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Engineering company Tonkin + Taylor has released a video highlighting the extent of damage caused by the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes in Canterbury.

Napier Art Deco Festival The Art Deco Festival in Napier has cancelled its opening day events due to alert level 2 restrictions. Christopher Tegg Cameraman Christopher Tegg caught some of the action at the 2020 Art Deco Festival. The festival was set to run from Wednesday through to Sunday, but organisers wrote on the festival website that events scheduled for Wednesday would not go ahead. These included Art Deco vintage car tours, walking tours, the opening ceremony, a 1930s waiata and poi...

Matthew Clode Six60 perform to about 23,000 people in Christchurchs Hagley Park on Waitangi Day. The 17 acts included Kiwi music legend Bic Runga, alongside emerging talents Leisure and The Beths. More than 6500 people of all ages enjoyed the one-day event at Christchurch’s Ferrymead Heritage Park – a 30 per cent increase on last year. CHRIS SKELTON/Stuff Natalie Hutton, of There’s A Tuesday, performing at Nostalgia Festival 2021. The line-up is a smorgasbord of regular festival sounds...

On the streets of the 1900s replica township you’ll find local food, craft drinks, theatre and markets. The boutique music festival includes two stages for performances by Bic Runga, Leisure, The Beths, Theres A Tuesday, Wax Chattels, Ha the Unclear and more. Grant Matthew/Stuff Bic Runga performs as part of the Nostalgia Festival this weekend. (File photo) Hot tip: James Dann, aka Ed Muzik, takes over the tiny Arcadia Cinema at Ferrymead and uses the quaint space to show Christchurch and ...

By: Christie Eliezer Paul McKessarNew Zealand Female Artists Plan Database Of “Problematic” Executives A database of “problematic” male music executives which young women could consult before a job interview is one idea mooted in the wake of sexual harassment concerns in the New Zealand music industry. The sector is looking at solutions after the Jan. 24 publishing of results of a month-long investigation of sexual harassment in the New Zealan...

Commentary A letter offering condolences to David Townsend’s wife greatly exaggerated his death. It was amusing, but also concerning, he writes. It was just another sunny, summery start to the Wellington weekend. A lunch out at a friend’s for my wife and me: a delicious rosé the lively escort to a classy menu. And a fascinating look at a hologram of the late Louis XIV, le Roi Soleil, created by our friend to be –when Covid-19 restrictions lift-on display in a French museum. Altogether th...

Wake up, now: Music insiders say gender imbalance is at heart of industry after sexual harassment revelations Newshub 29/01/2021 Fiona Connor © Getty Images. Newshub talked with music artists and industry leaders who say at many levels the playing field for women is "not even". © Provided by Newshub New Zealands music industry insiders say the processes and behaviours fueling gender imbalance need to change at all levels after its "dark side" was laid bare this week.   ...

Last weekend Stuff investigative reporter Alison Mau published a months long investigation into sexual harassment and exploitation by local music executives. The story named Lordes former manager Scott Maclachlan and BENEEs manager Paul McKessar. In the wake of that Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan penned an essay outlining her own experiences, explaining that inappropriate behaviour has been rife throughout her time in music. Yesterday, The Spinoffs Leonie Hayden published a piece saying it wa...

Weekly Roundup: Friday 29th January Chris Cudby / Image: Anna Coddington / Friday 29th January, 2021 4:47PM       This week was marked by urgent calls from key figures in our community for significant change, following last weekends revelations of sexual harassment and exploitation in Aotearoas music industry — read Alison Maus news feature here. We implore everyone to read the open letter written by Anna Coddington and signed by Bic Runga, Hollie Smith and Mel Parsons, and ...

NZ Artists Release Open Letter To Music Industry Chris Cudby / Thursday 28th January, 2021 9:23AM       In response to last weekends revelations of sexual harassment and exploitation in our music industry (read Alison Maus news feature here), which have prompted Warner Music New Zealand to sack music manager Scott Maclachlan and Paul McKessarto resign as a director of CRS Management, key figures in our community have released an open letter calling for much-needed significant ch...