There's quite a variety of events coming up in the King Country town
Mobsters, policemen, farmers and naked festival-goers are all heading to Taumarunui this weekend and nonplussed locals are seeing dollar signs rather than trouble.
New Zealand’s first-of-its-kind sex-positive festival, Naked in the Trees, will coincide with a King Country Mongrel Mob reunion event in Taumuranui, running from February 13 to 17. Eight hundred tickets had been sold to the Naked in the Trees event.
Have you been to Hamilton Gardens lately?
Hamilton will soon offer a portal to a medieval ‘hospital’, without the stress of the bubonic plague.
The Medieval Gardens will open next year at Hamilton Gardens, with much of the work already done.
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Poll: Are Kiwis allergic to “exuberance”? 🥝
In The Post’s opinion piece on the developments set to open across Aotearoa in 2026, John Coop suggests that, as a nation, we’re “allergic to exuberance.”
We want to know: Are we really allergic to showing our excitement?
Is it time to lean into a more optimistic view of the place we call home? As big projects take shape and new opportunities emerge, perhaps it’s worth asking whether a little more confidence (and enthusiasm!) could do us some good.
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40.6% Yes
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33.8% Maybe?
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25.7% No
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