Get ready to take a trip to Motown without leaving Napier.

Yes, BNZ Botanic Beats is back, running from 6pm to 8pm on Wednesday 9 January at the Napier Botanical Gardens.

Visitors to the Thames School of Mines, which is cared for by Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, could be in to win some special prizes in a photo competition running over the holiday break.

Live entertainment, food trucks and kids’ activities all feature in a community New Year’s Eve event to be held at Hamilton Lake Domain/Innes Common.

Last Wednesday, a group of residents had a special visit to the Takapau Christmas Lights house.

The New Zealand National Youth band will headline Carols at the Marae this Sunday at Tuariki Marae in Te Teko.

The band comprising of members from Eastern Bay Brass will be joined by a local lineup of artists who will perform a set-list of Christmas Carols throughout the evening.

After 10 weeks of technical challenges and signature bakes, The Great Kiwi Bake Off has crowned its first winner! Timaru teenager Annabel Coulter has taken out the title of New Zealand’s best home baker.

Auckland’s New Year’s Eve celebrations will lead the world into 2019, and this year SKYCITY’s much-loved midnight fireworks and laser animation display will again be the highlight of the night.

Say goodbye to 2018 with a gig in North Hagley Park featuring Kiwi rock legend Jordan Luck.

They dominated the 2018 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards, they dominated the airwaves and the ticket sales business… so it won’t come as a surprise that Six60 also dominated on the Official NZ Music Charts this year.

Benjamin Alexander took out the first challenge and now he’s taken out the most important one: winning NZ’s first Project Runway, walking away the title, car, money and the fashion spread.