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Watercolour Group Exhibition
Monday, 14 October 2013, 7:47 pm | Ashburton Art Gallery
Eva Mc Enroe, Poppies This enchanting group exhibition features some of Mid - Canterbury’s award winning artists. Robin Arnst, George Coppard, Jen Dearborne, Margaret Digby, Barbara Jaine, Debbie Lambert, Eva McEnroe, Ngaio McKee, Judith Mitchell, Susie Millichamp, ... More >>
Worlds Best Beer Trip Finalist
Monday, 14 October 2013, 5:19 pm | Nikki Styles
Wellington’s Nikki Styles has been selected in the top six of an international competition to go on an all expenses paid beer trip around the world. More >>
New Director Named for Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
Monday, 14 October 2013, 5:09 pm | Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
A former curator at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery is returning to New Plymouth to take on the role of Gallery Director. More >>
Alpine Club elects three new Life Members
Monday, 14 October 2013, 4:39 pm | NZ Alpine Club
New Zealand Alpine Club General Manager, Sam Newton, has announced the election of three Life Members of the New Zealand Alpine Club. More >>
Stan Walker Joins VNZMAS As Co-host
Monday, 14 October 2013, 4:17 pm | Recorded Music NZ
Chart-topping artist and five-time Tui winner Stan Walker is the new co-host of the biggest night in New Zealand Music – the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards. Stan joins four-time host Shannon Ryan on stage at this year’s event late in November ... More >>
The 2013 Pacific Beer Expo
Monday, 14 October 2013, 3:38 pm | Pacific Beer Expo
Outstanding craft beers from five Pacific nations will help make the Third Pacific Beer Expo on October 27 the highlight of 2013 for New Zealand’s most demanding consumers of beer. More >>
Peddling proves popular in South Auckland
Monday, 14 October 2013, 3:17 pm | PORSE
There was plenty of pedal power at the bike safety awareness day in Takanini with over 500 people turning out to pedal, push and ride their bikes in support of Go Active with PORSE. More >>
Wellington Storytellers Cafe - Allysen Caris - 5th Nov 2013
Monday, 14 October 2013, 3:10 pm | Wellington Storytellers
Poems and stories resonate in the deepest levels of the soul. Surely no one can fail to be affected by the devastation we have caused on earth - join Allysen Caris for an evening of story and poetry in which a more positive and life affirming relationship ... More >>
Tempo Presents ‘Out Of The Box’ 3
Monday, 14 October 2013, 3:09 pm | Tempo Dance Festival
Tempo Dance Festival: 10th Anniversary kicked off at Q Theatre last week with a programme that boasts some of the best of New Zealand Dance from both established and upcoming choreographers and performers. More >>
Justin Bieber: Second Vector Arena Concert Cancelled
Monday, 14 October 2013, 3:05 pm | Frontier Touring Company
The Frontier Touring Company regrets to advise that due to unforeseen circumstances the second Justin Bieber concert on Sunday 24 November at Vector Arena, Auckland has been cancelled. The concert on Saturday 23rd November will go ahead as planned. More >>
Challenging conditions at Round Two: AK Motorcycle Club
Monday, 14 October 2013, 3:05 pm | Auckland Motorcycle Club
Blustery winds and showers brought challenging conditions for riders at Round Two of the Auckland Motorcycle Club summer series on Saturday at Hampton Downs. Two rounds of racing were completed, along with a third race for Formula Auckland, before a ... More >>
Hill and Styke win dramatic Mt Gambier Supercross
Monday, 14 October 2013, 2:50 pm | Terex Australian Supercross Championship
Mt Gambier’s Borderline Speedway played host to a thrilling weekend of Supercross action, which saw race favourites come to grief in both the Pro Open and Pro Lites class of Milwaukee presents the Terex Australian Supercross Championship. More >>
Where Do You Keep Your Golden Ticket?
Monday, 14 October 2013, 2:27 pm | Lotto New Zealand
In the car glove box, pinned to the kitchen corkboard or simply in a pocket or wallet: every Lotto player has somewhere they like to stash their tickets. As Lotto New Zealand continues to search for the owner of the $22.6 million Big Wednesday ticket, it reveals ... More >>
Tootill Cruises to Victory
Monday, 14 October 2013, 1:28 pm | Diana Dobson
It may be early in the season, but Auckland teenager Lily Tootill is half way to achieving one of her biggest goals of the year after victory today in the FEI World Jumping Challenge at the Central Districts Showjumping and Show Hunter Champs in ... More >>
Eventing Canterbury - Taylor’s Hot Form Continues
Monday, 14 October 2013, 1:25 pm | Eventing Canterbury
Swannanoa’s Sam Taylor got just the confidence boost he needed ahead of the RD1 National One Day Eventing Championships with a dominant win in the CNC3* at Eventing Canterbury’s One Day Horse Trial at the National Equestrian Centre at McLeans Island ... More >>
Raoul Island Exhibition - Sarah Matthew
Monday, 14 October 2013, 1:01 pm | Sarah Matthew
I recently spent six months on Raoul Island working as a volunteer weeder for DOC.It is an experience that I will always be very grateful for. Now that I have returned to the mainland I have selected a series of photographs taken during my time there, ... More >>
Google Honours Kiwi Kat
Monday, 14 October 2013, 12:58 pm | Google
Google has marked the birthday of lauded kiwi author Katherine Mansfield with an interactive doodle on it's homepage. The illustration features a green colour scheme with the image of a woman, presumably Mansfield, holding a plate with some food. More >>
Rare Toorak Double for Solzhenitsyn (NZ)
Monday, 14 October 2013, 12:47 pm | NZ Bloodstock
The Kiwi-bred Solzhenitsyn (NZ) (St. Petersburg) claimed his second Group 1 A$400,000 David Jones Toorak Handicap (1600m) win at Caulfield on Saturday, becoming only the fifth horse to win back-to-back Toorak Handicaps in its 132 year history. More >>
New Zealand's Got Talent - Episode Five Performers
Monday, 14 October 2013, 12:32 pm | New Zealand's Got Talent
A huge line-up of talent has closed the audition rounds of New Zealand’s Got Talent tonight, including performances from the polished, to the hilarious, to the downright bizarre. More >>
October 2013 Documentary and factual funding release
Monday, 14 October 2013, 12:22 pm | NZ On Air
Our quaky isles, a diva Dame and Jake the Muss feature in latest documentary funding round More >>
La De Da Second Lineup Announcement
Monday, 14 October 2013, 12:19 pm | La De Da
Adding to the already blistering lineup for NYE 2014, La De Da announces the second wave of artists, a flurry of international and local heavy hitters destined to rock your world : More >>
Rotarians fight for a polio free world
Monday, 14 October 2013, 12:04 pm | Rotary Club
Thursday the 24th of October 2013 is an important day in the history of a disease that has crippled millions, but its complete elimination is now in sight. More >>
Lotus On the Podium In Japan
Monday, 14 October 2013, 12:03 pm | Lotus Australia and New Zealand
Another strong performance for Lotus F1 Team saw Romain Grosjean take a fighting third, whilst team-mate Kimi Räikkönen battled his way to fifth in a tense Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka. A superb start from Romain saw him lead in the early stages, ... More >>
Junior Kiwis Vs Junior Kangaroos Result
Monday, 14 October 2013, 11:56 am | New Zealand Rugby League
The Junior Kangaroos have beaten the Junior Kiwis 38-26 at WIN Jubilee Oval in Kogarah, Sydney, today. More >>
Detroit Indie-Pop Sensation James Linck
Monday, 14 October 2013, 11:53 am | Ghost City Records
After making national noise with his first band, James and the Rainbros, singer James Linck’s plaintive falsetto voice became the subject of conversation in many Detroit music circles. More >>
New Zealand's Got Talent: Semi Final 1 - Contestants
Monday, 14 October 2013, 11:49 am | New Zealand's Got Talent
Last night was the final audition round of New Zealand’s Got Talent . At the end of the episode we saw judges Rachel Hunter, Jason Kerrison and Cris Judd deliberate carefully over the contestants they had put forward to be considered for the Semi ... More >>
Rugby league expert backs Williams to help Kiwis
Monday, 14 October 2013, 11:45 am | University of Canterbury
A University of Canterbury (UC) Maori lecturer and academic rugby league expert has backed World Cup winning All Black Sonny Bill Williams’s late decision to help the Kiwis retain the Rugby League World Cup. More >>
Lorde a prime example of following her own singing heart
Monday, 14 October 2013, 11:42 am | University of Canterbury
New Zealand’s teenage singing sensation Lorde is a prime example of following her own potential in her way rather than sticking to the education curriculum, a University of Canterbury (UC) researcher says. More >>
Victory for Brown at Bown at Boeleko
Monday, 14 October 2013, 11:36 am | Equestrian Sports New Zealand
Kiwi eventer Lizzie Brown has ridden the round of her life to take the honours in the CCI3* Military Boekelo International in The Netherlands this morning. More >>
Kosinska wins silver at EUROSAF Champions Sailing Regatta
Monday, 14 October 2013, 11:33 am | Yachting New Zealand
Kosinska wins silver at EUROSAF Champions Sailing Cup Regatta. The sole New Zealand representative to compete at 2013 Semaine Olympique Franciase Regatta for Olympic class sailors in La Rochelle, France has come away with a silver medal. More >>
Methven Lions launch Big Day at the Office Race 2013
Monday, 14 October 2013, 11:23 am | Methven Lions Club
The Methven Lions today launched the Property Brokers Big Day at the Office Race 2013. The race is made up of four separate events, a five stage multisport race, a duathlon race, a mountain run through the Mt Somers alpine walkway and a marathon ... More >>
AA begins free driving lesson national rollout
Monday, 14 October 2013, 10:26 am | Automobile Association
Professional driver training is more accessible to new learner drivers with the start of the national roll out of the NZ Automobile Association’s free driving lesson programme today. More >>
Kiwis challenged to change their injury forecasts this week
Monday, 14 October 2013, 9:27 am | ACC
Today is the start of ‘Safety Week 2013’, and ACC is challenging Kiwis to prove that when it comes to injuries, what’s happened before doesn’t have to happen again! More >>
State Driver Reviver stops to help weary drivers
Saturday, 12 October 2013, 12:18 pm | STATE Insurance
Thousands of travellers are expected to pull into State Driver Reviver rest stops on some of the country’s main routes this Labour Weekend to combat driver fatigue and enjoy free refreshments. More >>
Dotcom Boost for Targa NZ Event
Saturday, 12 October 2013, 12:13 pm | Kim Dotcom
Dotcom Boost for Targa NZ Event Kim Dotcom loves fast cars so when the organisers of the annual Targa New Zealand tarmac motor rally approached him about starting this year's event in the grounds of the Dotcom mansion the high-profile internet ... More >>
Magical Children’s Book Launches In E-Book Format
Saturday, 12 October 2013, 11:21 am | Catapult Software
The e-book version of the most magical children’s book of Christmas 2013, The Befana Drama, has launched to bring Kindle and e-reader users the same mixture of mirth, magic and mayhem that families around the world have been enjoying in paperback for ... More >>
Hawke’s Bay carpentry apprentice named New Zealand’s best
Friday, 11 October 2013, 9:58 pm | Acumen Republic
Hawke’s Bay carpentry apprentice William Harkness has been named the Registered Master Builders Carters 2013 Apprentice of the Year, following a gruelling six hour practical test in Auckland which saw nine national finalists each building a children’s ... More >>
Korero Mai - Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th October 2013
Friday, 11 October 2013, 6:44 pm | Radio Waatea 603 AM
Saturday 12th October: Next week the NZTA will make a decision on the Rotorua Eastern Arterial Highway Announced of developments in April Te Arawa hapu have been having regular hui residents and ratepayers working alongside local Te Arawa hapu who believe ... More >>
Historic Tall Ships Festival set for 'City of Sails'
Friday, 11 October 2013, 5:29 pm | Tourism New Zealand
With a vast harbour, rich marine heritage and a thriving maritime industry, Auckland is known to be at the forefront of boating technology - but New Zealand’s ‘City of Sails’ is set to turn back the clock when some of the world’s most historic ... More >>
Swiss Releases Debut Album ‘Lucky Man’
Friday, 11 October 2013, 5:16 pm | Frequency Media
Following up on the phenomenal success of his Mr Slow Wind EP , breakthrough NZ Reggae/R&B artist Swiss returns with debut full-length album, Lucky Man – out October 11th on Dawn Raid Entertainment / Frequency Media Group. Lucky Man features twelve new ... More >>
NZ curators to strengthen ties to Asia
Friday, 11 October 2013, 5:05 pm | Creative New Zealand
Two New Zealand curators will deepen their links with Asia on tours of the region’s cutting-edge art scenes. More >>
NZ Secondary Schools Netball ChampsTournament Selection
Friday, 11 October 2013, 5:01 pm | Netball New Zealand
Emerging Talent Selectors were watching closely all week identifying talented netballers with potential to go further in the game. More >>
NZ Secondary Schools Netball Championships
Friday, 11 October 2013, 5:00 pm | Netball New Zealand
Mount Albert Grammar School (MAGS) have successfully defended their New Zealand Secondary Schools Netball Championships title with a comprehensive 41-23 win over Wellington’s St Mary’s College in the Grand Final this afternoon. More >>
New 4.30pm show announced for TV2
Friday, 11 October 2013, 4:51 pm | Television New Zealand
Afternoons on TV2 will undergo an exciting makeover in 2014, with TVNZ securing funding from NZ on Air for a brand new 4.30pm show. More >>
SBW says no to All Blacks and Chiefs in 2014
Friday, 11 October 2013, 4:12 pm | NZ Rugby Union
Sonny Bill Williams has informed New Zealand Rugby and the Chiefs he will not be returning to rugby in New Zealand next year. More >>
Transforming Worcester Bridge into an Archive of Stories
Friday, 11 October 2013, 3:59 pm | UTS for FESTA
We are a group of Students from the University of Technology Sydney who are creating an installation on the Worcester Street Bridge for The Festival of Transitional Architecture (FESTA), Christchurch 2013. More >>
Finalists announced for national short film competition
Friday, 11 October 2013, 3:46 pm | Wintec
The 2013 finalists for the New Zealand secondary school short film competition, Cut!, have been announced. More >>
Three World Title Holdersl at 2014 Oceanbridge Sail Auckland
Friday, 11 October 2013, 3:24 pm | Sail Auckland
The entry list for 2014 Oceanbridge Sail Auckland will feature at least three reigning Olympic class world champions giving local and international sailors the opportunity to rub shoulders with, and compete against the world’s best. More >>
Flat Tyre Robs Yamaha Duo
Friday, 11 October 2013, 2:18 pm | Bikesport NZ
OCTOBER 11, 2013: A flat tyre is all that stood between Yamaha pair Callan May and Adrian Smith and a remarkable victory at the weekend's big annual Six-Hour Dirt Bike Challenge near Tokoroa. More >>
P!nk Announces The Release 'The Truth About Love Tour'- Live
Friday, 11 October 2013, 12:49 pm | Sony Music
With over 140 shows in 13 countries around the globe, P!nk brings the sold-out show and amazing spectacle of The Truth About Love Tour: Live From Melbourne to ecstatic fans on DVD and Blu-Ray on November 25th. More >>
Bright Sparks Awards 2013 finalists announced
Friday, 11 October 2013, 12:39 pm | Bright Sparks Hi-Tech Competition
A cat-feeder operated via mobile phone, a robot that cleans high-rise windows and a battery-charging shoe are among the finalists at the Bright Sparks Awards 2013. More >>
FAST5 Netball World Series Draw Announced
Friday, 11 October 2013, 12:22 pm | Netball NZ
November’s FAST5 Netball World Series draw has been announced for 2013, one month out from the competition as preparations kick into high gear. International teams from the top six netballing nations will descend on Auckland’s Vector Arena to ... More >>
Cox battles to strong finish at Wairarapa
Friday, 11 October 2013, 11:38 am | Cox Motorsport
Rotorua’s Sloan Cox has battled with an ill handling car to take fourth place at the final round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship, the Trusthouse Racetech Rally Wairarapa. More >>
Film New Zealand wins design accolade in Korea
Friday, 11 October 2013, 11:35 am | Film New Zealand
Pictured left to right on the Film New Zealand stand are Jiyoung Lee (NZTE); Michael Brook(Film Auckland); KJ Jennings (Film Otago Southland); New Zealand Ambassador Patrick Rata; Busan Mayor Huh, Namsik; BFC director Oh, Seok-Geun; Sue Thompson (Film ... More >>
Stunning Season For Chamber Music In NZ 2014
Friday, 11 October 2013, 11:24 am | Chamber Music New Zealand
Stunning Season For Chamber Music In NZ 2014 The season brings nine concerts to centres around New Zealand and as well as the five string quartets, it features a piano/percussion concert with Bartok’s rarely performed masterpiece ‘Sonata for Two Pianos and ... More >>
World Beer Expert to Share Knowledge at Festival
Friday, 11 October 2013, 11:20 am | Strategy First
She’s sat on the jury for numerous global brewing awards, including the prestigious World Beer Cup, was the first Canadian female to qualify as a Certified Cicerone® (beer sommelier) and first non-US resident to earn the title of Master Cicerone®. ... More >>
"Video killed the radio star..."
Friday, 11 October 2013, 11:15 am | Flying Out Music
Having got lost in a dark world of video editing, writing this newsletter seems like a relief. That said, who doesn't like music videos! Keep your eyes peeled for more of them from Flying Nun and Arch Hill artists over the next couple of weeks. More >>
Popular 80’s character Terry Teo makes a comeback
Friday, 11 October 2013, 10:56 am | NZ On Air
Young people are the big winners from the latest NZ On Air television funding decisions. They’ll be treated to two local drama series in 2014 including the return of popular character, Terry Teo. More >>
Baby Boomers and the media
Friday, 11 October 2013, 9:22 am | John Dee Media
This year there has been considerable media coverage and plenty of opinion about how the media and advertisers, driven by their obsession to appeal to the young, are ignoring baby boomers. More >>
Candidates Announced for Inaugural AIMS Best Marathon Award
Friday, 11 October 2013, 9:16 am | NZAIMS
The Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) is delighted to announce the candidates for the inaugural AIMS Best Marathon Runner Award. The winners will be declared and awarded during the AIMS Best Marathon Runner Gala in ... More >>
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