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Oliver attracts crowds with his Weissenborn lap guitar 24 Aug 2013 | 05:24 am
A CROWD packed a Wellington music store on Friday evening to hear Thomas Oliver perform on his unusual Weissenborn guitar. Oliver was launching his new album, which is the world’s first full-length, ...
Shaking and swaying a way to fitness with Pacific flavour 23 Aug 2013 | 01:45 pm
POLYNESIAN dance routines are the latest way to get fit – for $2 a time. Performing arts graduates Nikki King, 32, and Te Hau Winitana, 23, are the brains and bodies behind Pacifit Fitness Hula Ac...
Greytown high achievers step up in extension programme 23 Aug 2013 | 01:30 pm
HIGH achievers have become the norm at Greytown School thanks to a programmes that challenge students. “It was like ‘Oh my, look what’s happening here’, now there is about 14,” said Brigid Stevens, s...
Council welcomes tree suggestions through Facebook page 23 Aug 2013 | 01:28 pm
CUT DOWN: One of the four tree stumps remaining after the palm trees were removed last Thursday. FRUIT, maple and kowhai trees and natives that benefit the birds and bees are the preferences so far f...
Excitement building up for Polynesian festival 23 Aug 2013 | 04:45 am
Ola Pasifika group perfecting their routine before the festival ELABORATE costumes are being perfected ahead of this Friday’s Northern Region Polynesian Festival – and friends and family are pitching...
Food science panel dish up their thoughts on the future of food 22 Aug 2013 | 09:55 am
Presenter Simon Morton talks to Jacqueline Rowarth and Laura Vincent EFFICIENCY and accountability in food production science is leading to more consumer choice, according to a NZ Institute of food s...
Rogue & Vagabond liquor licence gets the go ahead 22 Aug 2013 | 09:36 am
THE Wellington City Council has unanimously granted an extended liquor licence for The Rogue & Vagabond bar. The bar, situated on Garrett Street in Te Aro will allow patrons to sit outside on bean-ba...
Payout means blue skies thinking for Brooklyn School 22 Aug 2013 | 06:28 am
Brooklyn School principal, Liz Rhodes is excited about creating a modern learning environment. A cheque for $630,000 doesn’t come along every day – but for Brooklyn school, it’s a chance to get creat...
Visionary Architect’s last word on post-quake design 21 Aug 2013 | 08:50 am
THE LATE architect Lebbeus Woods and his earthquake designs were the subject of a lecture last week at Victoria University. Joseph Becker, an assistant curator of architecture and design at the San F...
Porirua Mayor Leggett accused of putting his career above his city 21 Aug 2013 | 03:24 am
Porirua Mayor Nick Leggett (above) has been accused of using the city as a stepping stone for his political career. Mayoral hopeful Brian Collins (right), of Papakowhai, said Mr Leggett was too conce...
