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Shakira, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, visits bilingual school in Jerusalem

June 22, 2011/11.56

Pop superstar and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Shakira visited the Max Payne Hand in Hand School for Bilingual Education in Jerusalem yesterday, advocating education, and was joined by her boyfriend, Barcelona footballer Gerard Piqué i Bernabéu.    The singer also met Israeli president Shimon Peres.    The Max Payne School uses bilingual education, teaching both Jewish […]

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Starfish celebrates New Zealand’s pan-Asian cultural mix for spring

/3.19

Vibrant leis hanging in shop verandas, exotic spices and fruits of the local greengrocer, the eclectic mix of shoppers at the local Sunday morning veggie markets, and the treasure trove of fabrics, trinkets and ornaments at the Asia Gallery. The cultural mix and infinite variety of tangy tastes within the local community and the uniquely […]

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Adrienne Whitewood wins supreme award at Miromoda

June 7, 2011/12.05

Hayley Smith and Ish Dooney Last Saturday’s judging at Miromoda showed just how much better this competition is getting. It was the first to attract an international entrant, and our winner, Adrienne Whitewood, has one of the strongest futures of any entrant who has entered the competition, in my opinion.    Adrienne’s Te Aho Tapu […]

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Miss Universe New Zealand 2011, Priyani Puketapu, completes shoots in Auckland

June 5, 2011/1.47

Denise Baynham Compared with 2010, the web buzz is quieter, but the New Zealand mainstream media interest is greater, as Miss Universe New Zealand 2011 Priyani Puketapu actively prepares for her journey to Miss Universe this year in São Paulo, Brazil.    Following her win, Puketapu was ferried in the BMW X3—after three hours’ sleep—to […]

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Miss Universe New Zealand 2011’s busiest day before the final

April 26, 2011/12.43

Above Lucy at Te Papa Tongarewa energetically introduces the tour of the national museum. Tuesday proved to be the busiest day for the Miss Universe New Zealand 2011 contestants, with visits to Parliament (with my neighbour Murray as the tour guide), Te Papa (with a very energetic guide, Lucy—and with thanks to Bridget MacDonald for […]

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Footage from Panos Emporio’s 25th anniversary party

February 17, 2011/3.04

Here’s footage from last Thursday’s Panos Emporio 25th anniversary party in Skeppsholmen, Stockholm.    Finest.se interviews some of the guests to get their thoughts on Panos Emporio, its designer, Panos Papadopoulos, and the most notable models the label used in the last quarter-century (with Elena Paparizou and Rickard Engfors getting nods).    Footage of the […]

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European masters’ exhibition arrives at Te Papa in November

August 3, 2010/3.48

Above Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein (1751–1829): Goethe in der römischen Campagna, 1787. Oil on canvas, 1,610 × 1,975 mm, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main. Acquired in 1878 as a gift by Baroness Salomon von Rothschild. Te Papa will exhibit European Masters: 19th–20th Century Art from the Städel Museum from November 6 to February 27, with […]

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It’s Greater Bay goods, making a difference

August 1, 2010/7.04

If a fashion café with a delicious menu of custom garments to order that are ready to be shipped in 10 days doesn’t give you a one-of-a-kind shopping experience then, maybe you should get out more. Erica Varize of Berkeley, Calif. designs urban women’s sportswear, allowing her clients to choose the fabric, style, and colour […]

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Museum of London explains the making of its pleasure garden

July 15, 2010/0.27

The Museum of London is hosting a session where a curator will explain the making of its recently opened re-creation Georgian pleasure garden on August 24, from 1 to 1.45 p.m.    The pleasure garden is complete with tress, park benches, a pavilion, drama and costumed mannequins, with Philip Treacy hats and Yasemen Hussein wigs. […]

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The final of Ashes to Ashes: a cultural phenomenon

May 21, 2010/12.11

Above Keeley Hawes as DI Alex Drake and Philip Glenister as DCI Gene Hunt in Ashes to Ashes, concluding tonight on BBC One. Tonight on BBC One, the final of Ashes to Ashes airs in the UK.    Of all the TV shows we have covered in Lucire, Ashes to Ashes seems to be one […]

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