Arts & Culture
NZTrio returns to Greytown
Omicron permitting, the NZTrio, founder member cellist Ashley Brown, with newer members violinist Amalia Hall and pianist Somi Kim, will perform in…
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Two Pianos and a Bass Baritone
Martinborough Music Festival Friday 23 – 25 September, Martinborough Town Hall This year marks the fifth anniversary of the Martinborough Music Festival…
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The infinite monkey theorem
The Internet is a vulnerable system. Its integrity cannot be assured. This is not because of genius hackers or careless users. The…
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Silence reigns
‘American people are acquiring more personal communication devices than there are persons. Walk into any public place and everyone is staring into…
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Wasabi crisis
Japan faces a climate, cultural and cuisine crisis with a threat to wasabi – the pungent electric-green paste that characterises sushi, sashimi…
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Write your life with Martinborough Library
Popular writing classes return with sessions on personal essays and poetry Our urge to revisit memories is a simple twitch of being…
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Aratoi
Autumn begins with several new exhibitions, each with a unique environmental and historical viewpoint. Our major exhibition, Toitū Te Whenua, The Land…
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Maree’s musings
MULTITASKING … MYTH or MAGIC? Do you multitask? If you have a busy lifestyle or hanker to get stuff done, it’s tempting.…
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LOCAL SCRIPTWRITER WINS AN EMMY
The scene was played in Auckland and Martinborough simultaneously: screams of surprised delight when Shoshana McCallum’s short form series INSiDE won an International…
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Book review
Nine live Nine lives is a novel concept of coupling nine notable New Zealanders with nine New Zealand authors who have been…
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Concerts – Amici Ensemble, & Aroha String Quartet with Clarinettist Rachel Vernon
Sandwiched in between the March and April Star issues, are the Greytown Music Group’s first two concerts for 2022. Both the organisers…
