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Kura Pounamu

hokitika museum 17 Hamilton Street, Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand

Kura Pounamu - Our treasured stone Featuring over 200 taonga pounamu - this exhibition celebrates the timeless beauty and enduring legacy of pounamu - New Zealand greenstone Open Daily at the Hokitika Museum from 4th December 2024 to 27th April 2025, 10am to 4.30pm

Jackson Bay Sesquicentennial – Historic Display

Join us to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the settlement of Jackson Bay by learning about the history of early settlement in the area. Katherine Bennie, the Jackson Bay historian who has done exhaustive and meticulous research over the last 12 to 14 years on these early settlers, will also host a display in her shed at the Bay from 10am, Friday-Sunday. This may be of particular interest to those wanting to look back into the early settlement and especially those with ancestors as there are files on all the immigrant families including where many had settled on their selected blocks of land.

Free

Wild Outdoorsman Kahawai Fishing Competition

Hokitika Beach Beach Street, Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand

Wild Outdoorsman - Fishing & Firearms& The Kaniere Empire Hotel bring you the annualWEST COAST KAHAWAI FISHING COMPETITION 2025 FISHING - BBQ - GREAT YARNS This years annual West Coast Kahawai Fishing Competition will be held on Saturday 18th Jan 2025 and is our 11th year running! - So bring the whole family along for

Jackson Bay Sesquicentennial – Plaque Unveiling

Arawata Cemetery 4382 Haast-Jackson Bay Road, Haast, Jackson Bay

Join us to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the settlement of Jackson Bay with an unveiling of a new plaque at the Arawata Cemetery. The plaque has confirmed names and information of people buried within. We then progress to Jackson Bay and meet at the DOC kiosk to reveal the information panel offer 300 names from the firmt ship load of settlers in January 18th, 1875, followed by the new plaque unveiling at Jackson Bay foreshore.

$10

Jackson Bay Sesquicentennial – Celebration Dinner

Haast Heritage Hotel 26 Haast-Jackson Bay Road, Haast, Westland, New Zealand

Join us to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the settlement of Jackson Bay with a celebration dinner at the Heartland Hotel. Period costume is encouraged!

$40

Driftwood & Sand Festival – 2025

Hokitika Beach Beach Street, Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand

Nau Mai Haere Mai - Welcome Held in January each year at Hokitika Beach, participants are invited to express themselves using beach-finds. Budding artists work side by side with professionals turning driftwood and other materials they find on the beach into sculptural pieces. All you need to bring is some imagination.

Hokitika Wildfoods Festival

Cass Square Hokitika

Join us for the 35th edition of Hokitika’s Wildfoods Festival – a celebration of the West Coast’s unique wild food and lifestyle, with by premier entertainment We’re thrilled to announce two New Zealand classics headlining the 2025 festival! Plus, many more will be announced over the coming months Hello Sailor The Jordan Luck Band Plus