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Jesse Ryder suspended for 6 months for anti-doping violation
The Sports Tribunal has suspended cricketer Jesse Ryder for 6 months for an anti-doping violation. The decision and media release will soon be available for download from this website.
[Details now at: Sports Tribunal of NZ - Cricketer Jesse Ryder suspended for Anti-Doping Violation]
Howard Davis: NZSQ Conclude National Tour With ‘Release’ Programme
The NZSQ concluded their national tour in Wellington with a three-part programme, the triumphant final installment of which was entitled ‘Release.’ It included three pieces representing radical musical innovation... More>>
Howard Davis: The Show Must Go On - ‘La Traviata’ Opening Night Wobbles
Casting problems have beset ‘La Traviata’ since its first performance in March 1853 at Venice’s La Fenice opera house. Sadly, Saturday night’s premiere at Wellington’s newly-restored St James Theatre proved no different... More>>
Howard Davis: Dennis Villeneuve’s Dune - A Brief History
So many elements of Herbert’s novel have since become tropes of popular SciFi that Villeneuve’s film sometimes seems deceptively derivative. What makes all this nonsense essential viewing is his astonishing visual sensibility. More>>
Howard Davis: Jill Trevelyan's Rita Angus
Although Angus has become one of Aotearoa’s best-loved painters, the story of her life remained little known and poorly understood before Jill Trevelyan's acclaimed and revelatory biography, which has been republished by Te Papa press. More>>
