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Reb Fountain to tour new album - 136 | Regional News

Reb Fountain to tour new album

Award-winning singer-songwriter Reb Fountain released her new self-titled album while New Zealand was in the thick of COVID-19.

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Tim Burton films go from screen to stage in Halloween drag show - 136 | Regional News

Tim Burton films go from screen to stage in Halloween drag show

From Sweeney Todd to A Corpse Bride, this show will deliver all the iconic moments from Tim Burton’s celebrated canon this Halloween season.

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Actor, dancer, drummer celebrated at Te Putanga Toi Arts Access Awards  - 136 | Regional News

Actor, dancer, drummer celebrated at Te Putanga Toi Arts Access Awards

Duncan Armstrong says he is “proud and grateful” to have won this year’s Arts Access PAK’n SAVE Artistic Achievement Award.

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One terrifying film festival  - 136 | Regional News

One terrifying film festival

10 films will see their New Zealand cinema premieres at this year’s Terror-Fi Film Festival.

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A Halloween classic in a spooky setting  - 136 | Regional News

A Halloween classic in a spooky setting

F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent classic Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horrors will send shivers down your spine when night falls on the 31st of October.

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Street art: A Tribute to Rita Angus - 136 | Regional News

Street art: A Tribute to Rita Angus

We chat to street artist Askew One about his Willis Street mural.

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