Waikato Times - Your Weekend Waikato
The snack supplier
Any minor milestone becomes a baking opportunity (and we’re not mad about it).
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Winter is looking like a very good time to be in Wellington with the approaching Lōemis festival. The capital’s answer to Hobart’s Dark Mofo or Melbourne’s Rising, this feast of food, dance and music is a place of discovery with a range of intriguing...
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What a year for football fans with New Zealand teams making the grand finals for both women’s and men’s teams in the A-League. Wellington Phoenix came so close last weekend. Football fans will be on the edge of their seats tonight when Auckland FC take...
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Fade Away “I would never fade away on you” will be in your head all day. Lady Marmalade The collab that gave us, “Gitchie, gitchie, ya-ya, da-da”. Out of Reach Remains the go-to song for staring wistfully out a rainy window. Broken Wings The...
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How often do we find our own stories reflected in the objects left behind? For actor Chelsie Preston Crayford, a chance encounter at a thrift store sparked the years-long journey to directing her first film, Caterpillar. Perfectly timed for Mother’s...
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On a recent visit to Sydney I took a walking tour of The Rocks and heard torrid tales of crime and debauchery in the fledgling days of the colony there. It’s fascinating to think that this is the place Ngāpuhi chief Te Pahi sailed into in 1805,...
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Somehow, we’re already at the end of April. Summer feels like a distant blur, and where we might usually be planning a midwinter escape, global uncertainty has many of us staying closer to home. So, if a getaway is on the cards, consider making it one...
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I’ve just seen the wildly upbeat musical & Juliet, currently playing in Auckland and coming soon to Wellington and Christchurch. It’s a revisiting of Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy with a big what-if twist, dripping in 2000s pop hits. Another...
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The host’s favourite
Arrives with excellent wine, compliments the food repeatedly and somehow helps clear the table without being asked.
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Tania Nolan is currently taking charge in a new role on Shortland Street, playing the militant Dr Crane – a performance that draws on a “masculine side” she is finally getting to explore on screen. But as Bess Manson discovers in this week’s cover...
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The bill dance
A polite back-and-forth that ends exactly where it was always going to end: splitting it.
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In a world addicted to the “instant”, there is a quiet power in the slow burn. This week we celebrate the art of the long game. Deputy editor Laura Hampson meets five New Zealanders – from a chart-topping 50-year-old singer to a champion weightlifter...
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House
Consider this your cue to rewatch the film before the sequel arrives later this year.
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A CHAT WITH... SHANNA ROSE
Watching a kākā test out its flying skills after rehabilitation is the ultimate in job satisfaction, for veterinary nurse Shanna Rose. The team leader at Wellington Zoo’s Te Kōhanga, The Nest, is a sucker for that cheeky bird, but she loves them all –...
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