Bringing Rock to Towns
Imagine a world where everyone wears the same clothes, watches the same movies and thinks the same thoughts, where individuality is extinct and live music is banned under the control of an all-powerful global company and its tyrannical boss. In this futuristic comedy by Ben Elton, more than 24 of Queen’s biggest hits […]
Bridging the tenant landlord divide: Rentworks
“Happy tenant, happy landlord” It is the task of the Property Manager to balance this sometimes tricky equation. Brent Manderson and Steve Hawker are some of the best in the business. Between them they have extensive backgrounds and experience in property investment and management. Last year, they purchased Rentworks Property Management and are […]
A brooding good show: Q&A with Georgia Nott
Georgia and Caleb Nott, the siblings who make music together as Broods, are coming to Christchurch on March 22 with their ‘Don’t Feed the Pop Monster’ tour. We caught up with LA based Georgia ahead of the tour about what 2019 has in store. Do you miss living in New Zealand? When was […]
Protecting your team: TriEx
The flu is not simply a cold. It is a highly contagious disease caused by a virus and it is risky for both the people who have it and for the businesses where they work. When someone who has the flu sneezes, coughs or even talks, the flu virus is expelled into […]
The journey of an icon: Q&A with Sir Bob Parker
The Christchurch Town Hall rebuild has been a journey of epic proportions and Sir Bob Parker has been there from the beginning. We caught up him about their shared journey together. The Town Hall has recently reopened after being severely damaged in the February 2011 earthquake. You were the Mayor at the time […]
The soundtrack of New Zealand: Q&A with Dave Dobbyn
Dave Dobbyn is said to have written the soundtrack of the country, with a list of iconic Kiwi hits to his name. Heading to Christchurch to join Bryan Adams on the stage on 17 March, we caught up with him to discuss a career of hits. You’ve been said to have written the […]
Editor’s Perspective: 14 March 2019
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” Arthur C. Clarke My pancreas is broken. Somewhere along the way I had a virus and, when my immune system has waged war, it’s fought perhaps a little bit too hard, killing not just the virus, but also the cells in my pancreas. Those cells were […]
Jody Direen Our Country Queen
Shania Twain might have been her idol, but it was all down to her grandmother that New Zealand’s reigning Queen of Country, Jody Direen, is where she is today. “Grandma was very musical. She’d bring her guitar whenever she came to visit; I’d try to wrap my hands around it to strum a […]
Helping hand for homeless
Shelters, emergency housing, refuges, or even on our city streets – these are just some of the places New Zealand’s homeless seek shelter. And it’s not just the visible homeless that we see on the streets, with an estimated 42,000 people moving between temporary and insecure accommodation such as garages, garden sheds, cars and caravan […]
Pasta passion: Pasta Vera
Italian film director Federico Fellini once said, “Life is a combination of magic and pasta”. It’s an observation that gourmet pasta wholesale and retail business Pasta Vera would heartily agree with; after all, this company has been a top pasta producer for the past 17 years. “Our pasta is fresh and Canterbury made, […]
