Songbirds of the South features New Zealand’s first Lady of the Blues Isabella (Izzy) Miller Bell Aka Ma Bell returning to Fairfield House for a special Mother's Day performance. Featuring special guest Debra Lee, a consummate song interpreter who’s signature spells sass, sensitivity and buckets full of soothing soul. They will be accompanied by jazz…

Express Yourself (Taster) Come along and have a go at expressing yourself through the creative arts with a small group of women in The Sanctuary at the beautiful historical Fairfield House. This is a free session and a great way to explore the creative arts including the visual arts, nature-based arts and creative writing/poetry. No…

Popular Seasons Art Class offers new Art courses starting Tuesday 17th May from 6pm - 9pm and Wednesday 18th May from 10am - 1pm. 14 weeks Art course with 3 hour weekly sessions. Adult beginners and improvers All material and refreshments are provided $49 per week ( +$84 booking fee) Meet like-minded people in a…

Winter Solstice, or the return of the sun's light reminds us that the wheel always turns and the darkest hour may be just before the dawn. The promise of Winter Solstice, shows us a way forward. At this potent time you're invited to take an evening out of time to see the bigger picture of…

Just imagine a musical fusion of Ab Fab, Miss Piggy and the Topp Twins  and you've got a pretty accurate ideas of what these two are all about. Music ranging from folk,country, blues and self penned these ladies can deliver. “We take our music very seriously but we love to have fun too” Both are…

Learn how to see the way you're moving in a more nuanced way! Move Your DNA weekends are engaging, two-day sessions designed to give you a strong foundation in aligning your body well during a variety of exercises - including walking and squatting - so you can start learning how to be your own personal…

We Mavericks pack punches but bring songs to heal the scars. Lindsay Martin’s masterful strings and vocals meet Victoria Vigenser’s magnificent voice, in driving rhythms and a connection you have to hear to believe. This captivating trans-tasman duo brings music that strangely sounds like more than the sum of its parts. Joining them this September…

The Nelson Institute presents author Chris Stuart’s talk – A writer’s journey, when fact and fiction collide. Chris’s crime novel, For Reasons of their Own, won  the 2021 Ngaio Marsh Award for best first novel. For Reasons of Their Own is a bleak chronicle of implacable fate, revenge, and murder set in 2014 in and around…

Well known musician Caitlin Welsh is back on tour with her inspiring, relaxing and evocative new concert, featuring piano, flute, 12 string guitar and singing. Ian Trafford joins her with his stunning and thoughtful nature photographs, projected on screen as visual accompaniment to her piano pieces. Pause your mind from life’s challenges and enjoy a…

Come along and have a go at expressing yourself through the creative arts with a small group of women in The Sanctuary at the beautiful historical Fairfield House. The workshop…

Feeling confident & attractive in your own skin... Wouldn’t it be simply amazing to be able to say “I love my body?” To feel confident in your own skin… At peace…