
Books at the Beach
Saturday 16th February
All performances including author talks listed below
This will be updated regularly as we get closer to the event date
Whats happening where and when
Tell us your Story
Write a story Competition Open to all ages.
Click here for entry details
Award Stage
Prize Giving at 2pm on the day.
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DAPA Tent
DAPA entertainment throughout the day
Authors
Authors in our local businesses
Artist ?????
Onsite artist to be announced
ZEAL Stage
ZEAL music, poetry slam on throughout the day
Tell us a Yarn!
Oral stories
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Whats happening where and when

ZEAL Stage
ZEAL Kapiti will be hosting musicians and poets and much more all day at Books at the Beach
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10:00 Opening Ceremony
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10:30 Young performers – focusing on original songs from local acoustic performers
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11:30 Kate Lattey - Author
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12:15 Poetry Slam – local young Kāpiti Poets
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1:15 Young performers
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2:00 Awards on Zeal Stage
Any other time at the end to be filled with music.
Peyton Morette - musician
Jade Farmery – poet and musician
Connor Norris will be leading the Poetry Slam side
Ella Kirby – poet
Tell us a Yarn Tent!
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10.30 Program begins
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11.00 Memories at the Beach
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11.30 Further memories at the beach
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12.00 Pom-pom wall hanging craft session
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02.00 Awards on Zeal Stage

A fun filled day fo Dance, Drama and Music
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10:00 Mingle and get crowd together
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10:30 Parade
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11:00 The Very Hungry Caterpillar
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11:15 Pre-School Music and Dance session
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11:30 Excerpts from Dr Seuss
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11:45 Hairy McClary from Donaldson’s Dairy
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12:00 Performance Dance and Singing Groups
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12:30 Giraffes Can’t Dance
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1:00 Shakespeare
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1:30 Billy’s Bucket
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2:00 Awards on Zeal Stage,
The Saturday Morning Market Tent
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9.00 Centre Kids
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10.00 Anna Bailey
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11.00 Castle Kids
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12.00 Bilingual Story Time
DAIZY Design FacePainting
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Will be on site by the DAPA stretch tent all day
Authors
10:15 Queenie Rikihana-Hyland (only if raining, at the beach if fine)
11.30 Bernard Parker
12.30 Leeanna Morgan
1.30 Penelope Haines
2.30 Chris Maclean
3.30 Sir Jon Trimmer & Roger Booth including interactive MIME
11.00 Shona Moller
12.30 Bianca Begovich
1.30 Anna Bailey Puppeteer
2.30 Phil Simmonds
11am to 2pm Ross Church talks and shows his two classic racing cars
11am- 2pm Karl Webber – photos and stories of Kapiti Island
Venue to be confirmed
12.15 Anna Bailey Puppet Show “The Mermaid’s Song”
Authors and Publishers in the Park
Ben Spies Young Author - Caroline Beaufort Author illustrator - Emma Weakley Author - Tross Publishing John Robinson Bach Doctor Press Darin Dance - Susan Wildblood Crooked Crow Publications - Bobby Duncan Author - Cushla McGaughey Author (books only on the day) - Kapiti Children's Writers' Group - Denise Carnihan Author -
Thank You
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