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The nomad who found his place: Romungro man's extraordinary journey to Hawke's Bay 12 May, 2021 01:19 AM 4 minutes to read Alexandru Cionca fled Romania in 2007 at the age of 15. Now he's a New Zealand citizen. Photo / Warren Buckland Alexandru Cionca fled Romania in 2007 at the age of 15. Now he's a New Zealand citizen. Photo / Warren Buckland More than a decade after bribing border guards to allow him to flee Romania, Hawke's Bay's first and only Romungro native has become a New Zealand citizen. Of Romanian nationality, Alexandru Cionca identifies as Romani – an ethnicit...

Music / Four Winds Festival 2021, Bermagui, April 2-4. Reviewed by ROB KENNEDY. MUSIC and the arts filled the air at the 21st outing for the Four Winds Festival held in Bermagui over the Easter long weekend – part one. After a year’s hiatus because of COVID-19 restrictions, the Four Winds Festival was back stronger than before. This festival showcased many styles of music, dance, poetry, spoken word and more from across the artistic spectrum. The theme for this year’s festival was “Reconnect”, put together by a dedicated team and artistic director Lindy Hume. Four Winds audience. P...

Chloe and Jason Roweth perform songs and poems by Henry Lawson at “Good Folk”. THE National Folk Festival and Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council are hosting “Good Folk”, with 22 concerts at three different venues over Easter. All concerts will be ticketed with covid-safe restrictions in place. The artists will perform at The Q, the Royal Hotel and the Queanbeyan Bicentennial Hall. There’s also a free two-day session at Campbell & George. Good Folk, April 3-4, book here.  The Queanbeyan Hive. QUEANBEYAN Hive is launching fringe folk festivities for Easter with Bec Taylor a...

Creative director of the Four Winds Festival, Lindy Hume. Photo: Lisa Herbert. THE sense of excitement is palpable at the Four Winds office in Bermagui as its inaugural creative director, Lindy Hume, takes over the reins for the 2021 and 2022 Easter fes tivals.  Hume is one of Australia’s best-known festival and opera directors, with stints heading up Sydney Festival, Perth International Arts Festival, West Australian Opera, Victoria State Opera, OzOpera and Opera Queensland, but she’s no stranger to Canberra. In 1991 she directed Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” (Cinderella) at the Canb...