New Whangārei gallery solely for artists who upcycle
15 May, 2021 04:00 AM
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Jonelle Halkett is one of four foundation artists based at the new Whangārei gallery. Photo / Michael Cunningham
Jonelle Halkett is one of four foundation artists based at the new Whangārei gallery. Photo / Michael Cunningham
Jenny Ling is the Northern Advocate s feature writer and news reporterjenny.ling@nzme.co.nznorthernadvocat
A new gallery has opened in Whangārei for creative residents who make upcycled art. Reporter Jenny Ling talks to designer Shelly Matiu who got the new venture off the ground. For the past decade, Northland
Critics said the proposed monthly levy on Johannesburg residents using prepaid electricity, which has now been withdrawn, would have punished already overburdened households and businesses.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Government must deal with appalling behaviour of emergency housing residents in motels
15 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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One of the problems is the sheer concentration of people in emergency housing in small areas. Photo / File
One of the problems is the sheer concentration of people in emergency housing in small areas. Photo / File
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There was a sad twist in the otherwise happy story of 3-year-old Axle who survived a night in the Gisborne bush alone. Axle and his family - it transpired - were homeless earlier this year, living in a tent.
They had been in an emergency housing motel, but it was a bad situation with drugs and alcohol and people fighting and smashing things all the time, and Axle s mum says she didn t want her kid around that . A tent was preferable.
Brrrrrr! Sub zero temperatures as region shivers into Friday
13 May, 2021 07:41 PM
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MetService National weather: May 13th-15th
Frozen windscreens and morning frosts are upon us as Bay of Plenty residents woke to a drop in temperatures this morning.
For many centres the mercury struggled to get much above zero, with eastern parts of the South Island and central North Island plummeting to bone-chilling negative territory.
MetService communications meteorologist Lewis Ferris said the low temperatures suggested most of Bay of Plenty would have experienced a frost this morning.
Desert Rd recorded a decidedly chilly low of -5.3C, Taupō got as low as -2.1C, Rotorua 0.4C, Whakatāne 2C and Tauranga 3.7C.