Winning the turf war
Earlier this year, my 14-year-old son completed his second successive season of college football with no matches cancelled. His older brother, five years his senior, would frequently have seasons with […]
Shelly Bay: Day trip to the bay
Whether you travel in from Kilbirnie or take the scenic route around Scorching Bay, the drive to Shelly Bay on the Miramar Peninsula affords you some of the most beautiful […]
The Interview: Annette King
Teeth. If you had asked me yesterday, before I sat down to talk for an hour with Annette King, just what we would spend half our time discussing, then I […]
Travel: Away from it all
Everywhere I went in Marlborough, people said they were waiting for summer to really begin. I said, “What do you mean?” It was sunny, it was still, it was hot. […]
NZIA Awards: Homes that dreams are made of
Some see architecture as a glamorous profession. It is. Although we are often up late thinking about that genius detail, we have fun because we touch people’s lives. And it’s […]
Secrets and ties
On the wall behind me, a long-hidden secret is being brought into the light. The secret is a tiled mural of Māui fishing up the North Island, and it was […]
November highlights
INTERSTELLAR (Christopher Nolan) Opens 6 November: The latest in Nolan’s non-Dark Knight, ‘I’ films (Insomnia and Inception count towards the superstition), this one is a full-blown sci-fi adventure with a […]
Surviving the sophomore slump
Electric Wire Hustle Love Can Prevail (Okayplayer/Somethinksounds) With their self-titled 2009 debut, Wellington trio Electric Wire Hustle paid homage to the rich traditions of African-American soul, jazz, hip-hop and […]
Give a man a fish
Awa Press has spent 2014 collecting honours for Rebecca Macfie’s essential Tragedy at Pike River Mine: a […]
At the Māori Art Market
Art markets and art fairs have been part of the international landscape of contemporary art for about 30 years. In Aotearoa they are a relatively new phenomenon — the Auckland […]
