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All about poi
You might be familiar with the Māori art of “poi“, the dextrous dance movements that use balls on cord. According to some, poi was once used by men to strengthen…
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Elizabeth Talford Scott
The craft of creating quilts became an art in the hands of Elizabeth Talford Scott. Born into a family of sharecroppers in South Carolina, Scott was the sixth of fourteen…
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UngKlang
Over the past ten days Tāmaki Makaurau/ Auckland has been hosting the World Choir Games. These, the 13th Games, bring together the largest number of choirs and nations in the…
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Playlist for the Week – 21st July 2024
Each week a curation of audio from Spotify goes alongside the blog. Each of the pieces is chosen to reflect something in the blog, sometimes obviously and sometimes less so.…
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Maija Kolsi-Mäkelä
Maija Kolsi-Mäkelä was a Finnish textile designer who caught the imagination of an artist, researcher and writer, Mandy Pedigo. In an article published in 2020 in Surface Design Journal from…
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Thandiwe Muriu
The Kenyan artist, Thandiwe Muriu, started out in commercial photography but quickly found herself questioning what it means to be a woman through images of strength and beauty. Having struggled…
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Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
In Central Wellington/ Pōneke stands the Cathedral of St Paul. The Cathedral is the result of decades of lobbying, land purchases, interruptions and changes in materials, as well as delays…
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Jeremy Frey
“Jeremy Frey (b. 1978, Passamaquoddy Indian Township Reservation, Maine) is one of the foremost Passamaquoddy craftspeople of his generation. “
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From a Garden in the Antipodes
Evelyn Hayes, the pseudonym of Mary Ursula Bethell, published a book of poems about her love of plants and gardens in 1929. These poems cemented the reputation of this New…
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Reminiscence and memory
This week I am in Pōneke Wellington where Festival for the Future, an event to bring young people together, is taking place. While the group I am with is at…
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