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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>29</strong> <strong>2018</strong> 51<br />
What’s on<br />
Let us know about your event!<br />
Email sarla.donovan@starmedia.kiwi<br />
NEW BRIGHTON MARKET<br />
Saturday, 10am-2pm, New Brighton<br />
pedestrian mall<br />
MT PLEASANT FARMERS’<br />
MARKET<br />
Saturday, 9.30am-12.30pm,<br />
McCormacks Bay Rd<br />
LYTTELTON FARMERS’ MARKET<br />
Saturdays, 10am-1pm, London St<br />
OPAWA FARMERS’ MARKET<br />
Sunday, 9am-noon, 275 Fifield Tce<br />
THE RICCARTON MARKET<br />
Sunday, 9am-2pm Riccarton Racecourse<br />
SUNDAY, 10AM-3PM<br />
THE AKAROA HARVEST<br />
FESTIVAL<br />
<strong>The</strong> Akaroa Harvest Festival<br />
on Easter Sunday is your<br />
opportunity to sample the finest<br />
Banks Peninsula fare in dishes<br />
curated by local food heroes. Top<br />
food producers will be there with<br />
everything from award-winning<br />
olive oils, preserved lemons and<br />
French-style pâté to handcrafted<br />
wooden boards. Held in the<br />
beautiful surrounds of Potter’s<br />
Croft – one of Canterbury’s<br />
finest gardens. $5 entrance fee<br />
includes live music and kids<br />
entertainment.<br />
57 Rue Grehan<br />
THURSDAY TO SUNDAY,<br />
8AM-5PM<br />
NATIONAL DOG OBEDIENCE<br />
ASSEMBLY<br />
New Zealand’s premiere<br />
dog obedience event is being<br />
showcased in Christchurch this<br />
year. Come along and see our<br />
canine companions competing<br />
in a variety of classes as well as<br />
assessments of dogs participating<br />
in the national Canine Good<br />
Citizen programme.<br />
Canterbury Agricultural<br />
Park<br />
THURSDAY AND SUNDAY<br />
PRINTMAKING FORT<br />
Make a drypoint monoprint<br />
in our temporary studio and<br />
exhibition space in the Sergeants<br />
Mess located in Awaroa/Godley<br />
Head coastal defence battery area<br />
(built 1939). Beginners welcome.<br />
Drypoint is a very forgiving<br />
form of printmaking. Create<br />
your own A6 print to keep, plus a<br />
copy of each print will be joined<br />
together in a group co-operative<br />
exhibition in the sergeants mess<br />
dormitory during the week<br />
leading into Anzac Day <strong>2018</strong>.<br />
Cost is $5 per person. Contact<br />
Bridget Allen on 027 653 7397 or<br />
Bridgetallencreate@gmail.com.<br />
Awaroa/Godley Heads<br />
FRIDAY, FROM 11AM<br />
ARTS CENTRE EASTER<br />
MARKET<br />
<strong>The</strong> ever-popular food trucks are<br />
now back in the city every Friday<br />
from 11am, with things in full<br />
swing by 4pm in time for people<br />
to stop by after work.<br />
Cathedral Square<br />
SATURDAY, 10AM-2PM<br />
ST JOHN PASSION<br />
<strong>The</strong> CBS Choir, soloists and<br />
orchestra present J.S. Bach’s St<br />
John Passion. Written for Good<br />
Friday in 1723, it is a compact and<br />
intensely dramatic setting of St<br />
John’s description of Christ’s last<br />
hours. Contact Don Whelan on<br />
358 5873 or don.whelan@xtra.<br />
co.nz<br />
St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, 373<br />
Manchester St<br />
SATURDAY, 10AM-1PM<br />
EASTER FUN MARKET<br />
A wonderful array of local crafts<br />
and produce stalls, Easter egg<br />
hunt, face-painting and games.<br />
Heaps of family fun and activities<br />
for the children, with a lot of<br />
varied local craft stalls selling<br />
genuine handcrafted gifts for the<br />
entire family. Or simply stock<br />
up on a wonderful selection of<br />
fresh spray-free local produce,<br />
colourful flowers, plants, award<br />
winning cheeses, wines and<br />
delicious baking.<br />
Lincoln Green Library, 22<br />
Gerald St, Lincoln<br />
SATURDAY TO SUNDAY,<br />
10AM-5PM<br />
PIGEON BAY ART<br />
EXHIBITION<br />
An exciting and eclectic display<br />
by 14 local and regional artists<br />
– all work for sale. Paintings,<br />
photography, quilts, pottery<br />
and mixed media works. Free<br />
admission.<br />
Pigeon Bay Community Hall,<br />
35 Wharf Rd, Pigeon Bay<br />
SATURDAY, 1OAM-4PM<br />
PORT LEVY REGATTA<br />
After many years of being absent<br />
we are bringing back the Port<br />
Levy Regatta. Join us for a fun<br />
family day on and off the water.<br />
This is a family day so bring<br />
your picnic and barbecue. Bring<br />
your yacht, canoe, kayak, SUP,<br />
inflatable. All watercraft are<br />
welcome don’t forget your life<br />
jackets. Cancellation for this<br />
event will be on Radio Sport. No<br />
alcohol or dogs on the marae.<br />
Contact Ross May on 328 70<strong>29</strong> or<br />
admin@navalpoint.co.nz<br />
Koukourarata Marae, 9 Puari<br />
Rd, Port Levy<br />
SATURDAY, NOON-1OPM<br />
RAILFAN’S DAY: RETURN OF<br />
DI 1102<br />
To celebrate the return to service<br />
of Di 1102 the Canterbury<br />
Railway Society is presenting a<br />
rail fan and photographers day.<br />
Trains in a variety of historic<br />
formations will run into the<br />
night to stage photographic<br />
opportunities. Adults cost $30<br />
and members $20 (Canterbury<br />
Railway Society members)<br />
Ferrymead Heritage Park,<br />
50 Ferrymead Park Drive<br />
SUNDAY, 8AM-3PM<br />
THE GREAT NEW ZEALAND<br />
EASTER EGG HUNT<br />
Children of all ages will enjoy<br />
being part of our first ‘<strong>The</strong> Great<br />
New Zealand Easter Egg Hunt’.<br />
Take all the work out of Easter<br />
Egg giving and bring your little<br />
ones down to Ferrymead Heritage<br />
Park to have fun hunting for<br />
Easter treats. First session starts at<br />
8am and the last session starts at<br />
3pm. Every participant will make<br />
their own Easter basket, then be<br />
given a map to find the Easter egg<br />
stations where they can collect<br />
their treats. After they have<br />
gathered all their treats you are<br />
welcome to stay on at Ferrymead<br />
for our Easter Sunday Steam<br />
Train Day. Included in your<br />
ticket is unlimited steam train<br />
and tram rides. <strong>The</strong>re will also be<br />
food trucks available. Children<br />
under 14-years-old need to be<br />
accompanied by an adult.<br />
Ferrymead Heritage Park,<br />
50 Ferrymead Park Drive<br />
SATURDAY, 11AM-12.30PM<br />
STREET ART WALKING<br />
TOUR<br />
Street art tells the story of<br />
Christchurch; what it is, what it<br />
was before the earthquakes, and<br />
what it can be. Whether you’re a<br />
visitor or local, our street art tour<br />
will change your perspective on<br />
how you see the city. On this<br />
1.5 hour tour of the Christchurch<br />
CBD, we’ll show you things<br />
big and small, explain the<br />
history of street art and<br />
Christchurch’s recent emergence<br />
as a “street art capital” in Lonely<br />
Planet’s first street art-only guide<br />
book. Adults cost $24, children<br />
free<br />
Canterbury Museum,<br />
Rolleston Ave<br />
Wakaroa<br />
Pigeon Bay<br />
ART TRAIL<br />
31 MARCH - 1 APRIL <strong>2018</strong><br />
10am - 5pm Daily<br />
.<br />
5 Sites Artworks<br />
Workshops Bands<br />
& 100 Years of Pigeon Bay with June Hay<br />
.<br />
Wakaroa Pigeon Bay Art Trail <strong>2018</strong>
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