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Couture at the Cathedral
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ildTomato and Morrison Square are proud to present the 4th annual fundraising fashion event, Couture at the Cathedral. Tickets are now on sale so be in quick. This fashion show and charity auction raises funds for the Nelson Regional Breast and Gynaecological Cancer Trust (nrbgct), having previously raised over $73,000 for the Trust. The fashion show, on October 16th from 6.30pm to 8.30pm, is set in Nelson’s iconic Christ Church Cathedral. Tickets are on sale from Morrison Square Centre Management Office (open Monday to Friday 9am4pm, located above the Morri St Cafe) or you can email nelson@morrisonsquare.co.nz.
We have four copies of the book Self-Publishing in New Zealand to give away ...
New arts festival director
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he Nelson Arts Festival Trust has appointed Padma Naidu as its new festival director for 2020. She replaces Charlie Unwin who is moving to Dunedin at the conclusion of this year’s festival to be its festival director. “Charlie has presented eight, soon to be nine, high-quality festivals for Nelson. We will be sorry to say goodbye to Charlie but are very pleased to have found someone of Padma’s calibre to replace him,” Padma Naidu says Trust chair Brent Thawley. “Padma, currently the arts education manager of the Corban Estate Arts Centre in West Auckland, will bring her rich experience in arts management and community engagement to the festival,” says Brent. She is also a qualified architect, and this combined with her experience in the arts, is a great fit for the Trust’s strategy to make the festival more visible in the city and other community spaces and explore new ideas for existing and new locations. Padma has been a frequent visitor to Nelson for work and pleasure and is part of the team presenting Cultural Conversations at this month’s festival.
Where do you read yours? Gill and Baz Gardiner read their WildTomato outside the historic Mermaid Inn, Rye, East Sussex. The inn, which dates back to the 12th century, was rebuilt in 1420. Send your image to editor@wildtomato.co.nz ONLY JPG FILES ACCEPTED, MIN 1MB
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G I V E AWAY
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uthor Holly Dunn has written a book called Self-Publishing in New Zealand, an Independent Author’s Guide and WildTomato has four copies to give away, thanks to The Copy Press where she works. The Copy Press specialises in small to medium runs for self-published authors and Holly wrote the self-help guide to promote their services. To enter: Email your name, address, contact phone number and 50 words about why you’d like the book to: editor@wildtomato.co.nz by 5pm Friday 25th October. Winners will be randomly selected and notified directly.
Aviation Heritage Centre’s new exhibits
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angerous Skies, the World War II exhibition at the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre (OAHC) is re-opening to the public thanks to a team of talented volunteers and professionals working to bring new and inspirational stories of pilots and their machines to life. Jane Orphan, Omaka AHC director, says the main exhibition area now holds two additional aircraft, both originals and never seen before in Dangerous Skies. The first is a Messerschmitt Bf108 once owned and flown by a German ace and the second a Lockheed Hudson, an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft which has been suspended in a dramatic crash scene in the depths of a Pacific island jungle. Other spaces have been reconfigured to better highlight the incredible stories of WW2 and to increase visitor engagement.