Marzena releases a post-wax body oil, Nevé has an impressive range of candles, sprays and wood wicks, while Nick Von K explores diamond and pounamu […]
New from New Zealand: releases from Marzena, Nevé, and Nick Von K
October 12, 2022/23.01
Tag: Christchurch
Natasha English and Tatyanna Meharry pick up their second World of Wearable Art Supreme Award
September 28, 2018/11.30
Stephen A’Court Above, from top: Supreme winner, War Story, by Natasha English and Tatyanna Meharry, Christchurch, New Zealand. Tar’White by Ali Middleton of Wellington, coming third in the Aotearoa section. Quantum, by Annabelle Widmann, winner of the Cirque du Soleil Invited Artisan Award. Two sisters from Christchurch, New Zealand, Natasha English and Tatyanna Meharry, have […]
October 17, 2016/0.01
Ross Brown Top: The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Carmen, premièring on February 16, 2017. Above: A new version of Romeo and Juliet, premièring on August 16. Royal New Zealand Ballet artistic director Francesco Ventriglia has announced his second full season for the company, kicking off 2017 with Two Ballets by Roland Petit: Carmen with L’Arlésienne, […]
Get in NOW for Footnote: four entertaining dances, representing our times
April 20, 2016/14.06
Courtesy Footnote Footnote New Zealand Dance’s NOW 2016 (New Original Work) programme, which hit Wellington tonight after performances in Auckland, presents four original works by New Zealand choreographers Julia Harvie, Sarah Knox, Lucy Marinkovich and Jessie McCall. It’s a particularly enjoyable programme, mixing meanings, humour and, in the case of Elephant Skin, a lot of […]
Royal New Zealand Ballet kicks off Speed of Light, with première at the New Zealand Festival
February 3, 2016/1.29
The Royal New Zealand Ballet kicks off 2016 with Speed of Light, a mixed bill of three works, to feature at the New Zealand Festival and the Auckland Arts’ Festival, before touring the South Island. It marks the first programme put together by Francesco Ventriglia since he joined the company in 2014. The first […]
Working Style appoints Karl Clausen its new creative director
January 18, 2016/20.46
Karl Clausen is Working Style’s new creative director, after stints at Ermenegildo Zegna and Alfred Dunhill, among others. Clausen was Working Style’s Christchurch director from 2002 to 2007, and replaces Eddie von Dadelszen, who has decided to move on. Working Style founder Chris Dobbs said, ‘He’s well accustomed to the Working Style way […]
November 13, 2015/9.13
Michael Simon Kendall Jenner and her sister Kylie shopped for Classic Slim styles at the Ugg Australia flagship store at 600 Madison Avenue, New York. The sisters are Ugg fans, Kylie choosing the black Bethany design and Kendall the chestnut-coloured Amie. The Classic Slim line has a slimmer silhouette, as the name implies, and has […]
November 9, 2015/23.17
New Zealand is promoting women’s golf during November, in the wake of Kiwi Lydia Ko regaining her world number-one position after winning the Fubon LPGA Taiwan Championship, with a month of activities—while Lucire readers can get a fantastic giveaway as part of the She Loves Golf campaign (hashtagged #shelovesgolf). The campaign, with Ko, Toni […]
Footnote New Zealand Dance celebrates its 30th anniversary this August with première and events
August 9, 2015/14.02
Above Footnote at its home at 125 Cuba Street. Footnote New Zealand Dance celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, and on August 28–9, it will première 30Forward at the Wellington Opera House to mark the anniversary. The première will take place in Wellington, before heading to the Christchurch Arts Festival, Auckland’s Tempo Dance Festival, […]
Phoenix Organics’ Love Project helps clean up New Zealand’s polluted rivers
June 19, 2015/22.55
Top Phoenix Organics’ promotional image for its latest venture to tackle river pollution. Above The sites for the Love Project’s tree-planting between June and September. Below left A #loveyourwater promotional card, with wildflower seeds embedded within. On June 5, Phoenix Organics started planting native plants along polluted rivers for the Love Project, a venture which […]
