February 2012In the News this month:
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BLACKCAPS vs South Africa International Cricket
New Zealand host South Africa in Wellington. Support the Black Caps this Summer international cricket action.
Friday 17th February 2012
BLACKCAPS vs South Africa
International Twenty20 at Westpac Stadium
Saturday 25th February 2012
BLACKCAPS vs South Africa
One Day International at Westpac Stadium
Friday 23rd - Tuesday 27th March 2012
BLACKCAPS vs South Africa
Test Match at the Basin Reserve
New Zealand Friunge Festival Wellington 2012
Over 60 Visual, Music, Dance and Theatre performances will be found in 30 sites around the city featuring hundreds of participants. 20 of these performances are free or koha.
Three weeks celebrating weird and wonderful expressions of art – 60 Visual, Music, Dance, Comedy and Theatre shows will be found in 30 sites around the city featuring hundreds of participants! With over one-third of the festival made up of free or koha shows, and plenty out in the streets, this is the perfect chance to check out new creations and brave artists.
Date: 10 Feb 2012 (Fri) - 03 Mar 2012 (Sat)
When: Various times and locations
More Info: http://www.capitaltimes.co.nz/Fringe-Festival
Hill St Farmers Market Thorndon Wellington
Have you ever wondered where the broccoli you were eating was grown, or who caught that fish you’re preparing? Or have you simply thought it would be great to support local producers? Well, the Hill Street Farmers’ Market is giving Wellingtonians a chance to buy local.The market is held every Saturday morning, rain or shine, and helps connect locals to passionate regional food producers and exquisite fresh local food.
The Hill Street Farmers’ Market is about celebrating the best of our region and allowing producers an opportunity to present their products directly to consumers. It also provides a forum for educating the community about supporting and enjoying locally grown and produced food, including organic and spray free produce. The market includes in-season fruit and vegetable growers and producers from Wellington, the Kapiti Coast, Horowhenua, Hawkes Bay and the Wairarapa, fresh fish, boutique meat producers selling free range produce and an array of other treats and necessities.
After shopping enjoy a fair trade coffee under the pohutakawa tree while you read the paper or chat to friends.
Date: Every Saturday
Venue: St Pauls Cathedral
Website: http://www.hillstfarmersmarket.org.nz
New Zealand International Arts Festival 2012
Something for everyoneTickets for most shows start at $38-$48 and there are many free events and great value packages. The 2012 New Zealand International Arts Festival offers everything from Cantina, a sultry late-night circus for grown-ups, to White, an utterly charming theatre experience for the very young.
Wellington transformed
One of the world’s great festival cities, around 300,000 festival-goers will converge on Wellington to enjoy the best music, theatre, dance, literature and visual arts from New Zealand and the world.
Wellington’s waterfront will be transformed for 2012, with a new Festival hub on the waterfront. Michel Tuffery’s vibrant multi-media artwork First Contact 2012 will turn Te Papa into a huge moving canvas every night at dusk; the Ronaldo circus dynasty’s vintage Big Top will be pitched on the foreshore; a giant acrobatic spectacle will bring crowds to Waitangi Park and our home-grown Spiegeltent, the TelstraClear Festival Club, will be set right in the heart of the action in Odlin’s Plaza, with acts including the Topp Twins and Finnish accordion rock star Kimmo Pohjonen.
The 2012 Festival is full of exuberance, energy and physicality with performances to stir the heart and stimulate the senses. We welcome Festival favourites, including the National Theatre of Scotland with Beautiful Burnout (their Black Watch was a hit of the 2008 Festival). Renowned choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (Sutra) returns with his dazzling new work TeZukA, inspired by Japanese comic books. James Thiérrée (The Junebug Symphony, Bright Abyss) astounds in Raoul and Britain’s Kneehigh theatre company brings their delightful fairy tale, The Wild Bride. Transporting and fun – the 2012 New Zealand International Arts Festival will bring audacious arts to Aoteoroa.
Distinctively of and from Aotearoa
The stand-out programme of Maori and Pacific Island work embraces the past while forging new and exciting futures. We are proud to present a brand-new opera Hohepa, with NBR New Zealand Opera; other highlights include Lemi Ponifasio’s extraordinary dance work, Birds with Skymirrors; Patricia Grace’s award-winning novel Tu, brought to the stage by Hone Kouka, and The Conch’s Masi, a delightful Wellington cross-cultural love story, featuring special effects by Paul Kieve, magic adviser to the Harry Potter movies.
Nine world premieres for 2012
Also new are the Town Hall Gigs, including US indie sensations Bon Iver and a co-production with the Sydney Festival featuring five indigenous divas. Experience Shakespeare five ways with the Bard Wired series: performances include the UK’s acclaimed all-male Shakespeare company, Propeller. A Te Reo version of Troilus and Cressida premieres at the Festival before its season at London’s Globe Theatre. In an Irish Hamlet, a Great Dane threatens to steal the show. Downstage Solos celebrate this most demanding of art forms, including Taki Rua’s Michael James Manaia and Germany’s anti-gravity phenomenon, Leo.
Writers and Readers Week (9-14 March)
Leading commentators and writers come to Wellington for Writers and Readers Week. Writer and academic Germaine Greer, widely regarded as one of the most significant feminist voices of our time; Australian environmentalist, scientist and author Tim Flannery; three-time Pulitzer-Prize winning author Thomas Friedman; Man Booker Prize-winner Alan Hollinghurst. Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbø and New Zealand’s own Margaret Mahy are among the impressive international and national line-up.
Download program booklet
Wellington Phoenix A-League Home Games, Wellington Accommodation
YOUR CITY, YOUR TEAM. Be part of something exceptional with the Wellington Phoenix FC. Get behind your team in 2011/12 and enjoy the pride, passion, power and prestige only top-flight football can deliver. As a Phoenix supporter you’re part of the team. Together we are strong..
It is the hottest ticket in town - a Wellington Phoenix match at Wellington's Westpac Stadium during the Hyundai A-League season. As the Phoenix take on Australia’s best football clubs in an expanded competition, the football action will be hotter and more intense than ever.
Venue: Westpac Stadium Wellington
Tickets: Ticketek
16 Oct 11 4:30pm Vs Newcastle Jets FC
30 Oct 11 4:30pm Vs Melbourne Victory FC
04 Nov 11 7:30pm Vs Central Coast Mariners FC
27 Nov 11 4:30pm Vs Sydney FC
10 Dec 11 5:00pm Vs Perth Glory FC
23 Dec 11 7:30pm Vs Newcastle Jets FC
04 Jan 12 3:00pm Vs Sydney FC
08 Jan 12 4:00pm Vs Perth Glory FC
29 Jan 12 4:30pm Vs Melbourne Heart FC
12 Feb 12 5:00pm Vs Brisbane Roar FC
04 Mar 12 4:30pm Vs Gold Coast United FC
25 Mar 12 4:00pm Vs Central Coast Mariners FC
30 Oct 11 4:30pm Vs Melbourne Victory FC
04 Nov 11 7:30pm Vs Central Coast Mariners FC
27 Nov 11 4:30pm Vs Sydney FC
10 Dec 11 5:00pm Vs Perth Glory FC
23 Dec 11 7:30pm Vs Newcastle Jets FC
04 Jan 12 3:00pm Vs Sydney FC
08 Jan 12 4:00pm Vs Perth Glory FC
29 Jan 12 4:30pm Vs Melbourne Heart FC
12 Feb 12 5:00pm Vs Brisbane Roar FC
04 Mar 12 4:30pm Vs Gold Coast United FC
25 Mar 12 4:00pm Vs Central Coast Mariners FC
G3 Tour - Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Steve Lukather
Date: Thursday 22 March 2012
Venue: Michael Fowler Centre
Venue: Michael Fowler Centre
Wellington Summer City Festival 2012
The Summer City festival is held in Wellington every year and is full of free concerts and cultural events.
The Summer City Festival is Wellington's summer in the city festival of outdoor fun and entertainment - and with a wide array of events and concerts over three months, there are heaps of reasons to get out and join in the action in Wellington.- Films By Starlight - 18 Jan 2012 (Wed) - 08 Feb 2012 (Wed)
- Splash and Dash - 18 Jan 2012 (Wed) - 28 Mar 2012 (Wed)
- Mish Fitness Sessions - 01 Feb 2012 (Wed) - 07 Mar 2012 (Wed)
- Salsa @ Sunset - 01 Feb 2012 (Wed) - 29 Feb 2012 (Wed)
- Chinese New Year Festival - Wellington - 11 Feb 2012 (Sat) - 12 Feb 2012 (Sun)
- Bowl-A-Rama 2012 International Skateboarding Competition - 11 Feb 2012 (Sat)
- Island Bay Festival 2012 - 11 Feb 2012 (Sat) - 19 Feb 2012 (Sun)
- The Rotary Big Dig 2012 - Oriental Bay - 11 Feb 2012 (Sat)
- Summer Shakespeare: Twelfth Night - 17 Feb 2012 (Fri) - 03 Mar 2012 (Sat)
- Dragon Boat Fun Day - 25 Feb 2012 (Sat)
- 2012 AMI Round the Bays - Wellington - 26 Feb 2012 (Sun)
- ASB Sunset Sessions - 03 Mar 2012 (Sat) - 11 Mar 2012 (Sun)
- Culture Kicks Football Tournament - 03 Mar 2012 (Sat)
- Newtown Festival Fair Day - Newtown Street Fair - 04 Mar 2012 (Sun)
- Kilbirnie Festival 2012 - 12 Mar 2012 (Mon)
- ASB Gardens Magic Concert Series - 14 Mar 2012 (Wed) - 25 Mar 2012 (Sun)
- ASB Gardens Magic Lighting - 14 Mar 2012 (Wed) - 27 Mar 2012 (Tue)
- 2012 NZCT Wellington Dragon Boat Festival - 17 Mar 2012 (Sat) - 18 Mar 2012 (Sun)
- Cancer Society Relay For Life 2012 - 31 Mar 2012 (Sat) - 01 Apr 2012 (Sun)
When: Various times and Locations
More Info: http://www.wellington.govt.nz/services/events/annuals/summer/summer.html
