Calendar of international events in New Zealand

22 – 24 April 2010 New Zealand Forest Industries Expo 2010. The New Zealand Forest Industries Expo will be held at a new time and at an improved venue in Rotorua in 2010 and it’s all about timber, technology and opportunity.  There are lots of exciting new things happening with the popular four-yearly event which is a firm favourite on the international forest industries event calendar. The Expo in 2010 will be held in April, instead of March, to avoid conflict with two other major events in the United States.

1 - 24 May 2010 - New Zealand International Comedy festival  - Auckland and Wellington  - http://www.comedyfestival.co.nz/ info@comedyfestival.co.nz
This 16th consecutive year, the New Zealand International Comedy Festival has expanded to include 13 national centres, with a comprehensive programme running in both Auckland and Wellington of local talent and international acts with an explosive programme of great comedy.

6 - 9 May 2010 -  - Rally Auckland over Gravel and asphalt -  www.rallynz.org.nz/ 
The organisers of Rally New Zealand have confirmed that next year's event will include a selection of classic special stages north of Auckland on gravel roads of New Zealand that are generally considered to be some of the best in the world. http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=6053&desc=Rally%20New%20Zealand%20heads%20north%20in%202010
The 2010 World Rally Championship season will be the 38th season of the  FIA World Rally Championship. The season consists of 13 rallies and will begin with the Swedish Rally.

6 – 11 July 2010 New Zealand International Science Festival Conferences – Dunedin
http://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/news_events/events/new_zealand_international_science_festival
‘Everyday science, food for thought!’ is the theme of the 2010 New Zealand International Science Festival in Dunedin. This will be all about to explore all aspects of food, ranging from what we eat to how our bodies manage what we put in our mouths to what people eat in other parts of the world.

17th July 2010 - Ackland International Boat Show 2010 - Viaduct Harbour downtown Auckland –
http:// www.aucklandinternationalboatshow.co
The 12th Show sees the return of Gold Sponsors Boating NZ and Auckland City Council, Tourism Auckland, Total Floating Systems Ltd and KIA Motors as Silver Sponsors, The Moorings, Viaduct Harbour Holdings and Coastguard Education, plus Panasonic New Zealand, and NZ Herald as Partners.

29 June 2010 − 1 July 2010 - NZSA /International Statistical Methodologies 2010 Conference - Massey University, Palmerston North.  http://nzsa_cdl_2010.massey.ac.nz/
International Conference on Statistical Methodologies and Related Topics in conjunction with NZSA Annual Conference. The topics include, but are not limited to: Statistical distributions (univaritae or multivariate), Statistical quality control, Reliability and survival analysis, Designs of experiments and others

August - September 2010 -
2010 Snowboard and Freestyle Junior World Championships at Wanaka over 14 days in late August and early September.  http://www.nzskier.com/news/178/new_zealand_awarded_2010_fis_junior_world_championships
Wanaka  International Ski Federation (FIS) has awarded the 2010 Snowboard and Freestyle Junior World Championships to New Zealand.  The event marks the first time a FIS World Championship will be staged in New Zealand, and also marks the first time that snowboarding and freestyle skiing will share the same stage in a World Championship. A full slate of snowboard disciplines will be showcased during the event for boys and girls ages 20-under, including half pipe, snowboard-cross, parallel giant slalom, parallel slalom, big air and slope style.  

September 2010 - Montana World of WearableArt Awards Show – WOW - TSB Bank Arena, Queens Wharf, Wellington - http://www.worldofwearableart.com/designers/sections 
The lines of fashion and art blur and merge as one at the Montana World of WearableArt™ Awards Show.
Once described as "Mardi Gras meets Haute Couture at a Peter Gabriel concert directed by Salvador Dali," World of WearableArt twists conventional perceptions of art and fashion.
Unique works of art are designed for the moving body and individually choreographed into a two-hour theatrical show. Each year's performance is original and contains elements of music, dance, lighting, drama and comedy.

24 September - 7 November 2010 at Christchurch SCAPE 2010 - Biennial of Art in Open Space. www.scapebiennial.org.nz   info@scapebiennial.org.nz
The SCAPE Christchurch Biennial of Art in Public Space is New Zealand’s only international biennial dedicated to the exhibition of contemporary art in public space. It is organised and managed by the Art & Industry Biennial Trust. SCAPE is the largest producer of new contemporary artwork in New Zealand – by both national and international artists. 

30 October /7 November 2010  Cambridge NZ - 2010 World Rowing Championship, which will take place at Lake Karapiro in 2010. www.wrch2010.com/
After one of New Zealand's most successful ever World Rowing Championship campaigns in Poznan, Poland the official FISA flag was handed over to New Zealand. The fairness of the LakeKarapiro course is a vital element in the selection of New Zealand. Lake Karapiro hosted a very successful World Rowing Championships in 1978 and New Zealand's 2010 bid committee demonstrated that they are fully prepared to repeat the success.
The inaugural winners of the International Olympic Committee's new Award for Sport and the Environment have been announced on the first day of the World Conference on Sport and Environment in Vancouver - and New Zealand has taken centre stage with the Karapiro 2010 World Rowing Championships winning one of just five global awards. 

November 2010 – Wattyl Lake Taupo International Cycle Challenge - Taupo -  http://www.roadcycling.co.nz/RaceTalk/wattyl-lake-taupo-cycle-challenge-entries-open.html
The Wattyl Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge takes over 10,000 riders on a journey around LakeTaupo, It’s one of the biggest cycle events in the Southern Hemisphere with all nature of riders from 37 different countries taking on the 160km challenge in teams or as a solo. The Wattyl Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge, with ten thousand riders completing the 160kms around Lake Taupo and now part of the Golden Bike world series, the 12 Hour mountain bike event – the biggest of its type in the world.