Dharma Punks comic sparks interest
Bro Town cartoonist Ant Sang plans to re-release a cult comic following successful crowd-funding. The plans were revealed after Spark...
Year: 2014
Spark art hits the uni
Liam Te Nahu's Tena Koe runs this month at the University of Waikato's Calder and Lawson Gallery. Photo: Don Rowe...
Bro Town artist talks the ins and outs of crowd funding
Comic book artist Ant Sang had a Spark Festival audience in the palm of his hand when he described how...
Beautifying Christchurch’s empty gaps
A co-founder and director of Christchurch regeneration initiative, Gap Filler, wants her ideas installed in Hamilton. Coralie Winn is the...
African fashion coming to New Zealand
The South African and Egyptian High Commissioners, and the Wellington Mayor will help pre-launch the first African Fashion Festival in...
Designer stresses passion is important
Video by David Nicoll and Alyson Eberle Luke Pierson flew in from Melbourne last night to address a crowd full of...
Proffitt-able presentation SPARKs enthusiasm for screenwriting
Writing, like life, is scary, according to Logie-award winning producer and screenwriter Drew Proffitt. Australian screenwriter and producer Proffitt treated...
Rob Thorne mesmerises at Spark
Wintec Spark week kicked off today with a performance of taonga puoro by Manawatu musician and anthropologist Rob Thorne. Taonga...
Acclaimed human rights movies for Hamilton
Critically acclaimed international films focussing on human rights will feature in a festival showing at the Lido in August. Curator...
Dotcom Pulls the Crowd
MAIN ATTRACTION: Many of the audience left after internet mogul Kim Dotcom finished his speech. A large crowd turned up...
Battalion award boost for Waikato students
Three Waikato University students have been awarded the Ngarimu VC and 28th (Maori) Battalion Memorial Scholarship Award. Education Minister Hekia...
Who is Rachel Glucina and why is John Key always phoning her up?
New Zealand’s most feared and loathed gossip columnist will talk candidly about her spectacular tabloid career – which includes...
Taonga puoro open Spark week
Video shot and edited by Mereana Austin and Jason Renes. The fog was blown away by the clarion call of...
Chiefs score much-needed win
Hurricanes coach Mark Hammett will be disappointed by his team’s loss to the Chiefs on Friday night with this match...
Facebook brings community together
On Thursday 26th of June at around 10pm Calem Strange, a well-known Cambridge resident, lost his “pride and joy”. His...
Fieldays timelapse
Fieldays 2014 Time-lapse Complete from Wintec Media Arts on Vimeo.
Holocaust exhibition opens at Waikato Museum
A Holocaust exhibition that tells the stories of seven survivors in photographs and music has been officially opened at the...
Pinkbats paint it pink
Hamilton punk band Pinkbats paint the Riverbank Mall Pink for their music video Hamilton band Pinkbats shot their first music video for their track Rockem’...
Hamilton indoor netballers triumph at world cup
Four Hamilton women were part of a winning under-21 women's New Zealand team at the indoor netball world cup in...
Award tops off pizza makers’ Fieldays
A mobile pizza company has taken out Best Food Vendor Site at Mystery Creek’s Fieldays for the second time. The...
Author writes real life stories for kids on the farm
‘Me and Dad' kids books have been handed out to children at Fieldays to encourage them to read. Author Peter...
Champions fundraise at Fieldays
Teachers and parents from Huntly College and Cambridge High School have used this year's Fieldays to raise funds for sports...
Light touch for vegetable growers
Colourful LED lights are often found in nightclubs but Fieldays brings an agricultural take on them. The LED grow lights...
Special breeds on show
Visitors to the 2014 Fieldays will find a special animal Breeds Arena at the end of L Street. The animals...