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WAIKATO — A south Auckland artist is using a major art exhibition to highlight high fuel prices and New Zealand law restrictions.
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CHRISTCHURCH — James Stewart, the young Christchurch man seeking $1 million of artwork on his leg, had the outline for the first artwork -advertisement tattooed on his leg today.
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PAPAKURA — The Waiau Pa Art Group, by the coast south west of Papakura, will be holding their annual winter exhibition – named What Lies Within – at the Waiau Pa Hall from July 25 to 27.
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TAURANGA — New Zealand’s best artists will be hoping to win the top awards at the inaugural Tauranga national art awards later this year.
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GISBORNE — New Zealand’s biggest ‘women only’ art exhibition will be launched later this year at a former men-only club in Gisborne.
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AUCKLAND — North of Auckland is believed to be the only place in the world where you can ride a horse from the coast by one ocean across country to the sea on the west coast.
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CHRISTCHURCH — A young New Zealand art website owner is seeking to attract a $1 million of advertising tattooed on his leg.
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RENWICK — Leading New Zealand artists have donated works for an auction in memory of Marlborough landscape artist Jenny Doole-Leo, who died recently of cancer.
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National online recruitment company QJumpers today announced they had snapped up nationwide job seeker website Anonymouse.
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Daniel Vettori is the best bowler in the world but New Zealand doesnt have one player rated among the top 20 one day batsmen in the world in the latest world rankings just released.
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Jucy, the fastest growing Australasian rental car company has launched into Australia.
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CANTERBURY — Waipara Valley, one of the fastest growing wine regions in New Zealand, is seeing a big jump in tourism to the area as a result of the interest in local wine, Alpine Pacific general manager Scott Pearson said today.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — Eighty eight artists have contributed to produce one large piece of art for the New Zealand Art Guilds annual exhibition opening at Takapuna next week.
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The England Rugby Union has appointed its own man to investigate the issues of alleged misconduct by its players on their recent tour of New Zealand.
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DARFIELD — A rising young New Zealand artist Hannah Riden will release some of the best iconic South Island scenes at her solo exhibition at the Selwyn Gallery in Darfield next week.
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From Thursday, motorists who park in mobility car parking spaces are about to get thumped with hefty fines.
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CANTERBURY — It may be the middle of winter for most, but Waipara, the gateway to the Alpine Pacific Triangle, is gearing up for its busiest ever season.
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Thursday is D Day for lazy and self-centred New Zealand motorists who unlawfully park in mobility spaces, New Zealand Parking Association Chairman Colin Waite said today.
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A new art website was launched today to help emerging New Zealand artists get established.
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A leading New Zealand rental car company says its business up to 42 percent on last year – despite the petrol price rises.
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AUCKLAND — A Clarks Beach mum who has had heart problems and now has identical twins is staging a major art exhibition at Tuakau later this year.
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An auction of NZ art will be held in London in October to raise funds for the NZ shore plover appeal.
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AUCKLAND CITY — The new works of top New Zealand summer beach scene artist will be unveiled at a Mt Eden gallery exhibition in Auckland from June 20.
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New Zealands drive to be 100 percent pure and environmentally sustainable has seen landscape architect Diane Menzies rewarded in the Queens Birthday honours list with the New Zealand Order of Merit.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Two Christchurch artists deeply concerned about loss of water in the Mackenzie Country open an art exhibition on Tuesday to launch their campaign.
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Bonhams and Goodman, an associated New Zealand company, today became the biggest auction house in Australia following their purchase of Joels.
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New Zealand climbers reached the world’s highest peak today to become the first Kiwi expedition to summit Everest since Sir Edmund Hillary died earlier this year.
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Chinese climbers reached the summit of Mt Everest yesterday allowing New Zealand and other international expeditions poised to climb from the Nepalese side free to continue their own attempts at climbing the worlds highest mountain.
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Despite a slowing New Zealand art market, Peter Webb Galleries has enjoyed a healthy year with some record sales.
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AUCKLAND — A collaborative work featuring Maori activist Tame Iti goes on sale at Webb's auction in Auckland next week.
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One of New Zealands most talented young designers will debut on the catwalk at Australian Fashion Week in Sydney tomorrow.
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Alzheimers New Zealand today challenged the incoming Government to put more money into planning ahead for future services required to manage the predicted increase in the number of people with dementia.
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One of New Zealand’s most talented young designers will feature on the catwalk at Australian Fashion Week in Sydney later this month.
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CANTERBURY — All Black halfback and Crusaders rugby hunk Andy Ellis strode the catwalk last night topless to help raise $5000 for Ronald McDonald House charity in Christchurch.
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