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World Class Rating For NZ’s Toyota 86 Championship Drivers

Published: Fri 26 Jul 2024 07:33 PM
The circuits in NZ are particularly challenging, technical and bumpy with little margin for error, and the Toyota 86 appears to teach the drivers more car control than they’ll ever need in a GT car with slicks and aerodynamics. Read more...

League Legends XIII To Take Field For Mental Health

Published: Fri 26 Jul 2024 03:06 PM
Ben Matulino, Jordan Kahu, Brad Takairangi and Sam Rapira are just four of the league legends who will kit up for the team, coached by former Kiwi league international David Fa’alogo and NRL premiership winner Roy Asotasi. Read more...

Artist Winter Retreat At Yorkshire Sculpture Park: 2024 Call For Applicants

Published: Fri 26 Jul 2024 02:45 PM
Te Tuhi and Yorkshire Sculpture Park present a new opportunity for a New Zealand artist to travel to the UK on a 4-week residency. Read more...

How Do We Respond In A Mindful, Compassionate Way To The Social And Political Crises We Face?

Published: Fri 26 Jul 2024 02:07 PM
On 25 July 2024, the Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand imprint Tuwhiri launched a Kickstarter campaign to publish Mindful Solidarity: A Secular Buddhist Democratic Socialist Dialogue by Mike Slott. To pre-order this book – helping to ensure its ... Read more...

Over 20,000 Turn Out To Experience Hanmer Springs Alpine Winter Festival

Published: Fri 26 Jul 2024 01:33 PM
Spirits are high after the Hanmer Springs village lit up and came to life during the Hanmer Springs’ Alpine Winter Festival this year. Over 20,000 people visited the village to enjoy school holiday fun during the 11-day event supported by local ... Read more...

Three FIFA World Cup Spots Up For Grabs As OFC U-16 Men’s Championships Nears Kick Off In Tahiti

Published: Fri 26 Jul 2024 12:42 PM
The OFC U-16 Men’s Championship kicks off this weekend at Stade Pater and Stade Fautaua in Papeete, with each team believing they are a genuine chance of qualifying for the showpiece event in 2025. Read more...

Award-winning Artist Holly Arrowsmith Shares Opus Blue Dreams, Announces Tour Dates

Published: Fri 26 Jul 2024 12:31 PM
Blue Dreams was conceptualised as an album of two halves. The first half is energised and driven, a departure from Holly's previous work. Tapping into a well of emotions that had been exposed through the pandemic and pregnancy, the tracks are permeated ... Read more...

NZSO Winter Festival In Wellington Boasts Global Violin Superstar

Published: Fri 26 Jul 2024 12:26 PM
Vengerov, dubbed “one of the greatest violinists in the world” by Classic FM, features in the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra’s Immerse 2024 Rumakina winter festival from 9 August. Read more...

Steven Completes The NZ Paralympic Team Line Up For Paris 2024

Published: Fri 26 Jul 2024 12:15 PM
 Paralympian #224 Anna Steven is set for her second Paralympic Games appearance winning selection in the Women’s 200m T64 for the New Zealand Paralympic Team at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The 23-year-old Auckland-based Para sprinter has ... Read more...

Official Guinness World Records™ Challenge For Largest Haka Event Partners Unite In World Record Attempt

Published: Fri 26 Jul 2024 11:55 AM
Raukatauri Music Therapy Trust has launched its campaign to reclaim the official GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for the largest Haka on Sunday 29 September 2024 at Eden Park, New Zealand’s National Stadium. Read more...
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