About Bream Bay
An outdoor wonderland offering miles of empty beaches, mountain tracks and rivers to explore. There is surfing, caving, history, fishing, kayaking, camping, tramping and more...
Tartan Day Celebrated for a week in Waipu, Northland
Since 2005 and the beginnings of Winter@Waipu, Tartan Day has been celebrated in Waipu on 1 July. It has become so popular that we now have it for a week or more - starting on 1 July and covering the following two weekends. See you there!
Calendar of Events
Bream Bay Events Calendar: Dates of Markets, Festivals, Marsden Cove events, Tartan Week, Winter@waipu and other community events.
About Winter@Waipu
The small Northland community of Waipu is awash with creativity and well known for its strong celtic spirit. Set in the heart of Bream Bay which has the best beaches in Northland, Bream Bay is a well known summer playground, and the Winter@Waipu festival ensures it remains a great destination for a mid winter break.
Art in Bream Bay
Waipu and Bream Bay has been a home for artists since Maori first settled here and started creating art that connected them to their story and that of the land. Since the 1960s a lot of artists found their way to Waipu and have made this their base. Discover some of them here...
Waipu Highland Games – lots of images, lots of fun
Waipu Highland Games Every year on the 1 January thousands gather in Waipu for the Annual Highland Games. Come and join in the fun!
New Local Bream Bay Weather and Tide info
Great News for boaties Northport’s weather and tide monitoring to be shared Weather and wave data collected through Northport’s... Read more
TART’N’ROCK Dance Party
Dress as your favourite Rock star with a tartan twist! 7pm until late Saturday 7 July Coronation Hall DJs Finger food,... Read more
Waipu Cemetery Celebration – join us
Giving Thanks Sunday 3pm 3 June at Waipu Cemetery Join us for a celebration of those who are buried there The Village of... Read more
Tartan Week – needed a new co-ordinator
Tartan Week is growing and it is fun – we need a new co-ordinator if it is to continue... Rosemary Neave has co-ordinated... Read more
Wanted – more writers and photographers
Do you like this website? Rosemary Neave has developed the website as a community resource. Alongside local print media such... Read more
Tartan Week 2012
July 1st is International Tartan Day – celebrating the day in 1782 when the ban by the English on the wearing of Tartan... Read more
Waipu Highland Games 2011
Every New Year 7 months and 14 days.- TARTAN WEEK IN WAIPU begins in
begins in 2 months and 2 days.
