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SUMMARY:"It Takes Three" – jazz concert
DESCRIPTION:The second of our 2022 Winter Music Series concerts features jazz aficionados Rafe Swan on drums\, Elijah Mulheron on double bass and Rory Johns on piano. \n“We are a trio of Pōneke-based jazz musicans and recent jazz school graduates/postgraduate students. Over the past three years of playing together we’ve built a strong musical connection and everlasting companionship. We’ll be playing mainly jazz standards with a few original compositions as well.” \n \n[Note\, this concert was originally advertised as ‘Steezy Standards’ featuring a different group of musicians.] \n 
URL:https://friendsofpataka.org.nz/event/it-takes-three/
LOCATION:Helen Smith Room\, Pātaka Art + Museum\, 17 Parumoana Street\, Porirua City\, Wellington\, 5022\, New Zealand
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20220731T140000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20220731T150000
DTSTAMP:20260505T090612
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SUMMARY:Michaela Cadwgan & Nicholas Kovacev
DESCRIPTION:In the first of our Winter Music Series concerts for 2022\, Wellington based Michaela Cadwgan (soprano) and Nicholas Kovacev (piano) perform a variety of pieces from the classical voice repertoire\, ranging from Operatic arias\, German lieder\, French melodie and European art song. Not to be missed! \nImage: Michaela Cadwgan singing at the Malvina Major Foundation Concert at Government House in August 2019 for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. \n 
URL:https://friendsofpataka.org.nz/event/opera-recital-by-soprano-michaela-cadwgan/
LOCATION:Helen Smith Room\, Pātaka Art + Museum\, 17 Parumoana Street\, Porirua City\, Wellington\, 5022\, New Zealand
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220625
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220626
DTSTAMP:20260505T090612
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SUMMARY:Matariki 2022 Events at Pātaka – Saturday 25 June
DESCRIPTION:25 June: Night sky experience – https://fb.me/e/2vLB2mKLF\n 25 June: Whiti Te Ra tours – https://fb.me/e/1zjxz26zU\n 25 June: Weavers workshop – https://fb.me/e/2wWC041Yy\n 25 June: Russell Harrison – https://fb.me/e/1MhTvIylC\n 26 June: Night sky experience – https://fb.me/e/2vLB2mKLF
URL:https://friendsofpataka.org.nz/event/matariki-2022-events-at-pataka-saturday-25-june/
LOCATION:Pātaka Art + Museum
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20220624T100000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20220625T150000
DTSTAMP:20260505T090612
CREATED:20220609T031235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220609T031647Z
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SUMMARY:Whiti Te Ra tours with Ngāti Toa
DESCRIPTION:A wonderful opportunity to learn from our iwi hosts about the stories and taonga of Whiti Te Rā! – the iconic exhibition of Ngāti Toa with six 30-minute tours\, free of charge:\nFriday 24 June at 10am\, 11.30am and 2.30pm;\nSaturday 25 June at 10am\, 11.30am and 2.30pm.\nSee: https://www.facebook.com/events/1443458506104558/1443458512771224?active_tab=about\nWe expect these to be very popular\, so book to avoid disappointment.\nBOOKINGS: 04 237 3849\, visit Pātaka reception\, or walk-in on the day.
URL:https://friendsofpataka.org.nz/event/whiti-te-ra-tours-with-ngati-toa/
LOCATION:Pātaka Art + Museum
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220624
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220625
DTSTAMP:20260505T090612
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SUMMARY:Matariki 2022 Events at Pātaka – Friday 24 June
DESCRIPTION:24 June: Matariki messages – https://fb.me/e/1vic4IBKW\n 24 June: Kids workshop – https://fb.me/e/2AoDGRQkc\n 24 June: Night sky experience – https://fb.me/e/2vLB2mKLF\n 24 June: Whiti Te Ra tour – https://fb.me/e/1zjxz26zU\n 24 June: Tour ‘Nomads of The Sea.’ – https://fb.me/e/1Zc2a8vRb\n 24 June: Storytime – https://fb.me/e/4GhbFmhV1
URL:https://friendsofpataka.org.nz/event/matariki-2022-events-at-pataka-friday-24-june/
LOCATION:Pātaka Art + Museum
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20220525T120000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20220525T130000
DTSTAMP:20260505T090612
CREATED:20220428T232720Z
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SUMMARY:Concert by NZSM classical voice students
DESCRIPTION:A mix of song\, Lied\, chanson\, and opera by New Zealand School of Music classical voice students from their upcoming recitals in what may well be one of the few public performances they get this year! MCed by Lecturer in Voice Wade Kernot. \nAn unmissable concert\, free for all. \n 
URL:https://friendsofpataka.org.nz/event/opera-concert-by-nzsm-music-students/
LOCATION:Pātaka Performing Arts Studio\, 17 Parumoana Street\, Porirua City Centre\, Porirua City\, Wellington\, 5022
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20220420T140000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20220420T153000
DTSTAMP:20260505T090612
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SUMMARY:Friends of Pātaka Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2022
DESCRIPTION:All Friends and anyone else interested are invited to the upcoming Friends of Pātaka Annual General Meeting (AGM). We normally hold our AGM in the evening\, but are hoping that the afternoon time of 2pm will encourage as many people as possible to come. The meeting will begin with a guest speaker\, Ana Sciascia\, the newly appointed Director of Pātaka Arts and Museum. This is a great opportunity to welcome her and to find out about her vision for Pātaka. We look forward to seeing you there. \n\nFriends of Pātaka AGM 2022 Agenda | Friends of Pātaka Constitution and Rules | Friends of Pātaka Annual Report 2022 \n\n\n\nFriends of Pātaka Performance Report 2021 | Friends of Pātaka Auditor’s Review Report 2021 | Minutes of the Annual General Meeting 2021
URL:https://friendsofpataka.org.nz/event/friends-of-pataka-annual-general-meeting-agm-2022/
LOCATION:Helen Smith Room\, Pātaka Art + Museum\, 17 Parumoana Street\, Porirua City\, Wellington\, 5022\, New Zealand
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20211209T150000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20211212T163000
DTSTAMP:20260505T090612
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SUMMARY:Melvin Day – A Modernist Perspective  
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition floor talk by Gregory O’Brien\nCelebrated writer\, poet and art curator\, Gregory O’Brien will lead a public floor talk on the major survey exhibition Melvin Day – a modernist perspective in Pātaka’s Maude & Miller Gallery.\nGreg curated the second major survey of Day’s extensive practice\, Melvin Day–Continuum\, for City Gallery Wellington in 2005 and was the primary writer and co-editor of the lavishly illustrated monograph\, Melvin Day–Artist\, published by Victoria University Press and Waikato Museum te Whare Taonga Waikato in 2019.\nA regular commentator on the arts on National Radio and in every other form of public and social media\, Greg is a great raconteur and high energy\, entertaining speaker.\nHis floor talk will be a lot of fun and is not to be missed.
URL:https://friendsofpataka.org.nz/event/melvin-day-a-modernist-perspective/
LOCATION:Pātaka Art + Museum\, 17 Parumoana Street\, Porirua City\, Wellington\, 5022\, New Zealand
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20210818T193000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20210818T213000
DTSTAMP:20260505T090612
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SUMMARY:‘Music and Memory’ with Robert Oliver & friends
DESCRIPTION:THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS \nBecause of the inability of a key Australian performer to travel to New Zealand to play in this concert tour\, it has been decided to cancel it. We deeply regret and apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. \n 
URL:https://friendsofpataka.org.nz/event/music-and-memory-with-robert-oliver-friends-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20210808T140000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20210808T153000
DTSTAMP:20260505T090612
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SUMMARY:Classical viola works performed by NZSM students
DESCRIPTION:FREE CONCERT FOR FRIENDS AND CHILDREN; $5 FOR OTHERS. \nThree  young\, highly talented and accomplished viola players – Aucklander Taliesin Amoore and Wellingtonians Lauren Jack and Zephyr Wills – offer a programme of works for viola accompanied by the piano. This is a great opportunity to hear seldom-played masterpieces of the viola repertoire by three of the School of Music’s promising up-and-coming musicians. \nTaliesin Amoore is a viola student at the NZSM and a member of the Eden Quartet\, a string quartet of highly talented and motivated first-year music performance students who have performed in Wellington and other centres in NZ. Only beginning to learn a stringed instrument since starting high school\, Tal’s enormous self-motivation has driven him to succeed in a far shorter time than is usual and he has been accepted into the National Youth Orchestra\, the Adam Summer School and various youth orchestras and chamber groups in Auckland and Wellington. \nZephyr Wills and Lauren Jack are both Honours performance students from the Wellington area making waves round Wellington. \nLauren has been the principal violist in the National Youth Orchestra and the NZSM orchestra and is the current principal of the Wellington Youth Orchestra. She was in the winning group in the 2017 Chamber Music NZ Community Trust Chamber Music Contest and has played as a casual player with Orchestra Wellington and the NZSO. \nZephyr has been a member of the National Youth Orchestra for several years\, has attended the Adam Summer School 4 times and received A+ in most of his performance exams. He is the inaugural recipient of Orchestra Wellington’s Linda & Max Simmons Viola Fellowship\, entitling him to free lessons with the principal viola and to perform with the orchestra this year. \n \nThis concert is from the Friends of Pātaka’s 2021 Winter Music Series:\n25 July: The Pacific Connection\nI August:  Gillian Boucher & Bob McNeill\n8 August: Classical viola works performed by NZSM students
URL:https://friendsofpataka.org.nz/event/classical-viola-works-performed-by-nzsm-students/
LOCATION:Helen Smith Room\, Pātaka Art + Museum\, 17 Parumoana Street\, Porirua City\, Wellington\, 5022\, New Zealand
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20210801T140000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20210801T150000
DTSTAMP:20260505T090612
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SUMMARY:Gillian Boucher & Bob McNeill
DESCRIPTION:FREE CONCERT FOR FRIENDS AND CHILDREN; $5 FOR OTHERS. \nGillian Boucher\, an award-winning fiddler & dancer from Eastern Canada’s Scottish-infused Cape Breton Island\, and Bob McNeill\, an award-winning guitarist\, singer and songwriter originally from Scotland\, share a deeply seeded passion for their musical heritage and culture. \nMere months before a global lock-down\, the duo released their highly anticipated new album\, Race for the Sun\, with a successful tour of both Canada and the USA. Gillian’s unique fiddle style paired with Bob’s innovative\, rhythmic accompaniment and powerful lyricism takes what you know about traditional Celtic music and brings it to another level altogether. \n \n \nThis concert is from the Friends of Pātaka’s 2021 Winter Music Series:\n25 July: The Pacific Connection\nI August: Gillian Boucher & Bob McNeill\n8 August: Classical viola works performed by NZSM students \n 
URL:https://friendsofpataka.org.nz/event/gillian-boucher-bob-mcneill/
LOCATION:Helen Smith Room\, Pātaka Art + Museum\, 17 Parumoana Street\, Porirua City\, Wellington\, 5022\, New Zealand
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210731
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210801
DTSTAMP:20260505T090612
CREATED:20210616T031110Z
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SUMMARY:Toi Koru: Sandy Adsett\, Ahi Toi and Wero exhibition openings; Art of Kōwhaiwhai and Māori Curatorial Practice symposium
DESCRIPTION:Pātaka Art + Museum presents an exhibition and symposium on the Art of Kōwhaiwhai and Māori Curatorial Practice\nEXHIBITIONS: \nToi Koru: Sandy Adsett\nAn exhibition of over 60 paintings tracing 60 years of the highly influential art practice of Dr. Sandy Adsett MNZM \nAhi Toi\nAn exhibition featuring Toihoukura and Toimairangi Schools of Māori art alumni \nWero\nA solo exhibition by Wellington-based painter and tā moko artist Victor Te Paa \nDAY SYMPOSIUM on the Art of Kōwhaiwhai and Māori Curatorial Practice \nThe exhibitions will be accompanied by a Day Symposium on the Art of Kōwhaiwhai and Māori Curatorial Practice. Free entry\nTo register email: Mark.hutchins-pond@poriruacity.govt.nz \nProgramme: \n10am: Blessing: Taku Parai\, Ngāti Toa Rangatira kaumatua\n10.20am: Welcoming address: Arapata Hakiwai\, Kaihautū | Māori Co-leader\, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa\, with June Grant\, artist and friend \n11am: Toi Koru: Sandy Adsett artist talk in conversation with Reuben Friend \n12pm: Live Tā Moko demonstration by artist Victor Te Paa \n1.30pm: Kōwhaiwhai in contemporary art panel discussion \nRobert Jahnke ONZM (facilitator)\, Kura Te Waru Rewiri and Ngataiharuru Taepa \n3pm: Māori curatorial frameworks panel discussion\nNigel Borell (facilitator)\, Dr. David Butts and Sandy Adsett discuss the first iwi-led exhibition Ngā Tukemata: Ngā Taonga o Ngāti Kahungunu\, 1986. \n3:30pm: Māori curatorial practice today and tomorrow \nNigel Borell (facilitator)\, Megan Tamati-Quennell and Tim Walker discuss curatorial frameworks for contemporary Māori art\, beginning with Kohia ko Taikaka Anake at the National Art Gallery of New Zealand in 1990. \n4pm: Refreshments
URL:https://friendsofpataka.org.nz/event/toi-koru-sandy-adsett-ahi-toi-and-wero-exhibition-openings-art-of-kowhaiwhai-and-maori-curatorial-practice-symposium/
LOCATION:Pātaka Art + Museum\, 17 Parumoana Street\, Porirua City\, Wellington\, 5022\, New Zealand
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20210725T140000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20210725T153000
DTSTAMP:20260505T090612
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SUMMARY: The Pacific Connection concert
DESCRIPTION:FREE CONCERT FOR FRIENDS AND CHILDREN; $5 FOR OTHERS. \nThe Pacific Connection is a large a cappella group made up of Samoan\, Niuean\, Tongan\, Fijian\, Italian\, Māori  and Pākeha. They sing a mix of songs – Pacific and Māori as well as some songs in barbershop harmony style\, Disney and gospel. \n \n \nThis concert is from the Friends of Pātaka’s 2021 Winter Music Series:\n25 July: The Pacific Connection\nI August: Gillian Boucher & Bob McNeill\n8 August: Classical viola works performed by NZSM students\n18 August: ‘Music and Memory’ with Robert Oliver & friends –\ntwo concerts: 11am (drop-in) and 7.30pm
URL:https://friendsofpataka.org.nz/event/the-pacific-connection-concert/
LOCATION:Pātaka Performing Arts Studio\, 17 Parumoana Street\, Porirua City Centre\, Porirua City\, Wellington\, 5022
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20210627T160000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20210627T170000
DTSTAMP:20260505T090612
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SUMMARY:'Prince Philip and our Money' – an illustrated talk by Dr Mark Stocker
DESCRIPTION:Friends of Pātaka are invited to join Friends of Te Papa at their members cost of $25 (non-members $30)\, which includes a glass of wine and free parking. \nAlthough senior members of the royal family\, especially the Queen\, famously carry no money\, Prince Philip has exerted a profound influence on what British currency looks like. Between 1952 and 1999\, Prince Philip was President of the Royal Mint Advisory Committee (RMAC) on the design of coins\, medals\, seals and decorations. \nDr Mark Stocker will present an illustrated talk based upon his article which was published in Majesty magazine in February 2021\, where he says that the major role of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh\, Prince Philip\, in world coin design through the Royal Mint over many years was just one example among many of his service and duty\, and that he was impressed  to see his many good\, uncelebrated qualities emerge. \nDr Mark Stocker was an Associate Professor and Programme co-ordinator for Art History and Theory at the Department of History and Art History\, Otago University before taking up the position of Curator Historical International Art at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa\, retiring in 2019. Dr Stocker remains an energetic publisher\, with over 200 books\, articles and essays to his credit. In 2014 he was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA). In June 2021 the Royal Mint is publishing Dr Stocker’s book When Britain Went Decimal: The Coinage of 1971. \nTo book: \nVisit the event website  members can use the code 210627 \nEmail: friends@tepapa.govt.nz \nPhone: (04) 381 7051 \nDoorsales will also be available on the day.
URL:https://friendsofpataka.org.nz/event/prince-philip-and-our-money-an-illustrated-talk-by-dr-mark-stocker/
LOCATION:ICON\, Te Papa\, 5 Cable Street\, Te Aro\, Wellington\, 6011
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20210619T150000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20210619T170000
DTSTAMP:20260505T090612
CREATED:20210616T053106Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210616T054156Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry readings from 'Somewhere a cleaner' (Landing Press)
DESCRIPTION:FREE FOR ALL-COMERS! \nReadings by Porirua poets in Landing Press’s unique new anthology Somewhere a cleaner.
URL:https://friendsofpataka.org.nz/event/poetry-readings-from-somewhere-a-cleaner-landing-press/
LOCATION:Pātaka Performing Arts Studio\, 17 Parumoana Street\, Porirua City Centre\, Porirua City\, Wellington\, 5022
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20210430T140000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20210430T140000
DTSTAMP:20260505T090612
CREATED:20210412T211928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210412T212941Z
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SUMMARY:Presentation on Colin McCahon by Dr Peter Simpson
DESCRIPTION:The director and staff of Pātaka Art + Museum warmly invite all Pātaka Friends to hear a fascinating illustrated presentation on the life and work of the late\, great Colin McCahon by leading McCahon scholar\, writer\, and curator Dr Peter Simpson at 2pm \, Friday 30 April.\nColin McCahon (1919–1987) was New Zealand’s greatest twentieth-century artist. Through landscapes\, biblical paintings and abstraction\, the introduction of words and Māori motifs\, McCahon’s work came to define a distinctly New Zealand modernist idiom.\n“I’ve had the good fortune to attend many lectures and presentations by Dr Peter Simpson over the last 20 plus years. His speaking voice is an appealing\, gravelly baritone. He makes his points succinctly\, with the occasional rhetorical flourish or the odd wry chuckle. His recall in these moments\, for dates\, or for the joy and fitful enmity of friendship is uncanny. On the subject of Colin McCahon (1919 – 1987) Simpson could be described as a walking computer of New Zealand art history.” – Hamish Coney \nDr Peter Simpson is a former associate professor of English at the University of Auckland. He is the author of numerous critically acclaimed books including Colin McCahon: The Titirangi Years\, 1953–1959 (AUP\, 2007) and Bloomsbury South: The Arts in Christchurch 1933–1953 (AUP\, 2016). He has also curated three significant exhibitions of McCahon’s work. He received the Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement (non-fiction) in 2017.\nPeter Simpson is also the author of the recent and most comprehensive two-volume biography on McCahon published to date. The first volume\, ‘Colin McCahon: There is Only One Direction\, Vol. I 1919–1959′\, was published in 2019 to coincide with the Centenary of the artist’s birth. The second\, ‘Colin McCahon: Is this the Promised Land?: Vol.2 1960-1987’\, was published the following year.\nEach volume includes over 300 illustrations in colour\, with a generous selection of reproductions of McCahon’s work (many never previously published)\, plus photographs\, catalogue covers\, facsimiles and other illustrative material.\nCopies of both volumes of Dr Simpson’s McCahon biography will be available for inspection and purchase from Pātaka’s main reception desk following Dr Simpson’s presentation.
URL:https://friendsofpataka.org.nz/event/presentation-on-the-life-and-work-of-colin-mccahon-by-dr-peter-simpson/
LOCATION:Pātaka Art + Museum\, 17 Parumoana Street\, Porirua City\, Wellington\, 5022\, New Zealand
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20210426T183000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20210426T183000
DTSTAMP:20260505T090612
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SUMMARY:Cry of the Stolen People
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URL:https://friendsofpataka.org.nz/event/cry-of-the-stolen-people/
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20210419T193000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20210419T203000
DTSTAMP:20260505T090612
CREATED:20210105T082931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210412T232712Z
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SUMMARY:Friends of Pātaka AGM
DESCRIPTION:19 April 2021 : 7.30pm\nHelen Smith Room\, Pātaka Arts +Museum \nAll Friends of Pātaka are invited to our Annual General Meeting\, which will be held in the Helen Smith Room at Pātaka. The room will be open from 7pm for nibbles and drinks. Come early and have a chat with other members. \nOur guest speakers\, Kate Montgomery\, Creative New Zealand Senior Community Arts Advisor\, Visual Arts\, and Charlotte McKay\, Advisor\, Stakeholder Relations. They will speak about CNZ priorities in Visual and Community Arts and how\, as Arts communities in Porirua\, we can best advocate for\, and support the Arts in our City\, to promote wellbeing. \nThe AGM will follow\, with the following agenda: Welcome; Apologies; Minutes of the 2020 AGM; Presidents Report; Financial Report; Election of officers; General Business. \nFriends-of-Pātaka-Annual-Report-2021 \nFriends-of-Pātaka-Performance-Report-2020
URL:https://friendsofpataka.org.nz/event/friends-of-pataka-agm/
LOCATION:Helen Smith Room\, Pātaka Art + Museum\, 17 Parumoana Street\, Porirua City\, Wellington\, 5022\, New Zealand
ORGANIZER;CN="Friends of P%C4%81taka":MAILTO:patakafriends@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20200806T180000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20200806T200000
DTSTAMP:20260505T090612
CREATED:20200829T180120Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210106T035505Z
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SUMMARY:Friends Art Awards opening and announcement of Award winners
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URL:https://friendsofpataka.org.nz/event/friends-art-awards-opening-and-announcement-of-award-winners/
ORGANIZER;CN="Friends of P%C4%81taka":MAILTO:patakafriends@gmail.com
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