Tai Tokerau students deliver top-quality Shakespeare performances
19 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Whangārei Boys High School s Tyrese Mataiti as Macbeth with Mahanga Mitchell as Banquo s ghost.
Whangārei Boys High School s Tyrese Mataiti as Macbeth with Mahanga Mitchell as Banquo s ghost.
Reporter for the Northern Advocate jodi.bryant@nzme.co.nz
A larger than usual group of Whangārei secondary students will be representing Northland at the national Shakespeare Festival finals in Wellington after top-quality performances at the regionals this month.
The Tai Tokerau Regional Shakespeare Festival was held at Kamo High School and involved 59 Whangārei high school students from five schools performing different scenes from Shakespeare s plays and sonnets. The categories were won by Whangārei Boys High and Tauraroa Area Schools.
Whangārei busker moved on from Countdown, plays Jane Mander rest home
18 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Darius Martin-Baker said it was rejuvenating playing the flute to an audience once again. Photo / Tania Whyte
Darius Martin-Baker said it was rejuvenating playing the flute to an audience once again. Photo / Tania Whyte
Reporter for the Northern Advocate jodi.bryant@nzme.co.nz
A popular Whangārei flautist banned from his regular busking patch, brought festive musical cheer to rest home residents this week.
Darius Martin-Baker, 17, had the wind knocked from his sails when he was asked to leave his regular busking patch mid-song when a security guard pointed out new No Busking signs outside Countdown Whangārei last month.