K.O. for Kaumātua
Friends support corporate boxer Melisa Fotu and the kaupapa: (L-R) Keith Collier, Emily Hanrahan, Shay Collier, Bailey Williams, Katie Pretswell,...
Month: August 2016
Te Puea’s legacy aims to K-O kaumātua isolation
Corporate boxers have been inspired to glove-up to support an initiative dedicated to addressing kaumātua isolation, by Princess Te Puea’s legacy...
Differences celebrated in Māori Music Month
From left, Noel Kaa Reid, Waimihi Hotere and Horomona Horo merge styles in celebration of Te Marama Pūoro Waiata Māori...
Berlin radio station picks up poet Hera Lindsay Bird’s Wintec Press Club talk
Rising poet Hera Lindsay Bird says she may not write another book of poetry, and old people should get...
Designer rates his pencil above his computer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7oECx0hJKg Canberra-based graphic designer Christopher Doyle had some unusual advice for graphic design students who like their computers - don't....
Family link commemorated in quilts
DV Bryant Retreat manager, Robyn Riddle, (left) and quilter Marion Manning with two of the new quilts presented to the...
40 years and 100 tractors – Gavins celebrates it all
From left to right: Ian Gavin, James Gavin and Caleb Gavin celebrate the purchase of their 100th tractor. Photo: Anna...
Death on show in photographer’s work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftoE-MZKk-o&feature=youtu.be Photographer Neil Pardington has developed an open mind from his Waikato farming upbringing, allowing him to create his newest...
Move over ‘pale male stales’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGgT1s8Cy3s A newly found marketing company wants to change the way females are portrayed in advertising and society. Feminists Anna Dean...
Liam designer looks for inspiration for upcoming collection
Miller-Sharma shares two of many Liam folders, where she keeps sketches, ideas and designs. Photo: Jess Meek Get out of...
Speaking about Te Wahoroa ki te Ao Maarama
Lonnie Hutchinson's Te Wahoroa ki Te Ao Maarama work outside Lake Rotoroa.Photo supplied Hamiltonians who visit Lake Rotoroa for a walk,...
Supreme winner has sights set on WOW
Supreme winner Zoë Beck, from Tauranga Girl's College, also took on the mad hatter category. Bright lights, cameras flashing and...
When business is a Blast
https://youtu.be/4dHLr15Q-xk Behind every artist is a good business director, or at least that’s the case for UK-based Blast Theory. The...
Pasifika artist out to balance the Eurocentric view
Samoan-Canadian (among other things) artist and writer Lana Lopesi is interested in ethnicity in New Zealand art and the balance...
Striking a balance in Māori media
Throughout the ages Māori have asked ‘He aha te mea nui o te ao?’ – what is the most important...
Death of journalism to blame for rise of Trump and ISIS
Blame Trump and ISIS on the death of good journalism, an editor of a top magazine website says. Duncan Greive, editor...
Residents fear further traffic chaos
Murdoch Dryden speaks to 85 residents at the Meadowbank and St Johns residents association meeting. Residents fear traffic chaos at...
Baker brings home gold in pie olympics
Proud pie baker Bun Heng Wong with his gold-award winning mince and cheese pies. A Panmure mince-and-cheese pie won gold...
Kiwi canoe polo teams aim for medals at world champs
They hail from Christchurch to Auckland and will soon represent New Zealand on the international stage. New Zealand is sending...