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REAL New Zealand Festival – Images for Media Use May 2011 The listed images are provided for use in accordance with the following requirements:
The images may only be used for the purpose of promoting the REAL New Zealand Festival September – October 2011 and to promote New Zealand as a visitor destination.
The author or owner of the image – as stipulated - must be acknowledged in any use of that image.
Images must not be used in paid advertising.
This is a selection of the current, high resolution images we have the rights to pass to media. We receive new material regularly. If you are seeking a specific image that is not included in the REAL New Zealand Festival image set, please contact Sally Woodfield [email protected] or Rose O’Connor [email protected] Another source of images for media use predominantly outside of New Zealand is the Tourism New Zealand Image Library http://images.newzealand.com/index.cfm
Rugby World Cup 2011 is a chance to see some magnificent Rugby. And the REAL New Zealand Festival is a chance to see and experience the country. So, go on, follow the Rugby the long way round. Because you really shouldn’t miss it. ©REAL New Zealand Festival
ON AND OFF THE FIELD The actual home of Rugby may be in England but the spiritual home is here in New Zealand. And we don’t restrict
ourselves just to the oval ball.
Hard on the Heels: Capturing the All Blacks – Peter Bush: this exhibition is drawn from rugby photographer Peter Bush's vast library of photographs — personal favourites, the controversial and candid behind-the-scenes shots. Hard on the Heels ©Peter Bush
A touch rugby player dives for the line at the Mataatua Iwi Challenge in the Bay of Plenty. Māori from the Mataatua Waka in the Bay of Plenty come together for the Mataatua Iwi Challenge, an authentic and unrehearsed series of "challenges" with 19 different sports and activities including pig hunting, touch rugby, line dancing and waka ama. © Mataatua Iwi Challenge
The Waitaki Golden Oldies Rugby Festival 2011 in Ōamaru brings former international rugby players and 40 teams from New Zealand and abroad to battle it out on the field. ©Waitaki Golden Oldies Rugby Festival
On 20 September 2011, Birthplace of Rugby in New Zealand – 1870 will re-enact New Zealand’s first rugby game in the New Zealand city where it was first played – Nelson. ©The Nelson Provincial Museum
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The 2011 Heartland Championship is a grassroots, provincial Rugby tournament featuring 12 teams from throughout New Zealand. This is the Rugby that makes New Zealand Rugby what it is. Go, watch, enjoy. © New Zealand Rugby Union Heartland Championship
I, George Nēpia is a one-man play, written by one of New Zealand’s leading playwrights, Hone Kouka, about one of our most loved and famous Rugby icons – George Nēpia. The George Nēpia Exhibition, mounted in Nēpia’s birthplace, the Hawke’s Bay town of Wairoa, is a celebration of one of New Zealand’s rugby’s heroes. George Nepia © NZ Rugby Museum
South Canterbury and the alpine playground that is the Southern Alps are the setting for The Methven Mt Hutt Spring Festival, Peak to Pub, an exhilarating triathlon event that starts high up on the slopes of Mt Hutt, and finishes outside the iconic Blue Pub and Frost Buster 2011, a multisport and duathalon event along braided rivers and the foothills of the Southern Alps. © Ashburton District Tourism
The Hamilton River Festival brings the Waikato River to life with a combination of sports, arts and entertainment experiences. Events include The Great Race (rowing), Round the Bridges (running), Cambridge to Hamilton Kayak Race, music, fireworks, bridge lighting and cultural events. © The Great Race, Hamilton River Festival
OUR MUSIC The music of New Zealand is an expression of who we are and where we come from.
At the end of the Tournament, Auckland will enjoy a Gala Evening when the legendary Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, one of the world’s great and beloved voices returns to New Zealand to join the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO) and conductor Pietari Inkinen on stage. Presented by the NZSO in association with the Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation. © John Swannell, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
The REAL New Zealand Music Tour will showcase the very best of our diverse and distinctive, contemporary New Zealand music live on stages across New Zealand. ©Grant Down, Homegrown
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The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and guests perform a new work by celebrated New Zealand composer Gareth Farr, in concert with Beethoven's magnificent 9th Symphony. ©Olivia Taylor
OUR PEOPLE Everybody, somewhere, has met a New Zealander. What better place to meet them than on their home turf,
doing their favourite things.
At the Taranaki International Village you can experience the legendary hospitality and culture of Taranaki Māori and the local food, arts and crafts, performances, workshops, traditional ceremonies that make up Taranaki today. © Rob Tucker
Pastoral (A&P) Shows are where country goes to town. The Poverty Bay A&P Show has brought equestrian competitors and trade exhibitors from all over the country since 1875. ©The Gisborne Herald
The annual Alexandra Blossom Festival in Alexandra, Central Otago marks the arrival of spring. © Janyne Harman
More than 20,000 people annually take a guided Art Deco Walk in one of the world's unique cities — Napier. Levelled by earthquake and fire in 1931 and rebuilt in the depths of the great Depression Napier's fascinating architecture is the backdrop and inspiration for many of the cities events and experiences. © Napier Art Deco Trust
Come along and try your hand at panning for gold when the Otago Goldfields Heritage Trust host the New Zealand National Gold Panning Championships, then enjoy an old fashioned Fair Day in the precinct at Old Cromwell Town. © Otago Goldfields Heritage Trust
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OUR FOOD & WINE This is a country that has a bounty of resources that produces spectacular, fresh and glorious-tasting food and
wine.
Savour Bluff Oysters: Bluff Oysters from Southland are widely regarded as the very best in the world, and we're saving you some. For the first time ever, there'll be two seasons! Southland will be the only place Rugby World Cup 2011 visitors can get them fresh. © Savour Bluff Oysters
Marlborough Wine and Cuisine at Brancott Vineyard is a showcase of Marlborough’s best wine and food. Experience different wine varieties and match them with local food, including crayfish, salmon, mussels, oysters, clams and wild game. © Wine Marlborough
The New Zealand Olive Festival squeezes all things olive into one fantastic day. The New Zealand Olive Festival is a day to celebrate all things olive at Hastings Racecourse in Hawke’s Bay. © New Zealand Olive Festival
The Whitianga Scallop Festival is a day of indulgence, with over 60 food and wine stalls, seafood demonstrations and cook-offs, scallop shucking and other competitions, as well as live entertainment. © Tourism Coromandel
The West Coast is the heart of whitebait territory and visitors to Rugby World Cup 2011 will have the challenge (and the pleasure) of becoming world-famous whitebait judges in The Great West Coast Whitebait Challenge. © Tourism West Coast
Farmers’ Markets bring the best and freshest of locally-grown and artisan-crafted produce to town. Held weekly, in cities and towns, they are the places to meet the growers and the locals, and to taste, experience and buy the very best of New Zealand food. Out Standing in Their Field is a series of cooking and producer demonstrations where grassroots growers and local chefs combine to show what is truly and tastily possible with local fresh produce. © Farmers’ Markets New Zealand
OUR ARTS There is a distinct style and voice to the arts scene that could only come from this country.
Auckland Theatre Company presents an ensemble version of Bruce Mason’s famous solo work, The End of the Golden Weather, perhaps New Zealand’s greatest rite-of-passage story. The production stars Oscar-nominated Keisha Castle-Hughes. The End of the Golden Weather by Bruce Mason (ATC 2011) © Tim White
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Black Grace, one of New Zealand’s leading contemporary dance companies presents a two-night cycle of rhythm, spirit and explosive energy that is their most celebrated work. Included is New Religion, a humorous look at our obsession with our national sport of Rugby. Black Grace © Neil Ieremia
MAORI ART MARKet is New Zealand's largest collection and sale of contemporary Māori art, with a wide representation of art forms including carving, sculpture, glass, painting, weaving, pounamu and jewellery. ©MAORI ART MARKet Glass Artwork by Te Rongo Kirkwood
Whanganui is the glass arts centre of New Zealand and home to the Wanganui Glass Arts School. Whanganui comes alive with over 30 retailers on tree-lined Victoria Avenue featuring stunning new glass works by local artists, hot glass demonstrations, open studios with glass artists and workshops. Whanganui Glass Festival ©Lindsay Patterson
The Body Festival of Dance and Physical Theatre in Christchurch features a programme of dance performance, workshops, masterclasses and film installations. Body Festival ©Dean McKenzie
Taki Rua’s Strange Resting Places, is intimate theatre at its very best, combining voice, music and movement that deftly moves from moments of laugh-out-loud humour to poignant tragedy. Based on the relationship between an Italian and Māori soldier during WWII, Strange Resting Places is a celebration of the Māori Batallion and a commemoration of all those who died in the war and it features the three universals that Māori shared with the Italians: whānau, food and song. Strange Resting Places © Taki Rua Theatre
New Plymouth’s iconic Pukekura Park is transformed after dark as the Light by Night – Pukekura Park Light Trail showcases the Park’s waterfalls, lakes and trees, and paths shine with thousands of colourful lighting effects. © New Plymouth District Council
OUR INGENUITY There is a New Zealand way of doing things, in business as much as anything.
New Zealand Fashion Week is New Zealand‘s annual premier fashion event of Autumn/Winter Shows from New Zealand's unique and exciting designers. The Designer Selection Show and New Zealand Fashion Weekend – with its associated Designer Garage Sale – ensure that everyone can be part of the glitz and glamour. Verge Catwalk © New Zealand Fashion Week
Style Pasifika: Best of Pasifika New Zealand, is an entertainment spectacular being held in Auckland, that shows music, fashion, film, entertainers, designers and technology through Pacific eyes. Style Pasifika ©Paul Garelja
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The World of WearableArt™ Awards Show (WOW) attracts designers from all over the world with their quirky take on art and costume. Icons on Tour is a unique exhibition in eight regions around the country, where you can get up close to historic WOW garments, inspired by New Zealand’s authentic stories, landscape, history and culture. World of WearableArt™ Awards Show (WOW) © Blow Me Wendy Burton & Patrick Duffy, Christchurch
In 1989 the first Woodskills Festival was held as an annual local competition, but by 1991 it had become so popular that it was developed into a national event, attracting exhibitors from throughout New Zealand. Kawerau Woodfest is an A&P show for wood — a showcase of the artistic side of working with wood along with a host of other activities associated with the wood industry. © Kawerau Woodfest
The Len Lye Exhibition brings together the work of experimental filmmaker, poet, painter, kinetic sculptor, eccentric and ebullient personality, Len Lye, one of New Zealand's most internationally-recognised modern artists. © Len Lye, Fire Bush, 1961 (2007 reconstruction). Courtesy Len Lye Foundation, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery.