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Picture a bunch of giant teletubbies who apparently no longer love each other very much wrestling it out one-on-one for supremacy and you more or less have the gist of the Sumo Slam, a night of raucous hilarity that rocked Raglan Town Hall last weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

One of our local famous Artowear participants, Liz Hoskings, is a very busy woman. Besides her commitment to her wearable arts practice, she has two small children, an older daughter studying in Wellington and she minds another child in the mornings and her god children in the afternoon. Read the rest of this entry »

The Black Seeds are pleased to announce their 2012 ‘Dust and Dirt’ New Zealand Release Tour.
With their highly anticipated album released last month and debuting at #1 in the NZ music charts, The Black Seeds will play nine shows across the country in May & June, including Altitude in Hamilton on Wednesday 30 May. Read the rest of this entry »

They say it was the Beatles’ hit “The Long and Winding Road” that helped trigger their breakup as a group. More than 40 years on I finally feel an empathy of sorts with their last hit single. For it was a long and winding – and hilly – road that almost broke me too the other weekend, and it was only knowing that it led to the doors of a true oasis that kept me going. Read the rest of this entry »