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Welcome to our May Newsletter. Full of events, activities, information and fun just for you from the team at Taupo Venues.
Great Lake Centre
Positioned in the heart of Taupo's Central Business District, the Great Lake Centre is Taupo's premier convention centre. Our conference and meeting venue is versatile and flexible and easily accessible being purpose built for cultural, theatrical, corporate and sporting events. Check out the link below to see our upcoming events.
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Library
Latest Books
Check out the Latest Books to come into your Library. New book lists are updated every few weeks so find out what they are and check their availability here.
Upcoming Events
Keep up-to-date with what’s going on at Taupō District Libraries by visiting the Upcoming Events page on our website .
You have missed our Sports Evening - We were entertained by three local sporting heroes as they told tales of their involvement in local, national and international sports....and a whole lot more. Thursday 14th April at the Taupō Library. Come next year - it was a marvellous night!
Mobile Library – The Big Blue Book Bus is on the Move this month and may be coming to a place near you. View the Timetable to find out more .
May is New Zealand Music Month and the New Zealand Post Children’s Book Award Winners will be announced, so there will be plenty to look forward to.
Kids Events
Toddler Time – Come along to Toddler time. Toddler time is on every Wednesday at 10.30am at Taupō Library and every Thursday at 11.00am at Turangi Library except during the school holidays.
More information
Tell Us Your 5 Favourite Books
Have your say in the People’s Choice Vote and be into win $80 worth of vouchers from Price’s Bookshop. Grab an entry form at your Library or Vote Online .
Taupo Events Centre
Fitness Studio
Well March saw the first of our Les Mills Group Fitness Release Party’s, which, once again was a fantastic night with a “SUPER HEROES AND VILLIANS” THEME.
Les Mills Group Fitness Release Party is a tapas of the group fitness classes that the Fitness Studio has on offer. It’s a great opportunity to get a taste of what Les Mills is all about, and the difference between the classes.
The Fitness Studio numbers are starting to pick up as the days get shorter…and cooler. The revamped open space of the Fitness Studio is proving to be worth its weight in gold.
We are proud to be involved in a number of projects for Taupo Nui-a-tia College. Firstly the sponsorship and training of the 1st XV, helping with the Student Product Development Challenge and the Maths department.
We are also at the stage of seeing the results of many of the first of the New Beginnings clients. The feedback as been as good as it gets, at 100% satisfaction.
New Beginnings is the Fitness Studio personal fitness programme which has been designed to help you gain the knowledge and direction you need to achieve your fitness or lifestyle goals. It’s a 10 week programme and is great way to get started or get remotivated. If you’re curious about what I’m talking about, come in and talk with Vici.
With the First quarter of the year over we are now looking forward to the introduction of brand new Les Mills Classes…very very exciting so watch this space.
The continued success of New Beginning Clients, new and existing and the introduction of more equipment to make your fitness experience the best you’ve ever had.
And remember all assessment and programmes are included in your membership so make the most of KEEPING IT FRESH with the AC Baths/ Taupo Event Centre Fitness Studio
AC Baths
Swim School
Term 2 lessons commenced on Monday 2nd May 2011. Contact Deidre at our AC Baths Swim School Office on 3760350 extn 7899 to enrol. Our swim schools cater for all age groups from Babies through to Adult Learn to Swim classes. Whether you're learning to swim for the first time or need some help in correcting your technique or improving your endurance - jump in at AC Baths Swim School, we'll give you one to one coaching with one of our awesome instructors.
Check out our website for further details
Hydro Slides
Check out the new slide tower and finishing chute on our hydro slides, due to reopen from 18th May 2011. Don't forget we have thermal private pools, two training pools and a range of aquatic classes for any level of fitness plus our indoor/outdoor leisure pool to relax in.
Swim for Life
Contact Energy Swim for Life programme is progressing well through the District. Instructors are currently swim teaching children in Taupo, Turangi and Mangakino.
Taupo Museum
Main Art Gallery
Embroidery
A Regional Display
7 – 17 May
This exhibition incorporates two shows: Work by the members of the Taupō Embroiderers Guild as well as the biennial exhibition of the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Region of the Association of New Zealand Embroiderers' Guilds The work in the section entitled 'Mother', to coincide with Mothers Day, will be judged and prizes awarded at the opening of the show at 10.30. Saturday 7th May.
Boarding Pass
The Meanderings of a Caribbean photographer
Karim Sahai
20 – 31 May
Karim Sahai, an autodidactic photographer from the French island of Guadeloupe, exhibits a series of mesmerising travel photographs from the Pacific, Africa, Asia and Europe
Matariki: Beacons of Light
Featuring work from approximately 30 artists of Tuwharetoa descent
3rd June - 12th July
Matariki provides an opportunity to come together, share knowledge and skills and learn about the land we live on. We remember our whakapapa (ancestors) and the legacy they passed on by teaching us the importance of passing on knowledge. All participating artists have been asked to focus on this aspect of Matariki and to acknowledge excellence artists have also been sent a poem for inspiration written by one of Aotearoa’s most celebrated Contemporary Māori writers and local icon Rowley Habib.
Niven Room
Made in New Zealand
Nancy Tschetner: Sand artist
16 April – 17 May
In her first solo exhibition Nancy explores the simplistic and effective results that can be attained through the use of natural coloured New Zealand sand. Her images, often of the natural world, display strong contrasts.
Matariki,
Seven Sisters
3rd June - 12th July
Based on the Matariki constellation of seven stars, this exhibition brings together the work of seven vibrant female artists of Ngāti Tūwharetoa descent; sisters that share a common bond in that they have established successful careers and notoriety in contemporary Māori art practice within Aotearoa New Zealand and on the world stage, inspiring new generations to reach their highest potential.
Seven Sisters: 1)June Grant, 2)Verenoa Hetet, 3)Katarina Hetet, 4)Paerau Corneal, 5)Te Maari Gardiner, 6)Edna Pahewa and work from the late Dawn & Emily Schuster, 7)Roka Ngarimu-Cameron
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