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A Summer’s Day Live with TOTO & 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. 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 General public sales will begin from 9am, Monday 13 August through Ticketek.

The small Taranaki town experiencing big changes 26 July 2018 Inglewood is on the rise. This small Taranaki town is enjoying prosperous times with its house values rising five per cent from this time last year. New builds are increasing in value too, with the 13 building consents issues in the 2017/2018 financial year averaging a cost of $420,000 per build, up from $340,000 in the previous year. To support this growth and help make the Inglewood lifestyle even more appealing NPDC is investing in the town’s parks and community facilities. “We’ve already seen how NPDC is committed to developing the Joe Gibbs and PG Nops reserves into beautiful parks as well as other improvements like the Festive Lights and Windsor Walkway. Our population is growing and we’re listening to our community, empowering them to decide their own future by giving organisations the security to plan ahead and develop at their own pace,” says Councillor and local resident Marie Pearce. NPDC’s support for the town includes: • A $500,000 spruce up for the Inglewood Town hall, this was supported by Taranaki Electricity Trust (TET) grants and allows the hall to serve the community for another century. • Jubilee Park is getting a new playground and landscaping with $85,000 from NPDC, $83,000 from TET and $40,000 from NZCT. NPDC is investing a further $80,000 to improve the park’s sports fields. The park is also getting a state-of-the-art $260,000 skatepark with funding from NPDC and a $60,000 TSB grant. • $1 per year ground leases have helped secure homes for the town’s Plunket rooms and squash club. • We have helped the local Lions Club with its plans for a mini-putt course in the park by granting them a $1 ground lease. • Inglewood’s soccer and cricket teams are to buy their Karo Park clubrooms off NPDC for $1 and will pay a $1 ground lease. • To support the Scouts and Guides we are leasing their buildings to the groups for 1 per cent of the value. • A new path and seating in Trimble Park now offers the perfect panorama of the historic town thanks to $62,500 of funding.

Collectors call - NPDC’s Puke Ariki needs you! 06 July 2018 NPDC’s Puke Ariki is seeking out collectors for a new exhibition and wants to hear from people with a passion for the peculiar. Whether it is collecting teddy bears (arctophiles), cheese labels (tyrosemiophiles) or medals and military badges (falerists), Puke Ariki wants to share collectors’ stories and learn about why they stockpile their beloved treasures. “We are looking for collections of all shapes and sizes, from collectors of all ages, no matter how weird or wonderful, to be part of next year’s exhibition,” says Puke Ariki Manager Kelvin Day. The exhibition celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Taranaki Museum with an exhibition of Taranaki collections, starting with the collection by W.H. Skinner that launched the museum in 1919. The W.H. Skinner collection laid the foundation for what is now the regionally and nationally significant Puke Ariki Heritage Collections. Skinner’s work as a surveyor brought him into contact with many Māori in Taranaki and he developed a life-long interest in Māori culture and history. Concerned that Taranaki lacked a proper museum and that items were being lost to the province, he and his son, Henry Devenish Skinner, offered the collection to the New Plymouth Borough Council in 1913 on the proviso that a suitable, fire-proof building was built. The newly built museum extension to the Carnegie Library opened in August 1919 with the Skinner Collection on display. Meanwhile, local mountain man Derek Andrews has an incredible collection of more than 30,000 items he has found on Mt Taranaki during his 800 ascents of the mountain. His collection includes 16,292 pieces of glass as well as items from a crashed aircraft, crampons, coins and golf balls. “I’m still finding things each time I go up the mountain which are brought to the surface,” he says. And music mad David Clark’s entire home is filled with 45s, CDs, DVDs and more than 4,000 LPs. “My favourite band is Madness and I guess my collection is a bit mad as well!” Collectors wanting to take part can get in touch with the museum to include part of their treasured items in the new display. If you want more information, please email chanelle.carrick@npdc.govt.nz. 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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