Day: October 3, 2014

Oct 03
Ballet’s Artful Beauty

Vaughan Mendes meets Wellington-based producer, choreographer and ballet dancer Loughlan Prior to discuss his life, loves and passion for dance. Loughlan Prior is a man on a mission. As I sit with him during his lunch break from the first rehearsal for the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s upcoming season of A Christmas Carol, it is […]

Oct 03
HIV in NZ Today

The National HIV Treatment Seminar presented: positive updates on medication research, sad truths of HIV stigma and united consensus for broad ‘safe-sex, medication-access and regular testing’ combined approach to tackling the disease. On Friday 26 September, the National HIV Treatments Seminar was held at Auckland Hospital. Hosted by Body Positive, the conference’s key objectives included […]

Oct 03
The Topp Blacks

I sit in the café in Kingsland and I think about Eden Park, the icon of the All Blacks about a hundred metres away.  I order myself a lamington, because what’s more fitting than an icon of New Zealand food?  “How are ya buddy?” Lynda says as she comes through the doorway, she puts out […]