Sarau Festival

Hot of the presses, here is the official programme for Sunday’s Sarau Festival. We are all set for what is sure to be a great afternoon and evening of fun and entertainment for all. See you there. 2009 Official Programme [pdf]

As the day for the second Sarau Festival is rapidly approaching it is timely to further acknowledge our major sponsors who continue to support this growing event. We are indebted to them and look forward to their ongoing support. CRT Horticulture CRT Co-Operative formed CRT Horticulture fourteen months...

Most supermarkets carry Sujon packs of Blackcurrants in their freezers – if you can’t find them – ask for them! Alternatively this weekend and week only they are available to pick FREE off the Moutere Highway at Harakeke. The farm entrance is opposite the Moutere end of Harley Road. Happy Picking! If...

What a fun idea! At the Sarau Festival there will be a Recipe Book Stand. Here you can give us your surplus recipe books and browse around for pre-loved books to buy. Take your time and look – maybe you’ll find just that book or recipe you remember from your childhood! BUT to make this work we need...

The Mighty Blackcurrant Recipe Book has been compiled especially for the Sarau Festival by festival founder and long time blackcurrant grower Jenny Leith. Recipes have come from renowned chefs, blackcurrant growers, and members of this community who willingly contributed their culinary expertise and...

You still have a few days to get your registration in!  Download the form and send them in – the Sarau Festival is building up to another fantastic day!  Be part of it!

We need YOU to help make this festival even brighter and more successful than the first one. If you can walk, stand or sit, you can help! Traffic management, runners, gate attendants, setting up on the day, you name it, we need it! We also need lots of help on Saturday 31st from 11am and on Monday Feb...

The taste and versatility of blackcurrants will be a star attraction at the forthcoming Sarau Blackcurrant Festival.  The culinary resurgence of this super-food, already well known for its health and nutrition properties, can only add to the growing recognition that blackcurrants have an important role...

Following the success of the bike race at the 2008 Sarau Festival, another great mountain bike race/ride will start and finish at the Sarau Festival venue. NRG have put their hands up as sponsors of the race/ride, providing drinks for all riders.  Local farmers have come in behind this festival and...