October 7, 2009
About 16 years ago, Robert Mac Donald made a surprising rediscovery that would one day turn a scruffy, inaccessible Waimarama hillside into a nationally recognized Maori heritage and archaeological site. It would also prompt Robert to create and lead an innovative community and cultural development enterprise: Waimarama Maori Tourism (WMT). The local nonprofit is a [...]
August 6, 2009
Mama: any respected member of the community from whom one learns something of value. The Mirror Mama Project now on view at Hastings City Gallery has much to teach. It invites us to share, however briefly, in the cultural journeys of ten women who immigrated to New Zealand from the Pacific Islands, Africa and the [...]
June 9, 2009
Textile artist and local resident Clare Plug spent two weeks in Antarctica in 2006 as part of an artists in residence program co-sponsored by Antarctic New Zealand and Creative New Zealand. The results of her experience comprise Look South, an exhibition of contemporary art quilts, now on view at the Hawke’s Bay Museum and Art [...]
May 2, 2009
Sometimes it is good to be proven wrong. I was dismayed when I learned that Creative Hawke’s Bay had, for the 2009 Invitational Exhibition, now showing at the Hastings City Art Gallery, decided to stand down artists who had shown in these Invitationals for the past two years. This meant removing 20 of last years’ [...]
May 2, 2009
“Grada epitomizes for me some of the very best young talent playing on the world music circuit at this moment,” says Keith Gosney. He is the local, independent music promoter responsible for bringing this Irish folk band to the Hastings Playhouse Theatre on May 22nd. Though Gosney has an obvious vested interest, and all I [...]
March 29, 2009
Glass artist John Owens was in Morocco last year when he got a phone call saying Jim and Jenny Scotland had placed the winning bid to commission a piece of his work. Many months later, a fused glass, abstract sculpture now shimmers in the Scotland’s Havelock home. Jenny Scotland likes art, but doesn’t consider herself [...]
February 28, 2009
“I am tired of words, and literature is an old couch stuffed with fleas,” wrote poet, playwright and author Derek Walcott. The Hasting Festival of Writers is the perfect antidote to literary burnout-be it writers’ or readers’. Organized by Keith Thorsen of Creative Hastings and numerous collaborators, it features some of New Zealand’s and Australia’s [...]
Guest Writers
- Alan Dick
- Allan Baldock
- Andrew Newman
- Andy Walker
- Angela Hair
- Anna Lorck
- Anne Tolley
- Anne Wilson-Hunt
- Arts in Profile
- Barbara Arnott
- Brendan Webb
- Brian Duggan
- Bridget Sutherland
- Brooks Belford
- Chris Tremain
- Claire Hague
- Claire Vogtherr
- Craig Foss
- Dale Moffett
- Damon Harvey
- David Cranwell
- Dean Hyde
- Des Ratima
- Diana Kirton
- Dinah Williams
- Douglas Lloyd Jenkins
- Elizabeth Sisson
- Ewan McGregor
- Georgina Miller
- Graeme Norton
- Hastings, Napier & Regional Councillors
- HB Regional Council
- HB Wine Country Tourism
- Helen Clark
- Henare O'Keefe
- Iain Maxwell
- Ian Purdon
- Jacob Scott
- Jacoby Poulain
- Janet Takarangi
- Jeff Harman
- John Newland
- John Roil
- Judith Anderson
- Katherine Edmond
- Kathy Webb
- Keith Newman
- Kent Baddeley
- Kevin Snee
- Kevin Trerise
- Kim Thorp
- Kirsten Wise
- Kym Hamilton
- Lawrence Yule
- Liz Remmerswaal
- Local Students
- Louis Chambers
- Margaret Cranwell
- Marie Dunningham
- Mark Cleary
- Mark Story
- Mark Sweet
- Matthew Miller
- Metiria Turei
- Michael Wan
- Michelle Pyke
- Mick Lester
- Mike Mohi
- Morry Black
- Murray Douglas
- Neil Kirton
- Neville Smith
- Ngahiwi Tomoana
- Nick Stewart
- Pat Magill
- Paul Paynter
- Peter Holley
- Phyllis Tichinin
- Rachel Cornwall
- Raewyn Peart
- Rick Barker
- Robert Burnside
- Robin Gwynn
- Rod Drury
- Roger Coleman
- Roy Dunningham
- Russel Norman
- Sandras Hazlehurst
- Scott Henderson
- Sean Bevin
- Shaun Lines
- Simon Nixon
- Sophie Stewart
- Stefan Olsen
- Stuart Nash
- Tim Gilbertson
- Tom Belford
- Wayne Bradshaw
- Andrew Reyngoud on DAM(N)! A half-billion dollar water storage scheme
- Margaret Donnelly on WATER. What's all the fuss about?
- Elizabeth Sisson on 'Dump Council' campaign
- Paul Bailey on Cows in Karamu Stream
- Rob Pharazyn on Cows in Karamu Stream
- John J Harrison on 5 mayors in HB ... 'Yeah right' says Tui
- Anne Parker on Let's get Council meetings online
- Stuart Nash on 5 mayors in HB ... 'Yeah right' says Tui
- Kylie Fowler on Let's get Council meetings online
- Paul Bailey on Let's get Council meetings online
- ‘Dump Council’ campaign
- Cows in Karamu Stream
- Questions for HB ‘regional study’ director
- Let’s get Council meetings online
- 5 mayors in HB … ‘Yeah right’ says Tui
- Crucial Environment Court hearing underway
- Regional Council warns on pollution standards
- Democracy in action?
- 1+1+1 = 3 hours
- Councils’ reorganization survey results
- Andrew Reyngoud on DAM(N)! A half-billion dollar water storage scheme
- Margaret Donnelly on WATER. What's all the fuss about?
- Elizabeth Sisson on 'Dump Council' campaign
- Paul Bailey on Cows in Karamu Stream
- Rob Pharazyn on Cows in Karamu Stream
- John J Harrison on 5 mayors in HB ... 'Yeah right' says Tui
- Anne Parker on Let's get Council meetings online
- Stuart Nash on 5 mayors in HB ... 'Yeah right' says Tui
- Kylie Fowler on Let's get Council meetings online
- Paul Bailey on Let's get Council meetings online
- ‘Dump Council’ campaign
- Cows in Karamu Stream
- Questions for HB ‘regional study’ director
- Let’s get Council meetings online
- 5 mayors in HB … ‘Yeah right’ says Tui
- Crucial Environment Court hearing underway
- Regional Council warns on pollution standards
- Democracy in action?
- 1+1+1 = 3 hours
- Councils’ reorganization survey results
