COMMEMORATIONS OF BATTLES OF GATE PA AND TE RANGA
29 April 2014- 21 June 2014
2014 is the 150th anniversary of battles in the local territorial and land wars fundamental to the development of present day Tauranga. 29 April 2014 was the noted battle of Pukehinahina-Gate Pa. 21 June 2014 – is the anniversary of the subsequent battle at Te Ranga. The Battles at Pukehinahina (Gate Pa) and Te Ranga remain significant events for the entire community and a number of cultural events in conjunction with the commemorations are taking place now and in the coming months.
A LASTING LEGACY EXHIBITION
27 March – 8 June
A collection of drawings by Horatio Robley, Tauranga Art Gallery.
ART COMPETITION EXHIBITION
17 April – 4 May
St Georges Hall, Gate Pa
JUNIOR ART COMPETITION
04 May
Junior Art Competition judging from 10am, St George’s Church Hall, Gate Pa.
TE RANGA BATTLE SITE
21 June
Te Ranga Battle Site Service and Ceremony, Pyes Pa Road from 7am
Interested? There is a variety of information on The Kete, the Tauranga Public Library web-based archive.Tauranga Memories: Battle of Gate Pa 1864. (The content of the above paragraphs is based on information created by Debbie McCauley Tauranga City Library and Parish Web, March 2014, St George’s Anglican Church Gate Pa, Tauranga.
BAYCOURT
HEATH FRANKLIN’S CHOPPER
1 May
Repeat Offender Chopper is back!
Tickets 0800 843 538 07 577 7188
For more information visit www.ticketek.co.nz
ROSE & THISTLE TAVERN
GISH VS MINCER
1 May, 8.00pm
DEFY CAFE AND BAR
SALSA ON THE STRAND
1 May, 8.00pm
No partner required. $2 entry. Members free
For more information visit www.baysalsa.co.nz
MOUNT SURF CLUB
THE MOUNT ART GROUP ART EXHIBITION
02-04, May 9am. Admission free.
The 40th Anniversary Exhibition will include work from Mount Maunganui College Art Students. ARTbop visited Mt Art Group at it’s usual working site at St Peter’s Church and met the Chairperson of the group Bronwyn Oldeman, Francine Ransley and some of the artists who will be exhibiting. The group which has been going for 13 years has 27 members who create a wide variety of styles of art. If you miss the exhibition you may see some of the artists showing at Art in the Park (Coronation Park). You are also welcome to visit the working sessions. Bronwyn tells me the group is hoping to develop a six week beginners’ course as an addition to the workshops they already run.
KATIKATI BOWLING CLUB, PARK ROAD
KATIKATI FOLK CLUB CONVERT
02 May, 7.30pm
Jayne Freeman & Adam Piggot plus Tauranga’s Tanglewood.
For more information visit www.katikatifolkclub.co.nz
ST PETER’S ANGLICAN CHURCH
GRACE & GLORY
03 May, 7.30pm
04 May, 2.30pm
Stainer’s Crucifixion. Lux Aeterna by M Lauridsen with guest organist Nicolas Forbes
QUEEN ELIZABETH YOUTH CENTRE
HOBBY & CRAFT SHOW
03 – 04 May
osted by the Tauranga Model Railway Club, Annual hobbies and crafts exhibition and show.
BAYCOURT
WHEEL OF EXPERIENCE – ARTS ON TOUR
06 May, 7.30pm
Original songs that bring to life stories unearthed from New Zealand’s wild west! The artists were interviewed by Kim Hill on National Radio on Saturday 26th April 2014. They commented that their original works are “the breath between the lines”. Based on New Zealand’s not too distant past of European settlement and land acquisition the music ranges from beautiful, soft folk-style sounds to the impassioned and powerful “100 Trees” based on the amazing engineering development of the Raurimu Spiral – a musical marathon. The artists describe their narrative songs as “a hell of a good story” . The range of “stories” is obviously wide – the shock and privation of early settlers, the rough places and times like Raurimu and the West Auckland Gumdigger’s Camp of the charismatic Portuguese “Don Buck” . There are fiddles, 5 string banjo, banolin and wonderful voices. A special set evocative of the tent and log cabin dwellings of the period has been built. The artists say “they are travelling from Kaitaia to Stewart Island and playing in tiny little town halls to opera houses!” This will be a unique performance experience. Don’t miss it.
For tickets phone 0800 843 538 or 07 577 7188 or visit www.ticketek.co.nz
BAYCOURT
SOUND TRACK – TAKE ONE!
10 May, 7.30pm
11 May, 2.30pm
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TAURANGA ART GALLERY
DEVINE DEVILLES
1106 May, 6.00pm
Singers/songwriters/musicians Ali Penney & Dorothy-Jane come together for a one-off show at the Gallery – jazz and blues meet!
Tickets $20. Adult $15 Friend of the Gallery/Student.
Tickets from Front of House or call 07 578 7933 www.artgallery.org.nz
THE ENTERTAINERS CLUB
TWO OF A KIND
Unplugged accoustic guitar and vocal duo.
RENDEVOUS
Barbershop Quartet.
EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE
Carol Power (vocal) and Chris Williamson (keyboard) Tickets $10. Bar Service and full restaurant meals available.
5pm Sunday 11 May, The Citizens Club, 13th Avenue Tauranga
Tickets $10. Door sales from 4.30pm.
Bar service and full restaurant meals available.
Enquiries: please contact Bruce Lannam 027 4735 644
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BAYCOURT
THE PIANIST
1 May, 6.00pm
For tickets phone 0800 843 538 or 07 577 7188 or visit www.ticketek.co.nz
LIGHTWAVE GALLERY
BOYS TOYS
15 May – 8 June
Ross Jones, Don Packwood, Glenn McLeary, Nick Eggleston plus many more. It’s not just for the boys!
For more information visit www.lightwavegallery.co.nz
HOLY TRINITY
ENCHANTED
17 May
With Anna Hawkins and amazing dance duo Silhouette and Renee Maurice. A Waipuna Hospice funding support concert sponsored by Carrus.
Tickets $55 Adults, $40 Students.
BAYCOURT
GRUMPY OLD WOMEN – 50 SHADES OF BEIGE
18 May 7.30pm
A celebration of pre, peri and post menopausal female condition.
For tickets phone 0800 843 538 or 07 577 7188 or visit www.ticketek.co.nz
BAYCOURT
THE NEW ZEALAND DANCE COMPANY – LANGUAGE OF LIVING
21 May, 7.30pm
A presentation of new and inspired dance.
For tickets phone 0800 843 538 or 07 577 7188 or visit www.ticketek.co.nz
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KRAKEN
23 May, 7-8pm
Trygve Wakenshaw the award winning masterclown behind the smash hit Squidboy.
For tickets phone 0800 843 538 or 07 577 7188 or visit www.ticketek.co.nz
BAYCOURT
SHAKESPEARE’S WILL
24 May, 7pm
Vern Thiessen’s play falls somewhere between imagined hhistory and an unauthorised biography of Anne Hathaway.
For tickets phone 0800 843 538 or 07 577 7188 or visit www.ticketek.co.nz
BAYCOURT
2 DEGREES COMEDY CONVOY
25 May, 7pm
Seven Days star Paul Ego hosts a high octane two hour standup comedy showcase.
For tickets phone 0800 843 538 or 07 577 7188 or visit www.ticketek.co.nz
HOLY TRINITY
100 GLORIOUS YEARS OF SONG
30 May, 11am
Including Art Deco, 20s and 30s songs and wartime favourites.
For tickets email bookings@operatunity.co.nz
CARGO SHED
BETHLEHEM COLLEGE ART EXHIBITION
August-September 2014
AND GOING ON:
CREATIVE TAURANGA GALLERY
BLEEDING VINYL COVERS EXHIBITION
Until 6 May
A group exhibition by Tauranga artists at Creative Tauranga Gallery, Willow Street Tauranga. This is one of the most interesting exhibitions I’ve seen in the Creative Tauranga Gallery. It’s different and it’s cool. By the time I got there some of the works had been sold and/or removed from the exhibition. I don’t want to single out works as “better” than others but of course as an Eggleston fan I love “Pig Floyd”; I adore the black and white James Stenbridge Led Zeplin and the Stephanie Brebner recyled record covers “Opportunity Found”. This is an excellent exhibition. While you’re in Creative Tauranga take a look at the variety of information and pamphlets on the stands opposite the main door – so much going on.
The exhibition Bleeding Vinyl Covers will be reinstalled at Lightwave Gallery 31 Totara Street, Mount Maunganui after May 06.
WESTSIDE THEATRE
CHICAGO – THE MUSICAL VAUDEVILLE
Until 17 May
A story told in the Cook County Jail of murder and imprisonment – set against the background of hot jazz and Roaring Twenties Chicago. Dynamic and bubbly Carlie Howe has the role of Roxy. Carlie and other members of the cast I know and meet are buzzing with excitement for the preview performance. With its combination of production and performance talent this will be a local winner. A Tauranga Musical Theatre production.
TE PUKE REPERTORY THEATRE
SEX PLEASE WE’RE SIXY
Until 10 May
For more information about this fast paced and hilarious comedy written by Michael and Susan Parker Telephone 07 573 8346.
TAURANGA ART GALLERY
TERRY STRINGER
Landscape of the Head
Until 03 August
MIRANDA PARKES
Whopper
Until 15 June
HORATIO GORDON ROBLY
With works by Bob Kerr & Elizabeth Kyle: A Lasting Legacy.
Until 08 June
DAVE ROY
Lest we Forget
Until 08 June
BOB KERR
Number 1 Field Punishment
Until 08 June
Tauranga Art Gallery, 108 Willow Street, Tauranga
Open daily 10am-4.30pm.
Phone 07 578 7933
Admission is free but donations are greatly appreciated
www.artgallery.org.nz
LIGHTWAVE GALLERY
THE EARLY YEARS OF NIKOLAI EAGLESTONE AKA RAYGUN REX
Ongoing
A unique and quirky exhibition of original drawings by artist and photographer Ken Wright and associated artefacts and artwork. An ongoing project and work at Lightwave Gallery 31 Totara Street, Mount Maunganui. Look for Gallery signage on the right of Totara Street going towards the Mount. Parking available immediately outside the Gallery. Outdoor seating also available.
ZOHAR GALLERY
STEPHANIE BREBNER & NICK EGGLESTON
Ongoing
104 Maunganui Road, Mount Maunganui
GALLERY 59
KRISTIAN LOMATH, DOREEN MCNEIL & KATHERINE SIMPSON
Ongoing
9th Avenue, Tauranga
KATIKATI HERITAGE MUSEUM
SAM MIDDLEBROOK COLLECTION
Ongoing
approximately 200 artefacts of local Maori origin incuding stone, wood, flax, whalebone, moa bone, fishing equipment and kete.
Wharawhara Road, Katikati
Email: info@katikatiheritagemuseum.co.nz
Website: www.katikatiheritagemuseum.co.nz
OUR FAVOURITE THINGS EXHIBITION
22 April – 10 May
Rotorua Public Library, 1127 Haupapa Street, Rotorua
Janet Keen and Wieland Hartwig invite you to view their display of photographs, paintings and mosaics at the Rotorua Public Library.
Enquiries: phone 07 346 3435 or 985 4146
