New take on ribbons round old oak trees
ART student Alison Laird doesn’t tie ribbons round old oak trees. She’s put them around nikau palms and other trees in Paraparaumu’s Nikau Reserve to create a unique gallery for her work. Using...
View ArticleArtist draws attention to ‘rivers of shame’
AMELIA Hitchcock is turning water samples into art to draw attention to New Zealand’s declining water quality. The Elam School of Fine Arts student hopes to provoke people into thinking about...
View ArticleFloating crane leads to design inspiration
'F'LOATY' ART: Wellington design student Jenny Leov with an album of her fabric designs. TEXTILE design student Jenny Leov loves cranes. Lucky for her then, Wellington’s working barge with crane, the...
View ArticleStudent at party missed quake
GOOD PARTY: Charlotte Brown, right, and her sister Laura. By Abby Brown CHARLOTTE Brown had no way of knowing that an engagement party in the Manawatu possibly saved her life. Ms Brown, a Lincoln...
View ArticleWhitireia music students show their talent on stage
GUITARIST Nigel Ngahiwi is not letting the fact he is blind get in the way of a music career. Nigel is one of many student musicians who will be playing at the Wellington music venues on a regular...
View ArticleWellington underground art preserved on walls of inner-city flat
FOR MOST PEOPLE, a house is but a home. But for Ghuznee Street dweller Alastair Reith, his flat ia a living art gallery. Moving in to the warehouse space in late 2012, Alastair was pleasantly...
View ArticleNo hair but Wainuiomata teen has a big heart
LEUKAEMIA and Blood Cancer New Zealand’s annual Shave For A Cure event has raised over $1 million this year for cancer sufferers. For Wainuiomata High School teenager Conan Burt, it’s about more than...
View ArticleCuba container cafe helping hospitality students
A COFFEE SHOP is creating a buzz on Cuba Street as well as creating opportunities for hospitality students. The café, called Stories Coffee was setup just over a month ago and is already meeting its...
View ArticleNine-year-olds should start student-athlete journey says coach
Young basketballers compete for the ball during SportsFest 2016 at the ASB Sports Centre in Kilbirnie Kenny McFadden says Kiwi kids as young as nine should already be talking about becoming...
View ArticleLambton Ward candidate seeks youth vote
Local body election hopeful Troy Mihaka hopes younger people will give him their vote in the upcoming poll. Lambton Ward candidate Troy Mihaka told a meet the candidates meeting in Brooklyn last...
View ArticleThe annual accommodation squeeze goes on
Rising rents and greater demand for rentals means students returning from summer holidays are finding it difficult to find accommodation. With classes starting in the next three weeks both Massey and...
View ArticleElectoral Commission doesn’t think its leg shaving ad is sexist
The Electoral Commission sees no issue with an advert which has sparked claims of sexism by a Canterbury student. The advert, published in The University of Canterbury’s student magazine Canta depicts...
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