Arts & Culture
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A sculpture made of fire: Murray Fredericks’ best photograph
‘We walked three kilometres into this Australian lake, to where the water was still only a metre deep. Then we set up the gas pipe – and waited until the air was really still’. During my student years I did very traditional black-and-white landscape photography. I spent time in the Himalayas, Patagonia and Tasmania and came back with pictures of grandeur – what is sometimes described as “the sublime”.
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Source. theguardian.com, 12.03.2025
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Sony world photography open award winners – in pictures
Feasting polar bears, flying octopuses and gadgets galore – these stunning images won in their category at this year’s awards.
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Source. theguardian.com, 13.03.2025
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‘Something magical is happening’: sales boom for children’s comics creating young readers of the future
Publishers and analysts say popularity of genres like manga and superhero comics is a gateway into reading. The best route to learning to love words in print could well be pictures. This, at least, is the hope of the publishing industry this spring, as it welcomes news that sales of children’s comics and graphic novels have reached an all-time peak of almost £20m in Britain.
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Source. theguardian.com, 09.03.2025
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Slice of Ramadan at Māngere Refugee Centre: A kitchen that's operating 20 hours a day
Chef Chris Waghorn is up at 2am at Auckland's Māngere Refugee Centre, and he'll likely still be in the kitchen for another 12 hours or so every day during March. About 200 refugees could be going through the centre at any one time - and Waghorn estimates more than half of them could be fasting for the Islamic month of Ramadan.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 09.03.2025
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Ockham New Zealand Book Awards finalists revealed
Four award-winning authors are in the running for New Zealand's biggest fiction prize. This year's finalists for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards include former winners Laurence Fearnley, Kirsty Gunn and Damien Wilkins, alongside Commonwealth Writer's Prize winner Tina Makereti. The four authors are competing for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction, worth $65,000.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 05.03.2025
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Which album will win this year’s Taite Music Prize?
Spooky psych-rock, Māori funk and luxurious country music are among the genres competing for Aotearoa's top independent music prize. Independent Music NZ (IMNZ) had a record-breaking 80 submissions from which to choose 10 finalists for the 2025 Taite Music Prize, named in honour of the iconic Kiwi broadcaster Dylan Taite. The award, which includes a $12,500 cash prize, will be presented on 15 April at Auckland's Q Theatre.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 03.03.2025
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‘I aspire to be like water’: the exquisite buildings of Liu Jiakun, winner of architecture’s top prize
He turns steelworks into parks and makes ‘rebirth bricks’ from earthquake rubble. As the novelist, meditator and ‘accidental architect’ wins the Pritzker prize, we look at the masterful temples, caves and public spaces of this one-man antidote to Chinese bombast.
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Source. theguardian.com, 04.03.2025
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The Ugandan arts centre bringing harmony to Africa’s biggest refugee camp
The Bidi Bidi performing arts venue offers more than 250,000 refugees the chance to sing, play, dance – and dream of a peaceful future. The sound of a flute floats towards five young men in the 1,000-seat Bidi Bidi Performing Arts Centre theatre in Uganda – the country that hosts the highest number of refugees in Africa. The music carries past them to the shrubs that surround the circular majestic building and the neighbours going about their lives.
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Source. theguardian.com, 19.02.2025
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Anxiety can be debilitating, but controlling it starts with a simple step, Martha Beck says
Gun violence, the climate crisis, political division and brain-hijacking technology make today's society a breeding ground for anxiety. Disrupting the cycle of constant worry requires big shifts in how we relate to the world, argued Martha Beck. Searching for ways to curb her own off-the-charts anxiety led the sociologist and best-selling author to discover that curiosity and creativity could act as antidotes.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 16.02.2025
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The New Zealand apartment design about to guide Australian housing
One feature of Space Craft Architect's award-winning apartment design is "grumpy spaces." The mid-rise apartment complex design from the New Zealand firm won a recent competition in Australia. It will go into a pattern collection of housing plans with the hopes of ending a chronic housing shortage with beautiful but functional designs.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 16.02.2025
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Māori artist Reuben Paterson's glittering New York life
Celebrated Māori artist Reuben Paterson says he has no regrets on making the move to New York a couple of years ago. Paterson works predominantly with glitter and has a huge glitter studio at his Bushwick workshop in Brooklyn. Maggie Tweedie went to his studio in New York and interviewed him there recently. Bushwick is a famous enclave for artists and creators, Paterson said.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 03.02.2025
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Ockham New Zealand Book Awards announces top titles for 2025
The longlist for the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards has been released with 43 titles making the cut. The awards showcase the best of the country's literary talent - covering poetry, fiction, general non-fiction and illustrated non-fiction. Judges whittled 175 entries down to 43.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 30.01.2025
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Sol3 Mio's Pene Pati makes his New York Metropolitan Opera debut
Tenor Pene Pati, from beloved New Zealand trio Sol3 Mio, has just achieved one of the biggest milestones in the opera world. This month, he made his debut at the New York Metropolitan Opera playing the lead role of the lecherous Duke in Verdi's libretto Rigoletto. Pati says it was such a far-fetched dream to be able to debut at what he calls the "Olympics" of opera singing.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 23.01.2025
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Wētā FX scores two nominations at BAFTAs
Wellington's Wētā FX has scored two nominations at the British Film Academy Awards (BAFTAs) for their work on Better Man and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Robbie Williams' biopic Better Man, directed by Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman), depicts the British pop star as a CGI chimpanzee. Wētā FX's Luke Millar, David Clayton, and Keith Herft received a nod in the Best Special Visual Effects category for bringing to life actor Jonno Davies'
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 16.01.2025
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Vivienne Westwood exhibition opens in Wellington, on first stop of global tour
An exhibition showcasing Vivienne Westwood fashion and jewellery opens on Friday at Te Papa in Wellington. The exhibition is designed and curated by the house of Vivienne Westwood and produced by Nomad Exhibitions. More than 550 pieces of jewellery and 15 complete ensembles are on display from the British designer, who was one of the pioneers of punk fashion.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 17.01.2025
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Mataora Journey: How a tāne Māori embraced his sacred calling
"I immediately lifted my shoulders and held myself up. I am a better person for having it." It took 59 years for Rob Tai (Whakatōhea, Te Whānau a Apanui) to unveil his mataora, but he wouldn't have it any other way. From a young age, Tai felt an unexplainable pull toward receiving his moko kanohi, something he held as a sacred calling. "I don't know why I wanted it, but it seemed 'right'," he said.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 15.01.2025
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Music sounds better with you? How your listening habits affect your love life
Psychologists say that singing, dancing and song preferences play a key role in the viability of romantic relationships. “What’s the one thing your readers should do to help them use music to find and catch the partner of their dreams?” asks Patrick Savage, a senior research fellow in psychology at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. “Go to karaoke and sing a duet. Go and sing A Whole New World with Brad Kane and Lea Salonga.
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Source. theguardian.com, 12.01.2025
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My 90,000 shots of the sun: Andrew McCarthy’s best photograph
‘I took all the images with a precisely tuned telescope then joined them up. Use the wrong type of telescope and you’ll blind yourself and burn your house down’. Ibought a telescope on a whim in 2017, thinking back fondly to when my dad used to show me Jupiter and Saturn through his. I thought: “Why not revisit some of those memories, now that I can afford to spend a few hundred bucks on essentially a toy?”
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Source. theguardian.com, 08.01.2025
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Three hundred leaders gather - plan pan-Māori assembly to challenge government
Around three hundred Māori leaders are meeting today at Omāhu near Hastings to discuss a proposal which could include the creation of a new pan-Māori assembly. The assembly would promote a collective response to government challenges from Māori. The hui dubbed the Wānanga-ā-Motu follows on from a series of hui that began in January of last year with the call by the late Kiingi Tuheitia for Māori to unite.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 10.01.2025
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'Reclaiming a Birthright': Misconceptions about Moko
Tā moko, the sacred art of Māori tattooing, carries the mana of generations. As told by the many who wear moko, these taonga are far more than skin deep - they are a physical manifestation of identity, whakapapa, and belonging. But over the years, colonial influences and misconceptions have clouded the understanding of moko, leading to hesitations among those seeking to reclaim their taonga.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 10.01.2025
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From Igbo to Angika: how to save the world’s 3,000 endangered languages
With half of all languages predicted to die out in decades, activists are turning to online tools to preserve them. Every year, the world loses some of its 7,000 languages. Parents stop speaking them to their children, words are forgotten and communities lose the ability to read their own scripts. The rate of loss is quickening, from one every three months a decade ago to one every 40 days in 2019 – meaning nine languages die a year.
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Source. theguardian.com, 07.01.2025
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Dog x-rays, art history and a ‘never say never’ attitude: the surprising toolbox of professional conservators
Restoration demands a marriage of scientific and technical expertise with knowledge of art and incredible patience. When Cecilia Giménez noticed a flaking and faded painting on the wall of her local church in 2012, her decision to pick up a paintbrush would result in one of the world’s most infamous cases of art restoration.
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Source. theguardian.com, 07.01.2025
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Northern Lights Photographer of the Year – 2024
The Northern Lights Photographer of the Year collection from Capture the Atlas features the most extraordinary aurora photos captured over the 12 months. This year, as we reach the solar maximum of this solar cycle, the northern and southern lights have been more active than ever, illuminating skies in unexpected places where they’ve rarely – if ever – been photographed.
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Source. theguardian.com, 31.12.2024
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RNZ podcasts to revisit over the summer break
The summer holidays are here - which means you may have some spare time up your sleeve. How about spending that time catching up on RNZ's newest podcasts? Here are 10 of the best - in no particular order - from 2024 to enjoy.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 02.01.2025
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Painstaking work to conserve Ireland’s oldest paper documents begins
Delicate 650-year-old pages to be preserved are some of the island’s most important historical texts. Work has begun to conserve and digitise one of the oldest paper documents still in existence on the island of Ireland. The ecclesiastical register, which dates back to the medieval period, is about 650 years old. It belonged to the former archbishop of Armagh Milo Sweteman.
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Source. theguardian.com, 26.12.2024
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Pedal to the metal for Dunedin electrician
Mastodon, Slayer and Whitechapel are not among the usual clientele for the average New Zealand tradie. A Dunedin sparkie who supplies equipment to some of the biggest names in the metal scene. According to Tony Pepers, "you're either a really good engineer or a really good musician, not both". While running a custom music pedal manufacturing business for over a decade had pushed him to improve his guitar playing.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 27.12.2024
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Ten of the best RNZ celebrity interviews of 2024
From the worlds of comedy, literature and television, RNZ welcomed guests from across the artistic spectrum this year. Here are 10 of the best. Celebrities from a host of different walks of life talked to RNZ in 2024, with many touching on struggles fought, finding their strength, and mental well-being prioritised.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 26.12.2024
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Florian Habicht's first book explores the joy of singing in the shower
With his "life hack" of singing his heart out in a private karaoke room for a couple of hours now off the table, the filmmaker got back into his teenage habit of singing in the shower. "I started exploring it deeper and realised why water is such an amazing, magical thing."
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 23.12.2024
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Art: Laura Cumming’s 10 best shows of 2024
Black art moved centre stage, sculpture couldn’t keep still, Francis Alÿs captured the power of child’s play – but the year belonged to Van Gogh.
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Source. theguardian.com, 22.12.2024
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Architecture: Rowan Moore’s five best projects of 2024
A front garden makeover with dinosaurs, a playful addition to a Scottish castle and the latest from Shard architect Renzo Piano all caught the eye.
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Source. theguardian.com, 22.12.2024
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Jasleen Kaur, 38, wins the Turner prize 2024
The competition’s youngest contestant scoops the award for animating everyday objects to reflect the pluralities of identity and community. Kaur, 38, the youngest artist on this year’s shortlist, was nominated for her exhibition Alter Altar, at Tramway in Glasgow, which featured a range of sculptures and soundscapes. Among the items included was a red Ford Escort covered in a huge doily, a reference to her father’s first car.
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Source. theguardian.com, 03.12.2024
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China's Long March 12 rocket photographed in Lauder
t was 4am on a Sunday morning, and Darryl Jones had just been rattled awake when he noticed something peculiar outside his window. It was a hazy light creeping in through the clouds outside his Lauder home. Jones quickly grabbed his iPhone, ran outside and took a few images of what he initially thought was a star or a planet. As it turns out, the astrophotographer may have just captured images of China's latest rocket launch, the Long March 12.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 29.11.2024
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Do you know who wrote the mystery poem The Rimu Bushman?
Ten years ago, a man gave country singer Ron Mitchell a poem and suggested he put it to music. Mitchell never saw the man again, but now he's used the poem for the lyrics of a song and he's on a quest to track him down. The Rimu Bushman was the poem and the venue was the Winton War Memorial Hall in Southland. Now Mitchell wants to track down the author of the poem.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 29.11.2024
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Heavenly pop album celebrates music of New Zealand music icon Martin Phillips
New songs by New Zealand music icon Martin Phillips will ring out in early 2025, more than six months after his death. A group of Kiwi musicians have collaborated to make the album, which is based on a collection of recordings and song fragments that Phillips had been working on for decades. Friend and musician Dianne Swann told Morning Report that some of the songs were started almost 40 years ago.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 29.11.2024
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Rambo Estrada crests the waves of New Zealand surf culture
Surf photographer Rambo Estrada has published his first photographic collection, Unbound: Vol 1 An Aotearoa Road Trip. To compile the book, Rambo spent 18 months on the road, with the mission of capturing the raw beauty of our isolated coastlines and surf communities. A surfer himself for 40 years and a professional surf photographer for fifteen, Rambo's work has appeared in international publications and in campaigns by big surf brands.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 27.11.2024
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Shakespeare's Twelfth Night gets Dunedin twist with Flying Nun classics
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night will have a distinctly Ōtepoti twist, with a live band creating a backdrop of the iconic Dunedin Sound. The new production reimagines the Bard's romantic comedy at the Globe Theatre in Dunedin, swapping the Balkans for the University of Otago during the early 1980s. Music already infuses Twelfth Night, director Brent Caldwell said his version weaved in iconic songs from the Dunedin Sound including Flying Nun classics.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 27.11.2024
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‘Thoughts of a Tohunga’ first Goldie masterpiece to sell for over $3 million
The work was first exhibited in Paris in 1939 and showed the subject with an intricate moko and wearing a large pounamu tiki around his neck. Wharekauri Tahuna was thought to be 103 when he died and was painted several times by Goldie. He was believed to be one of the last Māori elders with a full facial moko and was one of Goldie’s favourite subjects. The painting is one of the largest Goldie works completed.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 27.11.2024
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A Bornean orangutan on a fearless quest for figs: Tim Laman’s best photograph
‘While it was dark, I climbed up and put remote control cameras in the tree. I’d never have got the shot if I’d been up there. An orangutan always knows you’re there’. An orangutan always knows you’re there’. 'Orangutans are much harder to photograph than gorillas. They spend very little time on the ground'.
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Source. theguardian.com, 20.11.2024
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What is New Zealand's best gourmet pie?
It all started around a summer campfire on the West Coast of New Zealand. Someone suggested a book on pies. Over the next few years, that fireside group expanded and fanned out around the country finding and tasting potential subjects for Morrison's latest coffee table New Zealand's Best Gourmet Pies. It was published last month.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 19.11.2024
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Kiwi stop motion animator proves a dab hand at his debut novel
He's helped bring to life some of the biggest stop motion films in the business. The Corpse Bride, Coraline, Frankenweenie and Isle of Dogs have all taken shape thanks in part to the creative hands of Kiwi animator Antony Elworthy. He's also part of the Christchurch animation studio Stretchy, which is behind the kids' animated series Kiri and Lou. Antony's now lent his talents to the written word - with the release of his debut novel.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 13.11.2024
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Samantha Harvey’s ‘beautiful and ambitious’ Orbital wins Booker prize
The British author’s novel about astronauts on the International Space Station was chosen unanimously as the winner, says judging chair Edmund de Waal. Harvey’s tale of six fictional astronauts on the International Space Station was “unanimously” chosen as the winner. “Our unanimity about Orbital recognises its beauty and ambition. It reflects Harvey’s extraordinary intensity of attention to the precious and precarious world we share”.
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Source. theguardian.com, 12.11.2024
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New mural in Ōtautahi pays tribute to Pacific resilience during Dawn Raids
A Christchurch-based Samoan artist is documenting history through art, capturing the "resilience and strength" of Pacific people who lived through the Dawn Raids. Samoan-Dutch artist Kophie Su'a-Hulsbosch spent months consulting with Christchurch's Pasifika community, to bring to life a new mural that honours their journeys while also fostering a deep social understanding.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 07.11.2024
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Three under-the-radar albums worth catching up on: American folk, UK soul, and Canadian punk rock.
Keep Me On Your Mind/ See You Free by Bonny Light Horseman. This Ain't The Way You Go Out by Lucy Rose. Red Mile by Crack Cloud.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 04.11.2024
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Meet the Kiwi contenders in this year's Melbourne Cup fashion stakes
In 2023, Waikato florist Claudia Campbell felt like Cinderella, working while she watched her little sister Eleanor win top fashion honours at the Melbourne Cup. This year, she's one of two New Zealanders picked to line up for the prestigious race day event. Campbell and Gisborne financial analyst Laura Williams are the only pre-selected international finalists for the Best Dressed and Best Suited categories.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 04.11.2024
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Here Now: Sri Lankan Food Documentary
One night he said to Baghya: "You should just come with me and then we can make a proper film about this. You can be the presenter, I'll shoot and do the directing and then it'll be fine." She doesn't have any experience doing anything like this before, but she's curious and good at talking to people. What they've produced is a deep-dive into the production of food in their homeland.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 04.11.2024
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Activism through art: Diane Prince
Activist and artist Diane Prince is a woman of many talents. She is a painter, weaver, installation artist, set designer and educator. As a young woman, Diane was a note taker at the occupation of Takaparawhau/Bastion Point, an experience that set her on a path weaving activism and advocacy into her work.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 02.11.2024
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2024 Short Story Competition winners announced
Five winners have been announced in Nine to Noon's 2024 Short Story competition. Judges Harry Ricketts and Tina Makereti have named these stories as their top five: Girlhood by Stella Weston, Qiu Miaojin is Still Alive by Mia, Farlane Logbook by Hattie Salmon, Untitled by Nick McGregor and Motel California by Danielle Deluka.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 01.11.2024
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‘Majestic brightness’: Warsaw’s Museum of Modern Art finds a new permanent home
After decades of nomadic existence, the Polish capital’s art temple is open for permanent business in an inspirational, light-filled new building. When Poland joined the European Union 20 years ago, our world changed. I was a student in Warsaw, and spent my savings on a train ticket to Berlin – not for migrant work, but to see the 200 masterpieces at the Neue Nationalgalerie on loan from the New York Museum of Modern Art.
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Source. theguardian.com, 30.10.2024
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What goes into making an award-winning music video?
Ryan Bradley and Hattie Adams are part of a trio which won the NZ on Air Best Music Video award at the Show Me Shorts Film Festival earlier this month. The music video, for the song 'Tōtara' by husband-and-wife duo Aro, showed two siblings converge on their childhood home to reflect on what they have lost and still have.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 28.10.2024
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Linguist calls for London’s endangered language communities to be mapped
British capital may be second only to New York in the number of at-risk languages spoken, says Ross Perlin. Life in London has been mapped according to its health, wealth, land ownership, politics and transport at key points in its long history. But it is now hoped it can be charted in a way that tells a different story: the story of language itself.
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Source. theguardian.com, 26.10.2024
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Lord of the Rings star Craig Parker heads to Armageddon expo
Twenty years on from starring in The Lord of the Rings, Craig Parker's role in the iconic movie continues to garner attention for the New Zealand actor, who has returned for the Armageddon expo this weekend in Auckland. Parker has spent his career playing villains with great hair, lycans, gladiators, and even the greatest lover in the French court, Stéphane Narcisse.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 26.10.2024
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‘Pole of Cold’: life in the coldest inhabited village on Earth – photo essay
The Siberian republic of Sakha in the Russian far east is one the coldest inhabited regions in the world. The photojournalist Natalya Saprunova spent almost two months documenting the daily lives of the people in the community of Oymyakon. Oymyakon in north-east Siberia is the coldest permanently inhabited place in the world.
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Source. theguardian.com, 25.10.2024
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Legal bid for Ecuador forest to be recognised as song co-creator
Petition to Ecuador’s copyright office is first legal attempt to recognise an ecosystem’s moral authorship. A forest in Ecuador could be recognised as the co-creator of a song under a groundbreaking legal proposal.
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Source. theguardian.com, 25.10.2024
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‘Art and music have always been like friends to me’: painter to the stars Jack Coulter
The Irish artist talks about his synaesthesia and being mutually inspired by musicians such as Elton John and Paul McCartney. Jack Coulter’s earliest memory is of sitting on the sofa in his childhood home in Belfast, closing his eyes and listening intently to the sound of his heart.
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Source. theguardian.com, 24.10.2024
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Tight corners, red tape and amazing grace – why architects love a tricky site
Tight corners, red tape and amazing grace – why architects love a tricky site. Dodging railway lines, squeezed into historic sites, or down a Highland lane… how building design responds to constraints, on projects from the British Library to the Eden Project, makes for a fascinating exhibition.
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Source. theguardian.com, 20.10.2024
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Małgorzata Mirga-Tas review – vivid, joyful stitchings from the Pole who shook Venice
The wider world woke up to Małgorzata Mirga-Tas at the 2022 Venice Biennale, when the Polish artist became the first Romani to represent a country at the international art festival. Stitched from domestic textiles – old clothes, rugs, patterned bedsheets and curtains – Mirga-Tas’s maximalist presentation transformed the Polish pavilion with pictorial panels that blended art history, mythology and astrology with images of her Roma community.
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Source. theguardian.com, 22.10.2024
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Womad Taranaki announces line-up for 2025 New Plymouth event
Womad New Zealand is rebranding as Womad Aotearoa ahead of next year's festival at Brooklands Park in New Plymouth. The rebrand was made official as 13 new artists were unveiled at the festival's programme launch tonight.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 23.10.2024
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From Rainbow's End to Cirque du Soleil - Kiwi juggler enjoys illustrious career
Mike Twist was around seven years old when he realised he could juggle. It always came naturally to him, he never had to be taught. A basic three ball cascade felt as easy as breathing. But it wasn't until Twist entered his early twenties that he realised he could make a career of it.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 21.10.2024
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Poems changing generations of lives
New anthology Now and Then features 92 poets of all ages, ethnicities, languages, and experiences, from across New Zealand, who've turned their poetic attention to the rich tapestry of 'generations'. They range from well-known poets to newcomers, including high school students, four-year-olds, and people who speak English as a second language.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 19.10.2024
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Under the microscope: Nikon Small World photomicrography 2024 – in pictures
Spider eyes, butterfly wing scales, truffle spores and slime mould come under the spotlight in the 50th anniversary of the Nikon Small World photomicrography competition. The award celebrates photography through the light microscope, capturing the breathtaking beauty of a world hidden from the naked eye.
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Source. theguardian.com, 17.10.2024
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X-ray evidence of Black maths scholar portrait reveals snubbed genius
Clues in painting suggest Francis Williams successfully managed to compute and witness trajectory of Halley’s comet over Jamaica in 1759.
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Source. theguardian.com, 16.10.2024
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‘A triumph’: London’s £19bn Elizabeth line is named best new architecture in Britain
With its futuristic panels, airy tunnels and elegantly unified design, the 73-mile addition to the tube is a worthy winner of the prestigious Stirling prize – and puts the rest of the creaking, sooty network to shame.
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Source. theguardian.com, 16.10.2024
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Bonsai 101 with Steven Yin
Steven Yin has been working with bonsai trees for 20 years. The idea of bonsai is to mimic trees in nature but in a miniature, potted form.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 16.10.2024
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The jazz musicians trying to welcome more women into the field
The Wellington Jazz Festival kicks off today and a group of musicians from across the motu are taking the opportunity to celebrate and boost up women in the field.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 16.10.2024
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Grand Egyptian Museum to open main galleries for trial run to 4,000 visitors
Date for official opening still not announced for $1bn-plus mega-project more than a decade in the making.
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Source. theguardian.com, 15.10.2024
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The curious writing desk that sparked graphic novel
Even as a four-year-old, Di Morris felt drawn to the writing desk at her great-aunt Marjorie's house. It wasn't just any desk - it was a red lacquered cabinet from Meiji-era Japan, with embossed gilt painted panels of Japanese scenes.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 11.10.2024
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‘It’s just crazy’: the retired Cornish builder making thousands from his whale paintings
Steve Camps had no formal training but his compositions, created in left-over emulsion, are making waves in the art world.
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Source. theguardian.com, 12.10.2024
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Remi Wolf: 'I'm so stoked to return to Laneway'
After recently watching Lord of the Rings for the first time, American musician Remi Wolf is even more excited to return to NZ this summer.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 12.10.2024
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Take me to the 125 bouncing penguins! What to see at this year’s Frieze art fair
The art jamboree has hit London. Here are our highlights, from therapists for self-driving cars to sweat-guzzling go-go dancers and xoloitzcuintli dogs doused in motor oil.
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Source. theguardian.com, 10.10.2024
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The hidden underside of an iceberg: Laurent Ballesta’s best photograph
‘This iceberg in Antarctica was so vast, I had to dive down and take 147 photos in sub-zero water, then get a computer to join them up. Ten years on, my toes are still damaged’.
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Source. theguardian.com, 09.10.2024
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Wildlife photographer of the year 2024 winners – in pictures
Selected from a record-breaking 59,228 entries from 117 countries and territories, the winners of the Natural History Museum’s prestigious wildlife photographer of the year competition have been announced, with an exhibition opening on Friday 11 October.
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Source. theguardian.com, 09.10.2024
Music with Yadana Saw: Silver Scroll winners
Music correspondent Yadana Saw shares music from the winners of last night's APRA Silver Scroll Awards.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 09.10.2024
Kiwi dancer Josh Cesan on mastering the art of glitching
Josh Cesan started dancing around the age of four. It's a family affair - mum Jacqui is a dance educator at Auckland's Mount Albert Grammar, as well as founder and director of The Dance Studio and Boyzdance.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 09.10.2024
Silver Scroll 2024: Anna Coddington wins top prize for bilingual waiata
Ngāti Tūwharetoa / Te Arawa powerhouse Anna Coddington's bilingual waiata 'Kātuarehe' has taken out the top Silver Scroll award this year.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 09.10.2024
Vincent van Gogh’s Arles: visiting the pretty Provençal city that inspired his greatest masterpieces
The scenes of some of the paintings currently on show in London’s National Gallery can still be found in the southern French city.
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Source. theguardian.com, 06.10.2024
Canterbury student composer's work premieres with Chch Symphony
Alexandra Hope Watson grew up reading Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll, and performing some of the monologues as a speech and drama student. Now doing her doctorate in music arts at the University of Canterbury, Alexandra has transformed 19 of Carroll's nonsense poems into a musical to be performed by the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra tomorrow.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 27.09.2024
Comedy wildlife photography awards 2024 – in pictures
Loved-up brown bears and whispering raccoons feature in this light-hearted look at a selection of finalists from the Nikon Comedy Wildlife awards. A winner will be announced on 10 December.
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Source. theguardian.com, 26.09.2024
Music with Kirsten Zemke: The la-la-la phenomenon
Music correspondent Kirsten Zemke looks at why non-lexical vocables or nonsense syllables are used in a variety of music genres. Common examples include "la la la" or "da da da" and some go back to the Middle Ages.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 25.09.2024
Veil lifted on first acts confirmed for Womad Aotearoa 2025
Three international acts and the London-based English-Kiwi rock band the Veils are the first artists confirmed for Womad Aotearoa 2025.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 25.09.2024
Concert showcases youth orchestra’s emerging talent
The number of young performers on stage at the Manawatū Youth Orchestra concert last Sunday was immediately impressive. The number of violins at the concert in the Speirs Centre at Palmerston North Boys’ High School speaks strongly of the quality of string teaching in the city.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 24.09.2024
Potters fired up for Clay Week
Clay Week is coming to Nelson. It’s yet another chapter in the story of one of Nelson’s most well-known creative disciplines.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 24.09.2024
Art awards to take centre stage at Timaru’s public gallery
Light, colour, lines and the other creative marks of a wide range of artists will soon go on show at Timaru’s public art gallery.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 24.09.2024
Biggest and most diverse Queenstown Writers Festival yet
Queenstown Writers Festival trustees are bringing the biggest and most diverse literary festival yet to the region.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 23.09.2024
What's possibly next after crocheting a to-scale woollen neon wharenui?
Lissy & Rudi Robinson Cole are indisputably the King and Queen of Crochet. The married couple are on a mission to bring light, warmth & te ao Māori to all of Aotearoa New Zealand with their electrically colourful woollen work.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 22.09.2024
At 50,000 and counting, is this NZ's biggest record collection?
Chris started collecting vinyl at the age of eight. Now, there are too many records to count.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 17.09.2024
Why New Zealand celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival in spring
New Zealand's growing Chinese community is putting the finishing touches on a flurry of events to celebrate the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 12.09.2024
From global stage to Wellington Opera's Tosca
Soprano, Madeleine Pierard grew up in Napier in a musical family, then studied musical composition and biomedical science at Victoria University.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 10.09.2024
Nine to Noon Short Story competition opens
We're looking for stories of 2000 words, submitted by Friday 29 September.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 30.08.2024
2024 Silver Scrolls top five announced, Stan Walker a double-finalist
Stan Walker is a double-finalist at this year's Silver Scrolls. His song 'I Am' - featured in the Ava DuVernay film Origin - is up for the top songwriting prize, while his song 'Māori Ki Te Ao' is a top three contender for the APRA Maioha Award.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 10.09.2024
Day One Shorts (2024)
NEW. A series of eight short films made by young, emerging filmmakers that explore cultural, social, and political issues. Made with the support of NZ On Air & Te Māngai Pāho.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 04.09.2024
The butterfly and the bee a winning combination for Beren
Beren Hughes combined his passions — monarch butterflies, plants and photography — and won a national competition.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 03.09.2024
A weird, wild, wacky and witty musical not to be missed
It’s weird, wild, wacky, witty and absolutely wonderful. It also brilliantly showcases amazing talent.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 02.09.2024
Dairy-free lentil cream looks and tastes the part
A whipping cream made from lentils is about to go to the commercial market.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 02.09.2024
Artist gives worn fabric a new life
A South African migrant who has lived in New Zealand for more than a decade is opening her own exhibition exploring the struggles of transitioning to a new country.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 31.08.2024
'Airbnb for art' in converted laundromat
A former Nelson laundromat has been given a clean start as a gallery, jewellery school and artists’ studios.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 02.09.2024
In pictures: Festivals and community celebrations
Community spirit was alive and well in Nelson, with the Janmashtami Krishna festival being celebrated and a performance by the Mosaic World Choir bringing smiles to those who attended. Nelson Mail visual journalist Martin De Ruyter was there to capture it all.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 31.08.2024
Arts festival to brighten spring
Nelson is set for a burst of events to fill the longer days as the Nelson Arts Festival celebrates its 30th birthday in style.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 30.08.2024
Nelson Arts Festival weaves together past, present and future
With the 2024 Nelson Arts Festival programme going live online tomorrow, Friday August 30, the festival team are gearing up to welcome back to Whakatū a significant number of artists and authors who have previously appeared.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 29.08.2024
One-act South Canterbury plays make national competition
One-act plays from South Canterbury have made the last stage of a national one-act play competition.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 04.09.2024
Out & About: Word Salad Poetry Open Mic
National Poetry Day was celebrated with a Word Salad Open Mic evening at Timaru Booksellers where almost 20 poets shared their work. Timaru Herald visual journalist Aiman Amerul Muner went along and captured these images.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 03.09.2024
Out & About: Potters exhibit works
Timaru Herald visual journalist Aiman Amerul Muner went along to the opening of the South Canterbury Pottery Group’s annual exhibition, Inferno, at the Aigantighe Art Gallery last week, and captured these images.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 02.09.2024
Treasures of the Aigantighe: Milford Twilight
Silk-screen prints are made by brushing ink or dye through mesh onto the image surface underneath.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 31.08.2024
Rowena Jackson: Dancer of rare grace and profound influence
At the outset of her career, Invercargill-born future prima ballerina Rowena Jackson set a world record for spins on the same spot.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 27.08.2024
Local legends and UK sensations star in Rhythm and Alps lineup
The South Island’s largest New Year’s festival is back with some home grown flavour mixed with an international seasoning.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 22.08.2024
New exhibition transforms and empowers local women
A new photographic exhibition that transforms dozens of Southland women into iconic, fictional figures opens in Invercargill on Friday.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 31.08.2024
Celebrated carver proud to be part of te ao Māori revitalisation
Steve Solomon gets visibly excited when you ask him about the little, yellow 3D print on a table behind him.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 31.08.2024
Te Anau set to bloom with double flower show this spring
Southern floral enthusiasts are gearing up for a big weekend when Te Anau hosts both the 98th South Island National Daffodil Show and the 50th Te Anau Spring Flower Show.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 02.09.2024
Raindrop statue coming to Esk St
A dramatic new statue is to be unveiled at Invercargill Central, facing Esk St — and it’s to be the first of an annual series of commissioned works that will form a city arts trail.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 02.09.2024
Organist ready to celebrate spring with sound
Imagine whiling away a Saturday afternoon listening to the sounds of a large church organ ... in Bluff.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 03.09.2024
Gore artist reflects on the mysteries of Te Au Nui
Te Au Nui, the traditional name for the Mataura Falls, means "big swirling waters".
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 04.09.2024
7 Days in the Cultural Life of an Artistic Director
Violaine Huisman, who leads programming for the Crossing the Line festival, takes in dance on Little Island, a world premiere at Asia Society and “invigorating” translation projects.
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Source. nytimes.com, 21.08.2024
The Hidden Splendors of Cleveland’s Museums
It’s not too late to enjoy some lake weather in Cleveland, where the ice cream is fabulous and there’s never any shortage of art to see — let our critic tell you where.
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Source. nytimes.com, 23.08.2024
Now an Acclaimed Restaurateur, He Long Concealed a Secret
Arjav Ezekiel rose through the restaurant ranks becoming a sommelier and opening Birdie’s in Austin, Texas. Few knew of his past as an undocumented immigrant.
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Source. nytimes.com, 26.08.2024
Troy Kingi's Desert Hīkoi
Troy Kingi journeys into the Joshua Tree desert to record his latest album at the iconic Rancho De La Luna Studio. Made with the support of NZ On Air.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 20.08.2024
The secret to a good toastie, according to the experts
The humble toastie is flying out the door of Picton business Toastie Lords.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 19.08.2024
The best toastie in NZ has been crowned - what's the secret?
You'll need streaky bacon, sliced figs and plenty of cheese to make the best toastie in New Zealand.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 21.08.2024
The winner of the best bacon and ham in New Zealand has been crowned
If you're a pork eater, it's hard to fathom that bacon - and its cold-cut cousin ham - can be judged on a scale. Isn't it all a salty, fatty dream?
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 25.07.2024
Review: Jimmy Barnes' delivers emotional show with family in Auckland
Playing rare songs, sharing hearfelt yarns, shedding a tear and surrounded by family, the set at the Civic was special, writes Liam Swiggs.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 26.07.2024
Winning images of the 2024 BigPicture natural world photography competition
A fox in the sun, fireflies and a brush fire, and trees blanketed with butterflies are among the striking images caught by winners of the California Academy of Sciences’ annual contest. Now in its 11th year, it highlights biodiversity and the many threats our planet faces.
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Source. theguardian.com, 17.07.2024
How to make the best custard squares in New Zealand
From the first velvety, creamy bite, it's clear Piccolo Morso's custard square is no ordinary quadrangular sweet treat. With firm, smooth custard, hand-piped icing and the passion-fruit filling, it verges on perfection.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 17.07.2024
Gateway sculpture mission completed
A public sculpture project born out of fears that Tasman coastal settlements would be cut off by a highway bypass has reached its goal.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 15.07.2024
Southern fashion collaboration for new Hokonui fashion award
Three champions of southern fashion design have combined to introduce a new award for secondary students entering the Hokonui Fashion Design Awards.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 15.07.2024
25 Kiwi lit hits since 2000
When thinking of classic fiction from Aotearoa, works by Janet Frame and Keri Hulme, published last century might come to mind.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 03.07.2024
The top 20 contenders for this year's Silver Scroll Award
The APRA Silver Scroll Awards have announced their shortlists for 2024.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 04.07.2024
The best movies of 2024 so far
RNZ film reviewer Simon Morris picks his five favourite movies of the year to date. Have you seen his pick of the bunch?
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 19.06.2024
The best albums of 2024 so far
An album you can only hear in full on YouTube and an iconic pop star who served a country record. Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan picks her top five albums of the year so far.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 20.06.2024
The best books of 2024 so far
RNZ book reviewer Kiran Dass, programme director of Christchurch's WORD festival, picks five favourites from her 2024 reading pile.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 23.06.2024
From farm to fabric to fashion
A sustainable fashion label was born and now grows on Georgina and Willy Lawson's sheep farm in Otago.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 14.06.2024
New Zealand Opera to provide braille surtitles for live performances
Vision-impaired operagoers now able to follow lyrics or scripts without interference of audio descriptions.
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Source. theguardian.com, 10.06.2024
Lydia Peckham's ingenuity in obtaining Hollywood role
When she auditioned for the film Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Lydia Peckham used the creativity and ingenuity she is known for.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 26.02.2023
Kaliane Bradley on her debut novel The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley's debut novel began as a bit of fun to entertain friends during lockdown in London. The Ministry of Time is both a time travel/sci fi novel, a romcom and a mystery with a twist.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 06.06.2024
Dog in a flap collars top comedy pet pic prize
Gravity-defying cats, gurning donkeys and dogs in a flap all feature in this year's Comedy Pet Photo Awards.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 07.06.2024
New 'Hunger Games' book - and movie - coming
Inspired by an 18th century Scottish philosopher and the modern scourge of misinformation, Suzanne Collins is returning to the ravaged, post-apocalyptic land of Panem for a new "The Hunger Games" novel.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 07.06.2024
Page-turning delight
Browsers, bargain-hunters and bibliophiles were out in force over King’s Birthday Weekend at the annual Founders Book Fair. Nelson Mail visual journalist Braden Fastier went along.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 03.06.2024
Country music star Kaylee Bell ‘grateful’ for AMA honours
Kiwi country music sensation Kaylee Bell is heading back to Nashville next week on a high after scooping two awards at the Aotearoa Music Awards in Auckland on Thursday night.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 31.05.2024
From the world to Timaru: Helen Manson’s photographic journey comes to town
Over the span of 15 years, award-winning humanitarian photographer Helen Manson has travelled the world capturing photos in some of the world’s most challenging communities.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 03.06.2024
Working together: Ōamaru artist appears in Timaru gallery
The work of Ōamaru artist Eion Shanks is appearing in a Timaru gallery for the first time - a somewhat fitting occasion in the town where he began his artistic journey.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 03.06.2024
First-timer Amy Maynard wins New Zealand Gold Guitars in Gore
She’s never been to Gore before, but Amy Maynard is going home with its most coveted prize - a win at the New Zealand Gold Guitar Awards.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 03.06.2024
NZSO principal conductor Gemma New receives King's Birthday honour
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's principal conductor Gemma New has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to music direction in the King's Birthday Honours.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 03.06.2024
Radiohead's Thom Yorke announces solo New Zealand tour
British musician Thom Yorke will embark on his first solo tour of New Zealand later this year.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 04.06.2024
Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night Over the Rhône returns to Arles for the first time in 136 years
The painting is on loan for an exhibition that opens this weekend in the Provençal city where the painter became obsessed with the night sky and eventually descended into madness.
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Source. theguardian.com, 01.06.2024
‘Without them, the city would be lost’: the art of preserving Mexico City’s ancient floating gardens
The Mexican capital’s Unesco-listed wetlands are being brought back to life by the Indigenous chinamperos, who are striving to overcome the effects of urbanisation and the climate crisis.
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Source. theguardian.com, 28.05.2024
Drawings depicting gladiators among latest discoveries at Pompeii
Charcoal graffiti believed to have been sketched by children uncovered at ancient Roman city.
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Source. theguardian.com, 28.05.2024
Kiwi Surprise and Joy
In his fourth programme for New Zealand Music Month, in reaction the sometimes depressing seriousness of the world around us, William Dart takes a trip around some joyous music from our land.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 26.05.2024
NZ Music Month Live: Byllie-jean at the Christchurch Art Gallery
Byllie-jean, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga, Ngāti Pahauwera, performs live at the Christchurch art gallery for Music 101 and NZ Music Month.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 26.05.2024
The story behind the AI image that shocked the world
“Just as photography replaced painting in the reproduction of reality,” German artist Boris Eldagsen argues, “AI will replace photography.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 26.05.2024
Aussie Lego Masters bring their RELICS exhibition to Auckland
In 2020, childhood friends Alex Towler and Jackson Harvey won the Australian reality show Lego Masters. Four years on, their elaborate retrofuturistic Lego exhibition RELICS: A New World Rises is coming to Aotearoa.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 25.05.2024
Shapeshifter celebrates 25 years: Drama, anxiety "and a ridiculous amount of good times"
It is a "real honour" to still be performing for fans 25 years on, Shapeshifter founding member Sam Trevethick says.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 25.05.2024
Forging through tough times
Blacksmith Jamie Hughes has a niche business crafting knives and hand-forged metalwork for chefs, farmers and tourists from his old-fashioned smithy in Norsewood.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 24.05.2024
Holly Arrowsmith's award-winning song a tribute to a 'true cowboy'
A heartfelt tribute to a "southwestern gentleman" has earned singer-songwriter Holly Arrowsmith the 2024 APRA Best Country Music Song award.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 25.05.2024
How to cast your vote for the 2024 Aotearoa Music Awards
Next week, judges will decide who will win the 2024 Aotearoa Music Awards - and you can be one of them.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 24.05.2024
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom at 40: Spielberg’s hit-and-miss relic
There’s plenty to still admire in Indy’s second outing but it remains an ungainly and, at times, culturally offensive adventure.
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Source. theguardian.com, 23.05.2024
Review: Hit Me Hard and Soft by Billie Eilish
We’re living through the most self-reflexive time in history. It’s not enough to make art, the art has to be about the art. The internet and its subsequent scrutiny has ensured it.
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Source. theguardian.com, 22.05.2024
Unheard Louis Armstrong recordings to be released
What a Wonderful World and You’ll Never Walk Alone are among five unreleased tracks on compilation Louis in London, performed at the BBC in 1968.
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Source. theguardian.com, 22.05.2024
Mesmerising microbes: bacteria as you’ve never seen them before – in pictures
Tal Danino’s day job at Columbia University, New York, is engineering “living” medicines. “We program microbes for cancer therapy using synthetic biology,” he says. As a side hustle he manipulates and photographs the microbial world; his images are collected in a book, Beautiful Bacteria.
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Source. theguardian.com, 18.05.2024
How the world could have looked: the most spectacular buildings that were never made
A mega egg in Paris, a hovering hotel in Machu Picchu, an hourglass tower in New York, a pleasure island in Baghdad … we reveal the architectural visions that were just too costly – or too weird.
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Source. theguardian.com, 16.05.2024
‘An incredible phallic landmark!’ The grain silo gallery, a gift from the trillion dollar man
Le Corbusier called grain silos ‘the magnificent first fruits of the new age’. But what can be done with these soaring industrial cathedrals when they’re redundant? A Norwegian tycoon has the answer.
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Source. theguardian.com, 16.05.2024
More valuable than gold: New Zealand feather becomes most expensive in the world
The well-preserved huia bird feather was expected to fetch up to NZD$3,000 but ended up selling for more than NZD$46,000.
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Source. theguardian.com, 21.05.2024
Kiwis’ stunning Milky Way photos named among world’s best
Images of the Milky Way by three Kiwi photographers have been named among the world’s best.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 21.05.2024
Has the Mystery of the ‘Mona Lisa’ Background Been Solved?
Ann Pizzorusso, a geologist and art historian, says she’s identified the location in the background of Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting.
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Source. smithsonianmag.com, 20.05.2024
Gore: Capital of country music and moonshine with Jenny Mitchell
Gore is quite rightly known as our Capital of country music. But there’s always been much more going on culturally in this East Southland town.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 19.05.2024
Dame Hinewehi Mohi inducted into New Zealand Music Hall of Fame
A musician and producer, Dame Hinewehi is best known for her double platinum album Oceania (1999) and its lead single 'Kotahitanga'.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 18.05.2024
'I've always wanted to be a solo artist' - Naked and Famous star
Releasing a solo album is uncharted territory for Thomas Powers, a New Zealander living in Los Angeles who first found fame as one half of the hit-making Auckland indie electronic band The Naked and Famous.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 19.05.2024
Stop-motion animation training at University of Canterbury
Even if you don't recognise Aardman Animations by name we're certain you'll have fond memories of their work. Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheep, Chicken Run - their stop-motion animations have resonated with people of all ages across generations.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 18.04.2024
Wellington artist awarded $500,000 from NZ on Air for animated zombie web series
A 20 year old from Wellington has been given half a million dollars to write, draw and animate a web series based on his family.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 11.05.2024
Emily Perkins: 'A full life depends on creativity'
Author Emily Perkins says 'radical wildness and imagination' are more necessary now than ever, in a speech delivered as part of a nationwide series.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 09.05.2024
Emily Perkins' Lioness wins Aotearoa's top fiction prize
A "unforgettable" novel by Wellington writer Emily Perkins has taken out the country's top literary prize at the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 16.05.2024
How Cannes works, from the standing ovations to the juries to the Palm Dog
The Cannes Film Festival is hallowed ground in cinema but understanding its unique landscape can be confounding.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 15.05.2024
A festival of music, film and spectacle: the best of Belfast 2024
A year-long celebration aims to start a new chapter for Belfast, forging better connections and conversations within communities through creativity and culture.
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Source. theguardian.com, 15.05.2024
Rare huia feather regarded as 'significant piece' of history to be auctioned
A single huia feather is expected to fetch over $2000 dollars at auction next week, according to Webb's auction house.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 15.05.2024
Kim Ireland wins Iris Fisher Scholarship
The scholarship is a national award of $5,000 given to support an outstanding postgraduate student in the final year of a visual arts study.
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Source. artnews.co.nz, 12.05.2024
King Charles: First official portrait since coronation is unveiled, painted by Jonathan Yeo
The first official painted portrait of King Charles III since his coronation has been unveiled at Buckingham Palace.
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Source. bbc.com, 14.05.2024
8 Kiwi Jazz Women You Need to Hear
Nick plays tracks from eight NZ women leading their own jazz bands - including pianists Charmaine Ford and Anita Schwabe, saxophonist Louisa Williamson, singer Alannah Goldsmith, and drummer Lauren Ellis.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 11.05.2024
Supertonic turns 10
It started out as group of friends who wanted to continue singing together after 'ageing out' of Wellington Youth Choir.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 10.05.2024
Creating community through collective music making
The New Zealand Ukulele Trust | Te Rūnanga Ukurere o Aotearoa is a volunteer-run charity inspired by Bill Sevesi’s dream that every child would learn to play the ukulele.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 07.05.2024
Marvel star Tom Hiddleston to play Sir Edmund Hillary in upcoming film
An A-list actor is set to play Kiwi hero Sir Edmund Hillary in upcoming film Tenzing.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 11.05.2024
What the new Warriors women’s side means for the Black Ferns
The Black Ferns open their season on Saturday in Hamilton against the USA in the annual Pacific 4 Series. The current world champions are favoured to sweep the three-test schedule, with games against Canada and Australia to follow, but there's another challenge looming on the horizon.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 10.05.2024
Revealed: Lord of the Rings movies production hub to be in Wellington
News of two new Lord of the Rings movies has sent a ripple of excitement through the home of Middle Earth in Wellington. Andy Serkis will return in his role as Gollum and also direct the first film which is set to hit screens in 2026.Tentatively titled "The Hunt for Gollum" the film will be produced by filmmaker Peter Jackson out of Wellington.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 10.05.2024
Two new Lord of the Rings movies heading to theatres
A fresh instalment in the Lord of the Rings movie series, one of the biggest film franchises of all time, is scheduled to debut in theatres in 2026.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 10.05.2024
Musician, poet and skit queen Elle Cordova
TYou may not know her name but if you spend time online there's a high chance you've come across one of her hilarious skits on your travels. Elle Cordova is a comedian, musician, poet, and video creator in Los Angeles. She has almost one million followers on Instagram and is currently working on a new album with her creative partner Toni Lindgren. She spoke to Kathryn from her home in LA.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 06.05.2024
Ode to flatulence wins NZ on Air award
The 2024 Children's Music Awards have been announced, with the NZ On Air Best Children's Music Video awarded to a two-minute ode to flatulence.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 05.05.2024
Free Madonna concert draws crowd of 1.6m to Brazil’s Copacabana beach
Area around Rio de Janeiro beach filled for several blocks as singer closes her Celebration world tour.
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Source. theguardian.com, 05.05.2024
Song for Wales winner inspires fresh bid to get country its own Eurovision place
Sara Davies hopes release of song and glitzy video will ‘drive the idea forward and get people talking about it.
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Source. theguardian.com, 03.05.2024
How NZ is celebrating Star Wars Day
Whether they are baking Wookie cookies, dressing up as their favourite character or attending a movie marathon, Star Wars fans are in for a big weekend with events celebrating May the 4th - also known as Star Wars Day - planned across the country.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 04.05.2024
What we're wearing on NZ Music T-shirt Day 2024
If you think RNZ is a place where people unironically wear grey cardigans and socks with sandals, prepare to be dazzled by our collection of NZ music t-shirts.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 03.05.2024
Free NZ Music Month festivals for Feilding and Marton
The arrival of May will be music to the ears of Marton and Feilding locals who can look forward to two free community festivals.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 02.05.2024
Songs and dancing to the beat of Nelson’s cultural heart
Six60 rocked up to town, bringing the house down in the process, and Nelson’s vibrant Filipino community came together in celebration in a riotous display of colour. Nelson Mail’s visual journalists captured all the fun.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 03.05.2024
Canterbury Clothing Unveils 120 Years Commemorative Mural Featuring Sporting Greats Jonah Lomu, Peter Blake and Michael Jones
Three of New Zealand’s biggest sporting greats have been immortalised on a large-scale mural painting unveiled today.
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Source. nzhearld.co.nz, 24.04.2024
Kiwi Indians celebrate harvest and new year festivals
New Zealand's diverse Indian community has celebrated a number of harvest and new year festivals in recent weeks, including Sikh Baisakhi, Telugu Ugadi and Malayali Vishu.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 24.04.2024
Chris Isaak's West Auckland mall show: 'Most people don't even think it really happened'
US singer songwriter Chris Isaak is playing some big venues on his latest NZ tour, but even those who saw him play at a West Auckland mall in the late '90s can't quite believe what they saw.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 24.04.2024
Mataaho Collective scoops Golden Lion at Venice Biennale in a huge weekend for art from Oceania
Aotearoa New Zealand has won one of the world’s most prestigious art prizes. Mataaho collective have been awarded the Golden Lion by a jury at the 60th Venice Biennale for their large scale work in the main curated exhibition.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 21.04.2024
The Dandy Warhols on where it all began, new album and NZ show
Psychedelic rock band the Dandy Warhols have been making music for 30 years, but they still only feel "pressure to blow our own minds", their frontman says.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 20.04.2024
Mike McRoberts’ greatest moments
After a 40-year career in journalism, most of it on TV, and nearly half of it as a co-anchor of Newshub’s flagship 6pm bulletin, Mike McRoberts has announced he is stepping aside.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 19.04.2024
Te Matatini taking kapa haka across the ditch
Kapa haka mania is heading across the ditch with nine teams taking to the stage as part of Te Matatini regional competitions hosted on the Gold Coast this weekend.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 19.04.2024
Review: A Tribute to the Jazz Great Max Roach Meets His Standards
Ayodele Casel leads a program celebrating Roach’s centenary that also includes works by Rennie Harris as well as by Ronald K. Brown and Arcell Cabuag.
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Source. nytimes.com, 04.04.2024
Review: Dance Theater of Harlem Is in New (and Capable) Hands
The company performed its first New York City Center season under the direction of Robert Garland in a program including George Balanchine’s “Pas de Dix.”
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Source. nytimes.com, 12.04.2024
How the Rockettes Fall Like Dominoes
Watch how the Rockettes Fall like dominoes.
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Source. nytimes.com, 2024
FKA twigs Dances Martha Graham: ‘This Is Art in Its Truest Form’
The rebellious spirit of Martha Graham has found a rebellious soul mate in another creative powerhouse. A classically trained dancer, she’s known in the world as an acclaimed recording artist.
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Source. nytimes.com, 16.04.2024
Taylor Swift Sells a Rainbow of Vinyl Albums. Fans Keep Buying Them.
Artists across pop genres are finding success with colored vinyl and different variants of their releases. For Swifties, the urge to collect them all is strong.
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Source. nytimes.com, 17.04.2024
On the Ground at the Venice Biennale
The exhibitions have been installed. The artists have arrived. The city of Venice is prepared to welcome throngs of visitors from across the world.
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Source. nytimes.com, 17.04.2024
Review: ‘The Wiz’ Eases Back to Broadway
Almost 50 years after it debuted, this classic Black take on “The Wizard of Oz” tries to update its original formula.
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Source. nytimes.com, 17.04.2024
Takerei Komene
Composer Takerei Komene talks with Bryan Crump about his composition "E Iwi E". The work will be premiered in the Orpheus Choir's concert on 20 April.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 15.04.2024
Moment of Calm; Cats on the keyboard
Maybe it's not what you'd usually describe as relaxing, especially when it's performed in the middle of the night, but there's still something quite delightful about this piano performance by George the Cat, the tabby companion of RNZ Concert host Bryan Crump.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 17.04.2024
Classical and kapa haka combine to honour Māori Battalion
There are rich choral traditions running through New Zealand's cultural fabric, but they don't always mix and mingle. On one hand, the classical choral sound brought to this country by its pakeha settlers. On the other, the indigenous musical culture of kapa haka.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 15.04.2024
Māori publisher scoops big prize at leading international children's book fair
Huia Publishers have won the Bologna Prize for the Best Children's Publishers of the Year, Oceania, at the Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 10.04.2024
Pink concert pumps $16m into Dunedin’s economy
Pink has proved to be a big money spinner for Dunedin’s economy. The American singer performed under the roof to a sold-out Forsyth Barr Stadium on March 5.
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Source. artnews.co.nz, 17.04.2024
Here are the finalists for the 2024 Aotearoa Music Awards
Stan Walker and Avantdale Bowling Club's Tom Scott are leading nominations for the 2024 Aotearoa Music Awards. Walker (Tūhoe, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Porou) is up for five awards, including Best Solo Artist, Best Māori Artist, and the Te Māngai Pāho Mana Reo award, which recognises albums or singles with at least 50 percent te reo Māori content.
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Source. artnews.co.nz, 18.04.2024
Oliver Stretton-Pow wins People’s Choice Award
Hard Graft was selected as the Fullers360 People’s Choice Award at the 2024 Perpetual Guardian Sculpture on the Gulf.
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Source. artnews.co.nz, 14.04.2024
Prominent portrait photographer Jae Frew shifts focus
If you’ve ever opened a magazine in Aotearoa New Zealand, chances are, you’ve almost certainly seen Jae Frew’s work.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 14.04.2024
Arts news: NZ in Italy, a screen crisis, new dance festivals & annual fests skip a year
Eight Māori Aotearoa New Zealand artists feature in the central international exhibition at this year’s prestigious Venice Biennale, which opens next Saturday.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 14.04.2024
Taranaki Jazz Club president says come join the cool cats
Lynda Matthews has been a jazz fan for more than 30 years and wants to ensure Taranaki’s 27-year-old jazz club carries on for another three decades.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 12.04.2024
Exhibition features contemporary weaving using traditional Māori techniques
The journey of learning traditional Māori techniques has inspired a new exhibition at the South Canterbury Museum.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 12.04.2024
We Will Rock You a rollicking good time
Nelson Youth Theatre's rendition of "We Will Rock You" at the Theatre Royal is a journey through a dystopian future where Queen's timeless hits provide the soundtrack to rebellion.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 11.04.2024
Patriarchy, alpine villages and fashion meet in Italian Film Festival
Stories of love, friendship, art and emancipation are to be on display at this year’s Cinema Italiano Festival. The touring festival will hit 18 towns and cities across New Zealand from the end of April.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 09.04.2024
New radio show offers news beyond borders
A new radio show in Manawatū is offering people from Sri Lanka news in their own language.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 10.04.2024
New strategy to ‘back’ Marlborough’s creative sector
A “strong vision” for Marlborough’s arts and culture has been unveiled as the council seeks to “back” the creative sector into the future.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 10.04.2024
Marlborough brass band wins Australian competition
Picture a 30C Australian day, playing a brass instrument on a tar-sealed square, wearing a black, double breasted wool uniform.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 10.04.2024
The shop where everything is black
The dress code for the VIP opening of a new store is, unsurprisingly, as dark as the items it features.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 05.04.2024
A feast for the eyes: The hyperrealist paintings of Alice Toomer
They say that art feeds the soul, but Alice Toomer's paintings could almost feed more than that.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 07.04.2024
Molten magnificence: how Richard Serra’s giant steel sculptures bent time and space
The American’s mighty masterpieces – straight, curved or set at thrilling angles – sucked everyone nearby into their mysterious gravity. Our critic pays tribute to art’s legendary man of steel
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Source. thguardian.com, 27.03.2024
SlavFest announces musical acts
SlavFest 2024 has announced its line-up of performances for the free all-day cultural festival of Slavic, Balkan and Eastern European cultures on April 13.
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Source. thepost.co.nz, 27.03.2024
Controversial Titanic floating door prop sells for $718,750
The much-debated door from the 1997 film, which only had room to save Kate Winslet’s Rose but not Leonardo DiCaprio’s Jack, has sold at auction.
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Source. theguardian.com, 26.03.2024
Flying Nun’s Look Blue Go Purple to be celebrated at Taite Music Awards
A member of pioneering band Look Blue Go Purple says it is "wonderful and also quite crazy" to hear they are still inspiring people, 40 years on.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 23.03.2024
Delaney Davidson speaks honestly about new album
Award-winning musician Delaney Davidson talks to Charlotte Ryan about his tenth - and he says possibly final - studio album Out of My Head.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 23.03.2024
Banksy confirms north London tree mural is his work
World-renowned street artist claims mural in Finsbury Park area as his own in an Instagram post on Monday
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Source. theguardian.com, 18.03.2024
Music with Charlotte Ryan
Charlotte Ryan plays new music from Norah Jones' ninth studio album - and previews Delaney Davidson's new album out later this week.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 19.03.2024
The Kiwi director bringing live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender to life
Netflix's live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender is arguably one of the biggest productions of the year. The project, which has a budget of US$120 million, has captured imaginations worldwide since its debut last month. Today, Netflix confirmed the series will be renewed for two more seasons.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 07.03.2024
Designer inspired by 'passive resistance' of Parihaka men for Melbourne Fashion Festival
A Taranaki designer who is showcasing a collection inspired by the story of Parihaka at the Melbourne Fashion Festival this week says it has been a deeply personal project.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 29.02.2024
Angélique Kidjo: genre-defying music superstar
Multi Grammy award winning Beninese musician Angélique Kidjo has been named one of the most influential people in the world by Time Magazine.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 09.03.2024
Arts News Sunday 10 March
The PANNZ - Performing Arts Network New Zealand - Arts Market took place this week - with three days of networking, showcases and discussions.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 10.03.2024
Newsable interviewed Russell Howard, the chat was all over the place
The PANNZ - Performing Arts Network New Zealand - Arts Market took place this week - with three days of networking, showcases and discussions.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 31.01.2024
Austrian jack-of-all-creative-trades leaves mark on Taranaki
When Laura Feller left high school she had to make a decision between two very different life paths.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 07.03.2024
Kaiako champions revitalisation of Pacific culture
Early childhood educator Maele Seau believes that cultural identity is central to a sense of belonging and educational success.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 12.03.2024
John Williams Faces His Legacy: 54 Oscar Noms, ‘Star Wars’ Mistakes and Changing the Movies Forever
Harrison Ford can’t escape the two-and-a-half-minute fanfare that John Williams composed for his most famous cinematic hero, Indiana Jones.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 06.03.2024
A British Woman Bought a Brooch for 20 Pounds. It Sold for Nearly £10,000.
Flora Steel, an art historian living in Rome, bought the brooch 36 years ago at an antiques fair. She realized its value only last year while watching YouTube.
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Source. nytimes.com, 20.03.2024
Nicole Scherzinger to Star in ‘Sunset Boulevard’ on Broadway in the Fall
The revival, birthed in London, is a radically reimagined version of the 1993 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on a 1950 Billy Wilder film.
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Source. nytimes.com, 25.03.2024
Artwork copyright in the age of social media and AI
Today we are all publishers, sharing fresh content online to please our followers. So when does taking a photograph of an interesting artwork constitute a breach of copyright? What about the harvesting of those images by AI?
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 14.04.2024
Arts news: NZ in Italy, a screen crisis, new dance festivals & annual fests skip a year
Say the name Anurag Kashyap in South Asian circles and you’ll likely find some star struck fans.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 14.04.2024
Christchurch playwright scoops an award trifecta with The Odyssey
Two playwrights have won this year’s Adam NZ Play Award; Dan Bain from Christchurch for The Odyssey and Sam Brooks from Tāmaki Makaurau for This Is My Story of Us.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 14.04.2024
Matilda the tale an extraordinary girl and the power of imagination
Some of Manawatū’s best young theatre talent are set to tell the tale of an extraordinary girl named Matilda.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 11.04.2024
Huge canoe sculpture proposed in $18m Bluff Hill visitor plan
A proposed 25-metre taurapa on Motupōhue/Bluff Hill will be visible from the Bluff township and function as a beacon of the Southland landmark’s cultural significance.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 11.04.2024
‘Trot around the globe’ with series of themed short film nights
The curtain is about to rise on Show Me Shorts winter season in Christchurch, part of New Zealand’s biggest International short film festival.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 10.04.2024
Taranaki band The Slacks on a mountain high
Taranaki’s favourite Kiwiana four-piece have returned with a new single.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 09.04.2024
Two shows, 170 children: theatre scene bigger than ever
Every week, Nelson Youth Theatre director Richard Carruthers gets two or three queries from parents asking how their child can get involved in his shows.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 10..04.2024
Arts Foundation delivers creativity message to Blenheim
A message about the importance of creativity landed at Te Kahu o Waipuna recently when a touring event came to town.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 09.04.2024
Collective dreams combine for new Stafford St business
A collection of works by the region’s artists and creators has been set up in a shop in Stafford St - an area of town the business’ owner hopes to help reinvigorate.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 03.04.2024
‘Englishness is constantly revised’: Umbro exhibition shows evolution of football shirts
Showcase proves Nike’s criticised reimagining of red and white St George’s Cross for Euros shirts has decades of precedents.
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Source. theguardian.com, 08.04.2024
From Marx and Austen to stranded in an airport: Jonathan Dove on keeping opera relevant
“If opera doesn’t tell stories about right now or about who we are now, then eventually it’s just going to die out,” British composer Jonathan Dove tells Culture 101’s Mark Amery.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 04.04.2024
Picture-perfect shot earns photographer an honourable mention in world competition
Rita Baker’s passion for photography started in her native Germany in the 1980s, when her grandfather taught her how to use an old film camera.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 27.03.2024
Boho is back: Chloé show marks revival of hippy-adjacent style
Interest in look epitomised by Sienna Miller in 00s has surged after Chemena Kamali’s recent Paris fashion week debut.
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Source. theguardian.com, 22.03.2024
UK’s Jungle talk sampling and collabs ahead of NZ show
British electronic group Jungle are lifelong friends from Shepherd’s Bush, London - the epicentre of Kiwi’s partying abroad. Now Jungle are heading to our shores, playing Spark Arena on May 15th. Producer Josh Lloyd-Watson talks Charlotte Ryan through sampling and fresh collaborations ahead of their New Zealand show.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 23.03.2024
The Mixtape: Guy Williams
Bringing the tunes and a barrel of energy to the Mixtape is comedian and self-proclaimed 'volunteer journalist' Guy Williams.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 23.03.2024
Monet happy returns: Normandy celebrates 150 years of impressionism
The dramatic coastline of northern France inspired some of the country’s most famous artists. Now their work will appear in shows across the region
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Source. theguardian.com, 21.03.2024
New 28-metre mural adorns Geraldine school’s pool area
An almost 28-metre mural inspired by New Zealand’s wildlife and marine life, is an impressive addition to Geraldine Primary School’s pool area.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 21.03.2024
Ockham Book Awards finalists: Familiar names compete for top fiction prize
Four award-winning authors are in the running for the $65,000 fiction prize at this year's Ockham Book Awards. Birnam Wood author Eleanor Catton, Lioness author Emily Perkins, Audition author Pip Adam, and A Better Place author Stephen Daisley are finalists for New Zealand's top fiction award.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 06.03.2024
When art and film become entwined: painter Sandro Kopp
In 2018, film director Wes Anderson asked Sandro Kopp to create ten monumental paintings in less than three months for his film The French Dispatch.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 10.03.2024
Reimagining a map from a Tongan perspective: Icao Tiseli
What would a map that represents a more distinct lived human cultural perspective look like? That has been the very personal question for Icao Tiseli with her award-winning project Mapping the Wheke.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 10.03.2024
A rock solid friendship of art and light
Two artist mates have found themselves between a rock and a heart place at New Plymouth’s Koru on Devon art gallery for much of March.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 07.03.2024
P!nk’s stunning ‘carnicopia of pleasures’ delights Dunedin
Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr Stadium rolled away its green carpet for one of the world’s great rock and pop performers on Tuesday evening.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 06.03.2024
Bluff chef among industry’s 50 most influential women
Haylee-Chanel Simeon is exceptionally proud of shining a spotlight on her home town.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 12.03.2024
New Banksy mural sprouts beside a cropped tree in London
A new Banksy mural drew crowds to a London street on Monday, even before the elusive graffiti artist confirmed that the work was his.
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Source. stuff.co.nz, 19.03.2024
The Impressionists’ First Flowering Is Still Fresh After 150 Years
Their paintings emerged from a specific historical and artistic moment, yet they still resonate today, as a blockbuster Paris exhibition shows.
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Source. nytimes.com, 26.03.2024
Legends and animals from the Cook Islands feature in new mural
A 560-metre plain grey seawall has been transformed into the longest mural in the South Pacific.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 04.01.2024
Taite Music Prize finalists announced
The finalists for the Taite Music Prize 2024 have been announced by Independent Music NZ (IMNZ) and Recorded Music NZ. The award recognises outstanding New Zealand albums released in the past year.
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Source. rnz.co.nz, 05.03.2024