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Tag: Aotearoa
Firing on all cylinders, Andrea Schermoly’s Romeo & Juliet for the RNZB is spectacular
May 4, 2023/13.50
RNZB’s 2023 reimagining of Romeo & Juliet is contemporary and bold. Jack Yan attended opening night […]
Ria van Dyke is the new Miss Universe New Zealand
June 5, 2010/13.43
Jin Cowan Top Ria van Dyke, Miss New Zealand 2010. Centre Runner-up Danijela Unkovich, Miss East Auckland; Samantha Powell, co-MC and Miss New Zealand 2008; Ria van Dyke, Miss New Zealand 2010; Katie Taylor, Miss New Zealand 2009; second runner-up Caren Freeman, Miss Auckland. Above This year’s contestants after the crowning. Auckland-based Ria van Dyke, […]
Museum Hotel gives Miss Universe New Zealand an Apprentice setting
June 4, 2010/13.42
Above The Miss Universe New Zealand 2010 judging panel: Samantha Hannah, Evana Patterson, Jack Yan (in the chair), Dina Janse van Rensburg and Carl Manderson. If you caught my last post, you’ll know that I wasn’t with our Miss Universe New Zealand 2010 contestants until the evening. I awaited the arrival of Evana Patterson, with […]
Lucire gives away two tickets to Miss Universe New Zealand ’10
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While I await my fellow judge Evana Patterson to arrive in Wellington this afternoon—and lead the panel into a quick briefing—Lucire is going to give away two tickets to Miss Universe New Zealand 2010 at the Duxton Hotel, Wellington, for Saturday night, 7.30 p.m. It’s the show only, with no dinner. The two best […]
Day 5: Miss New Zealands, unite!
June 3, 2010/14.07
Top Uma Lele with Rosie de Malmanche (sponsored by A Team Debt Consultants) at Farmers Lambton Quay. Above Miss Universe New Zealand 2009 Katie Taylor fields questions from this year’s entrants from the penthouse suite at the Museum Hotel. The Miss Universe New Zealand 2010 contestants might not have stopped Parliament today (see the parliamentary […]
Miss Universe New Zealand 2010 contestants stop Parliament
June 2, 2010/12.18
From top The contestants at the steps of Parliament. The Hon Maurice Williamson MP receives glamorous guests—calling it a highlight of his political career. Before heading to Parliament, at Bowen Street. It’s not every day that you can stop a session of Parliament. But that’s exactly what happened today as the Miss Universe New […]
Miss New Zealand ’09, Katie Taylor, models Natalie Chan
June 1, 2010/11.48
Nix Katie Taylor, who remains Miss Universe New Zealand till she hands her crown over at the Duxton Hotel in Wellington on Saturday night, is the latest model for fashion designer, milliner and head-wear designer Natalie Chan. Chan, whose works out of her premises on Parnell Road, Auckland, spent a day shooting Taylor modelling […]
Day 3: a packed itinerary for Miss Universe New Zealand contestants
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From top Kirsty Pritchard (Miss Museum Hotel) meets a Kilmarnock Heights resident. The contestants at Wagamama earlier tonight. Zeisha Frémaux (Miss Moontide) and Danijela Unkovich (Miss East Auckland) at Wagamama. The Miss Universe New Zealand 2010 contestants had lunch with Wellington mayor, Kerry Prendergast, today. Which is why, as someone eyeing the mayoral post, […]
Miss Universe New Zealand 2010: an afternoon at the mall
May 31, 2010/11.31
Monday was the first full day for the Miss Universe New Zealand 2010 contestants at the Museum Hotel, beginning with interviews with Laura McQuillan of the NZPA and their first choreography class with Sarah McIntyre. During the daytime, the highlight was heading to Johnsonville Shopping Centre for a parade, arranged with the help of […]
