And the winner is..!

Hawke’s Bay produces outstanding artisan food products and Te Mata Figs is proudly carrying on the tradition. Their Just Figs Jam has recently been announced as a winner in the 2012 national Cuisine Artisan Awards.

The judging panel were impressed, saying the product really does taste just like fresh figs. “Smelling it is like you’ve just opened a ripe fig,” said one judge. How do you open a fig? With a fig opener?

To find out more about Just Figs Jam and other delicious fig products click here now!

Workshops will focus on painting, drawing and printmaking, on various aspects of ceramics and pottery, on fabric or book art, and others on poetry, family writing, flash fiction, photography and quilting.

Let the artist within out! Click here to check out the full programme and how to register.

“After a talk by Hawke’s Bay Tourism about their Hidden gems campaign, – aimed at encouraging visitors to stay that extra night by doing something more here – and an activity, or experience that perhaps they hadn’t thought of before, we thought we could do our bit to encourage visitors to stay one more night” – commented Diana who owns Havelock House in Havelock North.

So many visitors rush through the region, staying only a night or two and we really need to encourage longer staying visitors. People are looking for different experiences – what better than to use what Hawke’s Bay is already famous for its fresh food and fine wines.

Hawke’s Bay local produce from olive oils to olives, cheese and nuts, fresh fruit and vegetables will be featured in Cathie’s original recipes. Guests will go away having learnt how to make simple but sophisticated dishes from scratch with time saving tips from a top chef – Cathie.

Other countries such as Italy and Thailand have been promoting their cookery for years – we have it all here it just takes a small ‘leap of faith to put it in place’

Cathie has the cooking skills – she has been running successful cookery classes in Hawke’s Bay for the past 18 months and is so impressed by the range of fresh food here – “It’s something Hawke’s Bay people don’t always appreciate – in Canada so much of this has been lost – meaning the farmers markets to parking lots!” We have the accommodation adds Diana who opened the Havelock House B&B 3 years ago after they she arrived here from York England with her family.

Guests will stay here and go to Cathie’s for the cooking class followed by dinner paired with local wines. We are hoping to appeal to visitors who want that extra night.

“Visitors love the food and wine here” adds Cathie. “So why not teach them how to use all this fresh produce and when they go home they will impress their friends with the recipes they’ve learnt on the course – and their friends will come to Hawke’s Bay too.”

For more information contact:

Diana Arnold
Havelock House
77 Endsleigh Road
Havelock North
Hawke’s Bay 4130
New Zealand
Tel 06 8775439
m. 0211523755
www.havelockhouse.co.nz

or

Cathie Hamilton
Certified Culinary Scientist
Cathie’s Cuisine
06 876 4911
www.cathiescuisine.co.nz

Event: Hastings Karamu Rotary Club Annual Cocktail Party Fundraiser for the Rescue Helicopter Trust
Date: Friday 27^th May
Where: Assembly Hall, Hawke’s Bay Opera House
Price: $90 per person
Tickets: Thomson’s Suits, Grieve Diamond Jewellers, Advintage, House of Travel Havelock North, Waipukurau Amcal Pharmacy

The charity event will be held on Friday 27^th May at the Assembly Hall, Hawke’s Bay Opera House.

Tickets are on sale from Thursday 14^th April from the following outlets:

• Thomson’s Suits (Hastings)
• Grieve Diamond Jeweller (Hastings)
• Advintage (Havelock North)
• House of Travel (Havelock North)
• Amcal Pharmacy (Waipukurau)

Tickets are $90 per person.

During the evening you will be served high quality food by Dish Catering with superb wine from Craggy Range and wonderful Yellowglen Perle bubbly.

A highlight of the evening will be the annual charity auction and raffle with excellent items generously donated by local businesses.

The event is a great opportunity for a mid-winter social occasion and to help support a vital local charity.

We hope to see you there!

Warm regards from

Louise & the Hastings Karamu Rotary Club Committee

PS: Feel free to forward the email to family and friends who may be interested in attending – thanks

The things to keep in mind were:

• NZ is still a free country and we can all buy any land we want
• A New Zealander can open and operate any kind of business as long as the District Plan of the area allows them to following application of Resource Consent
• Employment is good we need it
• McDonalds are a global company who have NEVER lost a Resource Consent application (we think anywhere in theworld) BUT there is always a first time. Note: they have been made to lessen signage etc IF that is in the local District Plan
• McDonalds has cleaned up their act and are not the American ‘human & planet killers’ they have been potrayed as in the past
• McDonalds keep a lot of farmers and vege growers in business
• McDonalds have produced the most NZ millionaires of any business in this country – we all wish we owned one.
• The owners live locally and are a nice young couple who LOVE Havelock North and are raising their children here

We asked if it was worth expending a lot of emotional energy to WANT to stop something that probably was going to happen anyway – and maybe it was better to concentrate on HOW we ensure the rest of the corporate fast food businesses can’t follow.

Here were some of their responses:

Starring: Suzanne Paul, Rima Te Wiata & Lynda Milligan

A comedy about ‘over the hill’ cleaners who start ‘talking dirty’ and end up ‘filthy rich’! “Funny? Very definitely. Some of the audience members were weeping with laughter and guffaws a-plenty echoed around the theatre. Many rose to their feet as the cast took their curtain calls.” The British Theatre Guide The Story… It’s about friendship. It’s about solidarity. And it’s about sex. Three old ladies are nearing the end of their working days, hastened on by a less than pleasant boss who reckons they all ought to be fired. The women are getting a bit on in life to start fresh, but luck sends them a solution via a wrong number: A bloke who thinks he’s called a sex line! Hesitant at first, Olive, and Peggy are egged on by Elsie that they could make a lot of money. So they take the leap and call themselves the “Telephone Belles” and that’s when the fun really begins.

More Information: This event is being held at the Hawke’s Bay Opera House Theatre. Reserved seated event.

PRICES: SHOW ONLY:
All Tickets: $62.50 DINNER & SHOW:
All Tickets + Dinner: $87.50
PLEASE NOTE: Dinner and Show tickets with dinner at the Opera Kitchen Cafe, are available for $25 on top of the show only ticket price, which includes a free coffee. For a menu contact the Opera Kitchen Cafe on (06) 870 6020.

SERVICE FEES APPLY PLEASE NOTE: If a customer requires a wheelchair seat please contact the HBOH ticket office to book. (06) 871-5282. Service Fees: Tickets purchased for this event online will incur the following service fees: $1.00 Per ticket fee. $5.00 Per transaction for pickup tickets. $8.00 Per transaction for courier deliveries. $11.00 Per transaction for rural deliveries. No refunds or exchanges on any ticket price or service fee except as required by New Zealand law.

Come along for a great day out with the family, bring a picnic, and have a ride on our miniature steam, diesel and electric locomotives.

Rides are just $1 or a 12-trip ticket is $10.

Visit our website for full details, description, videos and location map: http://www.keirungaparkrailway.org.nz

Individually, their musicianship is unparalleled, and together they are a musical force to be reckoned with, both members of international super group Mozaik, they present a stunning repertoire of songs and music from a wide range of traditional backgrounds in addition to original songs penned by Irvine. They first met in the late ‘60’s and have played together ever since, when their schedules have allowed. Rens’ multi-instrumental talents appear on all of Andy’s recent recordings.

Andy and Rens toured NZ to rave reviews in 2002 and Andy last toured solo in 2007. Andy Irvine: occupies a unique place in the musical world, plying his trade as archetypal troubadour, with a solo show and travelling lifestyle that reflects his lifelong influence, Woody Guthrie. Few others can equal his repertoire, Irish traditional songs, dexterous Balkan dance tunes, and a compelling canon of his own material that defies description.

Andy has formed or played with many legendary Irish music groups including Sweeney’s Men, Planxty, De Dannan, Patrick Street, and Mozaik. He has also worked with other luminaries of Celtic music including Dick Gaughan, Paul Brady, Donal Lunny and John Doyle and has produced a number of solo albums. He continues to perform internationally with Mozaik and the reformed Patrick Street. This is the man of whom Si Kahn said, “Andy Irvine is Ireland’s Woody Guthrie, with a philosopher’s ear and a prophet’s passionate voice. He is also a stunning singer and instrumentalist who weaves melody and texture, harmony and rhythm, into a rich tapestry of present and past.” Andy returns with a new and long-awaited solo album, Abocurragh, released late in 2010.

Rens van der Zalm: is a musician of multiple talents: equally accomplished on guitar, violin, mandolin, accordion and whistle. Rens’ instrumental skills are complimented by his ability to apply his expertise to a wide variety of musical styles, covering a wide range of repertoire from folk, to jazz to classical. In recent years his brilliant instrumental skills and flair have seen Rens in high demand in theatre circles both in Europe and recently in Australia. In 2009 he performed alongside Mark Seymour (of Hunters and Collectors) playing a myriad of instruments in the very well received stage production of One Night The Moon, a play adapted from the 2001 film of the same name, with music by Kev Carmody, Paul Kelly and Mairead Hannan. Rens will also be working on numerous artistic projects with Seymour in 2011.

Tickets $30.00

Contact Keith Gosney 06 876 5867or email klgosney@xtra.co.nz

Culminating with a magical Evening Extravaganza, these awards are an event not to be missed!

Entry to the day show costs $5 per adult or $2.50 per child – tickets purchased on the door.

Tickets for the Evening Extravaganza go on sale in January via Ticketdirect: www.ticketdirect.co.nz or 0800 4 TICKET

Adult: $20
Child: $10 (under 12 years)
Concession: $15 (students and 65+ with ID)
Family: $47 (2 adults and 2 children under 12)

For further information please visit www.hastingscity.co.nz or join our facebook page (Hastings Pak’nSave Edible Fashion Awards).

Schools have the opportunity to fundraise with half the funds raised by their students (who will have to organise their own sponsorship) going to the school & half to FYD.

Please contact Nic Goodman on 021 980 200 for more detail.