Megan Robinson
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LIGHT FROM TATE exhibition at Auckland Art Gallery
Read more: LIGHT FROM TATE exhibition at Auckland Art GalleryLIGHT FROM TATE exhibition at Auckland Art Gallery Intro pic: viewing art by British artist Bridget Riley. A highlight this month was heading in to the Auckland Art Gallery thanks to my friend Rebecca who has an annual membership and can take a guest which is actually a great value and fun thing to buy…
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ON MY DESK: What’s new for March 2023
Read more: ON MY DESK: What’s new for March 2023What a month! I know they they call it ‘March Madness’ – the back to school and Uni traffic has been unbelievable and it’s been full-on starting new schools and getting settled – only to be followed by completely devastating-for-many weather storms and everything being disrupted such as camps being postponed. Now that the horrid…
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My 10 favourite things from my first time at Splore Festival
Read more: My 10 favourite things from my first time at Splore FestivalThe weather looked dubious but the sun shone down on the Saturday as we wove our way down the Eastern highways of Auckland from Manurewa and Clevedon to Tapapakanga Regional Park for the iconic Splore festival. The festival is known worldwide and its long-awaited return post-covid closures had over 10,000 eager attendees sign up (and…
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FILM REVIEW: Champions
Read more: FILM REVIEW: ChampionsEngineer Gregory Box said all models are wrong, but some are useful. Meaning that if it is simple, it won’t be accurate, or if it is very complex then you won’t be able to understand it. The idea can be transformed for films, simple stories can be easily formulaic, but they can still be enjoyable.…
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FILM REVIEW: Scream VI
Read more: FILM REVIEW: Scream VIScientists believe that some black holes were formed when the universe began. A black hole is believed to be made when a very large star falls in on itself, creating a supernova, and exploding part of the star into space. What is left is a super dense matter that has so much gravity that even…
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FILM REVIEW: Cocaine Bear
Read more: FILM REVIEW: Cocaine BearThere was a classic tale that has been passed on from generation to generation. It is a universally understood and revered story of the struggle between life and death, that reveals the nature of man and the meaning of life, it also happened that there were some motherf#$&ing snakes on a motherf#$&ing plane, now there…
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How to tune into SPLORE 2023 from home
Read more: How to tune into SPLORE 2023 from homeHow to tune into SPLORE 2023 from home and get amongst the action with Splore Festival’s first live stream… Splore will be live-streaming selected acts on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 February 2023. Splore Festival invites you to participate from the comfort of your lounge room – wherever you are on Saturday night and Sunday…
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Princess Anne Takes a Sustainable Fashion Tour, with a Royal Visit to Untouched World in Christchurch
Read more: Princess Anne Takes a Sustainable Fashion Tour, with a Royal Visit to Untouched World in ChristchurchHer Royal Highness Princess Anne has concluded her New Zealand visit with a private behind-the-scenes tour of New Zealand fashion house Untouched World on Friday afternoon, in Christchurch. Her Royal Highness has been president of the UK Fashion and Textile Association for 35 years and is a long-time advocate of sustainability in the fashion industry.…
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Dr LeWinn’s new range of skincare serums at LuxeRose Cafe Parnell
Read more: Dr LeWinn’s new range of skincare serums at LuxeRose Cafe ParnellI headed in to the launch today of Dr LeWinn’s new range of skincare serums at LuxeRose Cafe Parnell Rose Gardens. Over a delicious brunch -highly recommend the poached egg with broccolini, pictured- we heard from Dr LeWinn’s skincare experts about the highly potent new Serum Series range as well as Dr LeWinn’s Ambassador Claire…
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FILM REVIEW: Knock at the Cabin
Read more: FILM REVIEW: Knock at the CabinIn 1967, Philippa Foot introduced a genre of decision problems that would later be called Trolley Problems. They are ethical dilemmas, the classic one is there is a runaway trolley on the tracks, you do nothing and it kills five people, or you can pull the lever and switch tracks but it will kill one…