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Holi 2025
This week was the annual Hindu celebration of colour in India: Holi. The festival rejoices in the return of Spring to the north and brings people together to celebrate the…
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What’s on the playlist
This week the tracks on the playlist feature…
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Modern Daily Knitting
Thanks to a reader who sent in this link about a podcast on the Haptic and Hue channel, if you enjoy knitting this is the website for you!
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This week’s Spotify playlist
As usual, this week there is a soundtrack to go with the blog and readers can listen to it by clicking the player above or by searching for the playlist…
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Visitors to the studio
As the season turns the flow of visitors to the studio seems to increase. Māwhera Greymouth is at the end of the rail trip from Christchurch Ōtautahi over Arthur’s Pass…
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Open Studio weekend
The first Open Studio event is happening at the end of this month in Grey District. Over the weekend of March 29th and 30th, studios across the area will be…
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Democracy the Oromo way
The Oromo people of Ethiopia and Northern Kenya have a unique democracy, Gadaa, that has existed for centuries. Every eight years new leaders are chosen by consensus from the men…
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What is on the playlist
This week the playlist has been curated with:
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Maoriland
In the early years of the twentieth century New Zealand was marketed as a tourist destination as “Maoriland”. Maoriland… the term suggested travel and the romance of distance. It was…
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Remembering conflict
An ongoing exhibition in Ulster, Northern Ireland, is about the textiles that memorialise conflict. Threads of Empowerment: Conflict Textiles’ International Journey brings together 29 pieces from across the globe, some…
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