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A Summer’s Day Live with TOTO, Jefferson Starship & Dragon 11 January 2019 11 Jan 2019 TSB Bowl of Brooklands Toto - the legends behind some of the most iconic pop songs in history, Kiwi favourites Dragon, and another exciting headliner still to be announced, are performing in our stunning TSB Bowl of Brooklands at a summer concert series called ‘A Summer’s Day Live’, which will feature major international artists from the past four decades. It’s without question, that Toto are currently in the middle of a major resurgence around the world. Loved for hits such as ‘Rosanna’, ‘Africa’ and ‘Hold The Line’, the band has released 17 studio albums, and sold more than 40 million records worldwide, since forming in the 1970's. Jefferson Starship rose from the ashes of another legendary San Francisco band, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees, Jefferson Airplane. Between 1974 and 1984, the band released eight gold and platinum albums and 20 hit singles, including ‘We Built This City’, ‘Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now’, ‘Sara’, ‘Volunteers’, ‘White Rabbit’, ‘Wooden Ships’, ‘Somebody to Love’, ‘Today’, ‘Miracles’, ‘Count on Me’, ‘Fast Buck Freddie’, ‘Jane’ and ‘Find Your Way Back’). They also sold out concerts worldwide and lived out legendary rock and roll escapades. Iconic Kiwi rockers Dragon are also a major drawcard for the concert series. As the band behind hits such as ‘April Sun in Cuba’, ‘Are You Old Enough’, ‘Rain’ and ‘Still In Love With You’, Dragon are one of New Zealand’s most popular live acts. They were inducted into the New Zealand Hall of Fame in 2011 and with Todd Hunter and Mark Williams at the helm, they have continued to delight Kiwi crowds wherever they play. Ticket prices: Gold (platform seating) - $209.00 Silver (terrace seating) - $169.00 General Admission - from $109.00 Child 3-14 years (GA only) - $59.00 (under 3’s free) Service fees apply

Paywave in, paper receipts out in NPDC car parking upgrade 02 November 2018 ‘Tap and go’ parking has arrived in New Plymouth, with most NPDC car parking machines in the central business district now accepting Paywave. It’s the first phase in an upgrade that will also see the end to printed receipts as part of NPDC’s journey toward Zero Waste 2040. Before Christmas, NPDC will phase out printed receipts and give the option of an e-receipt instead. “It’s about using technology to cut down our waste and make it easier and faster to park in the CBD,” says NPDC Customer and Regulatory Solutions Manager Katrina Brunton. “We brought in the PayMyPark app nearly three years ago to make parking quick and easy, and now we’ve added Paywave as an option at the machines. “NPDC is focused on supporting a thriving central city, and making it simple to park and pay is a key part of keeping our CBD accessible.” In addition, users can now top up their parking from more machines. Top up your $1 an hour parking from any other $1 an hour machine, and your $2 an hour parking from any other $2 an hour machine. Top-up parking is also available on the PayMyPark app. Due to more popular payment options being available, the text-to-park function is being shut down.

NPDC's Puke Ariki's new exhibition will trick your senses and blow your mind 08 November 2018 Prepare to question your own eyes, test your senses and have your mind boggled at NPDC’s Puke Ariki’s new exhibition, Illusion: Nothing Is As It Seems. Illusion, which opens in the Temporary Exhibitions Gallery on 10 November, is a perception-shattering insight into the human mind, playfully combining the techniques used by magicians and explored by psychologists. Puke Ariki will be Illusion’s one and only stop in New Zealand. With more than 19 exhibits designed to blow the mind and featuring a host of installations that deceive the eyes of the visitor, Illusion shows that what we perceive is often radically different from the reality of what our eyes observe. “We want to challenge perception, boggle the minds of visitors and inspire some future scientists,” says Puke Ariki Manager, Kelvin Day. “People are fascinated by illusions because they challenge everything we take for granted on a daily basis, they have the power to distort what we see and trick our minds. Prepare to be delighted, bewildered and surprised when you step into the exhibition and experience just how warped our perceptions can be.” Illusion was curated by psychologist, author and magician Richard Wiseman, and was researched by deception artist Paul Gleeson, who is also the world’s youngest professional escapologist. "Magic is an inspiring force for learning. I have worked with Science Gallery to create an exhibition that will inspire and educate people of any age,” says Mr Wiseman. “Each piece in the show deceives the brain with either an optical, perceptual or audio illusion. Illusions give us a greater appreciation of how we view the world and this exhibition brings us closer to understanding the magic of the mind." Some of the mind-bending illusions at the exhibition include: All the Universe is Full of the Lives of Perfect Creatures features a mirror where visitors get to see their inner animal. Delicate Boundaries creates a space that allows the worlds inside our digital devices to move into the physical realm as bugs crawl off the screen and onto visitors’ bodies. Counter, using a trompe l’oeil art effect, tries to convince visitors that a two dimensional object is actually in three dimensions. The exhibition, which runs until 5 March next year, comes as Puke Ariki celebrates a record-breaking year for exhibitions with Permian Monsters: Life Before the Dinosaurs attracting a new record total of 75,000 visitors. Illusion is created by Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin, part of the Global Science Gallery Network. Puke Ariki fact file It first opened on 15 June 2003. The total number of visitors to Puke Ariki and district libraries in the 2016/17 year was 809,036. In that same period, Puke Ariki and community libraries issued 792,563 items. It is the world’s first purpose-built, fully integrated museum, library and visitor information centre. Puke Ariki has three long-term galleries (Takapou Whāriki, Taranaki Naturally and the Gallery of Taranaki Life) and components of these get changed out regularly. The temporary exhibition space shows touring exhibitions that are either curated in-house or brought in from other museums. Te Pua Wānanga o Taranaki/Taranaki Research Centre is also housed at the site.

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