Business Paihia
Summer Fun Festival Jan 4th – Jan 13th 2008
Free Events with tons of prizes

Fri 4th   Northland Age Monster Mural painting - Post Office Building Paihia, 10.30am -  Everything supplied bring your creativity Kids & an adult! Come in old clothes and help us paint a MONSTER Mural.  The famous More FM BBQ will be there!

Fri 4th   D.O.C Pop The Pests Save the Rest! – Paihia Village Green 1.30 pm, Department of Conservation fun afternoon, activities, games, displays, story telling, Spot Prizes, all ages welcome.

Sat 5th     The Rotary Club Beach Dig - Paihia Beach, Midday. A fun event for kids up to 12 years old. Heaps of fantastic prizes and the More FM BBQ!

Sun 6th   Paihia Dive Kids Fishing Competition - Paihia Wharf, register at Paihia Dive on Williams Rd at 9.30am. Fishing starts 10.30am and finishes at 11.30am. Bring a hand line or rod, we supply the bait.  Kids don’t forget to bring an adult. 

Mon 7th  Waitangi Mystery Trail - Treaty House Grounds.  Anytime from 9.30am till 11.30am. Register by the Waka (entry via the car park).  A fun challenge for the whole family, Kids, please bring an adult.

Mon 7th  Anne of Craicor Wearable Arts – Paihia Memorial Hall 3pm. All Materials supplied, all ages of kids welcome. Make yourself a funky outfit out of some weird and wonderful materials.  Be part of the fashion parade. 

Tues 8th  Bay Beach Hire Fun on the Green - Paihia Village Green 10am, all the classics ...sack, 3 legged, wheelbarrow and egg & spoon races and more. Fun for all the family - Mums and Dads too. More great prizes and giveaways!  More FM BBQ.

Tues 8th   Street Smart Funky Art chalk pavement drawing - outside the Post Office at 1.30pm. Your chance to show off your talent and entertain shoppers! Fantastic prizes for all age groups!  We supply all the materials. Judged by world famous photographer Frank Habicht!
 
Wed 9th   The Bay Chronicle Kids 1km Fun Run – Ti Bay Beach 3pm Meet on the beach by the Waitangi Bridge and Coastal Kayakers, start with a warm up, then lets have fun – you can race in your age group or just go with the flow and complete the 1km. All ages welcome, kids bring an adult, all sorts of winners on the day!

Wed 9th  Top Energy Surf Safety – Ti Bay Beach, 4.00 p.m. A must for kids who are around water.  Have fun and be safe in the water!  Kids must bring an adult.

Thurs 10th    Sport Northland Jumpathon and Toddle Waddle - Paihia Village Green 10am. Under 5’s Toddle Waddle and Active Movement, over 5 to 12 yrs jumping games Top Town style – lots of fun equipment and activities to try!  More FM BBQ

Thurs 10th  Temana Youth Trust Hip Hop Workshop- Paihia School Whare 1pm- 3pm. Learn to groove with Manuel and his crew!!!

Thurs 11th  D.O.C Twilight walk - School Road to Viewpoint. Meet at the School Road entrance to the walk, 6.30pm for a twilight walk with the Department of Conservation. Kids please bring an adult.  A great family evening.
 
Fri 11th   Paihia Adventure World Challenge – 9.45 registration, 10am start, 54 Puketona Rd. Be part of the Adventure World Flying Trapeze Challenge! Bring an adult. Kids in the challenge gain free entry to the park, accompanying spectators need to pay the admission fee. Age 7 to 13.

Sat 12th   MORE FM Sandcastle Competition - Paihia beach, judging at 4.30 p.m.  This annual event is an all time favourite.  Awesome prizes and giveaways!  All ages! Adults, Kids, Families, Mates!  Anything goes!  Use your hands or a bucket, a shell or a shovel ,you can start building anytime you want!- build a racing car, mermaid, or a space ship! More FM BBQ

Sun 13th  The Mako Beach Bar Talent Contest - Village Green 3pm -  Are you the new Paihia Idol? Strut your stuff or just bring a picnic and relax. A fun event with some great prizes!!

Paihia’s Summer of Fun

Paihia has been a great place for families to holiday this January with the Family Fun Festival providing heaps of entertainment each day.  The Paihia Business Association organised a wide range of fun events with sponsorship from Fullers Bay of Islands and lots of support from other local businesses.
	The sandcastle competition was the opening event in a fun-packed programme and hundreds of people crowded onto the beach where participants created some superb entries.  Mermaids, dragons, turtles, crocodiles and the Great Wall of China were amongst the eye-catching creations and the Americas Cup inspired some wonderful yacht designs.  Bruce Farr, yacht designer, had better watch out.
The Fun Sports with Sport Northland provided an exciting morning for a large number of families with lots of challenges for all ages. Children pulled each other on trolleys, dressed in firemen’s coats and crawled under tarpaulins, tried to stay on their feet with team-walking blocks, and used all sorts of sticks and balls to negotiate the obstacle courses.
	Young artists showed heaps of creativity with pavement drawing, a good way to spend a morning.  Frank Habicht, international photographer had the difficult job of judging the winners.  Another day saw the creation of a wildly colourful monster mural featuring a seaside theme.
The littlies enjoyed a session of tall tales and intriguing legends one day when the weather was a bit wet.  Here you see them helping out with the dramatisation of a Maori legend.
	Luckily the sun returned for the exciting beach dig where dozens of children moved surprising amounts of sand digging for numbered markers to claim some great prizes.  This young competitor is wasting no time racing for his prize.
Adults as well as children enjoyed a very interesting walk through Paihia’s history and a twilight bush walk on a beautiful evening to the viewpoint high on the hills behind Paihia.  The Paihia Dive fishing competition attracted lots of budding fishers, all of whom won prizes for their efforts.  Main prizes were for heaviest fish, longest fish and strangest fish, the latter won by the child who briefly caught a seagull!
	Other events included mini golf, a day at Lilypond Farm and a kite flying fiesta.The prize patrol from Radio KCC FM joined in the fun at lots of events with hot hamburgers, drinks and giveaways and Sun Smart were there to help the children stay safe in the sun.  The organisers received lots of very positive feedback from visitors with many commenting on the great time they had had in Paihia.

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To The Paihia Business Association

We would like to say thank you to all who were involved in the organization of the recent children's events.  Our children were able to attend some of the events and really did have a wonderful time at each.  It was great to see so many kids involved and who all went home so happy.

With thanks
The Cormick Family