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Join Brrrrrrrrrr It’s weird to think that this is the same winter during which I’ve complained about the lack of cold and snow and overall winter-ness. This week Mother Nature decided to show us that, yes indeed, winter is real and it’s spectacular. Not only have the temps been somewhere between Ice Station Zebra and freezing, we’ve had a parade of storms. There’s another one due this Sunday, and then more on Tuesday. A few inches expected with each one, though the TV meteorologist...

Wifes heartfelt tribute to well-known musician and radio presenter following his death He was simply the best husband. 17:21, 29 JAN 2021 The wedding day of Bob and Melanie Rowe in 1981. (Image: Melanie Rowe) Subscribe to our weekly email updates about Arnold to stay informed on the biggest local storiesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recomme...

Supplied Dan Wootton, originally from Lower Hutt, is leaving UK tabloid newspaper The Sun after seven years for a role in television. The Kiwi journalist who broke the news that Prince Harry and Meghan were moving to Canada, is leaving The Sun newspaper to host a show on soon-to-launch channel GB News and to write for Mail Online. Dan Wootton, 37, is currently the executive editor of UK tabloid newspaper The Sun but is leaving that position to host a show five days a week on GB News, a new ...

According to Darren McGrady, a former royal chef, Diana was extremely careful about what she would eat. A 1989 Sunday Evening Post interview claimed the princess typically began each day with grapefruit, toast and muesli. Mr McGrady told Hello! Magazine Diana had two specific favourite meals she would often eat. The first, for lunch, was bell peppers filled with mushroom, rice, courgette, mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Princess Diana had a number of favoured healthy meals (Image: GETTY) Diana ...

His career in the arts spanned more than 60 years and in that time he was involved with just about every aspect of the performing arts in Wellington. He played a leading role in the construction of the Hannah Playhouse (which later became Downstage), chaired the Embassy Theatre Trust and the New Zealand Film Festival Trust, and was influential in saving the Embassy Theatre and Opera House from the wrecking ball. Sheat was pivotal in setting up the New Zealand Film Commission, serving as its i...

info@robertlouisstevensonmemorialcottage.org Robert Louis Stevenson, the invalid, saw a lot of doctors in his time. They were scattered about the globe. Everywhere the ailing writer went, he had to check in with medical practitioners. But in retrospect, few of them stood out as worthy of special biographical inclusion, the eminent Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau being one of them. R.L. Stevenson did not write an article or notes about the Saranac TB setup the way he did with Menton and Davos. I...

Keith Woods via Alexander Turnbull Library Poul Gnatt and RNZB foundation member Julie Barker on Bethells Beach in 1954, one year after establishing the company. A devotion to ballet led Danish dancer Poul Gnatt to establish a company in New Zealand. His legacy lives on in every performance, but he remains one of New Zealand’s unsung heroes. Brittney Deguara writes. Behind every Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB) rehearsal and performance is the legacy of the Danish dancer who made it all possi...

Performing as Li Ho Chang in the 1920s. Supporting artists included dancer Joanna Claire and the Hollywood Ballet, and assorted “ghosts and spooks”. Prices were two shillings to five shillings (half-price for children) with a matinee on the Tuesday. “Producing a guinea-pig seemingly out of thin air, Chang, the master magician ... performed a long series of illusions, which in the end the audience ceased to fathom, and took as a matter of course. “From then onwards until the grand fin...

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From the MTG: A treasure trove of rare delights 7 Jan, 2021 11:09 PM 4 minutes to read Sir George and Lady Whitmores invitation to the reception of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York at Parliament House, Wellington, June 19, 1901. Hawkes Bay Today By: Gail Pope The Hawkes Bay Museums Trust archival collection is a treasure trove of eclectic, rare and interesting ephemera that continues to amaze and delight researchers. Tucked away among this collection is an acid-free conservation envel...