2012 Winner Yeonjae Choi

Young designers take note: The Newmarket Young Fashion Designer competition is back to continue breaking boundaries in 2013. Students with a passion for fashion, textiles and design can register from Monday 29^th April.

Event organiser Donna Corbel from the Newmarket Business Association says the competition gives young designers a chance to showcase their talent and skill with the support of New Zealand’s fashion capital, Newmarket.

“Entrants will be able to fast track their fashion career with this award and be able to gain valuable experience they will be able to draw on for years to come,” says Corbel. More >

Netherwood features actor/producer Owen Black in the role of Stan

Netherwood, an independently produced rural western thriller shot in North Canterbury, will debut on Sky TV’s Rialto channel at 8:30pm on Wednesday 12 June.

The film premiered at the New Zealand International Film Festival 2012 to sellout crowds, wining ‘pick of the fest’ from festival organisers.

Said lead actor and Producer Owen Black “The film’s television premier will be followed by a short ‘behind the scenes’ documentary capturing the progress of the ‘Rural Roadshow’ we we took it on in late summer 2012.”

“A Netherwood DVD is set to follow” added Black.

The film features drifter and outsider Stanley Harris, who unwittingly inherits a prime piece of country land coveted by wealthy local landowner Duncan Moore. The intervention of Moore’s thuggish son Mex and the appearance of the beautiful and mysterious Maria raise the stakes and a primal battle between men for power and dominance ensues.

Netherwood was shot exclusively in North Canterbury, predominantly in the Waipara and Omihi valleys. A large number of the cast and crew either live in Canterbury or grew up there.

To celebrate the opening of their new multi-million dollar storage tank, Terminals NZ commissioned New Zealand street art crew Cut Collective to depict the history, future and progressive nature of energy in a gigantic mural on the road-facing side of the structure.

Over a month in conception and four days (and nights) of painting through rain and high winds, these four street artists created a challenging and epic work of art.

Measuring in at over 450m², the mural, dubbed “Energy Begins Here”, is thought to be the country’s largest piece of street art.

Cut Collective projected the artwork onto the tank at night to ensure the piece was to scale and spray-painted the rest during the day.

Cherry pickers helped the crew reach the top of the 15m high structure.

Having never done anything of this size before, Cut Collective was stoked to be a part of the project and had an awesome time pulling the whole thing together.

The tank will now brighten up the day of every person who has to sit in traffic along Mount Maunganui’s Hewletts Road, and Terminals NZ hopes it will become an icon in the city.  

See the video montage of the tank’s painting here.