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The wrong courtroom incident wasn’t the only embarrassing or “Minties moment” shared. Judge Menzies also recalled a lawyer he didn’t name making an earnest bail application in hopeless circumstances, with the key argument being the intense interest the defendant’s mother was taking in proceedings. “What counsel was unable to appreciate, and what I could see quite obviously, the defendant s mother … the only person remaining, had long since curled up in a corner, sound asleep and snoring,” Judge Menzies said. “Bail was refused.” Christel Yardley/Stuff Judge Menzies came to the bench in 2014 and, before that, was a partner at Harkness Henry. ....
He’s an artist who doesn t take himself too seriously, despite having played with groups such as Katchafire, and fronted at recent festivals including One Love and Festival One. “It s meant to be fun,” he told the crowd, encouraging everyone to boogie in the aisles when they felt the need. Several took him up on the offer – hardly surprising, given the energy, fat funk beats and bass riffs the band pumped out during the show. But the most memorable moment of the night was entirely unintentional. In the third song from the end, the room was hanging off a solo that keyboard player Stallone D’Souza was building up, when the stand collapsed and his keyboard fell to the floor. ....
SUPPLIED A stunning performance: Ria Hall performing Manawa Wera with her band at the Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival on Friday. Who: Ria Hall and band performing Manawa Wera: A Conversation Piece Where: Harkness Henry’s Emporium of Scintillating Wonders, Hamilton Gardens When: Friday night Reviewed by: Ellen O’Dwyer Those who saw Ria Hall’s show in Hamilton on Friday night caught a stunning performance: Musicianship that was both emotionally and politically powerful. Hall and her five-piece band performed tracks off her critically acclaimed 2020 album Manawa Wera at Hamilton Garden Arts Festival . The songs, which blend Aotearoa reggae with soul, were written by Hall and Laughton Kora over 36 weeks at the height of indigenous land movements here and abroad: both Ihumatao and the Hawaiian Mauna Kea were reference points. ....
The lineup for the Chick Fest show – not to be confused with the Grrrl Fest event in the city the following weekend – includes Kyla Greening, Empress, Phreaze, Date Month Year, and JP & the Drag Kings. The concerts are just two events in a packed final weekend of events for the festival. Another staple of the annual line-up is Grooves in the Gardens, which runs from 10am to 3pm on Sunday in Harkness Henry’s Emporium of Scintillating Wonders. It includes a large vintage market that traditionally draws thousands searching for collectibles and a bit of nostalgic revelry on what will be the last day of summer. ....
For those who prefer their Friday nights to be a little less dynamic, Flight Mode is an evening of ambient music in the Picturesque Garden. A popular monthly event that is usually hosted at Never Project Space in Frankton, this Flight Mode performance features compositions by Lyttleton-based violinist Anita Clark, and Cave Circles – aka Riki Pirihi – a multi-instrumentalist, producer and conductor from Wellington. Two Gentlemen of Verona is the result of a collaboration of two theatre companies. One of these is Slip of the Tongue, a group who have established a reputation in recent years for staging fun, fast-flowing summer Shakespeare productions in the gardens. ....