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REAL New Zealand Festival

The REAL New Zealand Festival is a nationwide celebration of all the things we love most about New Zealand, with events and attractions throughout the country.

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Scott Eady: 100 Bikes Project Part 1

It's not very often you get to not only touch but ride the artworks but at The Dowse Art Museum, just a 15 minute drive from downtown Wellington, children aged 2 to 8 get to ride beautifully restored bikes through the gallery space.

8 October, 2011 — 5 February, 2012 Monday — Friday, 10am - 4.30pm Saturday & Sunday, 10am - 5pm|Wellington|Culture & Heritage|Sport & Recreation|Arts & Theatre
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Peter Stichbury: A potter's world

Enter the world of New Zealand master potter Peter Stichbury (born 1924), whose experiences in England and Africa have shaped a remarkable career spanning more than fifty years, at Wellington's Te Papa.

12 June, 2010 - June, 2012. Te Papa open daily, 10am - 6pm (late night Thursdays 9pm).|Wellington|Culture & Heritage|Arts & Theatre
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Collecting Contemporary

Every year, Wellington's Te Papa extends its contemporary art collection, adding significant works by both emerging and established artists, as well as pieces that enhance the collection or reflect important trends.

9 June 2011 - June 2012. Te Papa open daily, 10am - 6pm (late night Thursdays 9pm).|Wellington|Culture & Heritage|Arts & Theatre
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New Zealand in Vogue

A unique chapter in New Zealand's fashion history, New Zealand in Vogue at Wellington's Te Papa explores an influential decade of New Zealand’s fashion history when New Zealand had its own Vogue magazine.

24 June, 2011 - September, 2012. Te Papa open daily, 10am - 6pm (late night Thursdays 9pm).|Wellington|Culture & Heritage|Arts & Theatre
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Heartland Championship: Wairarapa-Bush v Thames Valley

The Wairarapa-Bush v Thames Valley Heartland Championship rugby game is on 6 August 2011 at Trust House Memorial Park in Masterton. The Heartland Championship is a grassroots provincial rugby tournament featuring 12 teams from throughout New Zealand.

Saturday 6 August, 2011 2.30pm.|Wellington|Sport & Recreation
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Oranges at Halftime — Lower Hutt

Oranges at Halftime is a touring exhibition exploring rugby as part of Kiwi culture that will visit Lower Hutt.

11 & 12 August, 2011.|Wellington|Culture & Heritage|Sport & Recreation
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Heartland Championship: Wairarapa-Bush v Buller

The Wairarapa-Bush v Buller Heartland Championship rugby game is on 20 August 2011 at Trust House Memorial Park in Masterton. The Heartland Championship is a grassroots provincial rugby tournament featuring 12 teams from throughout New Zealand.

Saturday 20 August, 2011 2.30pm.|Wellington|Sport & Recreation
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Wellington On a Plate

Get your knives and forks out — Wellington's culinary festival serves up good times and great deals.

5 — 21 August, 2011.|Wellington|Culture & Heritage|Food & Wine
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NZSO National Youth Orchestra: 2011 Concert Tour — Wellington

The NZSO National Youth Orchestra brings together the best young musicians from around New Zealand. See them perform an electrifying concert in Wellington under the baton of Maestro James Judd and with organist Cameron Carpenter.

Friday 2 September, 2011, 6pm.|Wellington|Music
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Oranges at Halftime — Otaki

Oranges at Halftime is a touring exhibition exploring rugby as part of Kiwi culture that will visit Ōtaki on the Kapiti Coast, North of Wellington.

Friday 2 September, 2011|Wellington|Culture & Heritage|Sport & Recreation
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All Blacks Coming To A Town Near You — Carterton

Three All Blacks will be visiting Carterton, the ‘daffodil capital’ in the central Wairarapa, ahead of the Rugby World Cup 2011, with players spending time with the local community.

Friday 2 September, 9am|Wellington|Sport & Recreation
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Oranges at Halftime — Levin

Oranges at Halftime is a touring exhibition exploring rugby as part of Kiwi culture that will visit the Manawatū town of Levin.

Saturday 3 September, 2011|Wellington|Culture & Heritage|Sport & Recreation
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Tai timu, tai pari, Tainui: Journey of a people

Tai timu, tai pari, Tainui: Journey of a people at Wellington's Te Papa tells the epic story of Tainui – New Zealand’s largest tribal grouping.

3 September 2011 - 2014. 10am - 6pm (late night Thursdays 9pm).|Wellington|Culture & Heritage
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New Zealand Opera: Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci — Wellington

The New Zealand Opera gives Wellington audiences an experience of opera at its most vibrant and exciting in Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci, opera’s most famous double bill.

Saturday 27 August, 2011, 7.30pm. Tuesday 30 August, 2011, 6pm. Thursday 1, September, 2011, 7.30pm. Saturday 3 September, 2011, 7.30pm.|Wellington|Music
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The Great Living Legends Muck-In — Horowhenua-Kapiti

Whether you're a tree lover or rugby enthusiast, we'd love you to join us planting New Zealand native trees with Horowhenua/Kapiti rugby legend Christian Cullen at the Living Legends planting in Paekakariki during Rugby World Cup 2011.

Sunday 4 September, 2011. Start time to be confirmed.|Wellington|Nature & Outdoors
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Belt-up, Gallop-on, Tea-off Heritage Bus Tour

To celebrate Heritage Month in September, a cultural afternoon tour has been planned, seeped in Upper Hutt Sporting Heritage.

Monday 5 September, 2011, 12.30pm – 3pm|Wellington|Culture & Heritage|Sport & Recreation
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Kick-off with the New Zealand School of Music Big Band

The New Zealand School of Music Big Band provide a musical curtain-raiser to the Rugby World Cup Opening at the Wellington Town Hall.

Friday 9 September 2011, 5pm – 6pm.|Wellington|Music
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Artsplash Drama and Dance at the Opera House

Artsplash, Wellington’s young people’s arts festival, brings together students from throughout the region to celebrate dance, music, drama, visual art and wearable art in a series of live public performances and exhibitions.

7 — 9 September, 2011. Performances at 5.30pm and 7.45pm.|Wellington|Culture & Heritage|Arts & Theatre
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Heartland Championship: Wairarapa-Bush v Poverty Bay

The Wairarapa-Bush v Poverty Bay Heartland Championship rugby game is on 10 September 2011 at Carterton Rugby Club in Carterton. The Heartland Championship is a grassroots provincial rugby tournament featuring 12 teams from throughout New Zealand.

Saturday 10 September, 2011 2.30pm.|Wellington|Sport & Recreation
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Upper Hutt Spring Festival

Upper Hutt’s Main Street comes alive with a wonderful selection of street stalls, family entertainment, live music, attractions and displays.

Saturday 10 September, 2011, 9am — 3pm|Wellington|Culture & Heritage|Arts & Theatre|Food & Wine
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Petone Carnival

The Petone Foreshore in Lower Hutt, Wellington, will come alive with activity on Saturday 10 September for the Petone Carnival!

Saturday 10 September 2011, 2pm — 8.30pm.|Wellington|Culture & Heritage|Arts & Theatre|Music
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Beyondsemble — Carterton

Enjoy an eclectic mix of tunes executed with virtuosic skill, passion, energy and joy when the Kiwi folk band Beyondsemble performs live in the Wairarapa town of Carterton as a part of a nationwide tour.

Saturday 10 September, 2011, 7.30pm|Wellington|Music
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Rugby, Haka, Hangi Festival — Carterton

Join in the fun of the Rugby, Haka, Hāngī Festival at the Carterton Rugby Club in the Wairarapa as the locals treat visitors to a friendly game of rugby, lessons in how to do the haka and some traditional Māori food.

Friday 9 September, 2011, 4pm to 10pm Saturday 10 September, 2011, 9am to 10pm|Wellington|Culture & Heritage|Sport & Recreation|Arts & Theatre|Food & Wine
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In Conversation with Peter Bush

Join Rugby photographer and national treasure Peter Bush as he recounts his personal stories behind the great All Black moments he has captured and a chance to meet some rugby legends.

Sunday 11 September, 11am Sunday 2 October, 11am|Wellington|Culture & Heritage|Arts & Theatre
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Harmony Lane’s "Recycled Timbre"

Enjoy toe-tapping music from some of Wellington’s top talent in the Jimmy Café & Bar at the St James Theatre.

Sunday 11 September, 2011, 6.30pm Thursday 22 September, 2011, 6.30pm|Wellington|Music
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