Fitness programme proves popular
A Whangarei volunteer fitness programme has attracted huge interest from locals looking to get fit. Pou Hākinakina ō Otangarei is...
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Fashion beauty survives city bustle
The fashion exhibition was held in The lippincott Room at Smith and Caughey's Photo Kim Chance Despite Auckland’s current chaos...
Three local bands set to perform gig
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Dancers take to bikes to celebrate art
Senior dancer/bikers pull some mean choreography on Aotea Square Photo: Gerri Cruz It was dance – but not as we...
Hamilton’s waka sculpture wins Council approval
An interactive waka sculpture planned for Hamilton’s Ferrybank Reserve on the Waikato River needs donors on board to fund the steel...
Media Arts tutors pioneer unplugged electronic music
In a seismic shift senior academics at the renown music conservatoire at Wintec have launched a new sound art video Electronicaunplugged. The...
Ernest the iceberg comes to town
Photo: Supplied Kiwi adventurer and artist Joseph Michael brought Antarctica to life by projecting an iceberg onto the walls of...
Deputy Labour leader Jacinda Ardern to address Press Club
Newly appointed Labour deputy leader Jacinda Ardern is guest speaker at the next Wintec Press Club free lunch extravaganza in...
Heritage building finds home in Parnell
Dignitaries lined up this month to cut the ribbon at the Parnell Station redevelopment. From left Waitemata Local Board chair,...
Cancer Society’s second-hand success: recycled, revamped, renewed
Models show off donated clothing at the Cancer Society Recycle Runway fundraiser. ...
Recycled clothing the focus of cancer fundraiser
Fashion runway shows are known for displaying the latest ensembles by designers – but an upcoming event in Hamilton is...
Online and offline connect with the Travelling Book
You want to read a good book? Get connected, courtesy of Ruth Germon, left, and Anna Strong. In an increasingly...
Māori Surf Nationals not all about the competition
Aotearoa’s top Māori surfers returned to Taranaki for the Aotearoa Māori Surfing Titles on Labour Weekend, hosted by the Waitara...
DOC decision bad news for seabed mining opponents
The Department of Conservation faces severe criticism from seabed mining opponents after giving the green light to a controversial application...
Here comes trouble
Rachel Stewart, award winning columnist, on her property near Whanganui Photo: David White/Fairfax An outspoken lesbian columnist who has received...
Glen Innes protesters camp out over housing crisis
Protesters get ready to spend the night on the berm outside an empty state home Protesters spent a cold, wet...
State housing tenants stymied by language barrier
Tamaki Regeneration Company’s Shelley Katae speaks to the Pacific Community. Pacific elders fear their community will miss out on home...
Police recognise work of victim support volunteer
Lynette Macdonald with victim and family violence manager for Northland police, Maria Nordstrom Photo: Shannon Pitman In a first...
Volunteers plant more than 800 trees
A volunteer hard at work planting a bank in the Tawa Bush reserve. Photo: Supplied Corporate volunteers joined forces with...
Exhibition on Hamilton’s people opens at Waikato Museum
An exhibition that looks at the increasing diversity of Hamilton’s population opened at the Waikato Museum this week. Two years...
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...
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...
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...