Sarau Festival

Our cooking competition is once again kindly sponsored by Barker’s Fine Foods. Here’s a quick reminder that all cooking comp entries must be presented to the competition tent (FruitFed marquee) by 4.00pm. Preserves, baking and juices should all be delivered there. Make sure you make your...

Weather permitting, the team of U Fly Extreme, Motueka, will be performing aerobatic stunts over the Sarau festival in their specially prepared aircraft: the Pitts Special.  Come along and watch one of the best aerobatic displays in the country perform loops, rolls, reverse rolls and cuban eights....

Only a few days left to go: Important information: CYCLE RIDERS:  We are still accepting registrations for both the Mountain Bike race and the Gentle Cycle ride, but do need you to register urgently!  Unless you do so we can’t make adequate preparations.  

This year at Sarau Festival Top of The South Cheesemakers are delighted to host Martin and Sarah Aspinwall of Canterbury Cheesemongers who are going to share with us: “The Lowdown on Cheeses”. Upper Moutere’s own Neudorf Dairy in conjunction with MeadowCroft and Wangapeka Cheese Ltd...

Did you know that SuJon make a delicious and healthy Blackcurrant Powder which makes a perfect and refreshing Summer drink. SuJon Blackcurrant Powder Drink is available from most health shops and some pharmacies, O2B Healthy and direct from the SuJon website – check out their great products at www.sujon.co.nz

Introducing…Jim Grierson – President of the International Blackcurrant Association. We are honoured to have Jim Grierson coming to the 2012 Sarau Festival. Jim has been working with the NZ Blackcurrant industry as a Crop Advisor (Agronomist) for 30 years. He is also an advisor to growers...

Here are some notes about what’s in store for this year’s festival!! Featuring in 2012: Guest chef – Vivienne Fox (Appleshed Cafe) Cooking competitions – get creative! Photographic competition – “Life in the Moutere” Purple Hat competition for the kids Gentle Cycling ride Oamaru...

Many individuals and organisations are needed for a community event as ambitious as this. The following have pledged their support for the 2012 Festival by way of donations in cash or in kind, and we thank them. Please support them in return – links to their websites where available are listed below. Major...

Hello fellow “cassisarians” and friends of the beautiful blackcurrant. Our website this month features an article about the pioneering research being done by Dr Abdul Molan of Massey University and also gives details of (what we think is) the world’s only Blackcurrant Festival being held in January,...

The writing and limerick competition at the Sarau Festival included some lively contributions. Unfortunately not all are printable but here are the winning contributions from the adults and the children’s sections:   Limericks:   Adults competition 1st: Pam   There was a young blackcurrant...