What's On at Southwards

🏁 PICK THE 2026 WINNER. WIN THE 2025 WINNER.

Bathurst is coming - and this school holidays, we’re putting your race-day prediction to the test.

Visit Southward Car Museum between 26 September and 11 October, pick who you think will win the 2026 Bathurst 1000, and if you’re right, you’ll go into the draw to win a limited-edition 1:18 model of the #100 Penrite Racing Ford Mustang GT that won Bathurst in 2025.

🎟️ Plus, get 20% off Museum Day Passes for the entire school holidays with code BATHURST.

Make your prediction during your Museum visit.

Entries close 4:30pm Sunday 11 October.

Book your visit today.

You’re invited to a high-energy, feel-good 60s dance party: Let’s Twist Again! that’s all about fun, freedom, and the fabulous music that defined a generation! Step back into the swingin' sixties — a time of bold fashion, big hair, and even bigger dance moves — and get ready to twist!

With a sensational live band, powerhouse vocals, and a cast of fabulous artists, this show brings the spirit of the Twist craze and 60s dance floor classics to life. From the sock-hop stompers to the Motown movers, this is a show full of infectious rhythms and carefree fun.

Get ready to dance and sing along to iconic hits like Twist and Shout from The Beatles, I Feel Good - James Brown, Aretha Franklin’s Respect, You Can’t Hurry Love from The Supremes, Let’s Twist Again – Chubby Checker and These Boots Are Made for Walkin’, made famous by Nancy Sinatra.

Whether you're dancing, clapping, or just grooving in your seat, this show promises non-stop entertainment, nostalgic joy, and a whole lot of rockin’ and rollin’.

So tease up that beehive, dust off your go-go boots, and get ready to twist again!

The sound of a generation, and the music that has influenced every generation since – that’s The Beatles. And now you can relive the heyday of The Beatles with Beatlemania On Tour!

Hear the greatest Pop and Rock songs ever written, performed live with exquisite attention to detail and in their original key, and brought to life on stage with authentic costumes, replica instruments and theatrical lighting.

With a setlist you’ll know – and sing-along to! - from start to finish, you can expect Hey Jude, All Your Need is Love, Yellow Submarine, Let It Be, Twist & Shout, Yesterday, Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, Come Together, Get Back, Love Me Do, Blackbird, Help!, Eleanor Rigby, Here Comes the Sun, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and so many more.

Treat yourself to a night of great music, fun and nostalgia… this is a show you’re guaranteed to love!

This is an annual event on the Kapiti Coast where businesses have the opportunity to showcase their products and services to the local community. Perfect timing for Christmas shopping. For more information regarding exhibitors, please visit our website www.KapitiWomensExpo.co.nz.

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COFFEE & CARS IS BACK, BUT THIS SEASON, IT DOESN’T STOP AT THE CARPARK 🏁

Each Coffee & Cars will bring a different theme inside the Museum, with one standout vehicle taking centre stage in our new Vehicle Spotlight area.

Coffee & Cars outside. 400+ more inside.

🏎️ November 8 | Supercars
💪 December 13 | Classic Muscle
🇯🇵 January 10 | JDM
🔥 February 14 | Southward’s Hot Picks
🏁 March 14 | Motorsport Icons

10am to 1pm | Southward Car Museum

Food Trucks • Sausage Sizzle • Coffee • Cars

Coffee & Cars regular? An Annual Pass means you can head into the Museum every time you’re here, all year round, plus you’ll get 10% off food & drink at the Coffee Stop.

Just want to visit the Museum for the day? Use code CARS20 for 20% off a Museum Day Pass.

Coffee & Cars is free to attend with plenty more waiting inside.