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REVIEW: The sound of Te Awamutu had a truly sacred ring at Christchurch Arena on Wednesday night. In their first visit to the region since February 2011, Crowded House made the Garden City the epicentre of the musical universe, as it hosted “the biggest gig in the world right now”. The South Island’s largest city wasn’t supposed to host the first outing for the retooled, triple-Finned beloved band (that honour was supposed to fall to Hamilton), but events up north in the last couple of weeks resulted in a rejig that co-founder and leader singer Neil Finn described as “fitting and ...

What a year. I seem to keep saying that, but really, what a year. January feels like it took place in another century. And I’m sure July happened a decade ago. (Or last week. Are we absolutely certain it wasn’t last week?) Despite the pandemic, and the rest of this year’s discontents, 2020 has been a good year for books, even if I’ve frequently had difficulty reading them. Or, at this point, remembering what year they belong to. (See above, January, another century.) But I think I’ve managed to compile my Top Twenty from 2020. Probably I have forgotten some excellent books, or fa...