30 July 2010
Vector Wellington Orchestra, Wellington Town Hall, July 24, 7.30pm, reviewed…
At the movies with Dan Slevin I was really enjoying Inception until…
LAST week there were two events that celebrated how beer can have a place at…
A (nearly) Complete History of the Moose in New Zealand by Ken Tustin, Halcyon…
28 July 2010
THERE are some mad buggers in Nelson who believe the US Government is part…
28 July 2010
THERE’S nothing like a horn in your ear to get your heart pumping. That goes…
28 July 2010
YEARS ago I passed a vineyard way up north. I was on my way to Ahipara…
21 July 2010
BASTILLE Day always brings out the best. On 14 July 1789, a mob “stormed the…
LORI Leigh reckons it was no coincidence that she brought the award-winning play Dog Meets God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead to New Zealand. The American director saw the play about the much-loved Charlie Brown characters all grown up, in New York City,… Continue
LOCALS are giving up time and money to support the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s next operation on the high seas. A charity concert “Rock the Boat” and a forum with controversial Sea Shepherd captain Pete Bethune have been organised for this weekend. Pete… Continue
Thousands of locals could be stung with large yearly fees if Wellington City Council’s policy is changed. THE council is consulting residents on a draft of the Road Encroachment and Sale Policy, which will determine how to charge the 6,000-odd Wellingtonians who… Continue
28 July 2010
THERE are some mad buggers in Nelson who believe the US Government is part of a shadowy conspiracy to wipe out part of the world’s population by using jets to dump aluminum, barium, strontium, and whatever else via those wispy vapours you sometimes see high in the sky. Judging by the comments and links, there’s plenty of nutbars out there who agree that Nelson is specifically being targeted to assist… Continue
28 July 2010
THERE’S nothing like a horn in your ear to get your heart pumping. That goes without saying. But where does all the excitement of running and hunting come from? For me, it started in my childhood when we used to go on holiday up to the King Country. While there, we’d occasionally go to nighttime movies at the old fleapit down the road. Most of them were cowboy films like The Black… Continue
28 July 2010
YEARS ago I passed a vineyard way up north. I was on my way to Ahipara at the south end of Ninety Mile Beach. I wish I’d been able to convince my driver to stop – We’d zoomed right past Okahu Estate. This week I had a chance to make amends when I stumbled across a tasting at Wineseeker on Victoria Street. We tried the Okahu Syrah 2007 ($36.50). A medium-bodied, berries… Continue
28 July 2010
Vector Wellington Orchestra, Wellington Town Hall, July 24, 7.30pm, reviewed by Garth Wilshere THE Creative New Zealand paper released this week looks at reorganising the funding it gives to the Vector Wellington Orchestra and other major arts bodies around New Zealand. Make no mistake: the future of this orchestra is at stake. Marc Taddei has consolidated and built the orchestra over the past… Continue
28 July 2010
At the movies with Dan Slevin I was really enjoying Inception until I woke up. Actually, that’s not true. Unlike my companion, the Sandman didn’t come to rescue me from Christopher Nolan’s bombastic blockbuster and I had to sit through all two and a half hours of it, wondering what all the fuss was about. Leonardo DiCaprio plays a corporate spy who specialises in entering people’s… Continue
28 July 2010
LAST week there were two events that celebrated how beer can have a place at the table. On Tuesday night I was involved in The Emerson’s Degustation Dinner at Logan Brown. The event showcased just how well fine food and craft beer can work together. Logan Brown Head Chef Shaun Clouston, and brewer Richard Emerson worked together to match six of Shaun’s courses to six of Richard’s beers. We… Continue
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