Athletes of the Imagination film screening
Athletes of the Imagination is an extraordinary collection of choreographed short films. This includes the premiere of Seismos (2006) (right) by Daniel Belton €” fresh from the editing suite …
Te Whaiao - Te Ku Te Whe remix released
Te Whaiao - Te Ku Te Whe is a landmark recording released by Music label Rattle, bringing the sounds of taonga puoro (traditional Maori instruments) to a wide audience. Rattle label manager Tim…
Museums win Ministry of Education funding
The Dowse and the Petone Settlers Museum have worked together to win funding from the Ministry of Education for 24,000 students to attend learning programmes at the two museums. This will allow…
Lloyd Jones in The Australian
"I've never looked to make money from writing. It's not why I write. If I did, it would be awful," he says, chuckling. "I write because to not write would be too awful to contemplate. I like…
New Zealand artists in Berlin
Parallel Exporting - Courtesy The Dominion Post 2006-10-06 By Mark Amery Traveling in Europe is full of occasional so-close so-far moments. In London, the Black Seeds are about to play. By the…
Floor talk by John Hardwick-Smith & Megan Wraight at SCAPE
John Hardwick-Smith, Director of Athfield Architects, and award-winning landscape architect Megan Wraight from the landscape architecture firm, Wraight & Associates reflect on new approaches to art…
TBI Interview with Megan Hosking of Alto
Wellington design company Alto recently won the innovation award at the regional Get Sustainable Challenge. Alto were rewarded for their invention of 'Good Friday', which, each Friday, allows staff…
Telling Maori Stories at Script to Screen
The three essential ingredients of the old forms of Maori Storytelling are the waiata - the song, whakapapa - the genealogy of the story, and the karakia - the prayer,' said Ngamaru Raerino (right)…
An inconvenient fact about the NZ Super Fund
If you are a creative or cultural sector worker currently paying money into the New Zealand Super Fund then it will interest you that the Government has around $43 million invested in its second…
Playstory - Stories Come to Life!
PLAYSTORY 'MAGIC IN THE AIR' Downstage Theatre Bar Saturdays at 11am 21 October - 16 December Tickets: $8 Door sales only www.downstage.co.nz What child has not sometimes wished, while…
New guides to magazines for freelance writers
Freelance Market Edgeis the essential guide to pitching to and writing for publications that take freelance stories. Each Edge details who to contact, how and when to pitch and provides a wealth of…
Maori women driving culture
Mâori women have played a significant role in New Zealand's strong economic growth in recent years, entering the workforce in record numbers. Mâori women have been a driving force in the…