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Tonsorial Wizardry: Wellington Stylist Takes Top Gong - The lights shone the laser beamed and the stylists styled. Last night, twenty Young Professional Stylists cut and styled previously coloured hair into a stunning array of fashion statements before an enthusiastic crowd of about 500. More>>
America's Cup: Must Win Race For Team NZ Postponed - Light, unstable winds forced the Race Committee to postpone racing for the day on Sunday at the 32nd America's Cup Match. The Defender, Alinghi was looking to win its fourth match in a row, to successfully defend the America's Cup. Emirates Team New Zealand, the challenger, was in a 'must win' position. More >>
Fashion: Cooper and Cooper reach agreement over trade marks - Tamsin Cooper and Trelise Cooper have met and come to an amicable resolution over their trade mark dispute. As this issue has evolved, and with the significant amount of media attention it has attracted, both feel that customers now have a better understanding between the respective brands. More >>
Oddspot: Simpsons Gift Donut to Springfield NZ - The small South Island town of Springfield, population around 300, is about to receive a gift from The Simpsons — a giant pink donut. Okay, it’s a giant iced stunt to plug the movie, but just like Ohakune’s giant carrot, Paeroa’s L&P; bottle, and Bluff’s former Paua house, Springfield will have a landmark for tourists to admire. For More, See Spareroom.co.nz>>
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Arts: Alien Musical Stars Dead Actor - New Zealanders will now have the opportunity to witness one of the best-selling recordings of all time, Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of The Worlds, live, with a brilliant cast, including, 23 years after his death, one of the world’s greatest actors, Richard Burton, at the helm “in sight and sound”as George Herbert, The Journalist. More >>
Medical: America’s Cup fans should sleep in A sleep researcher says America’s Cup fans need to make sure they get enough sleep. Dr Leigh Signal from Massey University’s Sleep/Wake Research Centre says, “It’s great that our team is doing well. Yachting fans can look after their health by making sure they get enough sleep. More >>
Music: Radio Active Gives Away $20k Airtime - Twenty-thousand dollars of free radio advertising is set to be given away to emerging musicians by Wellington's Radio Active 89FM. The initiative, called '$20k: FCKN@!', is part of Radio Active 89FM's 30th birthday celebrations. Emerging musicians, DJs and promoters that will be performing or releasing an album in Wellington during August 2007 are eligible. More >>
07/07/07: Air Guitar Part Of Online Celebration - A live audiovisual mash up of guitar anthems and YouTube footage of air guitarists will feature alongside online performances created by artists from all over the world, in a festival to mark a unique date. On the seventh day of the seventh month of 2007 diverse performances will unfold in front of live and online audiences. More >>
Health: Teen smoking rates halved in less than a decade - Figures released by ASH New Zealand show that teen smoking rates have halved in the last 8 years. In 2006, 14.2 percent of Year 10 New Zealand teenagers said they were smokers, down from 28.6 percent in 1999. More >>
Arts: Kiwi Writer Wins Balkan Fiction Prize - Wellington writer Barbara Strathdee is just back from Italy where she
picked up the prestigious ‘ Trieste Frontier Writing 2006 ’ fiction prize for her first published novel Cafe Wars. This international award, in its ninth year, promotes literature that develops understanding between different cultures in the border areas of Austria, Bosnia, Croazia, northeast Italy and Slovenia. More >>
Kiwiana: Why Kiwi history is booming on the internet - The runaway market in historical New Zealand objects and ephemera on Trade Me is among the topics covered at the Making History in Public conference in Wellington this coming weekend. Historian Stephen Olsen has been studying the diverse and quirky range of material being auctioned on the site, and will try to explain why Trade Me has become so popular for 'trading history in public'. More >>
Cuisine: Is Fast Food A Window Into A Nation's Soul? Scoop's US Intern Kelly Smith writes on the thrill of Kiwi gastronomic experiences - 'There is no better window into a country’s culture than through its cuisine. New Zealand is no exception. The diversity of this nation is clearly shown through people’s food preferences. My first shock was seeing nearly every kind of Asian food including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Thai available at a mall’s food court of all places.' More >>
Ritual: A river of fire for Rome's solstice celebrations - On 22 June the Tiber River in central Rome will glow with the radiance of 3000 candles at the heart of an installation designed by Victoria University lecturer Associate Professor Daniel Brown for the city's Midsummer Solstice Festival. More >>
Painting: Artist In Residence Explores Spiritual Movements - A London-based artist internationally recognised for her work with alternative spiritual movements and comic books is the current Elam Artist in Residence at The University of Auckland's National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries (NICAI). 30-year-old Olivia Plender combines an interest in late 19th and 20th century spiritual movements with the emergence of romanticism in religion and art. More >>
Images: National hair style finalists chosen - Wella New Zealand is proud to announce the finalists of the 2007 Wella YPS (Young Professional Stylist) competition. The finalists have been chosen from throughout New Zealand to compete in a glitzy grand final on June 30 in front of a star-studded crowd in Auckland. MCing the event is Mr Entertainment, Dominic Bowden of NZ Idol fame. More >>
Fashion: A Mandatory Celebration Of Style - Wellington’s wealth of style, sounds and fabulous people come together in July as iconic men’s fashion label Mandatory celebrates its tenth birthday. Mandatory are hosting a spectacular event at the San Francisco Bathhouse, Cuba Street, on July 20, featuring a retrospective fashion show where local identities will model reinventions of Mandatory’s fashion from the past decade. More >>
Sport: NZ Olympics Campaign Logo Better Than London Olympics' - The launch of the campaign – Bring on Beijing – comes at the beginning of Olympic Week (17 to 23 June). Beijing 2008 is New Zealand’s chance to show the world what we’re made of, says New Zealand Olympic Committee Secretary General Barry Maister. More >>
Smoking: New Zealand-Branded Cigarettes An Outrage - The Smokefree Coalition and Te Reo Marama (the Māori Smokefree Coalition) are calling for the immediate withdrawal of New Zealand-branded duty free cigarettes available in airport stores throughout the country, saying they are an affront to all New Zealanders. The cigarettes are made in Luxembourg, but come in black packaging which includes the familiar New Zealand silver fern, and the descriptor ‘luxuriously mild cigarettes’. More >>
C4, 95BFM & 98 RDU present: The Shins Comeback Special - Of course, ‘surprise’ and ‘a long time’ are both relative in the inverted world of The Shins. Since the band’s sold-out NZ visit in 2005 as the rising stars of the indie underground, their third album Wincing The Night Away has achieved the... More >>
Painting: Greek and Egyptian Statuary Inspires NZ Artist - "Voluptuaries", a new series of work by Hamilton Based Paul Judd, goes on display at deNada from June 21. The human form is a central theme to the paintings, in which the body forms are influenced by Greek and Egyptian statuary, fashion models and mannequins More >>
Arts: Escapist NZ Film For LA Festival - Auckland Filmmaker Andy Conlan is pleased to announce that his first feature film, THE LAST MAGIC SHOW, has been selected to play in Competition at the 2007 Dances With Films Festival in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on July the 11th. More >>
Theatre: Blindingly Good King Lear Promised For Dunedin Audiences - The Fortune Theatre is now able to announce its major dramatic presentation in the 2007 season, Shakespeare's King Lear, with the English star, Edward Petherbridge, in the title role. Unlike the production touring NZ starring Ian McKellen of Gandalf fame, the Fortune/Bacchanals production won’t feature nudity and critics will be warmly invited. More >>
Oddspot: Portuguese Enjoy Castles Made of Sand Before They Melt Into the Sea, Eventually - International Sand Sculpture Festival, FIESA 2007, opened to the public, 7 of June and received in its first day about three thousand visitors, exceeding the expectations of the organization. The Festival takes place in Portugal, and presents, in 35.000 tons of sand, about fifty mega sand sculptures, constructed according to the theme "Wonders of the World". More >>
Ballet: Swans Soar To Success - The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s season of Swan Lake has opened to critical acclaim. Featuring New Zealand guest stars Lisa-Maree Cullum (Munich’s Bayerisches Staatsballett) and husband and wife team Gaylene Cummerfield and Matthew Lawrence (The Australian Ballet), this special production has been receiving rave reviews. More>>
DWTS Finale: A Visual Tribute To NZ's Best Celebrity Dancer - Today many 'Dancing with the Stars' fans would have been left bemused that this seasons best dancers didn't end up winning. Some of those fans may work for Scoop Media. Suzanne Paul does a great line in patter for natural glow and should be congratulated grudgingly and with clenched teeth on her eventual triumph. More >>
Americas Cup: Emirates Team NZ Sweeps Louis Vuitton - The entire Emirates Team New Zealand squad climbed up on the prize giving stage to receive the Louis Vuitton Cup on Wednesday evening, after winning the fifth race of the Final, to sweep their way into the America's Cup Match. The Louis Vuitton Cup trophy arrived in Port America's Cup on the back of a paraglider before it was presented to the team by Yves Carcelle, the President and CEO of Louis Vuitton Malletier. More >>
Arts: Private Support Sends Works To Venice Biennale - Saatchi & Saatchi World Wide CEO Kevin Roberts and his wife Rowena have joined a group of art collectors from across the country who are personally providing financial support for two New Zealand projects at the 52nd International Art Exhibition in Venice this year. More >>
Toys: Living Room Castle Leads To Lego Dream Coming True- A sea of Lego bricks covered lounge and bedroom floors of hundreds of Lego enthusiasts throughout April as families nationwide designed and perfected their LEGO creations. More >>
Arts: Iconic Writer a Montana NZ Book Awards finalist - A poetry collection by one of the nation’s most renowned authors, Janet Frame, is a finalist in this year’s Montana New Zealand Book Awards. Published posthumously, The Goose Bath is Frame’s first new title in almost 20 years. She died in January 2004. More >>
Kiwi Pride: New Zealand Speller reaches Semifinals - [Update: Kate is out of the competition in round 5 after spelling "jardiniere" with a "g"] New Zealand Champion speller Kate Weir, a 13 year-old from Linwood College in Christchurch has just qualified for the 2007 Scripps Spelling Bee Semifinals. More >>
Fashion: Scissors Sharpened For Talent Spotting Competition - Want a heads-up on the most promising young hair-stylists to hit the Kiwi fashion-scene? Need a clue on who to visit for your next cut and colour? Listen up! Finalists in L’Oréal Professionnel’s inaugural Talent Spotting competition have been named. More >>
Sport: Gitmo Jumpsuited Madness Above Auckland Awaits Thrill Seekers - Picture this: You are stepping out into space. Your only support is a narrow pergola ring, six metres away from the Sky Tower. Don’t look down! You are more than 50 storeys high, and the streets below are far, far away. There are no balconies, no railing, nothing to hang on to.More>>
Child Health: Annual Tuckshop Survey: Pies, Chips Still Staples - For the third year running the Green Party school lunch survey has found that sausage rolls, hot dogs, pies, biscuits and other sugary, fatty foods are still the staple food on offer in New Zealand schools, despite increased awareness of the dangers of childhood obesity and the release of Food and Nutrition Guidelines for schools. More >>
Comedy: Kiwi icon to receive honorary doctorate - Humorist, writer and actor John Clarke—best known in New Zealand for bringing laconic farmer Fred Dagg to worldwide attention—is to receive an honorary doctorate from Victoria University of Wellington. Mr Clarke will receive the honorary Doctorate of Literature at an alumni reunion in Melbourne on June 28. More >>
Spareroom Video: Flight of the Conchords - Spareroom Video: New Zealand comedians Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, better known as Flight of the Conchords, are set to achieve even more international notoriety through their upcoming HBO TV series. Set in New York’s East Village, the show follows their attempts to conquer America one fan at a time. For More, See Spareroom.co.nz More >>
Arts: NZer wins Commonwealth Writers’ Prize 2007 - Creative New Zealand congratulates Lloyd Jones, whose novel Mister Pip has won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Overall Best Book Award 2007. This is the first time a New Zealand author has won the award since 1989 when Janet Frame won with her novel, The Carpathians. More >>
Arts: Sculpture Inspired By Subatomic Physics A Winner - International prize-winning sculptor Peter Brierley-Millman has been awarded the ‘People’s Choice’ at the Lake House Art Centre’s symposium in Takapuna, Auckland. The work is one of a series and has been purchased for the famous Becroft collection. More >>
Comedy Festival 2007: Scoop Reviews the Naughty Devils Of Heavenly Burlesque - Heavenly Burlesque is a multi-act show that romps along in pretty quick succession. If you don't like any of the varied bits then don't worry because they will soon be over. However it would have taken a pretty hard heart to not enjoy chaps dangling from the roof of the Paramount Theatre in Wellington with no safety net just a paying punter likely to break their fall. More>>
Dancing: Will Suzanne Paul Revive the Blue Monkey For The Final?For those dedicated followers of the latest series of Dancing With The Stars next week's final promises to be a doozer. The two best dancers of the celebrities - Suzanne Paul and Megan Alitini - are through to the final. For early telly viewers it will also be a happy day with the return of Brendon Pongia to the Good Morning show after dancing stardom proved a tango too far. More >>
Dance: NZ Hip Hop Triplets About To Invade the Balkans - Mt Albert born triplets Jo, Danica and Kelly Aitken have been hip hop dancing together for only two months and have already qualified for a world championship. The 25-year-olds, who have competed in aerobics for 13 years at international level, made the switch to hip hop when they joined forces with Otara based hip hop crew Dziah. More >>
Sport: Climbers Hanging Out In The Hutt Over Holiday - The second round of the NZ Sportclimbing Federation’s 2007 National Cup Series is to take place at Hang Dog Climbing Centre in Lower Hutt at Queens Birthday weekend (June 2/3). More >>
Arts: Zen And The Art Of Poetic filmmaking - While some ex-pop song writers go down in a blaze of glory (aka Phil Spector), vanish into obscurity (Scott Walker anyone?), or graduate to judging TV karaoke shows, very few can cite 10 years in a Zen Buddhist centre. However this is the path New Zealand writer, poet and film maker Richard von Sturmer decided to take in 1993.
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Comedy: Whip On Down For A Cracking Evening At the Burlesque -A (late) night of pleasure, sexiness, lashings of comedy and the absolute skill of highly talented circus performers. Trapeze acts, divine singing & clever cabaret are combined by the seamless magic of your very own host the loveable, unflappable, king of kiwi comedy; Vinyl Burns. More >>
DWTS Images: Greer's Dancing Dreams Smashed - Poor timing led to poor scores for perky dancing couple Greer Robson and Aaron Gilmore. The perpetually smiling Greer was given short shrift by the judges who were instead impressed by a scowling Suzanne Paul and an apparently moving performance by Good Morning host Brendon Pongia. More >>
Fashion: Possums Hit The Headlights For Style Conscious - Possums are in demand again this winter, as the Fieldays Possum Fur Fashion Award returns to Fieldays. Entries are open for the competition, which challenges designers to create fashion garments and accessories made out of treated possum fur. More >>
Scoop Review: Topol - Auckland Has In Its Midst A Champion Selwyn Manning writes: It began with a grey bearded man walking solo onto the stage, his eyes twinkling. He spoke to the hearts of his audience of tradition, of dangers, and of times when our past challenges our present. The man was Topol, playing Tevye the the lead character in Fiddler on the Roof. More >>
Kiwi Made: More NZ TV channels broadcasting NZ content
This year’s report shows local content is quickly spreading to new and different channels. Over 10,000 hours of New Zealand programmes screened on New Zealand’s six free to air channels in 2006. More >>
Media: 'Bomber' Bradbury Set To Light Music Fuse For Alt TV - After the successful re-launch of Gonzo Weekend's 100% Advert Free, New Zealand's fastest growing music channel, Alt TV, today announces the promotion of Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury to Programme Director for the station. More >>
Angling: Something Fishy Is Happening To Lake Pupuke - Lake Pupuke becomes home to 500 over-fed trout this week as Fish & Game release them ready for a fishing competition being held on the lake this weekend. Ben Wilson Auckland Waikato Fish & Game officer says the trout would usually come from their Ngongotaha hatchery in Rotorua and be between 0.6 to 1kg in size. More >>
Theatre Review: Sharon Ellis - Uncle Vanya At Circa - Sonya triumphs in Circa’s production of Chekov’s Uncle Vanya. She ends up cosily poring over the accounts with her loveable dishevelled but charming uncle the eponymous Vanya. She triumphs in failing to attract the arrogant greenie Dr Astov and she is much much better off than the sad but lovely Yelena whose fate it is to jingle off into the sunset with her pompous and disappointing husband. See... More >>
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