Part of ‘Double Dragon’ by Kerry Ann Lee, 2012.
New works inspired by Chinese New Year are set to bring unique expressions of Chinese culture to Courtenay Place.
Ho Sun Nian, curated by Linda Lim, runs from February 1 to May 23 at the capital’s light boxes at Courtenay Place Park in the central city. The exhibition is inspired by Chinese New Year celebrations and features work by Wellington-based Chinese artists Stan Chan and Kerry Ann Lee. As New Year is the most important date in the Chinese calendar, the exhibition’s title
Ho Sun Nian refers to the Cantonese phrase “celebrating New Year” and references the language of the Chinese community who first settled in Wellington.
The Tawa Methodist Samoan Church performing at last year’s festival. There were 19 performance groups lined up, from the traditional to the contemporary, and plenty of food stalls. A highlight would be the cuisine cook-off, in which stalls submitted their best dish to the three judges, Nokise, Minister Aupito Sio, and MP Paul Eagle, and had been, in previous years, a great success. “As soon as we announce the winner, there’s a huge queue outside their stall.”
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Kim Sawa Sawa dances in the crowd at last year’s festival. Tamaki’s aim was to include as many local talent and vendors as possible, focusing on those in the Wellington region.
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The woman was the first in her group of friends who went down the slide at Frank Kitts Park when she received the cuts. (File photo)
GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING A Wellington woman’s bottom was “shredded” after she slid over broken pieces of glass left at the bottom of a playground slide Jayda Ormsby-Northcott received three large lacerations and nine minor cuts on her bottom during the incident on Saturday night at Frank Kitts Park, after she attended a concert on the waterfront. The glass, which she says looked similar to the large beer bottles sold for the annual Crate Day event held on Saturday, had been lodged in the mat at the bottom of the slide.