Vicki Anderson14:46, Jul 02 2021
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Five volunteers run an indie record store above a central Christchurch bar.
Christchurch independent record store Ride On Super Sound, aka ROSS, is run by a collective of passionate volunteers and music enthusiasts. Think
Black Books but with music, comics and zines. Co-owners Nick White, Michael Daly, Annemieke Montagne, Johnny “Electric” Harris, and Isaac Bennet volunteer their spare time to run a tiny store from a room atop the Smash Palace “bus bar”, selling locally made music and art. “We don’t pay ourselves, we sell on commission and all the funds go back into keeping the store going,” Daly said.
His neighbour confronted the burglar, who offered to sell him Stapp’s guitar. At about 12am on February 18, the offenders – two men – arrived at a nearby hostel. One stripped naked before entering the reception area.
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Auckland artist and former TV stuntman Chris Stapp ended up on the bonnet of a stolen car while chasing his stolen guitar. An employee tried to call police, but the naked man snatched the phone and, yelling, pushed the employee into a room. The offender punched the man and briefly choked him before he was able to free himself. The offender dressed and left the building. The hostel employee followed and persuaded him to return his phone. He then used it to call police.
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K Road rooftop artist, Chris Stapp, hopes the neighbouring landlords will his embrace the small, creative additions he has made to an otherwise barren urban landscape.
By moonlight one man climbs the rooftops of Auckland s K Road, creating hidden art as a panacea to the gentrification of a wild, beautiful street . Chris Stapp, stuntman, actor, musician and artist is an unstoppable creative force. It is a tale of two cities divided by a wall, which Stapp believes is separating the final ’character ’ of Auckland’s Karangahape Rd from gentrification. On the other side of the wall there s a massive construction site right beside us, Stapp said. A train station, a fancy shopping precinct and a major apartment building at the end of the driveway.
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Find out what is it like to be a Muslim kid in New Zealand and take a look at a top secret art exhibition hidden on the rooftops.
KEA Kids Newsreporter Blake Diamond, 9, from Blockhouse Bay School in Auckland is welcomed into the Masjid Ayesha Mosque at the time of the national “Meet a Muslim” campaign. Blake about learns to pray “the Muslim way” while finding out what life is like in New Zealand for the boys and girls from Manurewa and how it differs from non-Muslim kids.
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Kea Kids News is welcomed into the Masjid Ayesha Mosque in Manurewa to find out what it means to be a Muslim.