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The areas of Hull where hardly anyone votes in local elections Eight Hull City Council wards had turnouts of less than 20 per cent in the last local elections in 2019 05:00, 24 APR 2021 Marfleet ward has one of the lowest election turnouts in England. (Image: Hull Live) Low voter turnout tends to be feature of local elections, and polls for Hull City Council have historically been no exception. The proportion of registered voters who turned out to vote in the last Hull City Council elections in...

Mikmaw couple bring their language to hit TV show Vikings A Cape Breton couple translated their Mi’kmaw language skills into being hired by the popular television show Vikings. Social Sharing

Source: Auckland Council Auckland Arts Festival/Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki (AAF) 2021 features everything from dance to theatre, live music to comedy, visual and digital art, talks and debate, community participation projects and more, with a wide-ranging series of free and ticketed shows, installations and exhibitions designed to unify, uplift and inspire. The Festival has commissioned world premieres of several new works, resuscitated some that were cancelled in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic...

Simon Wilson: The amazing return of the Auckland Arts Festival 25 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM 7 minutes to read OPINION: What an astonishing thing, that we are about to welcome the return of the Auckland Arts Festival. Covid struck right in the middle of the 2020 festival, cancelling shows, stranding performers, forcing audiences home. Most famously, American singer Amanda Palmer had to cancel, and then holed up for the duration in Hawkes Bay with her daughter and her husband, writer ...

If you could paint a picture of contagious enthusiasm, it would be a portrait of Kircher. Goateed, shiny eyed. Kircher is a talker and a glass brimming over. That kind of attitude is a prerequisite for folks in his line of work. Like many in the business, he’s hit big highs (a role as Bifur the dwarf in The Hobbit series) and some low lows (no work at all), but as he says, you’re only one audition away from another great role. KEVIN STENT/Stuff Kircher is auditioning for parts from hom...

Housing and Development Newsletter Myman has been impressed that the zoo works with other organizations to promote local, national and global conservation and protection of animals and their habitats. He is particularly impressed that the Santa Barbara Zoo has become the first West Coast zoo to earn the designation of Certified Autism Center, ensuring all zoo visitors have a successful experience.  Dr. Segna retired in 2017 from a career as a practicing veterinarian, association executive, and...

Book about POW camps in Taiwan during WWII launched 01/14/2021 02:39 PM Michael Hurst (left). CNA Photo. Taipei, Jan. 14 (CNA) "Never Forgotten," a new book that tells the story of the Japanese prisoner of war (POW) camps in Taiwan during the Second World War, was recently published in Taipei. According to the website of the Taiwan POW Camps Memorial Society (TPCMS), the 620-page book is a product of 24 years of research and more than three years of writing. It is illustrated with 850 photos, d...

Arts in 2021: The big productions and festivals coming to Auckland 3 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 11 minutes to read NZ Herald After a year that saw Broadway and the West End face a seemingly never-ending curtain call, local audiences can rest assured that the pandemic wont stop Auckland artists from putting on a show this year. While the Level 4 lockdown in March sent a seismic jolt through the countrys artistic community, cancelling dozens of shows and festivals and forcing numerous venues to shut thei...

-- MORE than 2064 school suspensions were handed to Gladstone State High School students in the past five years, recent data has shown. New data released this week revealed three Gladstone schools had more than 1000 suspensions, with some ranging from exclusion to cancellation. A POLICE raid uncovered 11 mature cannabis plants and seven seedlings inside a Biloela woman’s house. Aleana Maree Morgan, 34, pleaded guilty to three charges in Biloela Magistrates Court on December 9. THE QUEENSLAND ...

Premium Content Subscriber only THE QUEENSLAND Department of Education and the Education Minister have refused to answer questions about how long asbestos had been at the school. One day before students finished the year at the school, Principal Michael Hurst issued a notice to parents on December 8, stating asbestos had been discovered in A Block flooring. The Observer requested information from Department of Education concerning two issues: - When the school discovered asbestos listed in the ...