These days, education and business are inextricably tied up together, meaning both gains and compromises are made, with pros and cons hotly debated. One thing that seems positive from most angles though, is the business of international education. Boosting the individual student, the school, the local community, the wider region and the country as a […]
These days, education and business are inextricably tied up together, meaning both gains and compromises are made, with pros and cons hotly debated. One thing that seems positive from most angles though, is the business of international education. Boosting the individual student, the school, the local community, the wider region and the country as a […]
A Wellington icon, leading attraction and symbol of the city’s proud history of film, the Roxy Cinema can be found right in the heart of New Zealand’s filmmaking capital as well as in the hearts of its locals. But it is not just a cinema, says Roxy event and marketing manager Carole Tredrea, […]
Our lives are saturated with sex-based advertising at every step. Subtle, or in your face, sex is used to hawk anything from food to fragrance. Ironically, the shops selling actual sex products themselves face much stricter retail and advertising standards than anyone else, as they are generally categorised within the shade of grey (I hear […]
All children are naturally curious, with broad imaginations and an inherent ability to drive anyone within earshot slightly doolally through repetitive questioning. However, if you’ve ever been around a child whose curiosity levels are through the roof, or whose outlandish imaginings leave you wondering if there was something extra in your tea, you may like […]
When Gary and Valley Neale came back from working overseas in the early 1990s, they returned to Nelson, the town where they’d met, and considered whether to try growing grapes or apples. “We met a grower who said whatever we went into there would be good years and bad, and if we weren’t passionate about […]
Six By One, a series of six concerts showcasing all of Tchaikovsky’s symphonies and featuring top New Zealand pianist Michael Houston, is set to be Orchestra Wellington’s biggest season yet, says musical director Marc Taddei. “These symphonies are one of the monuments of the 19th century and it’s extremely rare to hear them all done […]
Having a baby is a challenging journey, and for some people this begins even before conception, when dealing with fertility concerns. At Fertility Associates, New Zealand’s leading provider of fertility diagnosis and treatment, a team of experts addresses all aspects of fertility, treating your individual needs and supporting you holistically on the path to achieving […]
On the following pages, FishHead presents its annual survey of the region’s secondary schools’ NCEA results. This year we have tried to compare schools against their own previous year’s results rather than against each other, but even that is an exercise fraught with perils and pitfalls. Sadie Beckman explains why NCEA tables aren’t necessarily the […]
When Donna Williams met expert helicopter pilot Dennis Young she was scared of heights. Thinking this disparity meant their relationship might never get off the ground, literally or otherwise, she confronted her vertigo and flew with him. “Before that flight I wouldn’t have even got up on a garage roof,” she says. It obviously did the […]
