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Big Dutch Day Out - Saturday 27 April, 2024 Colourful Art Competition and Plenty of HeritageThe Big Dutch Day Out is a prime event on the Dutch Community’s agenda of annual festivities. And not just for the yummie Gouda cheese, croquettes with Zaanse mustard and salty herring. Foxton will be cheered up by the music from no less than two street... Keep Reading

Netherlands-New Zealand Collaboration introduces an old ‘new’ art form An international collaboration between Dutch and New Zealand artists will put a bright spotlight on olfactory art. The 'Smells like Roses – Rozengeur' exhibition, in Foxton’s Māpuna Kabinet Art Gallery, opens on 1 April and will run until early July. New Zealand... Keep Reading

One of the world's top 10 kite makers - Rob van Weers - will fly a 9m Monkey Kite,  high in the sky at the Big Dutch Day Out in Foxton, on 24 April. The Monkey will advertise Dutch Week on his T-shirt. And it's all part of a kids workshop to promote vliegeren and kite making.  Rob loves kites - a good old ancient Dutch tradition, from.. Keep Reading

Dutch culture and language celebrated nationwide  The Dutch community will celebrate ‘all things Dutch’ – all over the country – during the first ever ‘Dutch Week’, from Saturday 24 April to Sunday 2 May. The aim of a week of activities, is to highlight and celebrate the culture, language, arts, food and heritage of the Dutch... Keep Reading

Oranjehof organised an exhibition with exquisite jewellery – shining glittery lights - in the 'Mapuna Kabinet' gallery from October to December 2020. The artworks were surrounded by the shadows and colourful hues of moody paintings, that worked on the emotions.  ‘Parallax: Shine and Shadows – Spelen met Licht’, was all about illusion... Keep Reading

On Saturday morning, 27 February, a dawn ceremony  was performed opening the new park which overlooks the river loop in Foxton. Karakia were performed and a day of festivities with music and kai was started.  One highlight was the unveiling of a 150 year old Anchor in one of the gardens of Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom. Another impressive... Keep Reading

Ivar Smits and Floris van Hees are two Dutch sailors who sail around the world as they document local initiatives of doing things in a more sustainable (or future-proof) way for society and the planet. Do you know good examples in New Zealand in the fields of buildings, climate, community, economy, ecosystems, energy, nutrition,... Keep Reading

Naar Nederland reizen: wat zijn nú de regels? Om de verspreiding van Coronavirussen tegen te gaan, heeft Nederland voorwaarden verbonden aan het reizen naar Nederland. Deze beperkingen zijn begin januari in wetten vastgelegd. De belangrijkste is dat je in veel gevallen Nederland alleen binnen kunt komen als je een negatieve PCR-test kunt laten... Keep Reading

Stemmen voor de verkiezingen? Tot 3 februari de tijd om te registreren én volmacht te regelen! Een belangrijke reminder: je kunt je tot en met 3 februari registreren om te mogen stemmen. Ook voor gebruikmaking van de volmacht-constructie geldt deze datum! In verband met gebrekkige internationale posterijen, zeker nu in het coronatijdperk, raden... Keep Reading

Op woensdag 27 januari om 19u NLse tijd vindt het (virtuele) Werelds Verkiezingsdebat 2021 plaats. Dit is georganiseerd door Politiek Café Londen, de Netherland Club of New York en door de SNBN. Dit debat is online live te volgen op YouTube en heeft tot doel om met partijen in discussie te gaan over onderwerpen die ons in het buitenland aangaan.... Keep Reading

Perhaps the headline "Drones, deep learning, and saving Māui dolphins" wouldn't capture one's attention. But then there's this paragraph: "“There's a guy who has a "f*** me Doris" drone, with a Māori-Dutch name, who is using AI [artificial intelligence] and some hardware to save the Māui... Keep Reading

Collected News of interest to our New Zealand Dutch Community Keep Reading

A Friese Staartklok was gifted to Oranjehof by an ex-art gallery / antique dealer from Wellington. Back in the 1950s, a Dutchman one day had walked into his gallery, and sold the clock. The assumption by the dealer was that the man was destitute, needed money to feed his family, and sold the heirloom. We tried to find the original family who... Keep Reading