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Full, bustling, alive - 232 | Regional News

Full, bustling, alive

We chat with theatre producer Eleanor Strathern of A Mulled Whine about her career so far and new role as the general manager of Hannah Playhouse.

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Howdy, folks - 232 | Regional News

Howdy, folks

Saddle up for a hullabaloo, Carterton! Friday Laughs is coming to Carterton Events Centre on the 15th of November with Wilson Dixon, Lesa MacLeod-Whiting, and local laugh legends in tow.

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Ragers and romance - 232 | Regional News

Ragers and romance

Highly Suspect will shred the stage at TSB Arena on the 29th of November. We were lucky enough to Zoom with frontman Johnny Stevens about the tour, which supports the rock band’s latest opus As Above, So Below (2024).

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Cellular change - 232 | Regional News

Cellular change

With her next album Enter Now Brightness set for release in February 2025, acclaimed Kiwi singer-songwriter Nadia Reid journeys back from her new home in the UK for a series of pre-summer shows.

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What could be - 232 | Regional News

What could be

Making her first foray into painting with colour, Swiss Kiwi artist Sarah Albisser presents a metallic dreamscape exhibition titled Waves of Reflection at Twentysix Gallery until the 16th of November.

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Wellington Silver Screeners: Lukas Niklaus and Benjamin Mulot of Floating Rock - 232 | Regional News

Wellington Silver Screeners: Lukas Niklaus and Benjamin Mulot of Floating Rock

Wellington animation studio Floating Rock is working on their upcoming show and videogame Kyōryū. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where dinosaurs reign, Alessia got the inside scoop from co-founder and CEO Lukas Niklaus and senior animator Benjamin Mulot.

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