Waipu Grand Pageant – its on again…
The Grand Pageant of Waipu – Jan 11th & 12th – 2013
Put these dates in your diary, its 9 years since the last Pageant and the Waipu Museum is keen to make this a 10 yearly event. Last time commemorated 150 years since the first Nova Scotian settlers arrived in Waipu, next year it will be 160 years and once again, the Waipu Museum, Lauchie McLean and local volunteers will be pulling together another unforgettable experience. Read more
Art n Tartan – time to get those entries underway
Yes its happening again – more shows, more entries, another fantastic Waipu production.
Waipu Coronation Hall – 13 & 14 July 2012
Let your fancy take flight!
You are invited to help create the 2012 Waipu Museum ‘Art n Tartan’ Wearable Art Awards to be held on Friday 13 (evening show) and Sat.14 July (matinee and evening show) at the Waipu Coronation Hall.
Entries Close on 18th of May 2012
Entry Forms can be downloaded as a PDF from this link
Highlights from last year
Home is Waipu
Home is a story about the Scottish immigrants coming to Waipu.
It premiered in Wellington at the Fringe Festival in 2010 and has toured twice since then – how it is our turn to see it right here in the heart of Waipu. Read more
The Waipu Museum needs some help
The Waipu Museum is looking for some more volunteer help on the weekends – a chance to help out in our community
A letter from the Waipu Museum:
First, I would like to thank all of you who assist us here at the Museum and in the Museum shop. The volunteers in the shop every weekday, and the Board members and volunteer helpers on the weekends, have enabled us to keep the Museum open and the shop profitable, which would be impossible without you.
We have been lucky to have Anne Picketts and Adrienne Slocombe to take alternate Sundays for some time now. Unfortunately, Adrienne has been ill since earlier this year, and Anne has been attending every Sunday for the last few months. Now, Anne has been unwell herself, and is no longer able to be here on a regular basis, or at all at least until she is better. Read more
Art n Tartan 2011 – DVD out
Were you one of those who missed out on tickets to ArtnTartan 2011 Wearable Arts, or maybe you just want another look at this fabulous show.
The DVD of the Art’n'Tartan Show, made by Peter Grant. I am told it is really good. Copies are available from the Waipu Museum - $20 each.
Waipu and Rugby World Cup – join the fun!
1. Check out the main street in Waipu during the World Cup.
Shops have chosen a team to follow and will be dressing the shops to match – should be fun.
They will be speaking french and wearing Berets in the Hammer Hardware, the bakery are backing the USA, the Four Square are anxious they might lose business if their team wins and Pat’s Healing Centre has picked Namibia – well, because no one else did!!
2. Wednesday September 14th 2011
Canada vs Tonga in Whangarei
Come and help us welcome rugby supporters to Waipu and the North
All welcome to come on and join the fun and get into the spirit of the RWC
- 11.30-12.30 Happy hour at Waipu Rugby Club
- 12.30-2.30 Continuous Lunch $20pp at Coronation Hall – organised by the Waipu Rugby Club
- 3pm Bus to Whangarei to watch the game
To book bus and/or meal – phone Waipu Museum 09 4320746
3. Waipu Museum is hosting a Men in Kilts Rugby Exhibition September through to November
Behind the Artntartan Wearable Arts awards…
Sue Welford always has her camera with her, and has taken some fabulous shots of behind the scenes at the Waipu Museum ArtnTartan Wearable Arts Awards
See all her photos on Facebook here
Art’ n Tartan – and the winners are>>>
Those who were behind the second Waipu Museum Art n Tartan Wearable Arts Awards are to be commended for their efforts – another absolutely stunning event full of creativity, zest and zing. A fabulous show – Links to photos at bottom of this post.
Look out in Waipu Shops for the Art n Tartan Exhibition for next 3 weeks
ART N TARTAN 2011 – Photos and 2011 DVD available – for information click here
Peter Davies Photos of 2011 Art n Tartan and Here
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2011 Supreme Award
Thanks to those who dreamed up the idea
- Thanks to the Waipu Museum for taking the risk and getting behind it
- Thanks to Director Helen Francis and her team of enthusiastic volunteers who turned the idea into a visual spectacular again this year.
- Thanks to those who made entries – the thousands of hours of time and the love and dollars that went into each individual piece
And the Winners are:
Mask Category – Sponsored by Kids 1st in Waipu
- Winner – Tree Masks
- 2nd Place – The Thistle Brothers
- 3rd Place – Masked Warrior
Fireside Stories from the Land of Myths – Sponsored by Gilmore Brown
- Winner – Mythical Fish
- 2nd Place – Lochness Monster-ette
Warrior of Seven Sons
Warrior of Seven Sons
Warriors, Druids and Bards – Sponsored by Urlich McNab Kilpatrick
- Winner – Blanket me with Colour
- 2nd Place – Warrior of Seven Sons
McKiwi – Sponsored by Waipu ITM
- Winner – Pohutukawa Frenzy
- 2nd Place – Cultures Crossing the Borders
Braveheart – Sponsored by Northport
- Winner – Tsuna’ Mc’ee
- 2nd Place – The Bride was Half Scottish
Dressed to Kilt – Sponsored by Waipu Real Estate
- Winner – The Queen of Tartan
- 2nd Place – Are you game enough
The Award for an Outstanding Entry by a College Student sponsored by Liz Manning
- Winner – Bumble Bee 2011 Style
The Bride was Half Scottish
The Bride was Half Scottish
The Holly Robinson Memorial Award for a Highly Commended entry by a College Student
- Winner – Mete McLaren
Alison Turner Memorial – Supreme Award
- Supreme Winner – Tsuna’ Mc’ee
ART N TARTAN 2011 – Exhibition
There will be an Exhibition of a selection of artworks after the shows, starting with the Supreme Award held at the Waipu Museum, displayed in a range of main Street Shops, ending at ITM. Maps for the shops displaying artworks will be available from Waipu Museum the week following the shows.
ART N TARTAN 2011 – Photos and 2011 DVD available – for information click here
Art n Tartan (almost) sold out!
There are fifty – seven entrants in this year’s Art’ n Tartan Wearable Art Awards, which will be held on Saturday 16 as a grand finale to this year’s Tartan Week in Waipu celebrations. A full dress rehearsal for the show has already been held, but if you thought you wanted a ticket, you may be out of luck. Tickets to the Waipu Art’ n Tartan show went on sale on Monday 20 June, and the evening show was sold out in 10 minutes, a few matinee tickets remain, and those who have missed out can go on the waiting list at the Waipu Museum. Read more
Alan Reid and Rob van Sante – Live in Waipu
Alan Reid, acclaimed song writer and musician from Scotland and the lynchpin of the Battlefield Band has been sponsored by the Waipu Museum to play live in Waipu. He and Rob van Sante will be appearing at in a one off performance at Waipu’s Ynot @ Artform
Fri 1 Apr, 6:00pm Ynot @ Artform Restaurant,
1 The Centre, Waipu
Cost of buffet meal and show $25-00 per head
Buy Tickets from the Museum, Tues – Friday – 09 432 0746
- The first half of the performance will start at 6-30pm
- A buffet dinner will be served at 7-30pm
- Second half of performance will start at 9pm
