On Saturday we went to the opening of a new theatre in New Lynn – Te Pou, Aotearoa’s first tikanga Maori theatre. A most exciting evening, with performance excerpts from the last 50 years of Maori theatre. The performances began with George Henare (singing It ain’t necessarily so from Porgy and Bess). Rachel House played a Maori […]
Multicultural Mount Roskill
April 19, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The day after our return from Heretaunga we spent some hours enjoying the enormous diversity of Auckland today, especially in dance, drama, sport and food. There were recycling centres staffed by young volunteers who explained what went where, and good humour and respect was evident everywhere.
On the home front..
April 19, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Pavement artists outside our door… Kumara harvest… Yuki harvesting old heritage variety Taputini the MAD team… high school students Making A Difference at Earthsong during their special holiday programme Autumn bounty…a day’s harvest at Earthsong
Anzac Day: Celebrate or Commemorate?
April 19, 2015 by 4 Comments
I’m alarmed about the extent of the commemorations of Gallipoli, which are beginning to verge on celebrations. Celebrations of what? Of men from New Zealand going to Turkey to try and kill other men they’ve never met and have no personal reason to hate? Of their bravery in the face of death? Of their loyalty to […]
Sky City Melt-Down?
March 17, 2015 by 1 Comment
Sky City melting? the long hot summer, women’s rage, a new anti-gambling government? or is it just time to pull that hypodermic syringe out of the sky?
Women’s Days …
March 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Every day we see strong women, creative women, women changing the world for the better. Almost every day we’re also confronted with images of women demeaned or brutalised. So for International Women’s Day, March 8, we are featuring some of the women we’ve seen this month. The appalling… Franklin Plumbing – which used to be a strong New Zealand […]
More Women’s Days…
March 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Many women use drama, weaving, tapa cloth making, knitting and crochet, food preparation, to affirm goodness and to assert their positive power. We’ve experienced a wealth of this creativity in March WISE (Women, Inspired, Strong, Empowered & Enterprising) and the ARMS Trust (Auckland Refugee and Migrant Services) had a splendid display of craft work at the Corban Estate […]
More Women’s Creations…
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Nicky McFall-Hastings has lit up the trees in Aotea Square to make the Festival Garden for the Auckland Arts Festival. Tanya marvels at the work involved in making Pasifika lei and weaving them around the trunks and branches… …and many women have knitted or crocheted woollen squares to clothe the trunk of a giant pohutukawa outside Te Pataka Korero […]
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