Last night the 20th annual Montana WOW® Awards Show wowed the audience with the kind of unforgettable spectacle that has come to typify the World of WearableArt®. In the two decades since Suzie Moncrieff came up with the concept as a small promotion for an art gallery in rural Nelson, WOW® has moved to a new [...]
This evening I took a stroll along the Wellington waterfront – from the Civic Centre to Te Papa – just as the city’s suit-clad men and women left their offices for the walk home. I love walking this route – there’s always so much going on. At the rowing sheds, young teams are pulling their [...]
For some time now, people have been recommending the Taieri Gorge Railway to me, so when I found out I was heading down to Dunedin in Otago for the week on business, I decided to go down a day early and try it out.
We were booked in to depart on Sunday afternoon at 12:30pm on [...]
The sudden downpours didn’t rain on my parade when I made a flying visit to the Bay of Plenty and the Coromandel in the North Island recently. Why? It was mild, the rain didn’t last long, and before I knew it the sun was beaming down on me again in this tropical paradise!
I can see [...]
Kerikeri and fresh fruit go together like … well, like oranges and lemons! This sheltered corner of New Zealand’s subtropical far north is perfect for growing all sorts of fresh food, from citrus to avocados and macadamia nuts. Drive into Kerikeri from Paihia or Kawakawa in the Bay of Islands and you’ll immediately spot opportunities [...]
The wait is nearly over! Air New Zealand Fashion Week officially kicks off in Auckland tomorrow. To celebrate the occasion, naming sponsor Air New Zealand got together with a group of top New Zealand fashion designers to dress some gorgeous models and film them as they jumped out of a plane! Yep, the skydiving models [...]
This is clearly the season for major entertainment awards! Hot on the heels of the 2008 APRA Silver Scroll music award last week, this weekend it’s been the New Zealand film and television industry’s turn to celebrate. On Saturday night the Qantas Film and Television Awards 2008 were held at Auckland’s Civic Theatre and over [...]
Congratulations to Opshop! Last night this New Zealand band won the 2008 APRA Silver Scroll and was presented with the prestigious songwriting award by Prime Minister Helen Clark at an awards ceremony in the Auckland Town Hall. The beautiful song “One Day” – familiar to New Zealanders as the soundtrack for a New Zealand Post [...]
Okay, so you’ve heard about the various conservation projects to protect New Zealand’s native wildlife. Now and again you catch an item on the TV news showing native birds raised in captivity being released into the wild. It’s heart-warming stuff, but how do they really do it? How do you successfully raise rare wild birds [...]
Next week is Conservation Week in New Zealand and that makes this the perfect time to explore a slice of natural New Zealand at one of Rotorua’s most popular visitor attractions. Rainbow Springs in Rotorua has an enduring legacy as a high quality New Zealand native wildlife park that has adapted to the changing interests [...]