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Libby Hunsdale won’t take no for an answer  - 149 | Regional News

Libby Hunsdale won’t take no for an answer

Libby Hunsdale is a dancer, an Attitude Award winner, and now a leading lady. With the release of Poppy on the 27th of May, she will become the first lead actor playing a young woman with Down syndrome in a New Zealand feature. 

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The Pink Floyd Experience shine on  - 149 | Regional News

The Pink Floyd Experience shine on

The Pink Floyd Experience will celebrate two of the band’s most revered albums, Animals and The Wall, when they play TSB Arena on the 29th of May.

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What it means to be good - 149 | Regional News

What it means to be good

Artist Ayesha Green deciphers what it means to be a ‘good citizen’ from a wāhine Māori perspective in her latest exhibition.

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Nadia Reid at a theatre near you - 149 | Regional News

Nadia Reid at a theatre near you

Off the back of her highly successful 2020 album Out of My Province, Nadia Reid and her band will play The Opera House as part of a seven-date nationwide theatre tour.

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Keep calm and carrion - 149 | Regional News

Keep calm and carrion

Indian Ink brings the real-life mystery of India’s vanishing vultures to Te Auaha this month in Paradise or the Impermanence of Ice Cream, a brand-new play about the impermanence of life, love… and ice cream.

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Street performers: Kozo Kaos  - 149 | Regional News

Street performers: Kozo Kaos

We chat to street performer Kozo Kaos (Kozo Komatsubara), a juggler, magician, and circus stunt performer.

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