US election takes foreign media by storm
By Dave Lee (pictured in NZ earlier this year) WE’VE never seen anything like this. Not since the historic Labour landslide in 1997 has the British public been so gripped on an election. Indeed, it...
View ArticleFaith keeps Burmese 93-year-old going strong
HE HAS old-fashioned British politeness and his accent shows a hint of his homeland Myanmar, but at 93 years Herbie Charlesworth is firmly rooted in New Zealand. He says his Catholic faith helped him...
View ArticlePerformers jump from Paris to Porirua
TRIPLE TREAT: From left, Lee Hodson, Mary-Jane Duffy and Jim Perkins. Photo: Liz Wylie WHAT do Whitireia Polytech arts faculty members do on their days off? They perform poetry and music at the...
View ArticleLeslie leads family on scary, exciting dance
SIXTEEN-year-old Leslie Bowman’s parents won’t miss him when he leaves for London to study dance – because they’re going with him. Leslie’s mother, Diana Bowman, says the move is “big, scary and...
View ArticleNZ not the holiday destination for British
NEW ZEALAND is losing appeal to the Brits as a holiday destination, according to recent arrival statistics. In this year’s travel and migration figures, numbers are down a third, from over 100 thousand...
View ArticleNZ losing it’s holiday appeal for Brits
New Zealand is losing appeal to the Brits as a holiday destination, according to recent arrival statistics. In this year’s travel and migration figures, numbers are down a third, from over 100 thousand...
View ArticleMuseum wants refurbishment out of city council purse
MORE space and a fresh look could be coming to the Wellington Museum of City and Sea – but it will cost Wellingtonians $1.6 million. The first phase of the museum’s plan is to open up the top floor of...
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