| The Dogs - Hatrick Raceway
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Held Weekly
Spriggens Park, Sargeant Street
Wanganui
Tel: (06) 345 6794
www.wanganuigreyhoundracingclub.co.nz
More info
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| New Zealand Master Games
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Held bi-annually in February
Since its inception in 1989, the
NZ Masters Games has grown
from 1500 entrants competing
across 29 sports to over 8,000
entrants and 67 sports, making
it the biggest Masters Games
event in New Zealand by far. The
games is a 9 day event with 67
different sports and over 580
individual events. One of the
notable aspects of the games
in Wanganui is the intimacy
of the city. The Games Village
at Springvale Park is within 10
minutes of the main street. Most
venues are within 10 minutes
drive of the village. You will
find the sports venues to be
top quality and the weather is
guaranteed to be perfect.
www.nzmastersgames.com
More info
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| Cemetery Circuit
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Boxing Day
New Zealand’s legendary street
circuit is a must on any racing
calendar. Held on Boxing Day
each year, the event has seen
some of the world’s best racers
compete on this exciting
and tight circuit. Respected internationally the Cemetery
Circuit is often called the
“Southern Hemisphere’s Isle
of Man” and has over the years
featured many world famous
bike racers.
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Heritage Weekend
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Held March/April
The annual Wanganui Heritage
Weekend event celebrates our
people and our heritage.
Activities, both free and
affordable include rides on
trailers behind Steam Traction
Engine and cruises on the only
working paddle-steamer in New
Zealand - the PS Waimarie.
There is a vast range of activities
and events over this celebrated
weekend. A great opportunity
to dress up in clothes from a bygone
era and experience life as it
used to be.
Plan your visit to Wanganui’s
Heritage Weekend, and have a
great time. Contact the i-SITE
information centre for details
and timetables.
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Hydroplanes Downtown on the Whanganui River
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Held in February
Australasia’s fastest boats on
water competing on this 2000
metre oval course to become
the fastest person ever on the
Whanganui River. Explode into
life with this jaw-dropping
action! Feel the fear! Experience
the thrills!
Plenty of great family
entertainment, wine & food
festival, bouncy castles, static
displays. Don’t miss out! These
mad men on water will push
their craft to the limit to become
the 2008 Downtown Wanganui
Flying Lap Champion!!!
Free entry, for more
info contact
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www.hydroplane.com
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| Jazzboat Festival
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 Labour Weekend
Let your senses tingle and toes
tap to the soulful melodies of
many well-known Jazz Artists in
Wanganui over Labour Weekend,
Friday 19 – Sunday 21 October. Events include Jazz Cruises on
the historic Wanganui Paddle
Steamer the P.S Waimarie.
Jazz will fill the air in Wanganui
this Labour Weekend - tickets
will sell fast.... don’t miss out!
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| Jet Sprints Champs
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Held each December
Some of New Zealand’s and the
world’s best Jetsprint teams
will be racing at Wanganui on
the 27th December 2007 at
the Shelter View Track on the
Murray’s farm 12 km North
of Wanganui on the Parapara
Highway (State Hwy 4) just north
of Upokongaro.
Those who are keen to make
a day of it and catch the early
mishaps will want to arrive by
10am. If you have less of your
day available, the action hots
up with the sudden death
eliminations after lunch, where
the field is cut back in each class
from 16 to 8, then 4, then the
two boat final.
www.jetpro.co.nz
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| Literary Festival
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Held each September
This event has been called
“The booklovers event of the
year.” The festival has attracted
some of New Zealand’s most
famous writers. Poetry Live
attracts national poets and local
poets to show their writing. The
Legends Literary Tour, a must
for those interested in literary
history, brings together writers
as diverse as Mark Twain, Janet
Frame and Ian Cross.
The festival provides several
venues where local and national
writers discuss their work, and
give workshops on writing.
These occasions allow festival
goers to meet the authors.
There are several home-grown
events where local writers can
showcase their own writing.
The Wanganui Literary Festival
has fast become an important
cultural event in our city.
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| Mayoral Mile
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Held each February
The Mayoral Mile is the premier
athletic event on the New
Zealand calendar.
But it is much more than that – it
is also a mass participation event
that provides the opportunity
for everyone to complete a
realizable, physical goal. To run a
mile at the same venue that the legendary Peter Snell broke the
world mile record in 1962.
There are also celebrity mile
races, a mile featuring real
mayors, and shorter races for
toddlers including the ‘Toddler
Twenties’.
Join us for another spectacular
day. Complete a mile yourself
– running, jogging or walking
– and then sit down and witness
thrilling racing from some of
Australasia’s finest athletes.
www.mayoralmile.co.nz
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| Mountains to Sea, Multisport Adventure Race
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Labour Weekend
Pound your way through a
mountain run in the Tongariro
National Park World Heritage
Area. Pedal beautiful back
country rural roads. Paddle the
mighty Whanganui River. Seven
stages: two runs, three rides, two
paddles – there’s something for
everyone in the Mountains to
Sea multisport adventure! It’s a
race package with outstanding
value, put together by a team
responsible for some of New
Zealand’s most wicked events.
www.mountainstosea.co.nz
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| New Zealand Superstock Champs
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Held in February
The New Zealand Superstock
Champs return to Ocean View
Speedway on Friday 22nd
February & Saturday 23rd
February 2008. This is the first
time the blue ribbon event of
NZ Speedway has been held
at Wanganui since 1995. The
tight nature of the Ocean View
track ensures that every one of
the expected 70 plus entries
will see themselves as having a
chance of claiming the NZ1 race
number handed to the winning
driver. The Friday night’s racing
will involve qualifying heats
where the 26 finalists will be
found for the Saturday night. The
overall victor will be the driver
accumulating the most points
over the 3 finals on the Saturday
night. Supporting classes will
race on both nights.
www.oceanviewspeedway.co.nz
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| Puanga
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Held in June
Nau mai, Haere mai.
Join us in the Whanganui
Region to celebrate Puanga;
the Whanganui Matariki
Celebrations. The appearance
of the star Puanga (Rigel) or the
star cluster Matariki (Pleiades)
in the winter sky, connects
Māori to land and sea, foodharvesting,
weather patterns, the
Maramataka (Lunar Calendar),
entertainment and learning.
Our Puanga festival is an open
invitation for the Whanganui
community (and the rest of the
world!) to learn and experience
our aspects of traditional Māori
life from astral navigation to a
cutting edge fashion show, an
art exhibition, a planting day,
Marae open-days, Kapa Haka,
musical events and much more.
www.puanga.org.nz
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| Wanganui Festival of Glass
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Held in September
In September 2007 the
Wanganui Glass Group will
launch the inaugural Wanganui
Festival of Glass, building on a
highly successful Glass Week
held in 2006. An exhibition
at the city’s majestic Sarjeant
Gallery will celebrate 20 years
of glass practice in Wanganui.
“Glass on Mainstreet” sees
shop windows come alive with
stunning glass artworks by local
artists and current students of
the Wanganui Glass School will
exhibit their innovative glass
works at the Alexander Library.
Watch the hot glass process with demonstrations by local artists or
have a go and enrol in one of the
short intensive glass workshops
being offered.
www.wanganuiglass.com
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| Whanganui Artist’s Open Studios Weekend
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Held annually in late March/early
April
Artists open their studios
to everyone wishing to see
just what goes into creating
an artwork … print making,
painting, glass, ceramics,
sculpture, music and multimedia
works.
www.whanganuiopenstudios.org.nz.
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