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What is on Spotify this week?
This week the playlist features… Southern Alps by Gary Daverne Gary Daverne is a composer and conductor with the distinction of being New Zealand’s most prolific arranger and composer of…
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This week’s playlist
Each week a playlist of audio is curated to go along with the blog. The entries on the playlist have something to do with the articles on the blog although…
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Mount White Station
New Zealand Aotearoa is known for its farming culture and Mount White is home to one of the famous high-country stations. Mount White Station is on the Canterbury side of…
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The listening tracks this week
The playlist this week features: Safari by John Barry. British composer, John Barry, was known for his prolific output for film music. This track comes from Out of Africa, the…
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Spotify – the playlist
Each week a curated playlist of audio goes along with the blog. A separate blog post about has been reinstated this week that describes the tracks and why they have…
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The Safari Suit
I am looking to add a 1970s safari jacket or suit to the textile collection. This iconic piece of fashion history has mostly fallen out of favour but was once…
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The blog this week
This weekend we are going to a high-country farm, Mount White Station, for a tour of the operation and to meet some of the people who work there. Mount White…
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Black History Month
February is Black History Month, a celebration that is marked by the birthdays of famous abolitionist Americans: Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. Black History Month is recognised in the North…
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The Way We Wore
An insightful and fascinating series on Netflix at the moment explores the evolution and history of fashion in Australia. Presented by Celeste Barber and made in 2023, The Way We…
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Like the Turf
Caroline McQuarrie’s Like the Turf has just opened at the Left Bank Art Gallery in Greymouth Māwhera. Caroline is an artist from the Coast who now lives in Wellington Pōneke.…
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