Sundaise: The Waihi-Mount Connection
The Secret Garden in Waihi Beach played host to the second Sundaise Launch Party in true Sundaise fashion with the finest original music in the Bay and happy smiling folk that know how to have a good time! The best part, the perfect excuse for the Mounties to get their butts to Waihi and make the connection.
So, were you there? If you weren’t, no doubt by now you are a little bleak with envy with all those people floating around, all buzzed up telling you… Really? You weren’t there? Well you should have been there!
I mean just look at the photos!!
Tomorrow…The Comedy Store
Who is Simon McKinney?
Of Irish and Scottish descent, this dashing flame first found his spark at the impressionable age of eight. Attempting to impress a pretty classmate, he cupped his little hands pretending there were people inside, doing voices and making a little show for her. Soon a crowd of kids gathered and at the end of the show one of the boys commented,
“You’re going to be a comedian one day.”
Simon was horrified.
Read the full story.
OD & Friends Art Show on Friday
Official Artist line up is mr G , Phat1, Elliot Mason, Paul Julian, Random Guy, Glen Smith, Rodney Mills, Component/Sparrow, Ras1, Dfyre and gallery founder – street artist extroadinaire, Owen Dippie.
Of course you don’t want to miss this!.
SPCA Tauranga desperately need your help!
Words: SPCA Tauranga
We are completely busting at the seams with animals, there is not a empty cage to be seen, a huge number of animals in foster are ready to come back for adoption, so we are reducing the adopting fee to half from now until 4.00pm next Monday, PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD.
Dogs $92.50, Puppies $100.00, Cats $50.00, Kittens $57.50, We desperately need to make some room. HELP!
Join SPCA on Facebook
Rena breaks up
The stricken cargo ship Rena has broken in two after heavy swells in the Bay of Plenty over the weekend. Please be on alert. We have posted recent video footage captured by Maritime and as Rena operation updates hit our inbox we will be posting it to Save the Bay
It’s the little things…
Words: Scarlett Frank
I’ve been gone a long time. All of winter and then some. It was a crazy, tropical adventure, but there really is no place like home. And within a few hours arriving back in the Mount I was standing in the middle of The Little Big Markets experiencing the verb of home. Many from the muso scene mingling, the chefs were back from their super yacht stints and so many of the locals were out in full force whisking the air with festive community spirit.
GO: Culture : Fashion : The Little Big Market…by night
The Heart Song Gift, it’s Yours
To celebrate the brand spanking launch of the Heart Song Ebook – and because it’s Christmas – David Buckton and lovethebay have teamed up to give you…
…a sample of ten pages out of this beautiful and inspiring book and free ecards for everyone. This is magnificent New Zealand by one of our country’s most exciting photographers.
GO : David Buckton :: Heart Song ::: Free Ecards
The hottest tickets in the Mount this summer!
Why go to just one concert when you and your best mates get to go to ALL THREE FOR FREE?
Tuesday, 3 January
Kora with Ladi6
Wednesday, 4 January 4
Six60 with Mt Eden
Friday, 6 January
Shapeshifter with Horace Andy
The Little Big Markets After Dark
This is your chance to support your local designers, artists and crafters…Come down to the night market this Thursday 22nd December and let’s wrap up Christmas.
GO: Culture : Fashion : The Little Big Market…by night
Major Toms turns 2 Tonite!
Words: The Major
They reckon about 60% of businesses fail within the first 2 years. Somehow we’re still here so that’s got to be an excuse for a party!
Just sign up to this Facebook Event before 12pm on Sat 17th Dec and arrive before 10:30pm and we’ll shout you a free Corona on entry.
Luke Thompson & Friends this Thursday
Major Toms, Thursday night, come and check out some of my friends who are town for a few weeks.
Tim Hart – Sydney (Boy and Bear)
Mark Myers – Cairns.
Stu Larsen – Everywhere/Nowhere.
Luke Thompson – Local.
$5 on the door. See ya there. Luke.
Tauranga’s finest musicians. Alive and Original.
Words: Jack Maverick
Is the Jazz Festival deliberately trying to put one foot in the grave and align with the saying that has dogged the City, yes you know the one…Tauranga, a retirement village full of people waiting to die? Where is our rising star LOCAL talent in the line up?
When building the Jazz festival programme had the local pickings been of a low grade I could understand, but we have some serious talent in the scene right now and they deserve a flagship platform.
David Buckton :: Photo Blog 02
Photo: Mount Maunganui Sunrise
This photo is one of a series of photos that I took of the Bay. My objective was to create a series of images that differed from the “blue sky and white sandy beach” photos that are normally associated with the Bay of Plenty. I took this from the Mount beach just after dawn as cloud and showers were moving inland.
GO :: Photos :: David Buckton
Launch Party :: Sundaise
Words: Jack Maverick
It’s time to wake up and smell Sundaise. Don’t just smell it, cherish it, because there is no other festival in the Bay like this. Music, arts and performers, a beautiful outdoor setting, run by real people that live and breathe the culture.
Sundaise keeps it indie and it’s all kicking off with a launch party featuring The Deeds from 1pm on Sunday 18 December at Armazem.
