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Centre was built in 1991 and comprehensively refurbished in 2015.

Thermals for Children is back and busier than ever

Jonny Potts and Jean Sergent balance one another out in their complementary shows.

Supplied Artist Linda Trubridge and her elder son Sam in front of Linda’s Wall of Wings sculpture for Havelock North, in 2004. Ahead of many successful Kiwis, there’s often a mother who showed them the way. Sarah Catherall hears how these women inspired their kids then, and now. Linda, William and Sam Trubridge Linda Trubridge is an artist and yoga teacher, who is married to lighting designer David Trubridge. Her book, Passages, is about her family’s adventures at sea. Their sons are S...

“It feels wrong to not have Dame Allison [sic] on it,” another said. The “grandmother of New Zealand home cooking” hung up her apron in 2015 after it was revealed she had been diagnosed with dementia. Her son, Simon, said at the time the plan was for Holst to remain at home in Orewa with her husband, Peter Holst, for as long as possible. He has since confirmed his mother moved into full-time care in 2018. Until recently, the sausage rolls, made by Rotorua company Richmond foods and...