Events

North Sails Tent - 2012 will be the 10th anniversary of the Bay of Islands Sailing Week. January 23 to January 27, 2012 inclusive. Registration Monday followed by four days of yacht racing in the Bay.

The website offers current and future information on the Bay Regatta; also photos and newsletters on the 133 yachts January 2011. Entry for 2012 is now available on-line and there is access to a page for skippers looking for crew and/or crew looking for boats - www.bayofislandssailingweek.org.nz.

Whangaruru Coastguard is holding two fund-raising auctions for fish brought ashore during the NZ Spearfishing champs being held in Oakura. Come down to the beach and bag yourself some great kai moana! Look out for the Coastguard vessel R.V.Tangaroa on the beach front in the middle of Oakura bay. All welcome, 12 edible species, cash bids only. Sat 21st 5pm & Tue 24th 5pm January.

With qualified IYTA yoga teacher.

Investment:
Your first class is $10 with your second class being free, this way I hope you can decide whether you like my classes and teaching style.

A concession card is for a 5 class pass, concession cards are valid 6 months and may be shared with your friends and family.

Please note that every 11th class an individual attends is free.

Yoga is for everyone! It is not what you are born with, but what you do with what you have.

Note: there will be no classes between 21st December 2011 and the 9th of January 2012.

Contact Graeme on (09) 459 5656.

Come along sing with us. Sing our mystery song of the night and win a bar tab!!

We’re all going on a summer holiday, so pack your togs and jandals! Fuse Circus’s fantastic all ages outdoor show hits the road for 2012 summer: a mix of kiwiana and crazy circus.

Inspired by the classic Kiwi holiday, a tradition of sunburnt pleasure and carefree hijinx in campgrounds, holiday parks and beaches all over New Zealand. Campground Chaos and the lively cast of Fuse Circus will bring you a summer holiday experience you will never forget!

After a great premier season with rave reviews and fantastic audience responses in Christchurch & Wellington last year Fuse will be on the road for 14 weeks over 9 different North Island locations & festivals this summer so don’t miss out.

“The overwhelming impression they leave is of a group cleverly lacing dazzling accomplishment in the air with something more akin to true theatre, for they claim more than our fascinated gaze. In playing so wholeheartedly from their imagination they invite a response in kind.” TR Christchurch

Campground Chaos is a fast, funny and irreverent look at our very own Kiwi culture, complete with tyre swings and flying picnic tables - circus equipment like you have never imagined before!

Campgrounds are a colourful meeting place for people of diverse backgrounds. Tourists and locals, thrown together under the summer sun, amidst tents, caravans, and rambling through bush and the beach. Fuse Circus invites you into their imaginative world, where all things are possible.

Bring your sunscreen, your deck chairs and your mates to enjoy this special all ages show, full of circus performance, physical theatre and 100% Kiwi music. Over the past five years Fuse Circus has built a wide public following, touring festivals and events nationwide and this show is sure to be a pearler!

Paihia Farmers’ Market is a place where you can buy fresh food, grown or produced within a defined local region, direct from the grower or producer.

Buy it fresh from their gate to your plate.

Every Thursday afternoon, rain or shine.

Our biggest dance party of 2011 is back for 2012! Concord Dawn… back from Europe at live at Salut! This epic event features the big suspended stage and lighting rig (more dancefloor space), and special guests Crosshair Victims, Scott Yearbury and Jono Peters! Strictly limited tickets on sale now from Musicor (ph: 438 7534) and Salut (ph: 430 8080).

An international flavoured market with clothes, arts, crafts, collectables and much more under the Victoria Canopy Bridge!

Thundercat racing is a high-adrenalin, high-action sport with explosive wave jumping and tight competitive surf racing in a tunnel hulled inflatable boat. The crew consists of a driver steering the boat and a co-pilot who uses their weight to stabilise the craft and obtain optimum speed. Thundercats have taken New Zealand by storm, entertaining thousands of spectators at some of the most popular beaches around the country such as Whangamata, Waihi, Waipu, Papamoa, Pauanui, Orewa, Takapuna Beach, Piha and Mount Maunganui.

Thundercat Racing has been seen on various TV programs over the years such as the Nestle Lion Bar Thundercat Series aired on TV One’s Countrywide Grandstand, Prime TV and Sky Sport in 1998; the Challenge Series aired on TV One’s Countrywide Grandstand & Sky Sport in 1999, and the 2001 Trans-Tasman series aired on Suzuki Sportzone & Sky TV in 2001/2002. The NZ Championship Series was seen in 2003 and in early 2005 the King of the Cape SurfHaul at 90 Mile Beach was seen on SKY TV.

Surf Cross Racing is run traditionally at surf beaches which provide spectacular jumps, thrills and spills with boats reaching 80kph in the surf. Surf-cross races start with a ‘Le-mans’ style start where the driver dashes out into knee deep water to the co-pilot holding the boat. The teams then battle it out over several laps on a rectangular shaped course running parallel to the shoreline in as little as 300mm of water. The finish is dramatic as boats skid up the beach for co-pilots to leap out the front of their boats and run to the finish line.

Food from the Kaipara region kids rides, craft stalls and much much more. Watch this space for more information coming later in the year.