The 53rd Victim – performed in Whangarei by Bogwood
On the morning of July 7th 2005, Pip Hall was in London. She wandered into Tavistock Square shortly after that double-decker bus had been destroyed by suicide bombers. Also there at the same time was a young New Zealand woman claiming to be a doctor as she assisted the wounded and the dying.
Hall, the daughter of New Zealand dramatist Roger Hall, was so intrigued by this woman’s story and subsequent fate, that she made her the central character in her award-winning play ‘The 53rd Victim’. Read more
Winter@Waipu Events
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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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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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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Sunday 29 August 9-1 pm
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Winter@waipu 2009 programme
Detailed Programme of Events 2009
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
In 2009 Winter@waipu begins with the Long Weekend in June and finishes 1 August
Waipu Winter Wellness - a special programme of events led by Barbara Faust-Heffner including introductory Nordic walking or Pilates, a tramp in the Bryndrwyn Hills, twice weekly fitness class and a pampering evening
GoodGround Children’s CompetitionFind the sheep dog’s name Hint: try this website The competition runs until 30 June Email your contact details adn the dog’s name
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Saturday 30 May: 9-1pm Waipu 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 |
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Saturday 30 May: 1-5pm
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![]() Circool Circus, Bream Bay |
Sunday 31 May 9am – 4pm
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Sunday 31 May 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 
When Monday 31 May 3pm This event is part of Matariki Northland Celebrations |
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Get Creative
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3 age groups for entryUnder 12 years 3 CategoriesMy Family Further information from |
5/6 June 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!” Sat. 6 June
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Improve your digital photography with Peter Grant
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The course starts with an explanation of the manual camera controls, lens aperture and shutter speed followed by practical exercises, handouts and a review of what has been covered.
“Once students understand how to use their cameras manually and why to choose one exposure over another, then the creative work begins,”Peter said. “Firstly they´ll be pushed to approach a subject in a photojournalistic way, shooting the same thing five different ways. Next we’ll watch something going on and work out the best place and/or time to shoot the action and look at how to tell a story with one photograph.” The course will also cover portraits, macro, textural and landscape photography. Finally Peter will reveal some of his wilder creative techniques. |
Sat 13 June Mid Winter Dinner
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Sunday 14 June 10-2pm
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![]() Local Growers Bob and Sylvia |
Wed 17 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. |
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7pm Sat 20 June Ladies Night at Artform – Country Women’s Constitutional EveningDoors open 6.30pm, event starts at 7.30 Tickets available: at Waipu Lotto, Waipu Chemist and The Thistle $15pp (Lucky Door Prizes) Proceeds to the Cancer Society |
Bookings: Fae Allen 09 432 0710 Email |
Indian Cooking Workshop with Sumitra
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GoodGround Children’s CompetitionFind the Dog Competition
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A History of Tartan
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TARTAN WEEK IN WAIPU
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Fri 10/Sat 11 July Ruakaka Races
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11/12 July Bream Bay
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Take a moment to … catch your breath…
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Indian Cooking Workshop with Sumitra
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Plays and Platters with Bogwood Productions6pm Sat 18 July + 6pm Sun 19 JulyThree short comedy dramas from one of the UK’s leading dramatists Michael Frayn – probably best known for ‘Noises Off.’ ‘Alarms’, ‘Look Away Now ‘ and ‘The Messenger’s Assistant’ will collectively be performed as ‘Re – Frayns’ and the company, directed by Huw Turner, will consist of Robert Spriggs, Loraine Rowlands, Nick Green, Andy Wallam, Terri Donaldson, Sally Leftley and Alison Turner. Tickets from Waipu Off Licence from 22 June
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Sunday 19 July 10-2pm
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![]() Bob and Sylvia - local growers |
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. |
There will be a $50 book voucher prize for each of three different groups:
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7pm 24 July National Poetry Day in WaipuAnnouncement of the winners of the Bream Bay News Poetry Competition. Café 45 by the Four Square in Waipu |
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Winter@Waipu Wine and Cheese
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Fri. 31 July Ruakaka Races
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Sat. 1 August 9-1pm
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Waipu Winter Wellness SeriesWalk the Talk ! - Annabelle White does it … you will love it! - A Nordic Walking Taster Out and about! – Discover the Brynderwyns 3- hour walk from Massey Road to Waipu Cove Fat Attack! – Don’t let the Winter Blues win – Fitness, Fun, Form Time out – you deserve it! …. an evening for relaxation and wellbeing Core Control – Pilates for Beginners |
Joyful and Triumphant to be performed in Whangarei by Bogwood Productions
Bogwood Productions Latest News
Just to confirm that the Old Library Building has been booked from 12th June-4th July for our season of Robert Lord’s classic New Zealand play Joyful and Triumphant. Which does not necessarily mean that those wll be the performance dates. But it will be a three-week season within those dates and subject to confirmation.Auditions are likely to be held at the Old Library early March and we will be looking for 5 women and 2 men. We are delighted that Kelly Johnson will again be directing.
Macbeth in Whangarei
Bogwood Productions will be unveiling their 2009 Shakespeare production in mid-September : the classic Macbeth , directed by Kelly Johnson and starring Jarrod Tuck and Natasha Foster in the title roles.
Macbeth runs from September 17th-26th and tickets, priced at $20 and $10 for students, are available from the Arts Promotion Trust and AlterEgo Costume Hire, Finlayson Street, Whangarei. Further information is available from bogwoodinfo@gmail.com or 09 432 0880.
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Spine-chilling masterpiece Macbeth in Whangarei
Bogwood Productions go from strength to strength. Their most ambitious project yet, William Shakespeare’s spine-chilling masterpiece Macbeth , opens at the Arts Promotion Trust in Whangarei in mid-September 2009. Read more





































