– Dorothy – 19/12/96 “About a woman who was a late reader. Some change is like a miracle. Lynne’s story can give others new hope.” Determination is often the catalyst for change, for getting over the obstacles. That is how it was with Lynne. I decided to write about her when I was chatting to…
Film review – Kelly – 12/12/96 “Sleepers” has the kind of cast which almost guarantees it a large audience; Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro and Brad Pitt are just some of the well-known actors. But, despite some good performances, particularly from some of the younger actors and predictably, from De Niro in his role as…
“surrender and be enslaved, or die” Review – Kelly – 12/12/96 “Treasures from Inner Mongolia, The Heritage of Genghis Khan” opened on the 23rd of November and runs until the 5th of January at the Canterbury Museum on Rolleston Avenue. Hours are 9.00am to 5.30pm daily, last entry 4.30pm. This exhibition is very professionally run…
– Kelly – 12/12/96 You may recognise Dwayne Francks as the guy who played keyboard for “Face the Music” on TV a few years ago, but there is more to his repertoire than one-liners and a few notes… As Francks himself points out “Face” had some drawbacks; “It gave me a higher profile, but it…
– Kriston – 12/12/96 What has become of me? I have sub-consciously become part of a modern man’s complex. I bought a 4X4, diesel Landcruiser and somehow displayed the latest of modern man’s urban inadequacies. The sale of 4X4 vehicles is the major growth area in NZ vehicle sales. I suspect the reasons are two-fold….
– Dorothy – 12/12/96 “Who escapes change in NZ today?” I think that phrase sums up New Zealand life in the late eighties and nineties. Gone are the days when people went into one job and stayed there for all their working life. Now government policy makers have made countless changes and we have to…
– Kelly – 12/12/96 A few weeks ago Christmas seemed like an inevitable but very distant event. It has taken a barrage of ads, the Santa Parade, the Concert in Hagley Park, and lots of carols in the supermarket for me to finally accept that the Christmas season is full-blown and inescapable. I think that…
