Mid Jan: Yachting - Starling Nationals at Plimmerton Yacht Club.
14 Jan: Summer City Teddy Bears Picnic at The Dell, Botanic
Garden. Ph 801-3600. (Postponement date 15th).
21 Jan '95: Lake Ferry Fishing Contest, Wairarapa. Ph (06) 377-0916.
21 Jan '95: Sculpture Symposium at Frank Kitts Park. Ph D Berdinner 388-6390.
21-22 Jan '95: Annual Picton Maritime Festival. Ph Maria Grice (03)573-8597.
21-23 Jan: Upper Hutt Motorcycle Show at Civic Centre, Upper
Hutt. Ph 527-6041.
21,23,28 Jan '95: Horse racing - Wgtn Cup meeting at Trentham
Racecourse. Cup Day on the 28th.
22 Jan: Summer City Anniversary Day multicultural event at Civic
Square. Ph 801-3600. (Postponement date 23rd).
22 Jan '95: Lambton Harbour Spirit of Adventure Trust 21st
Celebrations - family fun day & open day. Ph 495-7826.
22 Jan '95: "Fish For Your Life" on Wellington Harbour. Major
fishing competition organised by Wellington Surfcasting & Angling
Club for Life Flight Trust. Competitions for children too. Major
prizes for various species. Weigh in festival at Frank Kitts Park
pm. Ph Jenny Rowlands 387-9994.
22 Jan '95: 41st Annual Waikanae District Sports Day. Ph (04)293-7271.
22 Jan '95: Riversdale Surf Lifesaving Club 40th Anniversary
Spectacular Surf Carnival, Wairarapa. Ph (06) 378-7373.
22 Jan '95: Masterton Motor Cycle Club Street Race. Ph (06) 378-7373.
23 Jan '95: Horse racing - Wellington Cup Yearling Sales.
23 Jan '95: Wellington marathon & half marathon.
24 Jan '95: Lambton Harbour Anniversary Day Regatta. Ph 495-7826.
24 Jan '95: Kodak Trans-Tasman Series Re-start at Overseas
Passenger Terminal. Ph 384-8700.
24,26 Jan '95: Greyhound racing at Hutt Park Raceway.
24,28 Jan '95: Horse racing (trotting) at Hutt Park Raceway.
25 Jan '95: Cricket - NZ v West Indies at Basin Reserve. Ph 384-3171.
25,26,27 Jan '95: Summer City lunchtime concerts. Ph 801-3600.
28 Jan '95: Horse racing - Fosters' Cup Day at Trentham Racecourse, Upper Hutt.
28,29 Jan '95: Wellington Fuchsia Society Annual Show at
Horticultural Hall, Lower Hutt 11am-4.30pm on the 28th and
10.30-4pm on the 29th. Demonstrations, displays, plant sales,
fuchsia lore etc. Admission $2. Ph Ann Devlin 526-8406.
28 Jan '95: Summer City Mardi Gras, Oriental Bay. Ph 801-3600.
29 Jan '95: Poweraid Wellington Triathlon starting Frank Kitts
Park. Swim 1500m, cycle 40km, run 10km. Olympic distance
triathlon for teams & individuals. Ph 479-5563, fax 479-7974.
Feb 1995: Steam Incorporated 1995 King Country Railranger. Ph (025)466-504.
Feb '95: Around the Bays Run.
Feb-Mar '95: Theatre - "Brilliant Lies" by David Williamson at Circa.
1,8,15,22 Feb: Summer City Soundshell Flicks at The Botanic
Garden 9.30pm. Ph 801-3600.
3,4 Feb '95: Stock cars - NZ Street stock champs at Te Marua
Speedway, Upper Hutt. Ph 527-6041.
3-5 Feb '95: Tennis - Wellington Champs at Renouf Tennis Centre.
4 Feb '95: Martinborough Country Fair family day with more than
300 stalls. Ph (06) 304-9368.
4 Feb '95: Teddy Bears' Picnic at Upper Hutt. Ph 527-6041.
4 Feb: Lower Hutt Rock n Roll Society Inc Club Champs at
Horticultlural Hall, Lower Hutt. Ph Bernadette Goodallll
565-0575.
4,5 Feb '95: Sport aviation expo 1995 at Paraparaumu airfield.
Organised by amateur aircraft construction assn. Aircraft, trade
and home building displays, air shows, entertainment for children
etc. Ph Max Saunders 498-9460(w), fax 473-5927.
5 Feb: Summer City Celtic Special at the Soundshell, Botanic
Garden. Ph 801-3600.
5 Feb '95: Steam Incorporated 1995 King Country Railranger. Ph
(025) 466-504.
5 Feb '95: Pool Party at Upper Hutt. Ph 527-6041.
6 Feb '95: Summer City Waitangi Day event. Ph 801-3600.
6 Feb '95: Tauherenikau Race Meeting family day, Featherston,
Wairarapa. Ph (06) 308-9393.
7-24 Feb: Tennis - ASB League Matches at Renouf Tennis Centre.
10-14 Feb '95: Cricket test - New Zealand v West Indies at Basin
Reserve. Ph 384-3171.
11 Feb '95: Air NZ Marlborough Wine & Food Festival, Blenheim. Ph
Mike Blair (03)577-8877.
11 Feb: Horse racing at Trentham Racecourse.
12 Feb '95: Medic Aid Triathlon at Churchill Park, Seatoun. Swim
750m, cycle 20km, run 5km. Fun event with relay teams and
individuals. Medical cups for individuals. Ph 479-5563, fax
479-7974.
Mid Feb '95: Summer Sunset Concert at Upper Hutt. Ph 527-6041.
14 Feb '95: Summer City Valentines Night at Lagoon & Boatshed
6-10pm. Ph 801-3600.
14,23 Feb '95: Greyhound racing at Hutt Park Raceway.
15 Feb '95: Cricket - Australia v South Africa opening centenary
series match at Basin Reserve. Ph 384-3171.
16-19 Feb '95: Fishing - the Ngawi Big Three Tournament. Ph (06) 307-8099.
17 Feb-12 Mar '95: Wellington Fringe Festival '95. Ph Tracey Medland 384-5141.
17-19 Feb '95: Masterton A & P Show at Solway Showgrounds. Sheep
& cattle displayed, exhibits, events, homecrafts, cooking, modern
agricultural machinery, marching, highland dancing, fairground
sideshows etc. Ph (06) 378-6247.
18 Feb '95: Cricket - NZ women v Australia at Basin Reserve. Ph 384-3171.
18,19 Feb: Summer Flower Show - Dahlia show at Horticultural
Hall, Lower Hutt 12-5pm. Entry $2. Ph Mr Poulsen 568-8507.
19 Feb '95: Charity Garden Party at Vogel House Gardens, Woburn
Rd (Town Hall if wet). Ph Mr Chaney 569-4459.
19 Feb '95: Mutts Dog Show at Kilbirnie Park 11am-2pm. Ph Stuart
Allan 385-3200.
19 Feb '95: British Car Day with English village gala 10am-4.30pm
at Mackay's Crossing, the Tramways Museum, Paekakariki. Tram
pulling, hot air balloon rides, Devonshire teas, coconut shys,
crafts etc. ph Wayne Hopkins 477-3210.
19 Feb '95: Summer City Jazz & Blues concert at Soundshell,
Botanic Garden. Ph 801-3600.
20 Feb: Cricket - Wellington v South Africa at Basin Reserve. Ph
384-3454. TBC.
21-24 Feb: Shell Trophy cricket - Wellington v Auckland at Basin
Reserve. Ph 384-3171.
24 Feb '95: Vagatal Community fund-raising dance at
Horticulltural Hall 7pm. Tickets $10 includes supper &
entertainment. Ph 564-3217.
24 Feb '95: Petone Horticultural Society Summer Show at Petone
Service Centre, Britannia St. Ph Mrs Cleland 568-5410.
25 Feb '95: Upper Hutt Summer Carnival at Trentham Memorial Park,
Upper Hutt. Ph 527-6041.
25 Feb '95: Two Timer Moonshiner road cycling race at Trentham,
Upper Hutt. Ph 527-6041.
25 Feb '95: Eastbourne Horticultural Society Summer Show at
Eastbourne Community & Sports Centre, Tauoru St. Ph Miss Knox
Gilmer 562-8011.
25,26 Feb '95: Lambton Harbour National Dragon Boat Festival at
Wellington Waterfront. Ph Suze Keith 471-0205, fax 471-0495.
25,26 Feb '95: Big Coast Mountain Bike event. Ph Tourism Resource
Consultants 472-3114.
25,26 Feb '95: Yachting - Lion Brown Regatta at Plimmerton. Ph
233-1592.
26 Feb '95: Hansell's Wairarapa Wine & Food Festival at The Oval,
Queen Elizabeth Park, Masterton. Ph (06) 377-3118.
28 Feb '95: Horse racing (trotting) at Hutt Park Raceway.
Mar '95: Parliament resumes.
Mar-Apr '95: Theatre - "The Master Builder" by Henrik Ibsen at Circa.
2 Mar '95: Horse racing (trotting) at Hutt Park Raceway.
2-4 Mar '95: Golden Shears competition at War Memorial Stadium,
Masterton. Ph (06) 378-7373.
3-6 Mar '95: Shell Trophy cricket - Wellington v Central
Districts at Basin Reserve. Ph 384-3171.
4 Mar '95: Bird (wo)man competition.
4 Mar: Martinborough Country Fair family day with more than 300
stalls. Ph (06) 304-9368.
4,5 Mar '95: Marin Karapoti Classic Mountain Bike Race, Upper
Hutt. Ph 527-6041.
4,5 Mar '94: National Autumn Rose Convention, Lower Hutt. Ph Mrs
Earl 566-3974.
4,11 Mar: Horse racing at Trentham Racecourse.
7,9,18 Mar '95: Horse racing (trotting) at Hutt Park Raceway.
10-12 Mar '95: Festival of the Pines at Trentham Memorial Park,
Upper Hutt. Ph 527-6041.
10-17 Mar '95: Irish Festival.
11,14-18 '95: Ballet - "Cinderella" at St James Theatre.
14-19 Mar '95: Antique Expo at Overseas Passenger Terminal. Ph 385-2106.
18 Mar '95: Horse racing at Castlepoint. Ph (06) 378-7373.
24-26 Mar '95: Autumn Home Show at Wellington Show & Sports Centre. Ph 389-6199.
25,26 Mar '95: Pepsi 24hr Relay. Ph 472-6161.
31 Mar-2 Apr '95: ANZ Marine Festival. Ph 472-6161.
Apr '95: The Orpheus Choir play JS Bach Mattaus-passion.
April '95: Easter Golf Tournament, Otaki.
April '95: Smokefree Cycle Classic (Easter).
April '95: Hutt Valley Country Music Awards (Easter).
Apr-May: Theatre - "The Learner's Stand" by David Geary at Circa.
Apr-Sep '95: Indoor Basketball Fri/Sat nights at Wellington Show
& Sports Centre. Ph 389-6199.
4,6,25,27 Apr '95: Horse racing (trotting) at Hutt Park Raceway.
8 Apr '95: Horse racing at Trentham Racecourse.
8,9 Apr '95: Wellington Porcelain Doll Makers' Show, Lower Hutt.
Ph Dianne Chin 232-5533.
8,9 Apr '95: Johnsonville Junior 4's tournament. Ph Rob Ashton 478-6786.
9 Apr '95: Wairarapa Country Fair at Tauherenikau Racecourse
starts 9am. Ph Joan (06) 377-0652 or Evelyn (06) 377-0826. `
11,13,15,18,20,22 Apr '95: "Le Nozze Di Figaro (The Marriage of
Figaro)" opera at State Insurance Opera House. Ph 385-0832.
12,15, Apr: Greyhound racaing at Hutt Park Raceway.
14-17 Apr '95: Craft Fair of NZ at Overseas Passenger Terminal.
Ph B Christoffersen 526-6648.
14-17 Apr '95: Austin NZ Healey Car Club National Rally at Solway
Park, Masterton. Ph (04) 497-1060.
14-17 Apr '95: Hutt Valley Country Music Club Easter Awards. Ph 567-5953.
15 Apr '95: Horse Racing at Tauherenikau Racecourse. Ph (06) 378-7373.
22-25 Apr '95: National School Girls' Waterpolo Tournament at
Huia Pool, Lower Hutt. Ph 570-6655.
28,29 Apr '95: Chrysanthemum Show at Otaki. Ph John Mclennan (06) 364-7229.
29,30 Apr '95: Autumn Flower Show (chrysanthemum) at
Horticulltural Hall, Lower Hutt. Ph Mr Poulsen 568-8507.
May '95: National Shell Show. Ph Pat Lakeman 496-6650.
1 May '95: Benson & Hedges NZ Fashion Design Awards. Ph (09) 358-0680
6, 13 May '95: Horse racing at Trentham Racecourse.
6 May-29 Jul '95: Exhibition at National Library - "Kia Kaha -
Forever Strong" commemorating NZ's involvement in World War II.
Ph 473-3143.
May '95: (School holidays) Winter Trade Show & Carnival at
Wellington Show & Sports Centre. Ph 389-6199.
16-20 May: "The Rite of Spring", "Balanchine programme" at St James Theatre
24,30 May '95: Greyhound racing at Hutt Park Raceway.
28 May '95: Charity Community Concert variety show at Lower Hutt
Town Hall. Ph 570-6442.
Jun-Jul: Theatre - "Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare at Circa.
2,7,14,21 Jun '95: Greyhound racing at Hutt Park raceway.
4 Jun: Wellington Rock n Roll Revival 17th Birthday & Senior Club
Championships at Horticultural Hall, Laings Rd. Ph Robin
563-9188.
15,17,20,22 & 24 Jun '95: "Peter Grimes" opera at State Insurance
Opera House. Ph 385-0832.
18 Jun '95: Harbour Capital Half Marathon (TBC).
30 Jun-2 Jul '95: Stampex '95 - National Youth & National 16 Page
Philatelic Exhibition at Town Hall. Ph Ron Allan 567-1480.
Jul-Aug: Theatre - "The School for Scandal" by Richard Sheridan at Circa.
Jul '95: Young People's Festival (2 weeks).
Jul '95: Wellington International Film Festival (3 weeks).
1-9 Jul '95: Ballet - "Servant of Two Masters" at State Opera House.
1,13,19,27 Jul '95: Greyhound racing at Hutt Park Raceway.
2 Jul '95: Wellington Provincial Ballroom Championships at Town
Hall, Lower Hutt. Ph Mr Farrant 383-8585.
8,12,15 Jul: Horse racing - Winter Carnival at Trentham racecourse.
21-23 Jul '95: Antique and Colonial Fair at Lower Hutt
Horticultural Hall. Pr Mrs Prendeville 563-8855.
Aug '95: NZ Festival of Club rugby.
18-20 Aug '95: The Great NZ Craft Show at Wgtn Show & Sports Cente. Ph 389-6199.
19 Aug '95: All Breeds Championship Cat Show at Lower Hutt
Horticultural Hall. Ph Mrs Walters 526-6968.
26 Sep-8 Oct '95: Spring Festival '95 (Includes camelia week & tulip week).
Sep '95: Listener Women's Book Festival.
5-7 Oct '95: Jaycee Convention at Horticultural Hall, Lower Hutt.
Ph Richard McTaque 565-1065.
9,10 Sep '95: Spring Daffodil Show at Lower Hutt Horticultural
Hall, Laings Rd. Ph Mr Poulsen (04)568-8507.
12,14,15,17,19,21 Oct '95: "Hansel & Gretel" opera at State
Insurance Opera House. Ph 385-0832.
14,15 Oct '95: ANZ NZ Wine & Food Festival. Ph 385-2106.
Oct '95: Labour Day Golf Tournament.
27-29 Oct '95: Spring Home Show at Wgtn Show & Sports Centre. Ph 389-6199.
28 Oct-4 Nov '95: Ballet - "The Midsummer Night's Dream", "Four
Temperaments" at State Opera House.
Nov '95: Christmas Parade and Lambton Harbour Festival.
Nov '95: Martinborough Wine & Food Festival, Wairarapa.
Nov '95: Mussel Festival, Picton.
11,12 Nov '95: Early Summer Rose Show at Lower Hutt Horticultural
Hall, Laings Rd. Ph Mr Poulsen (04) 568-8507.
17-19 or 24-26 Nov '95: The Great NZ Craft Show at Wgtn Show &
Sports centre. Ph 389-6199. TBC
1-3 Dec '95: Nissan Mobil 500 Street Race. Ph 472-6161.
Dec '95: Carols by Candelight.
Early Jan '96: NZ International Diving Meeting at The Aquatic
Centre. Ph John Klaphake 386-1328.
10 Feb '96: Air NZ Marlborough Wine & Food Festival, Blenheim. Ph
Mike Blair (03) 577-8877.
7-15 Apr '96: World Show & General Assembly World Association of
Floral Arrangers at MFC. Ph Lorraine McMillan, 3 Colonial Grove,
Linden Ph 232-6832.
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