Buses over the hill will replace trains under the hill for 46 days _ from December 26 through February 10 _ as eight kilometers of Remutaka Tunnel track are replaced.
KiwiRail plans the work as part of a full upgrade of the Masterton-Upper Hutt link, with the tunnel rail line not upgraded since it was installed in 1955 _ some 70 years ago, KiwiRail manager of Metro Services Jon Knight said in a statement. … Continue Reading
By Becky Bateman
Aratoi’s Summer exhibitions are a riot of colour, but the stories behind these works will surprise and inspire you.
Main Gallery exhibition ‘Never Be Seen’ is an exhibition of artists who utilise the tension inherent in perception – through the literal use of blue and green tones, the telling of histories hidden in plain sight, forgotten objects, slippages in language, and unnerving contrasts.
“The saying goes ‘blue and green should never be seen’,” laughs Aratoi Director Sarah McClintock. “As a rule of colour its origins are murky – but it likely relates to the fact that the colours sit next to each other on a standard colour wheel.”
On the opposite side of the Main Gallery, forces of nature Keren Chiaroni, Emily Efford and Cathrine Lloyd return to Aratoi with the exhibition ‘Dream Gardens.’ … Continue Reading
By Lyle Griffiths
Born in Whanganui, Mariana McDermott first lived with her mother in the home of her grandmother. After her mother remarried, the family moved to Martinborough, to Hikawera, where her stepfather, Tiki Mahupuku McGregor, built his own home. It was close to the old meeting house, which had been burnt down by a swagger who inadvertently went to sleep with his cigarette still burning.
“My stepfather had an interesting background. He came from the Papawai Marae.
“His mother was Maata Asher (Martha Grace), the close friend of Katherine Mansfield.
“I loved going to Martinborough School,” said Mariana. “The school bus would pick me up from the gate outside our home. The teachers were kind. if you were having problems with a subject they would always help. But we were also accustomed to speaking to our teachers with respect and we were expected to pay attention in class. … Continue Reading
A front-end loader assault on a bank ATM which collapsed part of a verandah, ripped open a cafe frontage and wrecked building support beams netted the culprit nothing – but brought a swell of community support for the damaged Kitcheners Cafe business.
Within nine hours of the ATM ram-raid on Friday night, the business owners had been overwhelmed by offers of everything from a range of repair equipment like trucks to manpower _ even an offer to make cheese scones for the cafe.
By Monday morning _ after a weekend of “total” cleaning and repairs, Kitcheners re-opened for business _ losing no trading time to the wrecking loader attempt on the shop-front ATM.
Building owner Sue Sullivan told The Star at the site hours after the pre-midnight Friday attack:
“We were woken up in the middle of the night with our phone ringing off the hook. People over at Cool Change had seen this guy drive the front-end loader round the corner and then just flew straight into the building.” … Continue Reading
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