Karori Lions have an E-Recycling fundraiser coming up on Saturday, 10 May, at the Karori Community Centre, from 9am to 1pm.
All proceeds go back into the community, supporting health, education, youth, environment, disaster relief and community enhancement.
Most items $5, printers $10, large/oversized items $10, flat screen TVs $20.
No CRT TVs/monitors, car batteries, whiteware or speakers.
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You are warmly invited to an evening of music, reflection, and community, as the Music Therapy students of Victoria University present "Songs for Myanmar", a benefit concert in support of humanitarian relief for the people of Myanmar.
This event is supported by Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music, and features a diverse program of original compositions, world music, and therapeutic soundscapes, lovingly crafted by music therapy students with a deep commitment to healing through the arts.
Entry by koha; All proceeds will go directly to grassroots organizations working on the ground in Myanmar, where help is urgently needed.
Come as you are. Bring a friend. Be part of this collective act of compassion.
Together, let’s raise our voices for Myanmar; with music, with heart, and with hope.
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A FREE 8-week music-based training programme designed to give rangatahi (15-18yo) hands-on skills, industry insights, and one-on-one mentorship. Participants will attend workshops, get behind-the-scenes venue and studio tours, and be mentored by industry professionals throughout the programme.
Event Management students will put together and produce their own show and Music Production students will be guided in creating their own piece of music.
It runs from the 8th of June to 6th of August and applications close on the 18th of May.
Apply at BigFan.co.nz
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May is Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa New Zealand Music Month, and we are excited to offer a series of three listening parties, featuring records from the National Library’s collections.
The records will be presented by experts who have written the book on the vinyl. Listeners will get to hear an introduction to the music, needle drops on the vinyl itself, and be able to ask questions about the music from the presenters afterwards.
In this final instalment of our adventures on the wheels of steel, Geoff Stahl will introduce the record Boodle, Boodle, Boodle by The Clean.
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Every shipwreck has a story to tell, and every shipwreck is undergoing a fundamental transformation. With artworks and stories by Neil Johnstone and poetry by Janis Freegard, this exhibition is a meditation on those strange, liminal spaces that continue to fascinate, alchemise and promise long-lost treasures.
Neil’s work has been created over the course of 15 years – some of it before migrating from Scotland to New Zealand eight years ago but most of it since. The artworks will all be for sale to take away at the end of the exhibition, for what Neil’s wife considers a very reasonable price 😀
In addition to the exhibition itself, there is a collaborative limited-edition book of poetry, stories and art.
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A live musical event to tie in with the Fair winds and Following Seas exhibition and featuring Erika Grant (Gongs and other instruments) , Al Fraser (Harmonium) and Neil Johnstone (Synthstrom Deluge)
Every shipwreck has a story to tell, and every shipwreck is undergoing a fundamental transformation. With artworks and stories by Neil Johnstone and poetry by Janis Freegard, Fair winds and Following Seas is a meditation on those strange, liminal spaces that continue to fascinate, alchemise and promise long-lost treasures.
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