Double date in Wairarapa

Catch Poems on the Vine at Wairarapa's Gladstone Vineyard on Saturday, 11am to 4pm. The audience can picnic among the vines and sample Gladstone wines while listening to poetry readings. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at the gate. Down the road, the Martinborough Country Fair is also on Saturday, 8am to 4pm. More than 480 stall-holders will set up shop around the village square, offering arts, crafts and food stalls.

Contact: (06) 378 2875 (Poems on the Vine); (06) 304 9933 (Fair)