The Lap: Days 46, 47, 48, 49: Topping up at the Top End
I planned on walking the 4 km with my jerry can, but luckily, just as I put the bike on the stand, the first car I saw on the road in 2 hours offered ...
The Lap: Days 44 and 45: Hey CU in the NT, here’s a roo and a thunderstorm!
"If I'm gonna hit him, I'd rather hit him going fast than while slowing down and risk losing control", Ben had told me a week ago of his motorcycle vs...
The Lap: Days 22-42/43: The Blur/ Here I go again!
https://youtu.be/WyF8RHM1OCg
Great song.
I meant to write a post summing up my time in Cairns before I left, but I never got around to it. Now I...
The Lap: Days 17, 18, 19, 20: Stranded In Paradise
I woke up in the 20ft container I decided to sleep in on the road train. I maximised my time asleep by not going to the city to a backpackers, and bac...
The Lap: Days 15 & 16: The Big Off
Day 15
I woke up to birdsong and the smell of wet earth from the rains overnight, feeling fantastic and ready for another day's riding towards Cape Y...
The Lap: Day 14: Momentum is your friend
"Momentum is your friend", I was told multiple times by multiple people over the past week. "Keep your weight on the pegs on the corrugations, and ste...
Interview with ‘Walk The Line’ – NZ’s premier fashion show for young designers
Interview by Kim Newton
The who’s who of the local fashion scene crowded in at the Viaduct in Auckland last week. Fashion week 2018 featured a line...
Interview: Malia Johnston discusses directing WOW®
With less than two weeks till this year’s World of WearableArt® season begins, show director Malia Johnston treats us to an inside scoop of what to ex...
9.3
In Review: Orientation
There’s something legitimately discomforting with the first half of Orientation.
It’s certainly not bad theatre; the music is sound, the lighting m...
In Review: Me and my sister tell each other everything
Review by Laura Roberts
I was initially hesitant about going along to a show called “Me and my sister tell each other everything” considering that I ...
Interview: WOW® Music Director discusses colab with 7 kiwi composers
With the 2018 World of WearableArt® season fast approaching, the show’s Music Director Paul McLaney took the time to discuss why this year will be par...
Irks And Quirks With Oliver Smith: There’s Just Too Much Content
Is there a more obvious first world problem, than stating that there's too much media to consume? I accept this, but at the same time the fact of the ...
7.6
In Review: Mrs. Krishnan’s Party
Review by Gayatri Adi
20 years on from Krishnan’s Dairy, Indian Ink brings back the same feel good comedy looking to push boundaries while touching...
Top Tips For Getting The Perfect Fashion Week Shot
Fashion styles may come and go, but the skills required to shoot them stretch far beyond a single season. With NZ Fashion Week in full swing, Fujifilm...
The Speakeasy’s Guide To Decorating Your Lounge Without Breaking The Bank
With the average age of Kiwi first-time house buyers having risen to 35, there has never been so many of us renting. But even if you have got on the l...
In Review: HIR
I began to feel uncomfortable the second I walked into the theatre. The set of HIR looked like a scene from Hoarders, portraying a home so disorganise...
Long and short: Fujifilm adds two high-end X Series camera lenses
Photography fans are in luck as fresh on the heals of announcing the XF10, Fujifilm is back again with two new lenses and an update to their X-Mount l...
Interview: Playwright Sam Brooks discusses his latest play ‘Burn Her’
Sam Brooks is one of New Zealand's most exciting young contemporary playwrights. Known for his searing wit, snappy dialogue, and incisive commentary, ...
2018 World Press Photo Exhibition
Earlier today I was browsing a well known news website, I clicked on an article that featured ‘throwback’ photos that Heartbreak Island contestants ha...
In Review: Dara
Review by Eloise Sims
If you were looking for an easy, mindless, feel-good play to spend your weekend night watching, be warned – Dara definitely i...
In Review: Cellfish
Review by Emily Joshua and Theo Lee
There are a lot of ways that a play centered around a Shakespeare-in-prison narrative could have gone. Cellfish...