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Cutting-edge storytelling - 196 | Regional News

Cutting-edge storytelling

Aotearoa’s premier documentary film festival, Doc Edge Festival, brings into focus the hard-hitting questions, the compelling stories, and a whole bunch of fascinating perspectives from across the globe.

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The fruits of a purple patch - 196 | Regional News

The fruits of a purple patch

Songwriter and raconteur Andrew London will debut his new show Songs I Wrote When I Was Cross at Kapiti Playhouse in Paraparaumu on the 27th of May.

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Sequins on a shoestring - 196 | Regional News

Sequins on a shoestring

Can you do fabulous on a budget? Sequins on a shoestring? Diamonds at a discount? On the 3rd of June, the Great DIY BurlesKiwi will prove that yes, you can.

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A magic perspective - 196 | Regional News

A magic perspective

Artist Carol Anne Bauer was always drawn to the natural world, magic, symbolism, cultural mythologies, and science. Explore her world at her retrospective exhibition Have the Most Fun You Can Before They Make You Stop.

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Emerging theatre companies of Wellington – PopRox - 196 | Regional News

Emerging theatre companies of Wellington – PopRox

Next up in our emerging theatre companies of Wellington series, we meet PopRox.

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A perfectly pitched page-turner - 196 | Regional News

A perfectly pitched page-turner

Lauren Keenan (Te Āti Awa ki Taranaki) is a writer, reader, and doer of new things who has just won the 2023 NZ Booklovers Award for Best Junior Fiction Book for Amorangi and Millie’s Trip Through Time.

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