Bream Bay supports Christchurch – come on lets get involved
Come and help raise money for Christchurch and have a great time doing it:
16 April 2011 from 5pm at Marsden Cove Marquee
$10/adult $5 student 12yrs and under free
Tickets available from Ruakaka Take Note and Waipu Stationary and Lotto and at the Door
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Live Band: Jim Wallace and sons
Prize for best dressed – Black & Red Costume!
5pm – 5:30pm Circus performers
5:30 – 6:30pm Short Performances from three schools interspersed with quick fire raffles
6:30pm Charity Auction (see partial list below)
7pm Live Band: Jim Wallace and Sons (formerly The Outlaws)
Meals will be available from 5pm. Kids meals as well. Ice Creams and cokes. Cash Bar.
All proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity’s project: SHELTER: “getting a roof over Canterbury”.
Auction Items
- Bay of Islands Holiday: Accommodation at the Copthorne (with breakfast) and Hole in the Rock Tour from Explore NZ.
- Bag a Builder – Fancy finishing up a deck or other project? Craig Cogan will supply 3 of his best for 8hrs each!
- Beauty Therapy vouchers from Pure Essence! Think – Mother’s Day
- Holiday Bach in Mangawhai – accommodation vouchers.
- Hop over to the Matakohe museum with a family pass.
- Art – Richard Robinson limited edition print: “Coming Home II”. Check it out on www.newzealandartist.com.
- Entertaining this winter? You’ll be sorted with this package: The Marsden Yacht Club venue with the use of a spit-roaster (donated by Cowley’s Hire Centre) and a sheep for the spit.
- And why not put the out of town guests up at a Farm-stay? They also get golf and a massage!
- A unique gift idea…..A Vasectomy Operation. Donated by our local Urologist, Dr. Nixon of Cardinal Points Specialists.
- Aussie winter holiday? Try Magnetic Island! Just off the coast of Townsville in North Queensland in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. A week’s stay in a holiday home that sleeps 8. Show the kids the real Australia this year. We’ve got a $100 travel voucher from The Travel Brokers to help with the airfare.
- The Patchwork Group is working on a special quilt commemorating Bream Bay’s effort to help Canterbury!
…..And More: There are silent auction items, baskets, dinner vouchers, something for every budget.
The organising committee wishes to extend a huge THANK YOU for all of the generous donations and support services from our community members and Bream Bay businesses.
See more on Facebook: Bream Bay Supports Christchurch
Listen to “Battle of the Sexes” MoreFM the week prior to: 16 April 2011
Winter Programme 2010
Detailed Programme of Events 2010
The programme for 2010 will be developed in the next few months. This programme is not yet finalised, but it will give you and idea of what is on offer and where the gaps are. Last years programme is here
For more events in Bream Bay
- see the Bream Bay Calendar of Events
For blog posts and photos of Winter@waipu – Click here
Introduction to Winter@waipu Winter@Waipu Previous Years
Winter@Waipu is a community festival – creating a spark in the winter months of energy and creativity
The Heart of Winter@Waipu from 2010 on will be Tartan Week - the irrepressible Celtic spirit flys free this week with a celebration of all things gaelic, scottish and tartan. More about TARTAN WEEK – including the history of the event and the programmeIn 2010 Winter@waipu begins with the Long Weekend in June and finishes at the end of September
Every Sunday Night – May – September$15 Roasts at The BeachHouse Restaurant, Waipu Cove09 432 0877 info@thebeachhouserestaurant.co.nz |
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Saturday 5 June : 9-1pmWaipu Street MarketThis is great country market in this small Northland village with its unique scottish history – Waipu’s own pipe band will parade at about 11am. If you are interested in having a stall contact Ronnie 09 432 0046 9-1pm Waipu Hall MarketIn Coronation Hall: A real country market – Fruit and veges, plants, produce, handcrafts – always a great selection. Every first Saturday of the month |
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Sunday 6 June 9am – 4pm
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Sunday 6 June 3pm Giving Thanks:A Matariki Celebration at Waipu CemeteryTo remember and give thanks for those from our community who are buried in the Waipu Cemetery. We will remember especially those who have died in the past year, as well as honouring others buried there. Bring some flowers/herbs to put on the graves as a symbol of thanks and remembrance: Meet at the Hammon Rd Gate ‚ This event is part of Matariki Northland Celebrations |
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June 11/12 Mid Winter Festival of FlowersFantastic flowers and exhibits, spot prizes, all welcome to attend or to enter…. There will be plant, produce and craft stalls, a patchwork quilt display and a refreshment area with real home-baked goodies. “Country Life at its best!” |
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Sunday 13 June 5pm Traditional Choral EvensongSt Peters Anglican Church, WaipuLauchie Mclean will once again be conducting the choir for this winter event, with Opera North and Ian Render as Cantor. |
Join the choir practice at 2pmAll welcome |
11 and 18 June 6.30
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11 and 18 June 6.30The Beachhouse Restaurant
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The 53rd Victim – Bogwood Productions
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 Sarah Boon will star in 53rd Victim |
Wed 23 June Ruakaka Races Where the Surf meets the TurfRuakaka racecourse is home to Whangarei Racing Club and boasts expansive ocean views and hosts nine meetings per season. The racing surface has a well-earned reputation as New Zealand’s finest ‘all weather’ track. The reliability of the racing surface makes Ruakaka popular with trainers outside the area who base themselves here during the winter months. Access to the beautiful beach to train on makes the racecourse unique, hence its logo:”Where the turf meets the surf!” Information from Karen Houlihan Mobile: 0274 334 498. Online Here |
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Free Drought Busting Dinner at Ruakaka
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Saturday 26 June 6pmLight up Northland this Matariki
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Sunday 27 June 9-1 pm
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 Bob and Sylvia - local growers |
Tartan Week in Waipu 1-11 July
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Saturday July 3 9-1pm Waipu Hall MarketIn Coronation Hall: A real country market – Fruit and veges, plants, produce, handcrafts – always a great selection. Every first Saturday of the month |
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Friday 16 July 6am – 10am
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Saturday 17 July Ruakaka Races
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Saturday 24 July Ruakaka Races
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 Where the Surf meets the Turf |
The Bream Bay News Poetry CompetitionIts on again we decided this was too good a thing to let die. Email your poems to:breambaynews@xtra.co.nz or post them to The Bream Bay News, RD2, Waipu 0582 before Friday 17 July 2009. |
A $50 book voucher prize
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7pm 30 July National Poetry Day in WaipuAnnouncement of the winners of the Bream Bay News Poetry Competition. Food 45 by the Four Square in Waipu |
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31 July and 1 August
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Sunday 31 July 10-2pm
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Fri. 6 August Ruakaka Races
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Sat. 7 August 9-1pm
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Wednesday 25 August Ruakaka Races
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Where the Surf meets the Turf |
Sunday 29 August 9-1 pm
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Bob and Sylvia - local growers |
Tartan Week Programme 2011
Tartan Week in Waipu is growing…
2011 Friday 1 – 16 July Tartan week in Waipu in 2011
www.waipu-tartan.co.nz
Don your tartan
and join us to celebrate
all things Tartan in Waipu.
Thanks this year to George and Bachcare for sponsoring printing our tartan week flyer
| Celebrate Tartan Week In WaipuA Full Scottish Brunch at The Waipu Clansman Restaurant 11am to 1pm each of those days – bookings essential We guarantee you will not go away hungry!!! Fri, Sat and Sun of each week- 1st, 2nd and 3rd July |
Wear your tartan to Waipu - join the fun
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Friday 1 July6-10am Classic Hits Breakfast kicks of Tartan Week at the Ynot Restaurant in Artform. Snow for the kids and breakfast available from 6am. Come and join the fun. 11am Waipu Pipe Band Parade with Waipu Primary School and street theatre
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Sat 2 JulyHaggis Tasting for customers at the Waipu Butcher 9-1pm Waipu Saturday Market with tartan flavour: Waipu Coronation Hall 9-1pm contact: Sue Martin ph 0274 586-144 email 11am – Waipu Highland Pipe Band Parades in the Main street – and invites all of Waipu’s scottish descendents to join the march in their tartan. 1.30-3.00 Whisky Tasting $10pp 7.30pm Annual Clan Dinner The Waipu Caledonian Society and Clan MacLean Association are co-hosting the annual Clans Dinner where everyone is invited to attend and enjoy an important part of Tartan Week Bookings for the dinner: [You may like to pay by direct debit - 12-3099-0694105-00 Waipu Caledonian Society. Ref 2010 Clan Dinner; and email or phone to confirm this or pay at the dinner] |
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Tartan at the Races
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Sunday 3 July10am The Kirkin’ o the Tartan Waipu Presbyterian Church invites all tartan wearers (and others!) to join this special service. 10am Waipu Highland Dancing Competition 1pm Tartan Golf join us for a social game followed by dinner at Waipu Golf Club 09 432 0259 |
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Monday 4 July 7-10pm Tartan Week CeilidhThe Waipu Scottish Country Dance Club invites you to an evening of Fun and Social dancing to celebrate the International Tartan Week. And being the 4th of July we will have some dances for our friends in the USA too. Easy dancing for all the Family, no partners needed and there’s a live band! 7 July at 7pm in the Church hallPrimary School Speech Competition - always a fabulous night |
$5 per person and bring along a plate for supper and lots of energy to Dance. Door sale only and Raffles too Contact ; Ginny 432 1721 |
Friday 8 JulyWaipu Rugby and Tarts in Tartan Netball Challenge 5.30 30vs 40 ys Tarts in Tartan Netball at Tennis Courts Caledonian Park 6.30 40vs 50 yrs - under 50s and over 50s. Will the over 50s win again!!! 7.30 Men in Kilts Rugby Challenge – Post Match celebrations at the Waipu Rugby Club
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Saturday 9th July11am Pets in Tartan Parade Bring your pet along and march behind Waipu’s own Highland Pipe Band, Supported by Waipu Vet Club. Prizes. Gather outside the Waipu Pizza Barn 1.30-3.00 Whisky Tasting $10pp 7pm Waipu Clansman Tartan Week Evening Jim Wallace and Sons live at The Waipu Clansman Restaurant for an evening of fine food, song and laughter with Jim Wallace and his Sons. The evening will include a light meal, full bar facility. $40.00 per person, includes dinner and entertainment.
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Sunday 10 July 9-1pmWaipu Boutique Sunday Market and Espresso Café 2pm Mid Winter Swim at Waipu Cove Bain will be piping the swimmers in and afterwards join in the BeachHouse Sunday Roast!! |
“Shaking off the Trousers and Donning the Tartan” Come on – join the fun – 2pm Mid winter swim organised by the Waipu Surf Club |
Art’nTartan
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The History Behind Tartan Day
- Tartan Week 2012
- Draft Tartan Week Programme now out....
- Art n Tartan - time to get those entries underway
- Behind the Artntartan Wearable Arts awards...
- Art' n Tartan - and the winners are>>>
Break-Away holiday program – Join the Circus!
Circool Circus, Bream Bay
Ruakaka Recreational Centre 24 – 27 January 2011 from 10am -3pm.
Local community circus mand Achmed Abman is organising this government subsidised event. It is free and you can come for one day or more but you must fill in evaluation forms. We will do all sort of circus games and tricks to learn as well as fun and laughter to take home or into the upcoming school year.
….come along to acrobatic,clowning,poi,juggling ,unicycle and much more
Waipu Christmas Parade 2011
Christmas Eve in Northland, there is no better place to be than Waipu, for the annual Christmas Parade. This year was no exception, and even a shower of rain did not dampen the spirits. Lots of people had dressed for the occasion and Gloria Mills, Janine McGregor and Braden one the $50 onl0oker prize (does anyone have a photo of the winners?? email me) See the photos below – if you have others email them to me and I can add them to the show!)
One visiting twitterer – @aaron_bird said the Waipu Santa parade was 10x better than the over commercialized city parades – it was fabulous!
The winning float ($500 Prize): a popular choice and was won by the Waipu Playcentre with their caravan of zoo cages.
Runner up Prizes ($100 each)
- Circool Circus
- Ruakaka Cub Scouts
- Waipu Surf Club
- Waipu Pony Club
- Waipu Citizens and Services club
Thanks to:
- Whangarei District Council for $2,000 towards the Parade
- Waipu Business Promotions Group for organising it
- for all those who bought tickets in the Christmas raffle
- For the Lions who do security, and Don Ewen and Neil Troost on sound, for Santa and the Fire Brigade and all those who made it such fun
New Flax Weaving Studio opens in Ruakaka
Nga Taonga Maori is a new raranga (flax weaving) co-operative workshop and studio, which opened on Saturday 4th December at 3pm with a powhiri and kapahaka in what was formally the garden and hardware shop at 458 Marsden Point Rd., Ruakaka.
“Our aim is to get something in place to pass on this matauranga (knowledge) for tamariki (children) so that these taonga (treasures) will never be lost”, said Hannah Carrington. Read more
Christmas and New Year festivities in Waipu and Bream Bay
There is lots to do in Waipu and Bream Bay over the Christmas/New Year period, here is some dates to help you keep track:
- Waipu Community Carols 8pm Sunday 19 December - come early for a seat, or bring a chair and sit outside. Better still – join the choir to guarantee a lot of fun and a seat - dates of practices
- Waipu Christmas Parade 7pm Christmas Eve 24 December – the official start of the summer for most of us, and the only parade we know of on Christmas Eve! Dress for the occasion and you could win $50 for the best dressed onlooker prize. To enter a float - info here
- Waipu Highland Games 1 January: the gates open at 8.30 – march of the clans at 9.30 full programme and prices here from $15pp
- Waipu Cove Surf Club Day 2 January - fun for the whole family with the big dig, sandcastle competition, nipper fun events, Miss waipu and more… Join the traditional 7.30 start – the run from the Waipu Hotel to the Cove or the swim from Langs Beach to Waipu Cove.
- Summer Racing Carnival at Ruakaka – 5 and 19 January – fun for the whole family where the surf meets the turf! More info
Kayaking the Ruakaka Estuary
October Long Weekend – a big high was predicted, and a morning high tide – perfect conditions for a paddle in the Ruakaka Estuary and wildlife reserve. Simon Ellison lives in a small cottage on the estuary in Princes St. From this location he hires kayaks, we rang him and made sure he had a double kayak waiting for us. Read more
White Ribbon Motorcycle Ride to Mangawhai
Support the White Ribbon Motorcycle Ride to raise awareness against domestic violence
In 2010 the White Ribbon Ride will visit over 40 communities throughout the North Island with more than 200 riders taking part. At each destination riders will be met with events, rallies, sausage sizzles, forums and hakas – all designed to promote the anti-violence message in their communities. Any bikers are welcome to join the ride for as long or as short a distance as they are able – the only stipulation is that they are licensed and there is no wearing of any patches or affiliated colours. Read more
Markets in Waipu and Bream Bay
Waipu Street Market
Markets are hot at present, people like to buy local, a lot of people like to make some extra money by having a stall, and they are great community events – you get to catch up with friends.
Latest news about our local markets
In Waipu we have the monthly Saturday market, the newer Sunday Market, the long weekend street market and the Antiques and Collectables Fair. In Ruakaka the Sunday market there celebrates its first year this month and two other markets have changed hands
