Noho marae: visiting Te Whetu Marae in Welcome Bay
Another hot February day remembering the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, a process which…
Browsing: WORDS
Closed for the holidays: local libraries (sigh)
There is nothing more terrifying to the dedicated bookworm but to rock on up to…
Rapid Reviews: designer deaths for holiday reading
Unless they’ve moved it, I can’t find the enormous and artificial tree symbolizing the season…
Ladies a Plate: an artist’s gotta eat!
That quintessential New Zealand phrase “Ladies a plate”. Everyone knew what that meant. The women…
Te Reo Maori at Whakamarama School
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The Place Where I was born: Mount Reminiscing
Ngā whakaaro o tenei ra Ko te wahi i whanau mai ai au Enjoying a…
An Artist’s gotta eat: Rat-a-two-toes
ARTbop’s Rosemary Balu, shares her eclectic combination of ingredients in a local version of Ratatouille.…
Poetry in New Zealand: how much and says who?
ARTbop Literary Editor Marcus Hobson has been checking out our collective level of interest in…
Rapid Reviews: any excuse to read!
October in the New Zealand is supposed to be the lead up to summer. In…
Outspoken words: alchemy spoken word poetry at the Black Sheep
For some months ARTbop has organised a monthly gathering at the Black Sheep Whakamarama on…