“Once Upon a Time”

In mid-December fans of ballet and modern dance were treated to a wonderful collection of fairy-tales and nursery rhymes portrayed through dance when DanceVille’s Zoe Hogan hosted her annual concert to show off what her students had learned through the year. Ranging...

Kaipara Coast Sculpture Gardens

by Jenny Chamberlain Summer really starts in Kaukapakapa with the Kaipara Coast Sculpture Gardens annual exhibition opening. This is the event’s eighth year and every time owners and organisers Geraldine and David Bayly, plus exhibition curator Sally Lush, order up a...

Art on Track

“Art on Track Gallery at the Helensville Railway Station have their first exhibition of 2016 starting on 6th January and running until 24th and are very pleased to welcome Jo Bain, mixed media artist and tutor who has a long association with Helensville, Art Kaipara...

Grant’s Last Day at the Helensville Railway Museum

Good morning everyone. I’m feeling a bit sad, as today is my last day with the Helensville Railway Station Trust and museum. My partner and I are moving down to Waihi to live. Once I settle in I will join up with the Goldfields Railway Society, which runs trains from...

Museum news bites by Helen Martin

Helensville Pioneer Museum, whose mission is “to promote, understand, and preserve the history and heritage of the district, and its intrinsic values”, has now changed its name to Helensville Museum to better acknowledge the area’s long, pre-European history. The new...