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Preeminent literary magazine Sport was founded by writers Damien Wilkins, Elizabeth Knox, Nigel Cox and their Victoria University Press (VUP) publisher Fergus Barrowman in 1988. Sport folded in 2020 as the pandemic hit and VUP have now published an anthology of the magazine's latter years, A Game of Two Halves: The Best of Sport 2005-2019, edited by Barrowman.
From hanging out with Egyptian mummies to clambering into a second world war bunker, here’s a wealth of adventures for inquiring young minds
He Puna Taimoana was expected to attact 75,000 visitors, but more than 122,000 have had a soak since the complex opened in May 2020.
A smaller design is on the cards for Christchurch's new multi-use arena ... to fend off a 130 million dollar blow-out A smaller design is on the cards for Christchurch's new multi-use arena ... to fend off a 130 million dollar blow-out 20 July 2021 Councillors will vote on Thursday whether to go for a 25 thousand seat stadium ... and smaller interior - to stay within the 470 million budget. The initial concept had 30 thousand seats, concert staging on the field and a full concourse. Recreation Head, Nigel Cox, says building and shipping costs have risen dramatically. He says the new desig...
A newly recommended design option, within the $473m budget, would reduce capacity to 25,000, with decisions to be made at a later stage about how much of this would be permanent, retractable or temporary seating. Further investigation will look at whether design efficiencies can be found to allow the capacity to go to 27,500 while remaining in budget. Frank Film Frank Film looks at the last-ditch effort to save a heritage building from the giant footprint of Christchurch’s new multi-arena stadium. A council staff report, outlining the proposed change, said New Zealand Rugby had told the ...