NZ Wine & Cheese Evening@ NZ Focus Centre - A special NZ Wine and Cheese Evening will be held at the NZ Focus Centre at Causeway Bay. NZ beer and non-alcoholic drinks will also be served and a wide range of finger food will also be provided in addition to the cheese. This event will be held in conjunction with the ROSL (Royal Overseas League). Further details to follow...

Waitangi Day -To celebrate New Zealand's National Day (6th February), the New Zealand Society of Hong Kong, will be holding a BBQ at the NZ Consul-General's residence with NZ Wine and Cheese. [Click for more details...]

Kiwi KonnectioNZ - With some members expected to be out of town, we decided to move the venue of KK for the December to Post 97 in Lan Kwai Fong on Friday 19th December. The event will be held on Friday, 19th December. Monteith's beer, NZ wines and a special 'kiwi kocktail' will be available from the special kiwi drinks menu with all drinks priced at just HK$35 each (+ 10% service). NZSHK members can enjoy 1 free drink. From 6:30-9:30PM.

Kiwi KonnectioNZ - The November edition of Kiwi Konnectionz will be held at Fong Underground in Lan Kwai Fong on Friday, 28th November. NZ beer, NZ wines and a special kiwi cocktail will be available from the special blackboard menu with all drinks priced at just HK$35 each (+ 10% service). NZSHK members can enjoy 1 free drink. From 6:30-9PM. [Kiwi Konnectionz]

Ride Hong Kong's Antique Open Top Tram - We've booked the Open-top Tram on Friday, 14th November 2008 for a uniquely Hong Kong experience. The tram will depart from the Whitty Street Depot sharply at 7PM. The journey will follow the Hong Kong Island tram line with an expected finish at 9PM. There will be plenty of food and drinks on board. If you missed the ride in 2007 - be sure to book early as numbers are strictly limited. [More...]

UPDATE - This event has proven so popular that we have had to book a second tram on Sunday, 16th November 2008. Please contact Kelly at kelly@nzshk.org if you wish to join this event.

New Zealand Hunters' Wine Dinner - Please see the flyer for details. [NZ Hunters' Wine Dinner]

Hong Kong Cricket Sixes -The 2008 Hong Kong Cricket Sixes will be held at Kowloon Cricket Club on 8-9 November 2008. This year's All Stars team features former NZ Captain Stephen Fleming. Tickets HK$780 for adults; HK$450 for children (under-12).

New Zealand General Election - For all the information you need to know about the General Election and about voting, please see the our Election Day Information page.

German Bierfest - NZSHK have arranged a table for this fun event on 2nd November (to finish off the Bledisloe Cup party weekend). Everyone is welcome however it's better to contact Kelly Richards (mobile: 61707969 or email: kelly@nzshk.org) to let her know how many are interested in coming so she has an idea of numbers. Tables can only hold 20 people but more can be requested if need be.

BLEDISLOE CUP RUGBY - All Blacks versus Wallabies. Bring it on!

Kiwi drinks at Post 97 in Lan Kwai Fong (available at regular bar prices).

Rugby Legends Dinner - The Australian and New Zealand Chambers of Commerce in Hong Kong have joined forces for a special pre-Bledisloe Cup dinner. [More...]

The same drinks offer at Kiwi Konnectionz will be available at Post 97 in Lan Kwai Fong on Friday, 31st October. All for just $35+10%. From 6:30-9:30PM (this is not a Kiwi Konnectionz event so there are no free drinks for NZSHK members).

Kiwi KonnectioNZ - The venue for the October edition of KK will be held at Fong Underground in Lan Kwai Fong on Thursday 30th October. Monteith's beer, NZ wines and a special 'kiwi kocktail' will be available from the special kiwi drinks menu with all drinks priced at just HK$35 each (+ 10% service). NZSHK members can enjoy 1 free drink. From 6:30-9:30PM.

Farewell Banquet for NZ Consul-General - The NZSHK will be holding a special farewell banquet for Julian and Joanna Ludbrook on Sunday, 12th October, from 7PM. The Chinese banquet will be held at Joy and Joy in Melbourne Plaza, Central. Cost is $380 per NZSHK member and $430 for non-member. [More...]

Kiwi KonnectioNZ - The September edition of Kiwi Konnectionz will be held at Fong Underground in Lan Kwai Fong on 26th September. NZ beer, NZ wines and a special kiwi cocktail will be available from the special blackboard menu with all drinks priced at just HK$35 each (+ 10% service). NZSHK members can enjoy 1 free drink. From 6:30-9PM. [Kiwi Konnectionz]

NZSHK Junk Trip to Cheung Sha Beach - NZSHK is planning a summer junk cruise to Upper Cheung Sha Beach on Lantau Island on Sunday, 21st September. The junk will depart from Central and return to Aberdeen. Cost $200 for members and $250 for non-members. Children 12 years and under $100. Numbers will be limited. [More...]

NZ Wine & Cheese Evening@ NZ Focus Centre - A special NZ Wine and Cheese Evening will be held at the NZ Focus Centre at Causeway Bay. NZ beer and non-alcoholic drinks will also be served and a wide range of finger food will also be provided in addition to the cheese. Price is HK$200 for NZSHK members and $250 for non-members (inclusive of food and drinks). This event will be held in conjunction with the South African Association of Hong Kong. [More...]

Kiwi KonnectioNZ - Due to the popularity of the Kiwi Konnectionz event, we have had to move to a larger venue! The August edition of KK will be held at Fong Underground in Lan Kwai Fong on 29th August. NZ beer, NZ wines and a special kiwi cocktail will be available from the special blackboard menu with all drinks priced at just HK$35 each (+ 10% service). NZSHK members can enjoy 1 free drink. From 6:30-9PM.

NZCCHK Breakfast Briefing with Kerry Prendergast, Mayor of Wellinton City - Join this special Breakfast Briefing with Kerry Prendergast, Mayor of Wellington City. Hong Kong Club, from 7:45AM. Please contact NZCCHK for details.

Kiwi KonnectioNZ - We'll be heading back to Post 97 in Lan Kwai Fong for the July edition of Kiwi Konnectionz. NZ beer, NZ wines and a special kiwi cocktail are available from the special blackboard menu with all drinks priced at just HK$35 each (+ 10% service). NZSHK members can enjoy 1 free drink. From 6:30-9PM.

Kiwi KonnectioNZ - We'll be heading back to Post 97 in Lan Kwai Fong for the June edition of Kiwi Konnectionz. NZ beer, NZ wines and a special kiwi cocktail are available from the special blackboard menu with all drinks priced at just HK$35 each (+ 10% service). NZSHK members can enjoy 1 free drink. From 6:30-9PM.

NZSHK Luau @ Cheung Chau - Come along for an afternoon and evening of fun, great food and maybe even some Polynesian dancing. Bring the kids along too! There will be some beach cricket, limbo dancing and other fun and games to participate in. It starts at 3PM and goes on until late. The venue is at Kwun Yam Wan Beach on Cheung Chau Island. To get there, head straight across the island to the main beach; turn right and walk past the helicopter pad to the far beach (approx. 300 metres). Members only HK$250, non-members HK$275; children 12 years and under only HK$75 (price excludes ferry ticket). [More details]

Red Rain @ Underground - NZ band Red Rain will be performing as part of Underground 60 at Club Cixi in Central on 31st May 2008. Download the poster for more details.

Kiwi KonnectioNZ - We'll be heading back to Post 97 in Lan Kwai Fong for the May edition of Kiwi Konnectionz. NZ beer, NZ wines and a special kiwi cocktail are available from the special blackboard menu with all drinks priced at just HK$35 each (+ 10% service). NZSHK members can enjoy 1 free drink. From 6:30-9PM.

Bowling & BBQ - Bring your freinds and/or family along to the Kowloon Cricket Club on Sunday, 18th May to enjoy some ten-pin bowling and a BBQ by the poolside. NZSHK members will pay just HK$260 while non-members pay HK$300. Children under 13 are HK$100. Price includes one game of ten-pin bowling plus the BBQ dinner. A cash bar service will be available for all drinks. [More...]

Kiwi KonnectioNZ - To avoid a clash with ANZAC Day the April edition of Kiwi Konnectionz will be held on the evening of Wednesday 30th April (the following day is a public holiday). We'll be heading back to Post 97 in Lan Kwai Fong. NZ beer, wine and a special kiwi cocktail is available. NZSHK members can enjoy a free drink. From 6:30-8:30PM.

ANZAC Day Services - Traditional ANZAC Day services will be held on 25th April 2008. For the early birds, a dawn service will be held at the Cenotaph in Central while an evening sevice will be held at the Australian International School Hong Kong in Kowloon Tong.

2008 Hong Kong Rugby Sevens - Anybody got spare tickets?

NZSHK Rugby Party @ NZ Focus Centre - As a warm up to the 2008 Hong Kong Rugby Sevens, the NZSHK is holding a NZ wine, beer and cheese evening at the NZ Focus Centre on 25th March to welcome players from the NZ teams participating in the Hong Kong Rugby Tens competition. Whilst players from the NZ National team will not be attending, many of those participating in the Tens are playing in the Super14 competition and/or are players of the fringe of NZ Sevens team selection. Tickets are $200 for NZSHK members, $280 for non-members and $50 for children under the age of 16. To join this event, please register with Kelly Richards and post your cheque to GPO Box 8817. Numbers are limited so register early to avoid disappointment.

Kiwi KonnectioNZ - We've brought the March event forward one week to avoid a clash with the Rugby Sevens. And to avoid a clash with Good Friday, the event will be held on the preceding Thursday. We'll be heading back to Post 97 in Lan Kwai Fong. NZ beer, wine and a special kiwi cocktail is available. NZSHK members can enjoy a free drink. From 6:30-8:30PM.

Chocolate Factory Tour - Willy Wonker would be envious! Shop for your chocolate Easter gifts now!  Come and visit Gourmet House Ltd in Chai Wan.  This chocolate manufacturer specialises in delicious chocolate pralines, cookies, petits fours and seasonal products all made from Swiss and German products.  We have organised a guided tour of the factory so you can see all these yummy treats being prepared. There will be ample opportunity to sample and purchase the products at very reasonable prices so be sure to bring some cash and stock up for the Easter break.

DUE TO LACK OF NUMBERS, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

Exhibition of Photographs Linking Dance and Rugby developed by New Zealand Contemporary Dance Choreographer, Raewyn Hill

Raewyn Hill, a leading New Zealand contemporary dance choreographer, is an artist in residence at the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts.  She has developed a dance work focusing on links between the athleticism and beauty of dance and rugby, to be performed by her dance students at the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts just prior to this year's Hong Kong Sevens.  The Consulate in collaboration with the Hong Kong Rugby Football Union has been lending support to this project.  While there will be no public performance of the dance work, there will be an exhibition of ten photographs taken of rugby movements (of members of the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens teams in past tournaments) and of the matching movements choreographed to capture those rugby movements.  These will be on view in the foyer at the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts in the week prior to this year's Hong Kong Rugby Sevens.  

The photographs will be on display from March 25 to March 30. Free entry.

New Zealand Contemporary Art Exhibition from Valencia

The Consulate has arranged for an exhibition by six New Zealand contemporary artists, which exhibited in Valencia in conjunction with last year's America's Cup challenge, to be shown in Hong Kong on its way back to New Zealand.  It will show at a space on the second floor of One Capital Place (immediately above Delaney's) in Wanchai between 11 am and 7 pm from Monday 17 March through to Monday 31 March.  The six artists with works being exhibited are Gretchen Albrecht, Bill Culbert, Pip Culbert, Tony Lane, Fiona Pardington and James Ross.  Three of the artists are coming to Hong Kong for the opening of the exhibition and will give a talk on their works, moderated by New Zealand Chinese artist Yuk King Tan, now living in Hong Kong.  This talk will take place at the exhibition space at 2 pm on Tuesday 18 March.

All who are interested are encouraged to take this opportunity to meet and talk with these artists.  Please also let any friends who might be interested in seeing this outstanding exhibition know about it so that they can try to visit it while it is on.

Witi Ihimaera here for the Hong Kong Literary Festival

Witi Ihimaera, one of New Zealand's foremost Maori writers (including The Whale Rider), will be coming to Hong Kong, with help from the New Zealand Government, for this year's Hong Kong Literary Festival.  Here from 7-12 March, he will be speaking at the following events:

5pm Friday 7 March at Hong Kong University  "Bow Your Head Only to the Highest Mountain: Writing Maori Culture into Existence" - a personal perspective on the continuing Maori writing tradition.  Cost: free (but on-line registration required).

5pm Saturday 8 March at DotCod.  "Wine and Words Around the World" -  a dinner pairing wines with some of the world's best raconteurs.  The other writers, additional to Witi Ihimaera, are Kirsty Murray, Dave Sobel and John Man.  Cost: $800

6.30 pm Tuesday 11 March at the New Zealand Consul-General's Residence. "Spotlight on New Zealand"  Cost: $120.

Please go on-line to http://www.festival.org.hk to get information about these events and make bookings or registrations.

Horse Racing @ Happy Valley - Join other NZSHK members and friends for a night of fun in the Beer Garden at the Happy Valley Race Course.

Kiwi KonnectioNZ - Leap into the February instalment of KK will be held at Post '97 in Lan Kwai Fong. This Kiwi owned-run establishment has promised some special Kiwi surprises! Don't miss out! NZSHK members can enjoy a free drink.

Kiwi KonnectioNZ -The first KK event for 2008 will be held at Stormy Weather (Stormies) Bar & Restaurant in Lan Kwai Fong. NZSHK members can enjoy a free drink. Click here for more details.

Kiwi KonnectioNZ -This month's KK event will be held at SODA in the SOHO district of Central. NZSHK members can enjoy a free drink. Click here for more details.

2007 Hong Kong Rugby Sevens - Need I say more?

Note - The NZSHK will not be holding a Welcome Reception for the NZ Rugby Sevens team this year as the team management have declined our invitation to attend.

New Zealand Navy Ships Visit - HMNZS Te Kaha and HMNZS Endeavour will return to Hong Kong for a brief tour in August. NZSHK will be hosting a reception for the officers and crew and there will be an opportunity for NZSHK members to visit the Te Kaha whilst it is moored in the harbour.

• 19th August – Cultural Dance Performance (Kapa Haka), Hong Kong Cultural Centre. During the ships' visit to Hong Kong, the New Zealand Navy Maori Dance Group will be performing at various occasions in Hong Kong, including a performance for the public to the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in its lobby from 4:45 to 5:15 pm on Saturday 19 August 2006.
• 20th August - NZSHK Reception for Officers and Crew of HMNZS Te Kaha and Endeavour. Skitz Sports Bar, 1/F 18 Fenwick Street, Wanchai. Come along and give our service men and women a hearty welcome - from 7PM.
• 21st August - Ship visits. Limited access has been granted to NZSHK members to make visits to the New Zealand naval frigate HMNZS Te Kaha. 10 PAX can visit from 0920-1000hrs (participants will need to meet at Fenwick Pier at 0905hrs to catch the water taxi) and 20 PAX can visit from 0940-1020hrs (meet at 0925hrs to catch the water taxi). To book your place, please email Travis at kiwi@nzshk.org advising the number of participants and the preferred visit time.

Kiwi KonnectioNZ - This month Kiwi KonnectioNZ will return to Madison's Restaurant and Bar, G/F., Hutchison House, 10 Harcourt Road, Central, Hong Kong. From 6:30-8:30PM. Madison's is a convenient walk from Admiralty or Central MTR stations with Wanchai and Lan Kwai Fong easy to reach destinations later in the evening. Alternatively stay on at Madison's for dinner and enjoy their extensive restaurant menu. If you are an Asia Miles member, you can accummulate air miles while you dine if you spend over $300.

Kiwi Kowloonies - We are having a special Wine & Cheese Evening - Kiwi Style - at Sai Kung on 25th November. Drinks will be charged on a consumption basis (sold by the glass or the bottle) and there will be a small charge for the nibbles. Where: Accents Carpet Shop, 1 Sha Tsui Path, Sai Kung ( just along from Jaspa’s) Time: 1830 – 2100. All enquiries to Gaylene McCarroll.  PH  9328 4050

Money MatterZ: Beware the Tax Man -Des Trigg from New Zealand firm BDO Spicers, Auckland will be in Hong Kong to run a Tax Seminar as a joint function for the New Zealand Hong Kong Business Association and the New Zealand Society. [More]

Faust - A dramatic opera comes tot he Hong Kong stage featuring New Zealand Maori soprano Deborah Wai Kapohe. [More]

Shopping Trip to Kam Tin & Pat Heung - The New Zealand Society of Hong Kong has organised a shopping trip to the Kam Tin Village and Pat Heung in the New Territories, on Saturday 18th September 2004.