Category Archives: Innovation

WOW: Icons on Tour

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

By Guest Insider – Carolyn Enting (cross-posted from http://www.enword.co.nz) Big news for WOW (World of WearableArt) today.             As I write this members of the Nelson-based WOW team are flying to Hong Kong where they will … Continue reading →

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Queens Wharf for the kids – from the kids

Posted on October 13, 2011 by

Guest Insider – Maya Hi, it’s Maya here again. I went down to Queens Wharf again today during the school holidays and it was still awesome, because there are lots of new things to do. I was there while the … Continue reading →

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Design for living

Posted on October 8, 2011 by

By Insider – Jock Phillips A moment of panic as I woke. Was I late?  I leant over to flick on the torch.  Yes, time to get up. I went to the bathroom and relaxed for a few precious seconds in the … Continue reading →

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Fashion report

Posted on October 1, 2011 by

By Insider – Jock Phillips ‘You can’t wear that thing …  No-one would be seen dead in it.’  Such comments have long echoed in my ears.  Yet now, to my embarrassment, I find myself writing a fashion column. When it … Continue reading →

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New Zealand On Screen: iconic NZ film & TV container installation

Posted on September 18, 2011 by

By Insider – Suzanne Peri-Chapman  New Zealand On Screen, 9 September to 23 October, Auckland and Wellington It was raining in downtown Auckland, a hard rain, the kind of rain that… sorry, got a bit film noir there for a minute. … Continue reading →

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Wonder plant

Posted on September 14, 2011 by

How to present the festival in Invercargill in one day was my problem. I had two options. One was to talk about Invercargill as the real Scottish city of New Zealand.  In the 19th century almost two thirds of the … Continue reading →

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Flying with no 8 fencing wire

Posted on September 13, 2011 by

It was the title which sold the event to me: ‘The People’s Republic of State Highway 94′.  The blurb  said that I would ‘discover the true essence of small-town New Zealand’. It was ‘an arts and heritage trail focussing on … Continue reading →

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NZOnScreen: Hello South Island!

Posted on September 12, 2011 by

by Anna Dean from New Zealand On Screen It’s been a busy few days on the Kiwi Classics on Tour trip, that’s part of the REAL New Zealand Festival, thus far. My co-host Gemma and I have been catching our … Continue reading →

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From the Director: Inside the REAL New Zealand Festival

Posted on September 6, 2011 by

By Briony Ellis, REAL New Zealand Festival Director For the next six weeks of Rugby World Cup 2011, from 9 September to 24 October, New Zealand presents the REAL New Zealand Festival.  It’s the biggest celebration of our country ever … Continue reading →

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