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11 March 2010
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Music
Lucky 13
13 Most Beautiful, Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests, Town Hall, reviewed…
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Theatre
Like an onion
The Letter Writer, Circa Theatre, reviewed by Lynn Freeman. A world…
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Other
What a bargain
New Zealand International Arts Festival. Sutra, St James Theatre, March 3rd,…
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Film
Just as good in 2D
At the movies with Robyn Gallagher TIM Burton’s Alice in Wonderland…
This Week
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Columns
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Sport Talk
On sportsmanship
10 March 2010
I saw the most bizarre penalty incident on the BBC website last weekend. …
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Wine Press
Happy Santa
10 March 2010
PINOT hits the capital once more on St Patrick’s Day when 20 producers from…
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According to Doyle
Your absolute breast
3 March 2010
I don’t want to be labelled a knocker. But I want to deal with one or two…
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Sport Talk
Drooling dictators who refuse to die
3 March 2010
WE were awarded the Rugby World Cup in November 2005. Last week, Auckland…
News
This Week
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Startling staff turnover
WHY do so many staff leave Wellington City Council? The turnover figures outlined in the council’s 2009 Annual Report show that on average, over the past three years, 23.3% of staff– almost a quarter of the organisation – have resigned every year. The cumulative… Continue
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Mountain Kate
TRIATHLETE and mountain running champion Kate McIlroy was fast asleep when Capital Times called to talk about her chances of winning the New Zealand Cup Championship and Oceania Championship titles in Wellington this weekend. Training at high altitude is really… Continue
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Break the farce
THE Walworth Farce looks creepy. A father makes his two sons put on moustaches, wigs and ill fitting suits and do a farce. Since they were kids they have done this every day all the while cooped up in a rundown council flat in London. “That to me is a strange… Continue
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10 MarSeason of concerts
THE St Andrew’s Season of Concerts will bring interesting performers to Wellington. Building on a long history of lunchtime concerts at St Andrew’s on The Terrace,… Continue
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10 MarThere’s a hole in my bucket
DUNCAN Sargent admits the sculpture he’s entered in this year’s shapeshifter exhibition at TheNewDowse was a “bit of a science experiment”. The Newtown-based furniture… Continue
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10 MarFestival fanatic
HOT old guy Geoff Dyer has more going for him than fine boyish features, a smooth speaking voice and a gentleman’s manner. He can write. Imagining 53 year old Dyer… Continue
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10 MarJack chat
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10 MarAll good in Wellywood
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10 MarI am an anarchist
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10 MarThe Fringe Cut
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03 MarNaked and free
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03 MarHorsey handstands
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03 MarSTOP Wellington
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03 MarVariation11 in court
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03 MarCaledonian goes upmarket
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