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Tuesday, 18 May 2021, 2:14 pm
Lizzie Errington from Northland has been named as the
recipient of the 2021 Liz Stringer Curatorial Internship at
the New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga
Whakaata.
The internship provides the recipient with
hands on curatorial skills across a wide range of activities
at the gallery, which involves curating a show featuring
works from the New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga
Whakaata collection and assist with upcoming exhibitions
while contributing new perspectives, connections and a fresh
appreciation of portraiture.
New Zealand Portrait
Gallery’s Director, Brian Wood, says Lizzie was selected
because she had a wonderful proposal to use the gallery’s
Springboard catches global attention
Springboard’s pilot boxing programme has caught the attention of international sporting organisation Laureus.
It has received a grant from the Laureus Sport for Good fund to continue to build up its boxing classes in Snells Beach and at Mahurangi College for at-risk youth.
Laureus chairman and former All Black captain, Sean Fitzpatrick, says he has been looking for a project in New Zealand for some time.
He believes that boxing can be a powerful mechanism for positive change in a young person’s life.
“Boxing is not about scrapping – it teaches discipline and gets kids off the street and into classrooms,” Sean says.
Local Folk - Dianne Morgan
Live in the Mahurangi area for any length of time, and it’s hard to miss Dianne Morgan and her Jade River Ukes. The band is a regular at local festivals, pubs and even busking on the street. James Addis spoke to Dianne about her life and music …
I grew up on a 100-acre farm just south of Warkworth, which was formerly owned by my grandparents. They cleared the land, planted orchards and raised pigs. These activities were eventually abandoned in favour of dairying, which is how I remember the farm. I fed calves, shovelled cow manure and cleaned out the yard. I liked being in the outdoors and the fresh air.
Huge crowds return to Anzac services
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Dame Trelise Cooper at Leigh.
Servicemen with the NZ Navy and Air Force marched over the Memorial Park bridge at the end of the Puhoi ceremony.
At Matakana. Photo, Emma MacDonald.
Keith Tennant, left, and Thomas Dowling.
After two years of cancellations and disruptions, Anzac Day 2021 dawned bright, warm and clear across the Mahurangi region, prompting an impressive turnout at local parades and services. Speakers at Puhoi – historian Richard Hern – and Leigh – JP Vince Anaki – reminded the crowds that New Zealand had, in both world wars, sent a disproportionately high percentage of its population to fight – and it had suffered correspondingly huge losses. Meanwhile, at Warkworth, RSA president Bob Harrison said the challenges and sacrifices of Covid-19 were in many ways similar to those of wartime.