August opened in March, in the hole-in-the-wall where Peoples Coffee used to be, in the monolithic Morrison’s Building on Garrett Street, opposite Glover Park. It’s owned by Ben...
With the Comedy Festival almost upon us, it seems timely to highlight some local works with a more serious intent. Firstly, coming to a close on Saturday 28...
My list is: Kelburn, Mount Cook, Lyall Bay, Wadestown (twice! and I didn’t even like it there!), and Hataitai. I also spent a summer living in Island...
In a lot of ways, great art is as much about limitations as it is ideas. For a great example of a real synergy between these two...
Depending on how you look at it, Graffiti art (or tagging as its detractors usually label it) can be one of the best or worst forms of...
New Zealand is a pretty versatile country, cinematically speaking. It’s stood in for Japan, Middle Earth and wherever the hell Hercules and Xena Warrior Princess were supposed...
One half of musical comedy act Mrs. Peacock and sole member of mostly non-musical comedy act Jarrod Baker.
Locally-raised journalist & writer, he began his working life elbow-deep in restaurant dishes & learnt most of his descriptive language from irate chefs & maitre'ds.
Digging around for bargains is Bel's fave kind of shopping, but she will admit: she even enjoys supermarket shopping.
