Music Mountain Matakana: Bush Party 2009

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When:

Sat 28 Feb ’09, 12:00pm

Where: Whangaripo Hills, Govan Wilson Rd, Matakana

Restrictions: All Ages

Ticket Information:

Adult: $100.00
Booking fees may apply

Website:

www.musicmountainmatakana.co.nz

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Black Seeds, Salmonella Dub, Little Bushman, dDub, Batucada Sound Machine, Tahuna Breaks . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3Pn6ScbFlc&fmt=18

With DJs . . . Sunshine Sound System.

Catch this massive line-up of Roots, Reggae, Dub acts, all coming together for this one time show only at Music Mountain, just north of Auckland.

Soak up eleven hours of Aotearoa’s finest funk this summer. Hook up with your friends at the Punga Bar. Score a tasty meal from the Kauri Kitchen. Groove to the phat sounds of your favourite bands. Chill out under the stars, surrounded by hi-tech lighting and smok’n chimineas . . . and be part of the awesome atmosphere of this very unique venue.

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Content Editor 3 years ago

Thanks for all your exciting stories!
This time, the lucky winners of the double passes are:
- A M
- mtbm
- Cayherine Warren
- jennmark
- Emma Hill
Have a great time!
anubis2121 3 years ago

Best memory of going bush was my first time ever going bush. Some mates decided to take me hunting and I coming from the city didnt really know what i was in for. They took me up the wairarapa and they said we were staying in a hutt that had a toilet and running water but little did i know there were a few nights planned of camping so i was a bit lost when it came to going to the toilet in the bush. That was an experience i wont forget.
jamie davidson 3 years ago

My favorite memory of the bush was when I was seven, building bush huts out of tree branches with my close friend billy, He always checked for bugs so it was safe for me to actually go in them. Little did I know then that fourteen years later that he would be my husband and a dad to our little girl and he still check's for bugs, for the both of us. The bush was where we became great friends that eventually lend to a solid marriage.
Sam P 3 years ago

on a weekend catch up with friends from hamilton, we took our house bus and a couple of car loads to a random little creek amongst the bushs in the kaimais, pitched the tents and lit a small but safe bonfire and away the campfire stories and good times rolled..out of the blue but was a great bush experience!
jackruby 3 years ago

as a teenager doing my best "lord of flies" midnight possum hunt, shirtless and with lancewood poles we'd sharpened, one torch 20 guys bushcrashing and pissing ourselves.,.,and no possums - just loads of laughs
MeiLi 3 years ago

Summer 2008 camping in Canada with my English boyfriend. We were free camping in bear country just up the hill from some fabulous natural hot springs. Fortunately we didn't meet any bears.
Cindy Schaser 3 years ago

Definitely my favorite New Zealand bush experience was when I was hiking alone in the far North starting on 90 mile beach. As the sun dropped and I got closer to the first beach where I'd camp, I ran into a local guy who'd been fishing. He immediately offered me a great looking fish and an abalone to take for dinner: "Ya gotta eat off the laund, mate!" I confess, I'd never even made a fire by the myself. But that night I had the most amazing time playing bush girl: making fire, cleaning fish, bathing in the ocean, with only the company of a chubby half moon and an abalone that I guiltily had no idea how to eat. :)
Now MUSIC in the bush...that sounds like a FANTASTIC idea. I would so love to dive into the green and shake some tail to those incredible bands!!!
Wellshaw 3 years ago

We live right beside several bush tracks - we always take visitors, especially if they are from overseas, on a bush walk. They just can't believe such wonderful recreation is literally at our doorstep. Native orchids, birds, trees - even glow worms if we venture out at night. Every visitor goes aaway with their own experience, while we try not to take it for granted.
Rach 3 years ago

My boyfriend and I were staying in Banff, Canada for the snow season. We meet up with some canadian friends and they took us on a skidoo ride up some huge tree & snow-filled mountains for a day. We had a wicked but memorable experience in one of the most beautiful surroundings in the world (alongside NZ's surroundings of course!). My b'friend and his mate decided to go 'joy-riding' by themselves...a few hours had passed & they were nowhere 2 be seen/heard? We ended up having to call Search & Resuce, where the chopper had found both of them the next morning freezing trying to tramp their ways out of 1000's hectares in -15° weather conditions! They had crashed their skidoos & thought it would be easier 2 walk down the mountain instead of up!! We'd love to head to the famous little town of Matakana for the weekend, and listen to some wicked tunes...in the sun of course...not the snow!
Sarah Hand 3 years ago

Oh boy...hard to choose! As a child, visiting "relatives" up North in Pipiwai, we all got sick from drinking manky creek water.....not before playing spin the bottle and my sister daring me to kiss a tree....to which my "uncle" sat up and said "I'm a tree"....SPOOKY! Then there was the FIG FESTIVAL in some Hippie Commune in Coromandel! Say no more!! I am pretty sure I flew there and back to be honest!!
And lastly, there was my nemesis, Mt Cullen....bush at an extremely STEEP angle!!! Not nice! That was while on Outward Bound.....Great fun that nearly killed me! "Great this is the summit? No, I'm not proud I made it, let's just start heading down now shall we, Im not spending another night on this mountain!!" lol!! Bush is fab!! I'm a great fan of bush!
Christine Heather 3 years ago

Getting lost in the bush aged around 12 in the Marlborouh Sounds for 12+ hours with Mum, Dad my Brother 8? my Uncle, Aunty and 3 cousins (girls) aged between 6 and 11 with 6 macintosh lollies and a roll of toilet paper (the uncle had 4 girls after all and always carried it). The bush walk was only suppose to take an hour. We have been scarred for life - ha ha.
Marama McComish 3 years ago

School camp for me-camp Tarawera. my dad came along and took us into the bush at night for spook stories! Had about 20 girls sitting in a circle then scared the shit out of us and took off running back to camp! Just left us for dead! Bloody girls screaming and running in all directions! A night I won't forget!
Fifi LaRoo 3 years ago

Luckily Obama is president now so Bush experiences will (thankfully) be a thing of the past........although Bush-isms will remain entertaining!
Mazza R 3 years ago

Since I discovered Veet things have been great thanks!
Joydah Bernardo 3 years ago

Never really been to a Bush Party here in NZ so if i win this competition it would be a great opportunity to experience this MATAKANA BUSH PARTY! Horrahhh! =)
Anne Pinkham 3 years ago

When in the Young Farmers 29 years ago people from the district and anyone who knew went down to a farmers paddock to a bush party. Taking bales of hay, seats out of cars practically anything soft to sit on and spent a great evening with music loud enough that batteries could carry.
Tim Clauson 3 years ago

Cruising down Doubtful sound on a DOC boat in June 2006 - the one week of sunshine in a month of snow (entire South Island was white out for a bit there) on our last afternoon in the Sounds, with The Verve's Bittersweet Symphony blaring over the radio on the boat - up on the deck, out the back, and in the cabin, and echoing off the rocky surrounds, without anyone else in sight. Truly stellar, and unforgettable for the rest of my life.
swynne100 3 years ago

school camp...we got put in the bush for a night " SOLO "
we had to reflect and think about our life
all i was thinking was about the wasp nest two metres away
depnana 3 years ago

There was a boy. There were stars. There was soft moss on the ground.............................................. It was heaven.
Emma Hill 3 years ago

Best bush experience was watching dad's mate steer a wild boar into his friends tent while he was sleeping. A few bruises and a ripped tent later, the boar was gone, and their mate was thoroughly awake!!!
Heaps of good laughs all round!
ashesc 3 years ago

First tramp experience ever - Goldie bush in the west with a coupla friends. I wore flat gym shoes (i.e you only wear them indoors because they have NO GRIP).. haha, and I was wondering hmm, why are they so slippery? Memorable moment was when I hit my head onto a branch as we were going uphill, biggest bump ever. Good memories :)
Richard P 3 years ago

Just last week got back from tramping the Heaphy track. Awesome way to spend a few days and to get to see a little bit of gool ole NZ. Beautiful.
paula hudson 3 years ago

back many years ago when i was at college we were on a school trip in the bushes we got lost walking 13hrs finally found our way back to the start everyone carring heavy packs, so tired, blisters the works the college was not impressed and was in the local newspaper.
jennmark 3 years ago

LOADS of bush memories... I come from a family of pig hunters - not a rare event in NZ eh? But how many can say that their Dad died, quite literally, in the bush, complete with guns ablazin'?! This was in May 2004, high up in the Coromandel Ranges, and although (of course!) I'd rather he be here with me, I'm glad it happened quickly there (his heart gave out) and that he wasn't wired to tubes in a hospital. We hung his boots in the tree where he fell, and buried his ashes near the same spot - now how's that for "down to earth"?! Kennel time, Pop x
Boon Aja 3 years ago

Yeah I remember those out door trecks in primary and high school. I won't lie, can't say I was a big fan being a bit of a city girl myself, but of recent experience I have renewed my appreciation of nature and what our country has to offer!
New Year brings New Year resolutions, one of them is to do more outdoors-ey things. So a couple of girlfriends and I went camping at McLaren's falls went swimming in the gorgeous rock pools during the day and listened to summer sounds on a tinny portable stereo whilst sipping on chilled glasses of sav after an awesome summers day. Beautiful views, peaceful surroundings we were quite happy to just stare at nature do it's thing for hours on end as the sun set.
Music to chill the soul, yummy NZ sav.. I didn't even need my GHDS!! Camping.. the way we do it!! I can hear my girlfriend now.. Bloody Aucklanders! Hehe. x
Had an awesome time. What can I say, NZ Music, sun, summer sav! Summer the kiwi way - I would love these tickets!
mtbm 3 years ago

With a group of adults and a couple of teenagers for ten days, the longest I'd been out - swimming in George Sound after four days tramping, then making the trek back to civilisation again, which took some adjusting. The bush is awesome - it's levelling, challenging and peaceful.
Ryan Craig 3 years ago

Tuataupere Humpridge Track in Southland = AWESOME!
Tammy Aukett 3 years ago

The bush is always such a peaceful educational and awe-inspiring place to be. One of my most favourite times in the bush was taking my class of 26 kids (aged between 8-10) on a real bush adventure! Finding native trees and listening to native birds, hunting out weta accommodation in dying trunks and being able to give a group of 'city kids' the tools, time and opportunity to build their own bivouac out of things around them. The excitement, their faces, and the knowledge that they themselves are inspired to, not only to return to the bush, but also to protect it are what makes this my best bush experience
Ben Marino 3 years ago

this time at a camp walking through some neighbouring farm and happening on a bull who wasn't pleased me and my mate ran for it made it to the next field, but he still rushed the fence and almost knocked the gate clear off, we had to walk for miles to get back to our tent without going through that field!
Emmajane Austin 3 years ago

I remember our 6th form camp on great barrier island. It consisted on a bunch of naughty farm boys, several pretty city girls and teachers of course.
This was a big eye opener for most of us. We were faced with lots of challenges, such as pitching a tent, cooking our own food on using a biller, washing clothes in the creek, treeking for 6-7 hours, climbing steep cliffs and avoiding getting up to nonsense once the teachers went to sleep.
This camp brought our school year a lot closer and it really helped me appreciate the small things like clean clothes, my own bed and NZ.
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