Sarau Festival

Another successful bike race – well done. And a huge thank-you to Country Kids Childcare Centre for the use of their car-park and facilities. Here are the early results from the event: Mountain Bike Race: 1st: Tom Fulmer 54min 32 secs 2nd: Henry Jaire 56mins 11 secs 3rd: Andrew Reid 56 mins...

Thank-you to everyone who entered our competitions at Sarau Festival 2012. We were absolutely delighted to welcome over 4,000 people through the gates and have a fantastic afternoon and evening. Some guests weren’t able to stay for the results announcement so we present the results of all the competitions...

We’ve just been informed that we are lucky to offer helicopter rides at Sarau Festival 2012! Helipro will be offering scenic flights from an adjacent paddock. A first for Sarau. Helipro Nelson will be waiting to take you on a fantastic flight over our beuatiful Moutere region. Cost from $65.00...

Our cooking competition is once again kindly sponsored by Barker’s Fine Foods. Here’s a quick reminder that all cooking comp entries must be presented to the competition tent (FruitFed marquee) by 4.00pm. Preserves, baking and juices should all be delivered there. Make sure you make your...

Weather permitting, the team of U Fly Extreme, Motueka, will be performing aerobatic stunts over the Sarau festival in their specially prepared aircraft: the Pitts Special.  Come along and watch one of the best aerobatic displays in the country perform loops, rolls, reverse rolls and cuban eights....

Come and try Oamaru Stone Carving at Sarau Festival! So what’s going to be happening between 3pm and 9pm You do not want to miss this Sunday’s Sarau Festival at MHCC, Upper Moutere!   What’s New: Photograph competition Top of the South Cheesemakers Hop Industry displays Purple hat...

Only a few days left to go: Important information: CYCLE RIDERS:  We are still accepting registrations for both the Mountain Bike race and the Gentle Cycle ride, but do need you to register urgently!  Unless you do so we can’t make adequate preparations.  

Purple Cake Day March 1st 2012 Purple and Sarau just seems to work so well together! You have probably already heard of Purple Cake Day? The aim of this day is to connect children around the world. It’s a day of celebration, education and action. Purple Cake Day encourages our children to learn...

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...

This year at Sarau Festival Top of The South Cheesemakers are delighted to host Martin and Sarah Aspinwall of Canterbury Cheesemongers who are going to share with us: “The Lowdown on Cheeses”. Upper Moutere’s own Neudorf Dairy in conjunction with MeadowCroft and Wangapeka Cheese Ltd...