Whakamarama: Down the hall on …..
The Whakamarama Hall has a heartland site in the Whakamarama rural district north-west of Tauranga…
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Monarch Butterfly: iconic New Zealand symbol of summer
Monarch butterflies are an iconic New Zealand symbol of summer. It’s irrelevant that these floating…
An artist’s gotta eat: the magic F word
Fritters. The quick and magic combination of ordinary pantry ingredients and anything you can think…
Tamworth 2015: sophisticated equine ballet
The truck picks me up from the Brisbane airport and I’m instantly in another world.…
Rapid Reviews: street art, fashionistas & aphrodesign
Street art, fashion and design – just part of the extensive collection of visual arts…
Public art: Hairy Maclary meets Gareth Morgan
The wonderful thing about Tauranga is that vilification of the creative project promoter is egalitarian.…
Rapid Reviews: diversionary deaths
Where did November and December go – a real case of going, going, gone as…
Killing Christmas: no more noels?
In the weeks before Christmas the star on the top of the unnaturally symmetrical Christmas…
An artist’s gotta eat: suprise you’ve got visitors!
It’s what we in New Zealand call “the Christmas Holidays” – that period from late…
Readers & Writers programme: Tauranga Arts Festival 2015
There is an increasing acknowledgement of the importance of “writing” within the Tauranga creative community.…