Hellishly entertaining
It promises to be a thrilling, electrifying night when the curtain rises on The Court Theatre’s production of Frankenstein. Described as a “hell of a production” by The Times, the play first opened to London audiences in 2011, penned by British playwright, Nick Dear, who adapted his play from the novel by […]
A musical feast
On July 24, the Go Live Music Festival will fill the Christchurch Town Hall with the music of more than 16 new and established Ōtautahi performers. Julia Strelou talks with one of them. Pop/jazz sensation Emily C Browning, who released her new single ‘I Wasn’t Into You Anyway’ in April, is one […]
Consider longer-term investments: Alistair Bean and Associates
How long are you going to live and how many people do you know who are already in their 80s or 90s? Will you financially cope? These are some of the questions people ask themselves and then their thoughts turn to investments. When thinking about investing, many people may only consider […]
Do your research: Simon Herbert
Five months into his career as a licensed sales consultant with Harcourts Grenadier Avonhead, Simon Herbert is putting the service skills he learnt in the airline industry to good use helping others to buy and sell their properties. After 17 years in the aviation industry with Air New Zealand and Virgin Airlines, […]
Dedicated to dance
Former Cantabrian Malia Johnston has been wowing audiences throughout New Zealand for years. She talks to Lynda Papesch about dance moves from tippy toes to WOW shows. Teaching children’s dance classes first showed Malia Johnston that her true career lay not in science and animals, but dance. As the […]
A change in tactics
The Good Oil Tactix have had an exciting albeit challenging run in the 2021 ANZ premiership, and as they head into the final round it is crunch time. Georgia Summerton chats with head coach Marianne Delaney-Hoshek about the team’s performance so far, bouncing back from challenges and what, in her eyes, […]
Front line rugby research: Canterbury Medical Research Foundation
Rugby mouth guards fitted with sensors that measure the impact of collisions on the brain, laboratory-based human-head-shaped test dummies, and MRI scanning and in-depth neurological testing. All these latest-technology measures are part of a new Canterbury Medical Research Foundation-funded study aimed at solving a simple, real-world problem– how to […]
Always growing
Paige Tapara has been making waves in the music industry from filming covers on YouTube to being an award-winning artist with millions of streams on Spotify and Apple Music, and she’s only 23. However, while she may be young, she has an old soul – both in sound and […]
Holiday fun in Otautahi
Term two school holidays run from Saturday 10 July to Sunday 25 July which means there’s plenty of time for young and old to have fun. Christchurch City Council libraries throughout the region have numerous awesome school holiday programmes, some of which need to be booked, while others are […]
Grand sculpture finale
Many of the region’s best creations will be on display in this year’s Sculpture on the Peninsula event in November, which will sadly be the last. After more than two decades, the organising committee has decided the November event will be the grand finale. Held every two years, since […]
