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“I am recreating objects which play an integral part in the city – posts, electrical boxes, which get forgotten about, things people make art on.” At Fiksate Studio and Gallery in Sydenham, a replica of Lyttelton s popular Volcano Cafe and Lava Bar shares white wall space with a dirty corner dairy. The latter recreated with exquisite attention to detail with both a Covid-19 screen at the door and a stubbed out cigarette on the footpath outside. Shadow Town also explores, in miniature form, the grimy side of urban life from a replica overflowing nightclub toilet, with “ smut scrawled on the door”, to a mini skip complete with rubbish and a stop sign. ....
Rotorua's Lava Bar to remain open as Tiny Deane's proposal for homeless elderly falls through nzherald.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nzherald.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Rotorua Chamber of Commerce survey: Businesses say no to housing homeless in CBD 11 Feb, 2021 05:00 PM 4 minutes to read The Lava Bar and X Base Backpackers on Arawa St. Photo / Kelly Makiha A proposal to convert the Lava Bar and X Base Backpackers into housing for the homeless has been met with strong resistance from Rotorua businesses. A Chamber of Commerce survey has found 89 per cent of the 365 people who had responded as of Wednesday afternoon did not want the plans to go ahead. A private property investor from Auckland, Peter Bidois of Torin Holdings, has told the Rotorua Daily Post he had signed a deal to buy the lease of Lava Bar and X Base Backpackers for 15 years. ....
Tiny Deane says he will consult with Rotorua community over backpacker and Lava Bar proposal 28 Jan, 2021 05:00 PM 5 minutes to read The Lava is set to close the end of March if a property deal for the homeless goes through. Photo / File Tiny Deane says his trust will consult with the community over its plans to take over a Rotorua backpackers and run it in partnership with a new medical centre where the Lava Bar now stands. There has been an uproar from the community after the Rotorua Daily Post revealed on Wednesday an Auckland property developer has signed a deal to take over the lease of the Base Backpackers and Lava Bar. ....
Lava Bar could close, Tiny Deane plans to open new Rotorua homeless hub and medical centre 26 Jan, 2021 05:00 PM 5 minutes to read The Lava Bar and X Base Backpackers on the corner of Ranolf and Arawa Sts. Photo / Kelly Makiha Popular Rotorua nightclub Lava Bar could close at the end of March and become a medical centre that will form part of a new hub for the homeless - if a property deal goes through. Homeless advocate Tiny Deane is behind the hub after working in partnership with a commercial property investor from Auckland who is about to buy the lease for the Lava Bar and neighbouring X Base Backpackers for the next 15 years. ....