AN EVENING WITH TOM SCOTT
7pm, Wednesday 9 April 2014, Wesley Centre, 100 13th Avenue, Tauranga
Politicians I have known… Sir Edmund Hillary in Nepal, inequality in Nepal, inequality in New Zealand and an auction of signed Tom Scott cartoons and books. Supper provided.
LIGHTWAVE GALLERY
A WORLD OF DIVERSITY
18-30 April
Colleen Waite’s first solo exhibition in the Bay of Plenty. A stunning exhibition of mixed media abstracts.
BOYS TOYS
15 May – 8 June
Ross Jones, Don Packwood, Glenn McLeary, Nick Eggleston plus many more. It’s not just for the boys!
TOYS GONE BAD
Easter
Glenn McLeary & Warren Houston.
For more information visit www.lightwavegallery.co.nz
TAURANGA ART GALLERY MUSIC EVENTS
FIONA PEARS Swing Driven Thing with La Petite Manouche and Ian Tilley
10 April 2014 (Thursday) 7.30pm (doors open 7pm)
Tickets: $25. Adult $20 Friend of the Gallery/Student
ORIANA SINGERS Alittle Jazz Mass
19 April 2014 (Saturday 1.45pm-4.00pm
For mixed voices by Bob Chilcott, two traditional Spirituals and more! Gold Coin Donation Entry
For more information see artgallery.org.nz or telephone 07 578 7933
THE ENTERTAINERS CLUB
BAY DIXIE
One of the few Dixie bands now playing in NZ.
ALAN HARBOURNE QUARTET
Modern jazz including standards. Their set is likely to contain a diverse selection of Dizzy Gillespie, Stevie Wonder, Charlie Parker or Rodgers and Hart.
TWO’S COMPANY
An eclectic range of musical genres accompanying their singing with piano and guitar.
5pm Sunday 13 April, 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
NATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL TAURANGA
17 – 21 April 2014
Five jazz-packed days of live music including the Downtown Tauranga Carnival, the Jazz Village at the Historic Village and acts at Bay Court.
Adam Page + Jackie Ryan + NZ Music Awards + Auckland Jazz Orchestra with guest vocalist Caitlin Smith and the Tauranga Big Band + Midge Marsden : A Kiwi Blues Legend + Liz Kirkman as Anita O’Day: Jezebel of Jazz + Swing into Dixie with Scott Harrison and the Baycourt Wurlitzer and the Bay Dixie Band + Sisters of Swing + Miho Wada: Punk-ninja flautist + George Washingmachine: jazz violinist and his band + Mauao Performing Arts Centre: the House of Jazz and Blues + The Hurricane Party : Spank the Funky : Hpstamatics : Recloose : at Mauao PAC + National Youth Jazz Competition + Downtown Tauranga Carnival + Jazz Village at the Historic Village 17th Avenue
For more information
visit: www.jazz.org.nz
Email: <ahref=”mailto:festival@jazz.org.nz”>festival@jazz.org.nz
Phone: 07 577 7460
Tweet: www.twitter.com/JazzFestTga
COMMEMORATIONS OF BATTLES OF GATE PA AND TE RANGA
29 April 2014- 21 June 2014
29 April 2014 is the 150th anniversary of a battle in the local territorial and land wars fundamental to the development of present day Tauranga. 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.
IMAGES OF GATE PA
31 March – 30 April
An exhibition of drawings, paintings and photographs showing places, activities and some of the people who took part in the events of 1864.
St Georges Church, Gate Pa.
lectures will also be given in the Church.
FINALS OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS SPEECH COMPETITIONS
17 April
Tauranga Girl’s College from 6.30pm
There is also a wide ranging original art competition with cash prizes. The school competition has free entry, $20. entry fee for the over 18 years competition. Closing date and date for delivery of entries 15 April 2014.
ART COMPETITION EXHIBITION
17 April – 4 May
St Georges Hall, Gate Pa
NZ STRING QUARTET CONCERTS
23-24 April
NZ String Quartet concerts – Music from 1864
Huria Marae from 6pm
FIRING OF SALUTES
26 April
Firing of Salutes NZ Armed Constabulary Re-enactment Unit contingent Plus 43rd Regiment Re-enactment group – A static display
A STORY OF GATE PA
27 April
A Story of Gate Pa: Te Auetu and David Hall – told by the Hall Family
LDS chapel, Cameron Road
TWO PATHWAYS
27 April
Walk through exhibition opening. Greerton Hall. A museum-style setting with two separate pathways (Maori Warrior and Colonial Soldier) leading to a model of the battle field.There is an excellent explanatory article about this project in the Bay of Plenty Times, Tuesday February 18, 2 014 at Page 6 by John Cousins “Exhibition walking divergent paths”.
NZ ARMY BAND LUNCHTIME CONCERT
28 April
NZ Army Band Lunchtime Concert, The Strand, Tauranga, from noon.
JUDGING OF SENIOR ART COMPETITION
28 April
St George’s Church Hall, Judge Rotorua Artist June Grant.
ESSAY COMPETITION WINNERS
28 April
Award function.
GATE PA COMMEMORATIVE DINNER
28 April
Art competition winners announced. Speech by Senior Speech Competition Winner.
DAWN BLESSING
29 April
Dawn Blessing of Gate Pa Pou and Flagpole from 6am
MILITARY MEMORIAL SERVICE
29 April
Military Memorial Service Otamataha/Mission Cemetery from 9am followed by morning tea at Trinity Wharf
COMMEMORATION MARCH
29 April
Commemoration March, Wero, Reconcilliation Service and Ceremony from 2pm
SPONSORS & VOLUNTEERS AFTERNOON TEA
30 April
Sponsors and Volunteers Afternoon Tea at The Elms from 2pm
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.
A LASTING LEGACY EXHIBITION
29 March – 8 June
Horatio Gordon Robley with works by Bob Kerr & Elizabeth Kyle. A Lasting Legacy – army artist and solidier who created contemporary insights of NZ and Tauranga.
Tauranga Art Gallery – entry by donation.
CHICAGO
25 April – 17 May
Tauranga Musical Theatre, Westside Theatre, 17th Avenue.
MOUNT ART GROUP
02 May
Exhibition at Mount Surf Club.
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
