George Wilding – 27 July 1930 – 14 May 2018

Rest in peace, dearest man. May your beautiful heart be shared many millions of times over. In 1996 I answered an ad for a room in a boarding house. Newly arrived in Sydney after a six month offshore crewing experience and fast running out of money,  George the manager invited me to have a look. […]

Organics is Where the Business Is

In clever business hands driven by a green philosophical approach New Zealanders should see organic food and products become more available and much more affordable. Peter Kraus, head of PK Group has long held green interests, maintaining significant organic gardens and orchards on his own property. He also has other arenas of interest – he […]

The Original Hundertwasser Project – Jo Hardy (Joanne McNeill)

This article was published in the Northern Advocate’s Weekend Features section, 48 Hours, 15 July 2017. It’s an interview with Jo Hardy about her involvement with the original Hundertwasser project in the early 1990s. The Jo Hardy restrospective, Not Now Apocalypse, is still running at the Whangarei Art Museum in the Town Basin until 20 August. A […]

Chris Talbot Wilkie – Loss and Redemption

Chris Talbot Wilkie is respected for his oil paintings and drawings which frequently deal with New Zealandness – landscapes infused with lost species and ghostly ancestry – but it was producing immense murals which initially distinguished him. His art is also the story of a small town New Zealand boy whose interests became powerful statements […]

Claire Delaney – Art As Story

  As memories distort into stories, time becomes less linear and everything overlaps – Claire Delaney   The story starts here is tattooed on Claire’s forearm, a reminder that the story starts and stops with her. “My past is my story,” says Claire Delaney, (formerly Hey, née Wilson). “It has shaped who I am now […]