Wellington may be in for a big boost with a series of new “mini-festivals” and special events every year, run by the New Zealand Festival. The festival revealed today that it is to investigate the viability of developing new events, some which may be “mini-festivals”, in Wellington every year.
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The Von Trapp secret to success
If you want success in the music industry it seems all you need is to make like the Von Trapps and sing with your siblings. Countless acts dominating the charts are linked by a lot more than their love of music, they share the same DNA
Chillax: Scrabble dictionary gets an update
Hey, chillax! Let’s not be frenemies, let’s smash a mojito, take a selfie and vlog about it later #awesome! Anyone who speaks in the above manner and in such a heinous affront to the English language does, of course, deserve to be beaten, ostracised from normal society and, worse, have all their social media privileges removed immediately and permanently.
No knives out in NZ’s MKR
Steak aside, Ben Bayly wants every meal to be well-done or not done at all.
Ricky Gervais to return as David Brent
What has David Brent been up to in the years since the end of
Nicki Minaj: Music industry kills people
Nicki Minaj thinks the music industry “kills” people. The musician raised a few eyebrows at the BET Awards in June when she gave a controversial acceptance speech following her best female hip-hop artist win.
What are Foo Fighters trying to say?
The Foo Fighters are getting New Zealand fans excited by hinting that they might bring their new album tour Down Under. The Seattle rock band has been posting geographical co-ordinates on its Instagram and Facebook pages in the past few days, and the latest co-ordinates match the location of Auckland music store Real Groovy.
This kid is TV gold. Apparently.
The Wayne County Fair in the US state of Pennsylvania already has its share of attractions, from GET-R-DONE Lawnmower racing to Rosaire’s Royal Racing Pigs. Now it also has its own viral superstar in the boy who has become known as the “apparently kid”
The biggest story on the planet
National Geographic aquatic photo-journalist David Doubilet has spent a good chunk of his life underwater documenting ”the largest story on the planet, which is the planet itself.” The 67-year-old began diving when he was 12 and has since spent an average of 100 days a year doing daily three hour dive sessions – nearly two years beneath the waves. Doubilet is here promoting his latest illustrated talk Coral, Fire, & Ice for the magazine’s Live! series, which chronicles through his photography the icebergs and shipwrecks of Antarctica and the world’s coral triangle, an area that stretches through the tropical waters of Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia and the Solomon Islands.
Health scare inspires dancer’s new work
One of New Zealand’s most respected dancers and choreographers is working on a new full-length work inspired by a near-death experience.