With a giant fluffy coat, her signature style of dress and the voice of a star Kimbra took Womad by storm. The New Zealand songstress bounced on stage in New Plymouth last night and gave the crowd of thousands a performance that was energetic, theatrical and just a little bit quirky, as one would expect from Kimbra
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NZ Post Book Awards finalists annouced
Courageous, risk-taking young writers lead the pack in this year’s NZ Post Book Awards. Chief judge and Campbell Live presenter John Campbell said he was blown away by the strength of this year’s 185 eligible books.
Watch: Fly My Pretties – Dr Plum
Musical collective Fly My Pretties are gearing up to hit the road in September.
Fly My Pretties to launch again
New Zealand’s most exciting musical collective, Fly My Pretties, is assembling for another reincarnation.
New Plymouth heating up for Womad
The flags have risen, the stages are going up, and Taranaki’s beautiful Bowl of Brooklands is ready to play host.
Mysterious Seaweed Washes Up On Green Harbor Beach, “Smalls Like Rotten Flesh and Is Covered With Flies”
An aggressive red seaweed that hails from Japan has invaded the Massachusetts shoreline, threatening native wildlife, jeopardizing tourism, and releasing a putrid odor for beachfront residents to endure. From Cape Ann to Cape Cod, the shoreline have been covered in recent weeks with the thickly packed red fibers resembling matted […]
Jamestown: Inventing America
The Virginia colony had John Smith, Pocahontas, slavery, famine, battles and a great Indian chief. So how come Plymouth Rock gets all the press?
After the Fall
“But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.” — Jesus, according to Matthew’s Gospel Over a period of 14 years, Father John Hanlon of St. Mary’s in Plymouth, Massachusetts, would occasionally take boys under his charge to a nude beach
Gym Class: Why Kids’ Exercise Matters Less Than We Think
The logic seems pretty simple: if you eliminate gym class, school kids will get fatter.