Sarau Festival

Only a few days left to go: Important information: Please click here for lots of useful info for stallholders! Thank-you so much for being part of this community event and we wish you a successful day. STALLHOLDERS:  We have closed off the stall registrations.  If you still wish to have a place at...

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...

Introducing for the first time: Sarau Festival Photographic Competition We have our very own photo competition at Sarau Festival 2012 in the following categories: Category 1:  Life in the Moutere Category 2:  Open – life outside the Moutere Category 3:  Digitally enhanced Category 4:  Under 15years Here’s...

Introducing…Jim Grierson – President of the International Blackcurrant Association. We are honoured to have Jim Grierson coming to the 2012 Sarau Festival. Jim has been working with the NZ Blackcurrant industry as a Crop Advisor (Agronomist) for 30 years. He is also an advisor to growers...

It’s time to think about entering the great Moutere Valley Mountain Bike Race which will start and finish at the Sarau Festival. Registrations will now remain open up to and including the day of the Festival. Local farmers open their gates for us and the race crosses diverse Moutere farmland including...

Hello fellow “cassisarians” and friends of the beautiful blackcurrant. Our website this month features an article about the pioneering research being done by Dr Abdul Molan of Massey University and also gives details of (what we think is) the world’s only Blackcurrant Festival being held in January,...