What's Happening
Puanga on a Plate is a vibrant food festival that celebrates Puanga Matariki with a delicious twist! 🍽 Running from 31st May to 30th June, this event is a culinary journey where local restaurants are showcasing their creativity by crafting dishes that resonate with the themes of home, family, and identity. From traditional kai to contemporary fusion, each dish tells a story, connecting diners during this special time of reflection and celebration.
ŪKAIPŌ directed by Gabrielle Thomas ✨🪨 An exploration of movement influenced by a mother's power to manifest life. Like Puanga is to Matariki, mothers are the guiding star for their pēpi. The modern landscape they navigate, full of quirks and qualms, ignites a desire to connect back to whakapapa and whenua. Watch the contemporary storytelling of these wāhine toa come to life through the eclectic art form of contemporary dance. 🤎 Starring local performers Stormy Kay, Jenn Ruka, Jess Collins, Jan Fisher & Jasmin Fisher-Johnson. Thank you to Whangarei District Council for sponsoring this event. 📆 Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd June (session times vary) 📍ONEONESIX 🎟️ Koha! Book now via Eventfinda https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2024/ukaipo/whangarei
To celebrate Matariki, we invite all Hikurangi residents to get their creative caps on and decorate their houses and businesses with festive lights. Over the next few weeks, we'll be on the hunt for the best display. Let's shine bright, show off our festive spirit, and put on a show for our visitors! 🏆 Prizes: Exciting Prizes for the top 3 displays! ✨ How to Participate: Decorate your house or business with festive lights and decorations for Matariki. Register by emailing us at rachel.burnard@iagent.co.nz Ensure your lights are on by 5.00pm on the event day by the latest. 📅 Winner Announcement: Winners will be drawn on the night of the Matariki Festival, 28th June, at 6:30pm. Get ready to light up your whare and be a part of this dazzling celebration! Let's make Hikurangi sparkle for Matariki! 🌟
Whangārei Future Development
Exotic Caulerpa
Exotic Caulerpa is an invasive seaweed that colonises the seabed by forming large dense mats, killing our native seaweeds that many of our kaimoana, like snapper and crayfish, feed off. This seaweed was first found at Aotea Great Barrier Island in 2021. Exotic Caulerpa is easy to spread and hard to remove. A small fragment of the plant caught up in netting or on an anchor and released in another location is more than enough to help this invasive plant spread further.
Te Tai Tokerau Resilience Action Plan
On behalf of FNDC councillor, Kelly Stratford, Chair of the Cyclone Gabrielle Regional Recovery Group, please find a copy of the Te Tai Tokerau Resilience Action Plan with covering letter and Rationale and Approach for sharing with your wider networks.
The Action plan was commissioned to provide a list of short-, medium- and long-term priorities for building Northland’s resilience, informed by our remote communities, to put Northland in a position to seek funding for strengthening regional resilience. The documents can be used as a reference of our communities’ voices when you are seeking funding opportunities. Click on the links below to access the documents.
