Follow us on Twitter Natalie Portman in Hotel Chevalier , a 13-minute short film that preludes Wes Anderson s The Darjeeling Limited . Photo / Supplied
A Wes Anderson Film Fest & More Fun Things For The Weekend
Have your weekend full of exuberant feature films, yachting fanfare and island gin tasting By Julia Gessler Thursday Jan. 21, 2021
To celebrate the imminent release of The French Dispatch, Wes Anderson’s oft-described love letter to journalists, Academy Cinemas is running a retrospective of the American film director’s works.
See cult favourites
Fantastic Mr. Fox and
The Royal Tenenbaums, The Darjeeling Limited,
Rushmore and
Isle of Dogs. Visually stunning scenes, guaranteed.
Thursday, 14 January 2021, 2:36 pm
The Māori performing arts group HIWA are resident at the
New Zealand Maritime Museum for a brief six weeks from
mid-January 2021, dazzling with their maritime-themed
production
Hiwa Ki Uta, Hiwa Ki Tai. The show
explores stories of Māui, who fished up Te Ika a Māui the
North Island and those of Polynesian wayfinders, who
colonised the Pacific using their profound knowledge of the
sea, celestial navigation, and naval architecture.
Additionally, HIWA demonstrate the role of the guitar in
contemporary storytelling.
HIWA are highly skilled
with tī rākau stick games and poi, both of which were
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Maritime Museum is staging its own PechaKucha America’s Cup-themed evening entitled
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Thursday, 11 February 2021, 4:29 pm | NZ Maritime Museum Aucklanders and visitors to the city can now limber up for next month’s America’s
Cup matches on the Waitematā - by designing their own high-performance super-boat
in the revamped Blue Water Black Magic gallery at the New Zealand Maritime Museum . More
Press Release – NZ Maritime Museum
The Māori performing arts group HIWA are resident at the New Zealand Maritime Museum for a brief six weeks from mid-January 2021, dazzling with their maritime-themed production
Hiwa Ki Uta, Hiwa Ki Tai. The show explores stories of Māui, who fished up Te Ika a Māui the North Island and those of Polynesian wayfinders, who colonised the Pacific using their profound knowledge of the sea, celestial navigation, and naval architecture. Additionally, HIWA demonstrate the role of the guitar in contemporary storytelling.
HIWA are highly skilled with tī rākau stick games and poi, both of which were practised by warriors to develop the skills required when wielding Māori weaponry such as the taiaha or long fighting staff or when manning waka. Swirling of poi and the mastering of various poi patterns and movements, for example, made wrists more supple, as well as increasing dexterity and agility.