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Nambassa was a series of hippie-conceived festivals held between 1976 and 1981 on large farms around Waihi and Waikino in New Zealand-Aotearoa. They were music, arts and alternatives festivals that focused on peace, love, and an environmentally friendly lifestyle. more...

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In addition to popular entertainment, they featured workshops and displays advocating holistic health issues, alternative medicine, clean and sustainable energy, and unadulterated foods.

The January 1979 3 day music and alternatives festival held over Auckland anniversary weekend attracted over 75,000 patrons making it the largest event of its type in New Zealand and the world.

Nambassa is also the tribal name of a charitable trust that has championed sustainable ideas and demonstrated practical counterculture ideals, a spiritually based alternative lifestyle, environmentalism and green issues from the early 1970s to the present.

Significant events

1977 January. Waikino music festival at Bicknel's farm, Waitawheta Valley, between Waihi and Waikino. Attendance 5500.; 1977 December. Auckland, Queen St parade to Albert Park, Auckland for a free concert. Attendance 10,000.;

1978 January. Nambassa, three-day music, crafts and alternative lifestyles festival on Phil and Pat Hulses' 400-acre (1.6 km²) farm in Golden Valley, north of Waihi. Attendance 25,000.; 1978 October. Nambassa winter road show toured the North Island promoting the 1979 festival.; 1978 December. Maritoto Valley, two-day gathering for the Mother Centre and friends. Attendance 1500.; 1979 January. Nambassa beach festival, touring family roadshow. Whangamata Waihi Beach Mount Maunganui and Coromandel.; 1979 January. Nambassa three-day music, crafts and alternative lifestyle festival on Phil and Pat Hulses' 400-acre (1.6 km²) farm in Golden Valley, north of Waihi. Attendance 75,000 plus.; 1981 January. Nambassa five-day celebration of music, crafts and alternative lifestyles culture on 250 acre (1 km²) farm at Waitawheta Valley between Waihi and Waikino. Attendance 20,000.;

Performers and guests

Some of the hundreds of performers and guests who took part in Nambassa activities included:

Split Enz, Nambassa 1979, relaunching their career with a new line-up.; The Little River Band, Nambassa 1979, with Glenn Shorrock.; Skyhooks, Nambassa 1978, like Split Enz, Australia's early developers of theatre rock and costume extravaganza.;

John Mayall, Nambassa 1981. Britain's musical response to the 1960s and 1970s blues revolution.; Dizzy Gillespie, Nambassa 1981.; Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Nambassa 1981. Early black American blues exponent who influenced the 1960s music revolution.; Charlie Daniels, Nambassa 1981. * Barry McGuire Nambassa 1979. Famous for the 1960s international smash hit, Eve of Destruction; Kevin Borich, Nambassa 1981. Ex La-De-Das and Australian Blues Foundation Hall of Famer who is actually a Kiwi. ; Topp Twins, Nambassa 1979 and 1981. A couple of young kiwi girls finding their way around Nambassa.; Limbs Dance Company, Nambassa 1978, 1979 and 1981. Internationally known NZ dance troupe. ; Acorns Theatrical Productions, Nambassa 1978, 1979 and 1981. Jonathon Acorn, dedicated to children's entertainment in puppetry and comedy, produced the Woozlebub children's stage at Nambassa 1981, featuring five days of non stop theatrical and music productions. ; Alan Clay, Nambassa 1979 and 1981. Children's entertainer, author and international arts coordinator. ; Living Force, Waikino and Nambassa, 1977, 1978 and 1979. With Space Farm and Ticket. ; Hello Sailor, Waikino 1977.; Th'Dudes, Waikino 1977. Featuring a youthful Dave Dobbyn, then nurtured by Charlie Gray from the Island of Real cafe. ;

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