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The Hawke's Bay Settlement Forum hosted the Divercity Festival, celebrating culture.

The nomad who found his place: Romungro mans extraordinary journey to Hawkes Bay 12 May, 2021 01:19 AM 4 minutes to read Alexandru Cionca fled Romania in 2007 at the age of 15. Now hes a New Zealand citizen. Photo / Warren Buckland Alexandru Cionca fled Romania in 2007 at the age of 15. Now hes a New Zealand citizen. Photo / Warren Buckland More than a decade after bribing border guards to allow him to flee Romania, Hawkes Bays first and only Romungro native has become a New Zealand citizen. ...

Music / Four Winds Festival 2021, Bermagui, April 2-4. Reviewed by ROB KENNEDY. MUSIC and the arts filled the air at the 21st outing for the Four Winds Festival held in Bermagui over the Easter long weekend – part one. After a year’s hiatus because of COVID-19 restrictions, the Four Winds Festival was back stronger than before. This festival showcased many styles of music, dance, poetry, spoken word and more from across the artistic spectrum. The theme for this year’s festival was “Rec...

Chloe and Jason Roweth perform songs and poems by Henry Lawson at “Good Folk”. THE National Folk Festival and Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council are hosting “Good Folk”, with 22 concerts at three different venues over Easter. All concerts will be ticketed with covid-safe restrictions in place. The artists will perform at The Q, the Royal Hotel and the Queanbeyan Bicentennial Hall. There’s also a free two-day session at Campbell & George. Good Folk, April 3-4, book here.  Th...

Creative director of the Four Winds Festival, Lindy Hume. Photo: Lisa Herbert. THE sense of excitement is palpable at the Four Winds office in Bermagui as its inaugural creative director, Lindy Hume, takes over the reins for the 2021 and 2022 Easter fes tivals.  Hume is one of Australia’s best-known festival and opera directors, with stints heading up Sydney Festival, Perth International Arts Festival, West Australian Opera, Victoria State Opera, OzOpera and Opera Queensland, but she’s no ...

The New Zealand Firefighters Calendar has raised over $1m for the Child Cancer Foundation.

Napier's in festival mode, even without the festival.

Napier Art Deco events go ahead in spite of Festival cancellation 18 Feb, 2021 03:14 AM 3 minutes to read Thomas Bywater is a writer and digital producer for Herald Travelthomas.bywater@nzherald.co.nz@ThomasBywater While Napiers Art Deco Festival was officially cancelled over uncertain Covid-19 restrictions, many events plan to go ahead following the regions return to Alert Level 1. Over twenty events will go ahead this weekend at celebrated period venues such as the Mission Estate and Masonic ...

Napiers New Years Eve in pictures 31 Dec, 2020 09:23 PM 2 minutes to read Napiers New Years Eve at the Sound Shell event had a number of performances. Photo / Paul Taylor Hawkes Bay Today Hawkes Bay, like much of the country, was ready to say sayonara to 2020 and kia ora to the new year of 2021 this New Years Eve. A public celebration at Napiers Sound Shell filled with performances and fireworks drew thousands ready to ring in the new year. Performances were by Izzy Lorch, The Tramps, Rezpect D...