What's On: New Year's eve fireworks in Paihia, Waipū Highland Games and more

The pipe band marches through Waipū township at this year's Waipū Highland Games. The annual event is on New Year's Day. Photo / John Stone

TODAY

• Live Music from Tammy D'Ath, 7pm-10pm, Thirty30, 16, Kings Rd, Paihia, Bay of Islands.

• Summer School Holidays, 10am-4pm, Kiwi North Museum, Kiwi House & Heritage Park, 500 State Highway 14, Maunu, Whangārei.

SATURDAY

• Frisky Business - 80's Flashback Night, 8pm, The Mangawhai Tavern, Mangawhai, Kaipara.

• The Artisans Market, 9am-1.30pm, Reyburn House Art Gallery, 32 Reyburn House Lane, Town Basin, Whangārei.

• Sons of Zion, Tomorrow People, 1814 & Rei, 6.30pm, Opononi Hotel, Hokianga, Mid North.

• Tutukaka Twilight Market, 5pm, Tutukaka Green, Tutukaka, Northland.

• Mangawhai Village Market, 9am, Mangawhai Library Hall, Mangawhai, Kaipara.

• Littlest Biggest Circus, 2pm, Village Green, Paihia, Bay of Islands.

• Mangawhai Tavern Market, 8.30am, The Mangawhai Tavern, Mangawhai, Kaipara.

Visitors watch the fireworks from the Paihia waterfront last year. Photo / Peter de Graaf

SUNDAY

• Tikipunga Community Market, 7am-11am, Tikipunga High School, 194 Corks Rd, Whangārei.

• Sunday Market, 7am-11am, Tikipunga Tavern, Cnr Wanaka St and Denby Cres, Whangārei.

• Northern Bass 19/20, 10am, Worsfold Farm, 420 Settlement Rd, Mangawhai, Kaipara.

• Vinyl Factory Sessions, 2pm, The Old Stone Butter Factory, Whangārei.

COMING UP

• Summer School Holidays, all school holidays, 10am-4pm, Kiwi North Museum, Kiwi House & Heritage Park, 500 State Highway 14, Maunu, Whangārei.

• Littlest Biggest Circus, Monday, December 30 to Thursday, January 9, 2pm-9pm, Village Green, 60 Marsden Rd, Paihia, Bay of Islands.

• Fat Freddy's Drop, Monday, December 30, 4.30pm, Kainui Rd Vineyard, 15 Conifer Lane, Kerikeri, Bay of Islands.

• The Feelers - All The Hits Summer Tour, Tuesday, December 31, 7.30pm, Zane Greys On the Dock, Paihia, Bay of Islands.

• Otehei Bay New Year's Eve Party, Tuesday, December 31, 5pm, Otehei Bay, Paihia, Bay of Islands.

• Paihia New Years Eve Fireworks, Tuesday, December 31/Wednesday, January 1, midnight, can be seen in the skies above Paihia, Russell, Opua, Haruru and Waitangi.

• Tunes of I – Get Up Summer Tour, Tuesday, December 31, 8pm, The Old Stone Butter Factory, Whangārei.

• Shared Lunch, Tuesday, December 31, 12pm, Multicultural Whangārei, Whangārei.

• Waipū Highland Games, 9am-7.30pm, Waipū Caledonian Park.

• Whangārei Mid Week Market, Wednesday, January 1, 12pm, Cobham Oval, Whangārei.

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