Student driven crazy by recycling rules
After finishing a night shift at Waikato hospital all Kathryn van der Maas wants is a coffee and to...
Month: August 2013
More green, more birds, more trees – June Crew
The first thing that comes to June Crew’s mind is trees. She would like more green around, because she would...
Council candidates should get into community – youth worker
Anaru Terry’s challenge for Hamilton City Council candidates can be summed up in two words: community engagement. The 28-year-old youth...
Cycle lanes, a living wage, and fewer alcohol outlets
She is already a union worker and chairperson of a local community centre, but Jamie Toko has another challenge lined...
Macpherson aims to stop vital asset sales
Keep the pensioner housing and community facilities, and use any money from selling commercial assets wisely, says Dave Macpherson. The...
Hamilton poet to compete for trip to the UK
Writing earns her a living, and the poetry Kashka Tunstall creates in her spare time could win her a trip to...
Vehicle security warning for Wintec
Wintec staff and students are being warned not to leave valuables in their vehicles after a spate of smash and...
Gower attracts full house at Press Club
It was the social highlight of Hamilton's week - and everyone who is anyone in media was there to hear...
Waikato musicians take gold at National Concert Band Festival
There were cheers, whoops, and fist pumps when young Waikato musicians struck gold in Tauranga last weekend. Three Waikato ensembles...
Hoons pour oil on city streets
Treacherous traffic conditions had Hamilton police lining Tristram Street outside Wintec on Wednesday afternoon to slow traffic after young men...
An insight into the mind of an artist
Media arts students and other festival goers were treated to an insight into the mind of an artist and advice...
Panel discuss nature of film creation
Creativity, concepts and a love of film were among the many things discussed by the Hamilton film forum on Friday....
JJ Fong – From TV to the laptop
With Go Girls season five wrapped up and season six off the cards, actress JJ Fong is focusing on Flat3,...
Kiwi Flyer director Tony Simpson dishes the dirt at Spark
Kiwi film director Tony Simpson is living the dream – if throwing fake poo on actors is the dream, that...
Style icon Zara Mirkin says moving overseas saved her career
A spur-of-the-moment decision to fly to New York proved a turning point in NZ fashion stylist Zara Mirkin's career. Zara...
The magician at Spark
A film 15 years in the making finally got off the cutting room floor for the Spark festival this week....
Severe earthquakes rattle the country
A severe 6.2 magnitude earthquake of an 8km depth has shaken central New Zealand today, followed by numerous large aftershocks....
Sound the Ocean’s Nick Kraenzlin visits Spark
NICK AND NIC: Nick Kraenzlin (let) speaking with Nic Manders on how they recorded songs for Sound the Ocean's new...
Musician Luke Thompson tells the realities of the music industry
Success story: Wintec graduate Luke Thompson Musician Luke Thompson went from tour to talk this week, taking part in a...
Lecturer launches 50th issue of zine
In a world of easily published online blogs one man is still cutting and pasting images on to paper. On...
Spark week Interference
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksu732quX80 Spark’s PechaKucha event came to a close with a musical interference last night in Wintec’s Atrium. INTERFERENCE: Xiang Li,...
Councillor tackles synthetic cannabis
Hamilton City Council is looking to revise its policy around synthetic drugs in the city - including a name and...
Hamilton singer selected for global singing competition finals
The last thing Whitney Maynard expected to hear at work was that she would be flying to SINGING SUCCESS: Maynard's(right)...
Driving Melbourne’s fashion week media
Writing editorial, hundreds of blurbs, "about me" pages, managing social media and running a blog is all in a day's...