Don’t be an instant noodle
When was the last time you ate instant noodles?
They’re great right?! Cheap, portable, tasty – and the only dining requirements are boiled water and a utensil of some description – hands optional.
Lunch with NZ’s most popular author
Oskar Howell travels to Otorohanga to interview Danielle Hawkins, author of When It All Went to Custard, over a delicious two-course home-cooked lunch.
What the heck is the Fringe Festival?
Beginning as a post-war stunt by Scottish rebels, the Fringe Festival is now a world-wide network of creative champions celebrating the arts. Screen student and musician Kat Waswo infiltrated the Hamilton Fringe to capture the atmosphere, charm and spontaneity of the two-week festival across Kirikiriroa.
SJC – Saint John’s Cooking
The Man Who Started It All
When you grow up in Huntly, you’re faced with two choices. You either settle down there, or you get out and find a career in the big cities around the world. Wayne McNamara chose the latter.
International students: their lifestyle and experience at Wintec
Ninety years of providing the skills and knowledge to build a stronger community has seen Wintec staff help create thousands of careers.
As well, in 2017 more than 6000 students studied Wintec courses off-shore in China, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mauritius, Thailand, South America, India, and the Solomon Islands.
From hating to loving the lifestyle of New Zealand Nabina Kharel
Josephine Makuden came to New Zealand as an international student from India, and she is majoring in communication studies.
LHB – How three guys revived the heart of Raglan
An Italian, an Israeli and an Irishman walk into a bar, and together they create a business.
As equal partners in, as they call it ‘MYT Management’, they took over the Left Hand Break, a kitchen in the Raglan Club in the middle of the little beach community, and they are doing well. MYT is an acronym for the first letter of each of the trio’s name.
Let’s go in order and start with the “M”: Mauro Palazzani.
Mauro was born in the north of Italy as an only child. His mother ran a restaurant when he was little. At the age of seven, the 2nd grade of his primary school went on a school trip to visit a famous cooking school.
Mauro taking a break in the backyard of his restaurant. Photo Sarah S.
Qualifying as a chef became his goal, and his mum helped him to achieve that by moving closer to the cooking school.
A quest for better building
For many New Zealanders, the dream of owning your own home are only growing further away. Will searching in the past of New Zealand’s once-great housing industry offer solutions for the future?
Continue readingVirtual reality comes to the Tron
Virtual reality, also known as VR is making waves in the industry and it was only a matter of time before two keen Hamilton-based VR fans were going to share their passion and create a business out of it.
Husband and wife team, Frikkie and Gretta Rodriguez-Fleming had their first VR experience in Auckland last year, but Hamilton is the location they believe is best suited for opening a VR arcade.
THE FACES OF THE HAMILTON DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN’S RIDE
The man with razor in hand, his moustache perfectly curled and that big smile on his face has lost four of his best mates to suicide in the last three years.
The 83-year-old legend that everyone knows here rides a red 1939 Ariel and he has a manic bipolar disorder after watching some of his competitors die in the race he won.
Out of Date: The Importance of New Zealand Adoption Laws
There a few things in life that are important, family is one of them. For some, the meaning of family does not have to mean biological. In other circumstances, it means ensuring that a child is a part of a loving, safe, forever home.
This is what adoption is.
November 9th is World Adoption Day, a day to celebrate the power and beauty of family brought together through adoption. The day raises awareness of different stories from all walks of life.