Roy Lucca, local painter, turns 100 in October
He might have been born in Griffith, Australia, but Herne Bay resident Roy Lucca has lived in Central Auckland for nearly 70 years. At 99 years old, Roy will hit the ton on 7 October.
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David Hartnell's: One Minute Interview
Verity George is co-owner of the Garnet Station cafe, restaurant and Tiny Theatre in Westmere, which opened on 8 August 2007.
Do You Care About Notable Trees
I have been attending the Auckland Unitary Plan Hearings on Notable Trees and wish to draw attention to some of what has been happening at those hearings. There have been a number of applications, by property owners, to de-list a significant number of notable trees and have them removed from the Notable Tree Register.
Uptown Art Scene
The Auckland Festival of Photography last month offered nearly 100 exhibitions ranging across the city. From Anne Noble’s dead bee portraits at Two Rooms taken with an electron microscope to reveal them in ghostly brilliance, to Lisa Reihana’s moving tableaux In Pursuit of Venus at Auckland Art Gallery, redirecting our historical gaze from colonial to native, this festival belied the assumption that photography provides a single way of seeing things ‘as they are’.
Finn’s quick guide to Ponsonby’s music venues
For those of you just getting into the music world of Ponsonby or just following my articles every month, here’s a quick guide to the places you should visit, the bars and cafes that the musicians frequent.
2015 Auckland Architecture Awards Winners
The winners at the 2015 Auckland Architecture Awards were announced last month at MOTAT’s Aviation Hall. There were five local properties from the Western Bays.
Is our education system broken?
There has been plenty of editorial comment and lots of opinion pieces about education in recent newspapers.
Heidi Padain: Entertainment in your garden
Rumours spread quickly in most communities and sometimes rumours start out sounding a little trivial. This one, however, had me rather intrigued.
My Favourite Room: Kirsten Lloyd
Kirsten Lloyd, Amica Boutique Hair Specialists.
Up close and personal
Mel Lee has developed social media strategies for some of the world’s biggest brands including Nike, Cadbury, McDonald’s and the Melbourne Cup.
James Shaw, pro wrestler
If you’re sitting in one of Ponsonby’s great cafes or bars, perhaps even waiting at the hairdresser or dentist, it’s quite possible you could be sitting next to a top sportsperson, actor or artist. But have you ever considered that the normal-looking guy sitting next to you might actually be the country’s heavyweight champion wrestler?.
Beauty at the Barre: Teuila Blakely
I have to admit one of my current guilty pleasures is tuning in for snippets of Dancing With the Stars every Sunday and Monday night, mainly to check in on the progress of the standout star of the show: Teuila Blakely.