The ups, low and silver coatings of a child’s relative. He was lying there, proper, immovable, his dark, glazed and fixed eyes on the ceiling above. My daughter looked at him, then to me. “Is that … Dad?” I sighed. “No, honey, this is not daddy.” I took the man to whom her question was…
By Amanda Gillies for the details Project 51 changed lives in Afghanistan, on behalf of the 51 victims of the attacks of the Christchurch mosque. Now a documentary follows the story. It has been six years since a lone shooter has opened fire on two mosques in Christchurs, killing 51 people, breaking the innocence of…
Sandy Brinsdon gave this brilliant shooting of Christchurch. Photo: Provided/ ThheAfterworkphotographer/ Sandy Brinsdon Astronomy and photographer fans received a rare blood moon lunar eclipse on Friday night, with many breaking the tripod and lenses to try to capture the vision. A lunar eclipse is when the sun, earth and moon are aligned so that the…
The poet Kate Camp learned to swim afternoon in life. It is now a defining component of your identity. But why don’t she write about it? I I learned to swim in a 15 -meter pool in the backyard of Mandi in Paraparaumu. This is not true. I learned to swim in a 15 -meter…
It was 1977, when the newly granted veterinarian Dougall McLachlan swayed to Waimate in his orange car Morris Marina. McLachlan, 70, who retires this month after a career of almost 48 years in the same city, remembered his first day in office, which involved the calves castrating. Tea and toast smoko was served at 10am,…
Put SO’OMālō ITENI SCHWALGER Valerie and Kevin at Womad 2025 in New Plymouth. Photo: SO’OMālō ITENI SCHWALGER In New Plymouth, Womad is well underway. The first night of the worldwide music, arts and dance festival had a surprising start – with performances by artists such as Poppa Jax, Black Comet, Nana Benz du Togo and…
Gabi lards for now, Mad Chapman next week. Despite the allegations of being full of shit books, I can’t go through a small library without taking a look inside. Two weeks ago, stretching my legs in a lasting morning sitting on my unhealthy chair, I saw two curious thorns in the small library around the…
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The novices shone for Otago yesterday. Volts declared from 390 to seven and the central districts went from 166 to four on the second day on the second day on the molyneux park. The game is firmly in balance. Some new faces helped gain parity. Brad Ranebone attacked half a century in his first class…
Put Amberleigh Jack NZ Rock Stalwarts Shihad made his second show of all time as part of The Lud Forever Tour at Spark Arena in Auckland on Friday night. Photo: Provided/ Nick Paulsen Analysis – When the 1996 anthem, ‘Home Again’, brought the curtains on Shihad Auckland Swan’s two -hour show, I felt a twinge…