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Wow! So much generosity

michelle — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 09:01:31 +0000

Hall Fundraiser Tent is somewhere you must visit at tomorrow’s Sarau Festival!

We are very grateful for all of the generous donations that we have received from all corners of Nelson & Tasman, and beyond. We have three categories…

1. Silent Auction 2. Raffle 3. Items for Sale

1. Silent Auction – 3-6pm

Abel Tasman Kayaks and Aqua Taxi
A ‘Magical Marine Reserve’ kayak tour for two people. Start the day at 8:30 with a water taxi trip to Onetahuti (Big Tonga) via Split Apple Rock. After a quick briefing on the beach it is into the kayaks to head south through the Tonga Island Marine reserve, where wild life is abundant. We follow the coastline and then finish the day by hoisting the sail and sailing into Anchorage where we meet your water taxi back to Marahau for 4.30. Food included, min. age 12yrs, value $450

Abel Tasman Outdoors
One Professional Fillet Knife set in case, value $50, silent auction

Artsewn Design
One wall hanging with miniature Japanese Kimonos, silent auction

Chocolate Dog Design and Photography / Candid Weddings
One Environmental Photographic Portrait. A professional portrait shot to use on your website, business cards and brochure to promote you and your business. 1 hour photographic shoot, local business location (Nelson / Tasman). Value $120, silent auction.
And
One Engagement Shoot. 1 hour photographic shoot of you and your partner at a local location of your choice (Nelson / Tasman). Value $195, silent auction.

Countdown Supermarket, Motueka
One $50 food voucher, silent auction

Country Kids, Upper Moutere
$200 of childcare vouchers, 2 x $50 vouchers for under 2’s; 2 x $50 vouchers for over 2’s. Must be enrolled at Country Kids to be redeemed, silent auction

Dru Yoga New Zealand
One voucher for 5 classes of Dru Yoga with a choice of location in Nelson, Richmond, Lower Moutere or Upper Moutere. Value $55, silent auction

Floral Affaire, Motueka
One ceramic ‘koru design’ plate and bowl, value $50, silent auction

Flying Pig Garden Art
One 3 stem steel flower & three concrete and glass mushrooms, value $100

Interislander Ferries
Voucher for $250, silent auction

Lynn Price Fused Glass Art
One mystery fused glass item, find out on the day, silent auction

Moutere Hills Vineyard
1 x bottle Moutere Hills 2011 Sauvignon Blanc. Value $18.50, silent auction
1 x bottle Moutere Hills 2012 Riesling. Value $26.80, silent auction
1 x $50 meal voucher for Moutere Hills Vineyard Café, silent auction

Magnolia Windchimes
One Joyful Breeze Windchime; Value $85, silent auction

Mstique Jewellery
$20 voucher for jewellery, silent auction

Nelson Bungy Trampolines
5 vouchers for 10 min bungy trampoline ride, redeemable at Sarau Festival & Tahunanui Beach. Value: 5 x $10, silent auction

Neudorf Vineyards
Six bottles of 2011 Nelson Chardonnay, Value $180, silent auction

Otter 2000
5 litre box of Deep South ‘Blackcurrant Ice Cream’, silent auction

Peckham’s Premium Cider
Mixed case of Peckham’s cider – 12 x 500ml bottles, valued at $84: 4 x Cider Kir (blackcurrant), 4 x Boysenberry Cider; 2 x English Cider, 2 x Perry (pear cider). Value $84, silent auction

Rainbow Villa Company
One voucher for an Aura-Soma colour therapy session. Value $80, silent auction

Ribbonwood Retreat Holiday Home, Upper Moutere
One voucher for two nights free accommodation at Ribbonwood Retreat for 4 people or a family, to be redeemed before 13th April 2013. Value over $600, silent auction

Soporific Design
One hand crafted vegan soap gift pack, value $50, silent auction

Sue & Rod’s Garden Sculptures
Set of three garden wands, value $8 each or three for $20, silent auction &
One Flower Sculpture, Value $25, silent auction

The Mudcastle Accommodation & Conference Venue, Upper Moutere
One night free Boutique Accommodation and Breakfast value: $395.00 including GST and substantial breakfast.

Tohu Wines
One case of Tohu Nelson Sauvignon Blanc 2011, value $179, silent auction

Zest Cooking & Living
One $50 voucher to spend in Zest, Motueka, silent auction

2. Raffle – drawn at 7pm

Baku Cookware & Homeware
Set of two ceramic gingerbread man moulds, for raffle

ENZA Foods
8 variety packs of Fruit Hitz (4 pack), for raffle prizes
16 packs of Cool Hitz (8 pack), for raffle prizes

Harley Road Pinot Noir, Upper Moutere
Two bottles of Pinot Noir, value $40, raffle

Jenny Thomas
Food Hamper, value $60; MTA voucher, value $50; Miscellaneous Hamper, value $60

John Hurley
One hand made Cape Cod chair, value $175, for raffle

Luscious Foods Ltd
5 packets of Luscious Fruit Bars, value $10 per packet

Lynn Price Fused Glass Art
One fused glass heart decoration, for raffle prize

Mapua Auto Centre
Two free WOF vouchers, for raffle

Marama Products
Two Gift Packs, of natural, hand made cold press coconut oil from Fiji and organic vanilla products from Niue, value $20 each, for raffle prizes

Neudorf Hampers
One Hamper of mixed local Neudorf and Moutere Products, Value $165, for raffle

Neudorf Mushrooms
Mushroom Gift Set, value $25

Pegleg Woodwork
Hand made chopping boards, for raffle

Pete’s Naturals
2 x four pack of Pete’s Natural’s Lemonade, Currant Crush & Orange Berry Fusion. Raffle Prizes

Petite Fleur at Seifried Estate
One $50 Restaurant Gift Voucher, raffle prize

Proper Crisps
Two “Show Specials”, 1 x Hessian Bag, 2 x Sea Salt 150g, 2 x Rosemary and Thyme 150g and a freshness clip, for raffle prize, &
1 box of 50g Sea Salt & 1 box of 40g Rosemary and Thyme, for sale, gold coin donation

Rainbow Villa Company
One tin of Aura-Soma Insence Sticks, value $15, for raffle prize

Te Mania & Richmond Plains Certified Organic and Biodynamic Wines
Voucher for $25 and a 3pack of Wine, Value $60

3. ‘For Sale’

Anna Barnett Pottery
One square pottery plate, and dip bowl. Value $50, for sale.

Catherine Inwood Therapist
One massage, reiki or holistic pulsing session, to be redeemed at the festival, value $30 for sale

ENZA Foods
50 variety packs of Fruit Hitz – Liquid Fruit Snack, $3 per 4 pack, or 50c per item, for sale.
50 packs of Cool Hitz – Frozen Fruit Treats, 4 flavours, $6 per 8 pack, or 50c per item, for sale.

Neil Herriot Woodcraft
One pair recycled rimu wooden tongs. Value: $18, for sale

Pegleg Woodwork
Hand made chopping boards, for sale

Taste of Austria
One Apple Strudel, value $20, for sale

The Crystal Shop, Motueka
An assortment of gift packs, incence, decorations, keyrings and candle holders, individually priced, for sale

Umukuri Orchards, Motueka
10 bags of fruit; peaches, plums & apples, individually priced

Sarau Festival 2011 - Sunday, January 30th, 2011 from 4pm! Be there!

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Super Duper Raffle

michelle — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 08:49:42 +0000

Thanks to amazing support we are excited to offer the following fantastic prizes at the first ever Sarau Festival Raffle.
Please give generously and enjoy the best Sarau Festival so far!

FIRST PRIZE:

2013 World of WearableArt Awards Show
Two Premium seat tickets to the 2013 WOW awards show on Thursday 3rd October in Wellington, value $260 AND
Interislander Ferries
A Voucher for $250 to get you to Wellington and back!
TOTAL VALUE OVER $500

SECOND PRIZE:
John Hurley
A beautiful hand made Cape Cod chair, value $175

THIRD PRIZE:
Neudorf Hampers
One Hamper of mixed local Neudorf and Moutere Products, Value $165

Sarau Festival 2011 - Sunday, January 30th, 2011 from 4pm! Be there!

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Photographic Comp Extension

michelle — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:06:49 +0000

Due to the recent fire at MHCC we have extended the entry date for the photographic competition to 5pm Tuesday 29th January. Entries can be delivered to the Motueka i-site, or to Country Kids between 9am and 5pm. Get snapping and we look forward to displaying another spectacular collection of entries on the day.

PS. The festival in 2014 will have a section in the photographic competition for photos taken at previous festivals …so don’t forget to bring your camera!

Sarau Festival 2011 - Sunday, January 30th, 2011 from 4pm! Be there!

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Bike Registration Open!

jenny — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:50:34 +0000

It’s time to get your entry forms in for the great Moutere Valley Mountain Bike Race which will start and finish at the Sarau Festival. Registrations will remain open up to and including the day of the Festival. Local farmers open their gates for us and the race crosses diverse Moutere farmland including olive groves, orchards, hop gardens, fields of blackcurrants and boysenberries, vineyards and even pass by protected native bush areas. It is definitely a fantastic opportunity to bike in areas normally not accessible to the public!

If you enjoy getting out on your bike, and have a reasonable level of fitness come and join us on 3rd February. To register download and email us the form on the right-hand side of this page or print it out and post to us with your entry fee.

A magical opportunity for a magical ride in the Moutere. Open to everyone just for fun as well as serious competitors. Check out the route MAP.

Sarau Festival 2011 - Sunday, January 30th, 2011 from 4pm! Be there!

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Big Blackcurrant Bake Off

michelle — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:40:19 +0000

Enter the popular big blackcurrant bake off at Sarau Festival 2013

This year’s categories are:
1. juice and wine

2. children’s entries

3. innovative and original

4. desserts
**Once again delicious prizes kindly donated by Barkers of Geraldine.**

Bring your entries to the Baking Tent by 4pm at the latest on the day. Please ensure baking is covered and if you need to keep your entry cool, that you bring ice pads and suitable storage.

*Frozen blackcurrants are available from Moutere Gold (The Old Post Office), Upper Moutere and most supermarkets.

Enquiries to Tanya Doty 03 5432 773

Sarau Festival 2011 - Sunday, January 30th, 2011 from 4pm! Be there!

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Gentle Cycling around Moutere?

michelle — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 09:17:01 +0000

Everyone wants to have a go at exploring the Moutere by bike but not everyone feels up to doing the Mountain bike club’s 26km cross country ride through some reasonably rugged farmland! So The Gentle Cycling Company have once again decided to mount a shorter ride over the flatter sections of the Moutere route.

The route is a loop, with a 7 or 11km option and finishes at the festival site. Cyclists will travel along quiet sealed roads, farm tracks & mown paddocks, passing through vineyards, raspberry & blackcurrant fields, hop gardens & open fields. There are some rolling hills on the road section at the beginning and the remainder is flat. This year we even have a MAP to show you this amazing ride.

Children are welcome as long as they are reasonably experienced riders. This is not recommended for children under the age of 8, and of course all children participating must be accompanied by an adult.

CLICK HERE to download the entry form and for more information on this fantastic opportunity!

Sarau Festival 2011 - Sunday, January 30th, 2011 from 4pm! Be there!

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Local History on Display

jenny — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 05:41:37 +0000

Do you have German ancestry or a German name? Chances are, if your German forebears came to New Zealand between 1842 and 1869 they landed in Nelson. The Moutere Inn History Marquee at the Sarau Festival contains a display of early settlement in the Moutere Valley with interesting history panels, loads of folders and local historians on hand to discuss the early English and German settlements in the Moutere. Bring along your questions, photographs, family trees and memorabilia, or just join us for a chat.

This marquee is always one of the favourites at the Sarau Festival so make sure you allow time to browse, and if you cannot make it to the Festival remember that the historic Moutere Inn has lots of old photos and documents on display.

James Harvey, Licensee, and his inn at Upper Moutere, late 19th century.’ (from the Eileen Thawyley collection)

The wedding party on the verandah of the cob and shingle Heine house, 14 November 1877. The brides wore black with white veils and sashes.’ (from the Carl Heine collection)

The valley was also developed by early English settlers and an article about the fabulously restored Somerset Cottage can be found here .

Alongside the history panels and the family records will be books for sale (at a special festival price) tracing the important history of this valley:

“The Road to Sarau – From Germany to Upper Moutere” by Jenny Briars and Jenny Leith

“A Versatile Community – The History of the Settlers of Central Moutere” by George McMurtry

“The Extended Community” – by George McMurtry

Sarau Festival 2011 - Sunday, January 30th, 2011 from 4pm! Be there!

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Books Wanted!

michelle — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 10:31:33 +0000

Wanted: books for the biggest book stall ever at Sarau Festival 2013.

Please bring along any that you no longer want to have them recycled around the community and beyond! We will welcome books of any kind and thank-you in advance for your contribution.

Please get in touch if you have some books for our stall. You can call Sharon Beuke on 03 5432814. You can also email Sharon on s.beuke [at] gmail [dot] com

Thanks so much for your support!

Sarau Festival 2011 - Sunday, January 30th, 2011 from 4pm! Be there!

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Photo Comp 2013

michelle — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 09:20:11 +0000

Introducing the Sarau Festival Photographic Competition 2013

Once again, we will have our very own photo competition at Sarau Festival 2013 in the following categories:

Category 1: Life in the Moutere

Category 2: Open – life outside the Moutere

Category 3: Digitally enhanced

Category 4: Under 15years

Here’s a little bit of information about our criteria. For a printable version of the competition details, please click here.

Size: 6 x 8 – landscape or portrait, matt or glossy. (6 x 9 or 5 x 7 acceptable)

Mounting: All photographs to be mounted on A4 white card (180 -250gm)

Submission: All photographs to be delivered between 9am and 5pm to Country Kids, or the Motueka i-site by 5pm Tuesday 29th January 2013.

Judge: Alan Bilham APNZ

PS. The festival in 2014 will have a section in the photographic competition for photos taken at previous festivals …so don’t forget to bring your camera!

Sarau Festival 2011 - Sunday, January 30th, 2011 from 4pm! Be there!

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Seeing Purple?

michelle — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 08:46:10 +0000

So much on for the children this year. Check out the full list of purple competitions and fun for children right here!

Purple and Sarau seem to just work in harmony, so what better than the:

Purple Hat Competition

By popular demand, school students (and pre-schoolers) of all ages are invited to attend the Sarau Festival on Sunday 3rd February, 2013 in their best decorated Purple Hat.

Come decked out in your best purple hat and be in to win the purple hat competition! If you don’t have time to make one in advance…guess what, there will even be a stall where you can make one during the Festival.

Judging will take place at 5.00pm so make sure you are there and ready before that time. No entry fee.

Sarau Festival 2011 - Sunday, January 30th, 2011 from 4pm! Be there!

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