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The invisible immigrants

Scoop Wellington provides news and views from Wellington, New Zealand

From a troubled sporting star to local artist portraits and film-makers investigating issues in and outside of our borders, fascinating tales abound.

Red Cloud Confrontation in the Gibbs Farm Sculpture Park on the Kaipara Harbour. Being known by the public for his outlandish but highly geometric sculptures, Leon’s paintings are also widely held in private collections. When Covid stopped the plans in their tracks to organise a 2020 retrospective of his life’s work and development as an artist, a new date was set for 24 April 2021. The exhibition opening would be a stylish, colourful and integral part of the start of Dutch Week, at the Big...

Red Cloud Confrontation in the Gibbs Farm Sculpture Park on the Kaipara Harbour. Being known by the public for his outlandish but highly geometric sculptures, Leon’s paintings are also widely held in private collections. When Covid stopped the plans in their tracks to organise a 2020 retrospective of his life’s work and development as an artist, a new date was set for 24 April 2021. The exhibition opening would be a stylish, colourful and integral part of the start of Dutch Week, at the Big...