Press Release – Blind Low Vision NZ Blind Low Vision NZ encourages Kiwi kids to find the magic in books through the Great Kiwi Bookathon, a new initiative to get Kiwis reading through the month of June while raising much-needed funds for kids and their families living with vision …
Blind Low Vision NZ encourages Kiwi kids to find the magic in books through the Great Kiwi Bookathon, a new initiative to get Kiwis reading through the month of June while raising much-needed funds for kids and their families living with vision loss.
Registrations are open now for parents/caregivers to sign their kids, and themselves, up to read as many books as they can in June. Even the most reluctant reader is encouraged to participate in the Great Kiwi Bookathon, have fun and find the joy of reading.
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WHY GO? Because, fabulous time-suckers though they are, it’s not all about the festival, or even the bookshops. Located at the base of the Remutaka hills, Featherston is the gateway to the Wairarapa, with a long and notable military history – there was a huge army training camp here in World War I, which in World War 2 was used as a prisoner of war camp for captured Japanese, 122 of whom were shot in an “incident” in 1943. You can find out more about this, and the camps, at the Heritage Museum, and should take a look too at the Anzac memorial in the main street, with its distinctive cupola.
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10 great British thrillers of the 1970s
As I Start Counting lands on Blu-ray, we run through 10 more edge-of-your-seat gems of British film of the 1970s.
22 April 2021
I Start Counting (1970)
The common conception of British cinema in the 1970s is that it was in terminal decline. Deprived of investment in the face of dwindling box-office returns, producers resorted to peddling period horrors, softcore romps and sitcom spin-offs to stay afloat. Yet, the decade also witnessed a mini thriller boom that exploited the BBFC’s relaxation of censorship to bring a new psychological authenticity and depth to such suspense-filled stories as David Greene’s I Start Counting (1970).