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...
“Literary sensation” to address Wintec Press Club
Hera Lindsay Bird's first volume sold out before it left the printers Photo: Spinoff A writer described as a “literary...
Tawa teenager wins award at Parliament
A Tawa teenager and Kiwi Community Assistance volunteer has been awarded a 2016 Youth Week Award. KCA volunteer Jess Hill,...
FBI could hack New Zealanders’ computers
More than 400,000 potentially infected New Zealand computers could be searched by the FBI if rule changes approved by the...
Playcentre Association celebrates 75th anniversary
Adam Lucre-Chatterton, 3, loved his time at the Playcentre Pop-Up in Civic Square, Wellington. A pop-up Playcentre session was held...
Canned Mary Poppins show sees volunteers switch course
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2oGsCEyv38&feature=youtu.be The show won't go on, but two Wintec students are staying positive by volunteering at Hamilton Operatic anyway. Wintec fashion students Rose...
Helping the needy through social media
Kelly Marie Retiman and her kids Zacheriah (4) & Jordan (2) donated a food parcel to a Tokoroa family in...
Kiwi ingenuity expressed through art
A sculpture that portrays the history of New Zealand’s iconic ‘do it yourself’ attitude won this year’s No 8 Wire...
PNG performance a first for Wintec
A contemporary shadow dance interpretation of the Papua New Guinean legend Ale and Ole will be performed live at Wintec....
Couple start Hamilton retro market
Sandra Jensen and Mark Vuletich ready to search the Browsers Book Store for retro books. Photo: Ruwade Bryant. A Hamilton...
Dress the part for a Larp?
LARPER IN ACTION: Chloe Bruce tries to keep things afloat mid-Larp. Photo by David Watson. Live action roleplaying, a pastime...
St Andrews retirement village apartments will soon go on the market
Artist's impression of the St Andrews Bupa retirement village. Village apartments (left), and care home (right). Photo: Supplied. The new...
Volunteers give back to cancer patients
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX_heHCrJfQ Helpers from the Tokoroa community pulled together to help make cancer patients look and feel good while going through...
Dave Dobbyn plays for Wintec Press Club
Click on one of the images for a slideshow of Dave Dobbyn's talk, and performance, at Wintec's Press Club today....