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The crocheted wharenui
A few months back the blog featured Lissy Robinson-Cole and Rudi Robinson-Cole’s crocheted sculpture: Wharenui Harikoa. A wharenui is a large building for people to gather in and is usually…
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Rata
New Zealand’s native pōhutakawa is probably the best known of its trees, particularly because of its flowers of red that appear at Christmas. It has a relative, rata, that also…
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Touring the South
Over the Christmas period we took a tour of the South of the Te Waipounamu/ the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. The trip took in the West Coast route…
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Happy New Year
Welcome blog friends, old and new. I hope you have had a good festive season, wherever you are and whatever you did. This year we are going to be opening…
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The last blog for the year
Hello, dear readers, It is the end of another year and the last posting for 2024. What a year it has been. We have been lucky enough to travel and…
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The Spotify playlist
This week’s Spotify playlist features, as always, audio that relates to the articles on the blog. In addition there are some extras, it being the festive season for many across…
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Shooting fashion in a slum
In November this year, an NGO in India released an Instagram video of a fashion shoot with a difference. For 41% of India’s urban population “home” is a slum. (A…
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Studio update
The new studio is being prepared to begin opening up in mid-January. With newly-painted floors and rugs down, the space is looking bright and cheery. There is an exhibition of…
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Waving at fairies
At this time of year when magical things happen for many people across the globe, what could be more apt than this…? https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1037478179768402 or this…?
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What’s on Spotify this week
This playlist features: Songlines by Nyoongi and Rüdiger Oppermann Australia meets Europe in Songlines, a piece that combines plucked strings with didgeridoo. Songlines are the walking music that Aboriginal people…
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