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Exhibition tells story of childhood trauma 18 May, 2021 11:20 PM 6 minutes to read Paul Brooks is editor of Whanganui Midweek, in your letterbox every Wednesdaypaul.brooks@nzme.co.nz "I became someone else the first time I was touched. Trapped in a body that doesnt belong to me. I look upwards, asking for help. My eyes are trying to tell, but no one sees. Tears fall as my innocence is taken. I have lost who I am, and fear who I have become." Catherine Daniels. Not many art exhibitions come with...

Science Fiction & Fantasy   A Conversation with Octavia Cade — by Arley Sorg — New Zealand author Octavia Cade had always planned to be a scientist when she grew up. “But as much as I love science, scientific writing sucked all my enthusiasm out. It’s the worst. It’s boring and inaccessible and scientists have no right to whine about people misunderstanding science when they have done everything they can to keep them from it.” Cade studied botany as an undergrad, and “became fasc...

Dianne Register-Stout by her fathers paintings which are on display in Sqaure Edge. Register-Stout said her father’s exhibition, NZ Medley, showcases his ability to capture the essence of the land, from the deep South to the upper North Island. His interest and knowledge of New Zealand geology and history gave him a deeper understanding of the land and the layers that formed it, she said. He brought this depth to the surface with his rhythmical brushstrokes and markings in paint. While i...

“We’ve tried to make it as easy as possible. Theyre open, but not complicated. “We’ve come up with the first set of questions and are asking people to contribute to the next set of questions.” DAVID UNWIN/Stuff Virginia and Warren Warbrick pose 150 Pātai to the public about the city. Warbrick described the project as a time capsule of thoughts as the city reaches its 150th year. “Every month the look of the display will change...it will capture their attention again,” she sai...