On Friday last week, hundreds of Mercury Bay Area School students (from Year 1 to Year 13) drew attention to man-made climate change by forming an enormous “410” on the school field.
Tuesday, 16 July 2019
Two Mad KOWS (Kuaotunu Open Water Swimmers) and two Mad HOWS (Hahei Open Water Swimmers) are planning to swim the third and fourth legs of an ocean swim from Whangapoua around the top of the Coromandel Peninsula to Coromandel Town this coming Saturday and Sunday (Saturday and Sunday 24 March).
More than 200 people gathered at Soldier’s Memorial Park in Whitianga last Saturday evening to show their support for the Muslim community of New Zealand after the horrific mosque shootings in Christchurch on Friday last week.
The Whitianga Art Group is inviting every school on the Coromandel Peninsula to be participate in an art exhibition that will form part of this year’s Tuia 250 commemorations, featuring the themes of navigation, first encounters and a shared future.
Six murals reflecting the Tuia - Encounters 250 themes of “Navigation” and “First Encounters” have been completed throughout the Whitianga CBD during last week’s Tuia 250 Street Art Festival.
The Mercury 250th Anniversary Trust commissioned the writing of a number of stories representing 18th century Te Whanganui o Hei/Mercury Bay as part of this year’s commemorations of the 250th anniversary of the arrival of Captain James Cook in Mercury Bay in 1769.
From Friday 8 March to Sunday 10 March (this coming weekend), the much-anticipated motorcycle event, “The Gathering,” will be returning to Whitianga.
The Mercury Bay Art Escape’s Tuia 250 Whitianga Street Art Festival is underway in the Whitianga CBD. The festival will continue until Friday this week (8 March).
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