Articles: Arts & Entertainment

It’s Austin Street, 1987. Mt Victoria residents Barry Saunders and Wayne Mason produce alchemy with the chords G, E minor, C and D that results in ‘Hands Of My Heart’, the band’s debut hit single. Fast forward to 2025 and 38 years of touring, one-night stands, sold-out shows and scores of great songs have been rewarded recently with... Keep Reading

Artist Karl Maughan is best known for his rich and vibrant ‘garden scapes’, which grace the walls of collectors both here in NZ and overseas. Sharon Greally tracked him down. Karl Maughan talks to me from his Mt Victoria based atelier – which is, according to him, a building which once housed an old printing press, and was the secret HQ... Keep Reading