Golden Bay’s Ceiros Begg hits the road with sustainable fashion
May 25, 2012 – 8:36 pm | No Comment

Local Good News/Golden Bay
By Charlotte Squire
When Ceiros Begg was a little girl, she and her mother spent hours walking the streets of Christchurch to visit thrift shops. No shop was too far away and mother …

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Geothermal power to the people!
May 10, 2012 – 5:55 pm | No Comment
Geothermal power to the people!

NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate release: 9 MAY 2012
Artist taps steamy issue of Geothermal power in Taupo
As part of Taupo’s Erupt Festival, opening this week, artist Tim Barlow is erecting a temporary Public Fountain using geothermal power …

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The Clean Bin Project film features at Reel Earth Environmental Film Festival in Palmerston North
May 9, 2012 – 1:49 pm | No Comment
The Clean Bin Project film features at Reel Earth Environmental Film Festival in Palmerston North

Is it possible to live completely waste free?
Partners Jen and Grant go head to head in a comedic battle to see who can swear off consumerism and produce the least amount of garbage in an …

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Mobile radio station hosted by Auckland artist’s collective to visit local Taupo communities
May 8, 2012 – 1:52 pm | No Comment
Mobile radio station hosted by Auckland artist’s collective to visit local Taupo communities

NEWS RELEASE – Letting Space
3 May 2012
MOBILE RADIO STATION TO VISIT LOCAL TAUPO COMMUNITIES
A national public art programme sees an Auckland artists’ collective visit small communities with a mobile radio station and public address unit …

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Alastair Riddell (Space Waltz) to premiere his first short film “The Last Stop”
April 18, 2012 – 4:26 pm | One Comment
Alastair Riddell (Space Waltz) to premiere his first short film “The Last Stop”

Submitted by: Vanessa Cohen-Riddell, Little Red Hen Pictures
Alastair Riddell (Space Waltz) is to premiere his first short film “THE LAST STOP”; a film made specifically for entry in Ridley Scott’s new online “Your Film Festival”.
Singer/songwriter …

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Creative Wellingtonians Combine Art and Technology to Help Communities Overseas
April 13, 2012 – 9:42 am | No Comment
Creative Wellingtonians Combine Art and Technology to Help Communities Overseas

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Concerned Citizens
Creative Wellingtonians Combine Art and Technology to Help Communities Overseas
Concerned Citizens, a Wellington-based creative community of more than 80 artists and musicians, have announced the opening of a cutting edge “Open …

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Check out: Bikes for Africa
April 6, 2012 – 2:30 pm | One Comment
Check out: Bikes for Africa

Bikes for Africa is an entertaining, insightful and deeply honest documentary following the life adventures of New Zealanders Hap Cameron and Mandy Todd, and their attempt to help implement a self sustainable bike workshop in …

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NZ Film Commission gets behind the next generation of Filmmakers (and changemakers)
March 28, 2012 – 5:33 pm | No Comment
NZ Film Commission gets behind the next generation of Filmmakers (and changemakers)

MEDIA RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Wednesday 28th March 2012
 

 
NZ FILM COMMISSION GETS BEHIND THE NEXT GENERATION OF FILMMAKERS

 
The New Zealand Film Commission is getting behind the Inspiring Stories Trust to help aspiring young filmmakers …

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Letting Space: Get Productive!
March 9, 2012 – 9:06 am | No Comment
Letting Space: Get Productive!

Letting Space are inviting people to participate in a major public art project in the streets and public spaces of Wellington over the week Monday 12 May to Friday 16 March.
 Productive Bodies is a major community …

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Award winning green filmmaker travels Aotearoa, home schooling son, filming sustainable families
February 23, 2012 – 3:45 pm | 3 Comments
Award winning green filmmaker travels Aotearoa, home schooling son, filming sustainable families

Award winning Nelson filmmaker, mum and passionate greenie Emma Heke and her seven year old son Connor are in Northland right now on the northern leg of a nationwide road trip, filming other families who …

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British Green Art Designer Creates life-Sized ‘Family’ from Waste Plastic Bottles
February 19, 2012 – 3:49 pm | No Comment
British Green Art Designer Creates life-Sized ‘Family’ from Waste Plastic Bottles

Sarah Turner has been busy the past 2 months hand making a life-sized family made from waste plastic bottles for Light Night Nottingham.
The event was a fantastic success with Sarah’s Plastic Bottle Family a main …

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Ben Cauchi awarded the 2012 Creative New Zealand Berlin Visual Artists Residency
February 19, 2012 – 3:21 pm | No Comment
Ben Cauchi awarded the 2012 Creative New Zealand Berlin Visual Artists Residency

Creative New Zealand media release
Auckland-born photographer Ben Cauchi has been awarded the 2012 Creative New Zealand Berlin Visual Artists Residency at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin.
The biennial 12-month residency is an opportunity for New Zealand …

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Feature Film casting begins for ‘Shopping’, you and your ‘raw talent’ are invited to audition!
January 16, 2012 – 6:46 pm | No Comment
Feature Film casting begins for ‘Shopping’, you and your ‘raw talent’ are invited to audition!

Press Release – Feature Film Casting

Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland are two New Zealand filmmakers who have won multiple international awards at film festivals including Cannes, Berlin and Sundance.  Albiston and Sutherland have begun casting …

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The Kiwi Diary 2012: A year-long celebration of Kiwi culture and creativity
December 18, 2011 – 11:50 am | 2 Comments
The Kiwi Diary 2012: A year-long celebration of Kiwi culture and creativity

Media Release
16 December 2011
For immediate release
 
THE KIWI DIARY 2012: A year-long celebration of Kiwi culture and creativity
 
They’re back!  Freda Wells and Annabel Wilson, the two friends behind The Kiwi Diary, are happily delivering design-led style and …

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Christchurch author and curator Justin Paton Awarded Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship
December 1, 2011 – 5:24 pm | No Comment
Christchurch author and curator Justin Paton Awarded Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship

Christchurch author and curator Justin Paton has been awarded the 2012 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship. Currently Senior Curator at Christchurch Art Gallery, Justin is best known to New Zealanders as the author of the acclaimed …

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Literary Sandpit for kids to enjoy and win
November 30, 2011 – 7:14 pm | No Comment
Literary Sandpit for kids to enjoy and win

Literary Sandpit for kids to enjoy and win
The Arts Foundation has teamed up with Arrow International to produce a Literary Sandpit for the community to enjoy for the duration of the Wynyard Quarter Arts …

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Check Out Award Winning Kiwi Kid’s Music Composer Levity Beet and Win His Music!
November 28, 2011 – 10:14 pm | One Comment
Check Out Award Winning Kiwi Kid’s Music Composer Levity Beet and Win His Music!

Original Kiwi kid’s music is kinda hard to come by, but Golden Bay based Levity Beet is passionate about his craft so he makes up for it with some seriously inspiring high quality music that …

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Grape Vine Sculpture Expo Winner
November 12, 2011 – 9:51 am | No Comment
Grape Vine Sculpture Expo Winner

           David Carson has won New Zealand’s first grape vine sculpture exhibition organised and held at Te Mania and Richmond Plains cellar door. Carson’s 5 metre ‘canoe’ was selected from over 22 sculptures by popular …

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Otago Design Students Exhibit at Arthur’s Pass National Park
November 6, 2011 – 10:02 pm | No Comment
Otago Design Students Exhibit at Arthur’s Pass National Park

Otago design students exhibit at Arthur’s Pass National Park – NZ Department of Conservation (DoC)
15 December – 15 March
The imaginative possibilities of parks explored
An exhibit of trial interpretation displays, installations and iapps will be on …

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The Backingblack HQ Comedy Scrum
October 4, 2011 – 1:50 pm | No Comment
The Backingblack HQ Comedy Scrum

Everyone loves to laugh and Thursday 6th October sees a line up of Kiwi comedians from all walks of life entertaining fans at HQ with a FREE rugby-themed evening of standup comedy.
Warning: some content may …

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Young Auckland Artist Awarded New York Residency
September 28, 2011 – 9:31 am | No Comment
Young Auckland Artist Awarded New York Residency

One of New Zealand’s new generation of installation artists Kate Newby has been awarded the 2012 residency at the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in New York.
During the four month residency Kate will complete …

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CD Review: Poetree by Redwood Reider
September 14, 2011 – 1:15 pm | 3 Comments
CD Review: Poetree by Redwood Reider

by Hannah Schenker.
I walked into the Mussel Inn, Golden Bay, on Live Poets night a couple of years ago, a gig I rarely attended but had been coaxed to by a new friend. On the …

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Recycle Your Amazing Movie! Enter the Golden Bay Allshorts Film Festival!
September 8, 2011 – 4:20 pm | No Comment
Recycle Your Amazing Movie!  Enter the Golden Bay Allshorts Film Festival!

Short Film & Music Video Festival
2011
allshorts short film and music video festival is now in its sixth great year!
allshorts is a celebration of New Zealand audio visual art. We accept any genre up to 10 …

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Enter the Inspiring Stories Film Competition!
September 5, 2011 – 5:21 pm | No Comment
Enter the Inspiring Stories Film Competition!

Film Competition
Have you got an inspiring story to tell? Could you showcase young Kiwis doing great stuff – making a difference in their community?
Download the film competition submission form.pdf
Categories
There’s two categories – filmmakers …

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What Makes Ross Sea Special? You Have One More Week to Enter the Film Comp!
August 3, 2011 – 3:07 pm | No Comment
What Makes Ross Sea Special?  You Have One More Week to Enter the Film Comp!

August 3, 2011
Great prizes up for grabs in online Antarctic film competition – entries close August 12, 2011
Contestants have just one week left to enter the 2011 Last Ocean Online Short Film competition. The …

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Making Way for New Voices – and Tortoises – in the Streets and Empty Shops of Wellington
July 29, 2011 – 7:53 pm | No Comment
Making Way for New Voices – and Tortoises –  in the Streets and Empty Shops of Wellington

MEDIA RELEASE
28 JULY 2010
The Urban Dream Brokerage
Ilott Concert Chamber, Wellington Town Hall
6pm on Friday 29 July
Free entry
MAKING WAY FOR NEW VOICES – AND TORTOISES – IN THE STREETS AND EMPTY SHOPS OF …

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MIT Performing Arts Students Take on Classic West Side Story with South Side Flavour
July 26, 2011 – 7:24 pm | No Comment
MIT Performing Arts Students Take on Classic West Side Story with South Side Flavour

MIT PERFORMING ARTS STUDENTS TAKE ON CLASSIC WEST SIDE STORY WITH SOUTH SIDE FLAVOUR

Manukau Institute of Technology’s (MIT) School of Performing Arts will showcase the immense talent of its students in their very …

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Sweet Dreams Made from Property and Art
July 22, 2011 – 6:52 pm | No Comment
Sweet Dreams Made from Property and Art

MEDIA RELEASE
22 JULY 2011
The Urban Dream Brokerage
Ilott Concert Chamber, Wellington Town Hall
6pm on Friday 29 July
Free entry
SWEET DREAMS MADE FROM PROPERTY AND ART

From electronic poetry to urban rooftop gardens, a reinvented speakers corner …

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Art Students (for monday)
July 16, 2011 – 11:14 am | No Comment
Art Students (for monday)

15 July 2011

ART STUDENTS SET PUBLIC SPACE ON FIRE WITH MURA O TE AHI EXHIBITION

Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts and Manukau Institute of Technology’s (MIT) School of Visual Arts will …

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Letting Space Presents: The Urban Dream Brokerage
July 13, 2011 – 4:18 pm | No Comment
Letting Space Presents: The Urban Dream Brokerage
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Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki – Re-Opens
June 29, 2011 – 2:14 pm | No Comment
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki – Re-Opens

Media Release
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Monday 27 June 2011
Newly refurbished areas of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki returned to the care of its staff today, after three years with Hawkins Construction. At the …

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Happy Birthday Lindsay Lohan at Mygalaxi gallery
June 21, 2011 – 1:56 pm | One Comment
Happy Birthday Lindsay Lohan at Mygalaxi gallery

Performance art meets teenage sleep-over in “Happy Birthday Lindsay Lohan” at Mygalaxi Gallery, Dixon Street, 1-2 July.
In honour of Lindsay Lohan’s 25th birthday, Wellington based artist Claire Harris will watch all of Lohan’s films …

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The Healing Power of Art
June 17, 2011 – 8:32 pm | No Comment
The Healing Power of Art

The Healing Power of Art Tuesday,
14 June 2011, 2:17 pm
Press Release: Page Blackie Gallery
PRESS RELEASE – For immediate release  The Healing Power of Art  Any artist can use rage or destruction as inspiration for art. …

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MIT’s Faculty of Creative Arts is Offering One Free Full Scholarship
June 9, 2011 – 4:28 pm | No Comment
MIT’s Faculty of Creative Arts is Offering One Free Full Scholarship

MIT’s (Manakau Institute of Technology) Faculty of Creative Arts is offering one free full scholarship to the MIT Certificate of Photography at the Newmarket Campus, to a budding photographer or enthusiast. The competition is open …

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Showroom for Mars Property to Open Under Soho
June 3, 2011 – 2:33 pm | No Comment
Showroom for Mars Property to Open Under Soho

Letting Space Media Release
June 3 2011
For immediate release
Showroom for Mars property to open under Soho
Tired of life on this unstable planet? A world-first showroom on Taranaki St, Wellington New Zealand offers the opportunity for members …

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“Searching for Buddha” with Heather Hapeta
May 31, 2011 – 5:24 pm | No Comment
“Searching for Buddha” with Heather Hapeta

Thistle Hall, Cuba Street, Wellington, New Zealand. Thursday 30th June –Sunday 3rd July 10am-5pm
Heather …

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Book Review: How to Retire in Twelve Months’ by Serena Star Leonard.
May 21, 2011 – 10:53 am | No Comment
Book Review: How to Retire in Twelve Months’ by Serena Star Leonard.

Book review: By Charlotte Squire
“Act like anything is possible … because it is!” This is a line from business coach Serena Star Leonard’s new book ‘How to Retire in Twelve Months – Turning Passion into …

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The Auckland Writers and Readers Festival 2011 Boasts Record Numbers
May 19, 2011 – 6:13 pm | No Comment
The Auckland Writers and Readers Festival 2011 Boasts Record Numbers

The Auckland Writers & Readers Festival 2011 boasts a 21% increase to a record 32,000 attendance during 11-15 May.
Auckland’s Aotea Centre lit up for five days and audiences came in droves. School students, university students; …

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Shining Light, Shaky Ground: a Poet’s Pilgrimage Through Te Wai Pounamu
May 13, 2011 – 6:18 pm | 7 Comments
Shining Light, Shaky Ground: a Poet’s Pilgrimage Through Te Wai Pounamu

By Redwood Reider
This is a story about trust. About stepping into the unknown, carrying the light and being carried by it.
I’m Redwood, he’s Rhythm. I rap poetry about the state of the world and the …

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The Rayman – Book 2 ‘Growth’ – Also Available Now As A Free Ebook
April 25, 2011 – 5:30 pm | No Comment
The Rayman – Book 2 ‘Growth’ – Also Available Now As A Free Ebook

“Today they were being taught about sharing. Sharing everything was better than bartering, Donna was told. If everyone gave, they all received and the community thrived.”
Donna, a young friend of Carrie and the Rayman, has …

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Eco-Jeweller Nick Feint – Saving the Planet One Wine Bottle at a Time
April 18, 2011 – 5:38 pm | 2 Comments
Eco-Jeweller Nick Feint – Saving the Planet One Wine Bottle at a Time

It’s times like these I really love my job. After a busy morning on the computer, it’s just me, the National Programme and the tar seal as I drive towards the Abel Tasman National Park. …

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