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Friday, 2 July 2021, 5:21 pm A new collaboration between Creative Kāpiti, Māoriland and Kiwibank is bringing a stunning art exhibition to Paraparaumu as part of the Matariki, Lighting the Beacons Festival. Tiaho Mai showcases authentic traditional and contemporary Māori artworks featuring renowned Toi Iho™ artists, Ngā Aho Whenua Residency Weavers - Pip Devonshire and Sonia Snowden, artists of the ART Confederation of Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Toa Rangatira as well as invited leading and emerging artists. Tiaho Mai describes the action of rays of shining light, to be enli...

The final performance will be in front of a live audience.

Supplied Coming together of Hindu and Maori communities at Te Papaiouru Marae, Rotorua, at an earlier session of the Hindu Council of New Zealand. On the left is council secretary Dr Guna Magesan. Magesan said in the past, since the early 2000s, the marae stays had been organised by the council, but this year it was being co-ordinated by the youth wing. "If you have never stayed at a marae, or would like to come and stay again, now is the perfect time," he said. Magesan said all accommodation, food, and resources needed for the workshops would be included in the $20 fee per person.

Music for the soul: Hawke's Bay Soul choir performs public workshop concert 9 May, 2021 08:00 PM 3 minutes to read Stephan Zebe, director of Hawke's Bay Soul Choir, conducts a workshop concert at St Andrew's Church hall, Hastings. Photo / Warren Buckland Stephan Zebe, director of Hawke's Bay Soul Choir, conducts a workshop concert at St Andrew's Church hall, Hastings. Photo / Warren Buckland Hawkes Bay Today By: Sahiban Hyde Soul music has been signed, sealed and delivered to Hawke's Bay, courtesy of Hawke's Bay Soul Choir. Choir founder Stephan Zebe, 54, said the soul music genre originated ...

A SKIPTON social arts project has been bringing the community together during the coronavirus pandemic with help from the Health Lottery. The Sunday Social project, run by The Greatwood and Horseclose Residents Association, received £10,000 from the People’s Health Trust, raised by Health Lottery Yorkshire and Humber, to provide weekly craft and social events for residents of all ages. Those behind the project, including Skipton’s Mayor, Karen McIntyre, established a monthly weekend social cafe for residents of the estate which ran until the end of 2020, before widening its remit t...