Two year ago, on December 4, 2009, when this Web Log was just Web Twig, I ran an early story under the heading 'Love will tear us apart' - the Wellington link’, about our ‘Ian Curtis Wall’ in Mt Cook.
I was bowled over by the ongoing exhibition of paintings and drawings by Graham Percy at Wellington City’s Art Gallery – these have a truly delightful whimsicality that plays on contrasts between the supposedly rococo intricacies of European history and the ostensibly mundane life taking root in Europe’s most far-flung offshoot.
In this reflective session, Sarah Hopkinson, Head of Learning at Te Papa, explores the vital role museums play within Aotearoa’s wider education ecosystem and the unique ways they nurture creativity, collaboration, and community.
Petone with the Swindale Shield on their home ground, following today’s win over Paremata-Plimmerton. Photo: Grant Wall. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Petone are the 2026 Swindale Shield champions, winning the first-round title for the 16th time with next week’s final round to spare with a 43-17 win over Paremata-Plimmerton this afternoon. Petone and...
Victoria University’s Classics Museum examines the complex afterlives of antiquities through two remarkable objects—a Roman portrait head now subject to repatriation after being identified as illicitly excavated, and a richly carved child’s sarcophagus later revealed to be a modern forgery.
