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by Lydia Brewer

A West Auckland woman has spoken out about the taboo issue of sexual abuse, in an effort to bring about support for other survivors.

Kathy Needham, who founded support group Courageous Women in 2005, thinks that sexual abuse should no longer be tolerated in our society, and intends to see that survivors are given the encouragement and help they need.

Kathy is herself a survivor of sexual abuse, and feels the issue should no longer be ignored. Read more

by Pinky Khanna

Planning a trip around New Zealand?

The following 10 places are highly recommended by www.no1guide.co.nz and the people of New Zealand.

The attractions include breath-taking scenery, pristine atmosphere, extraordinary landscapes and a variety of climatic conditions. Read more

by Ranita Nand

New Zealand actress Rebecca Trelease has been nominated for the best actress award at the B Movie Film Festival in New York which will be held from the 26th to the 28th of October.

Trelease starred as a lead character in the New Zealand feature film Down by the Riverside, and is the only non-American actress to be nominated in this category.

In the film, Trelease is a history student named Amelia who investigates a string of deaths in an old house. Read more

by Thea Knight

Experience a weekend of dazzling Indian culture at Diwali Festival of Lights held at Britomart on the 27th and 28th of October.

With 36 hours of entertainment on offer, come see, smell and taste all the wonders of Indian culture.

Don’t deny the chance to see amazing performances as the weekend is packed with singers and dancers from here and abroad. Read more

by Angela Beswick

This Friday DJ Shaveer will be playing his first gig at Coherent on K’Rd, as part of the ‘Dusk’ event.

Supported by a line-up consisting of Grant Marshall, Bevan Keys, The Disko Divas, Sample Gee, and Karn Hall, Shaveer hopes the gig he has funded, organised and publicised himself, will get Coherent packed with as many guys, girls, and smiling faces as possible.

Shaveer believes his music would fall into the ‘house’ category, however he doesn’t like to “jail” himself Read more

by Ranita Nand

For those of you who don’t know, October is the official month for Breast Cancer Awareness in New Zealand.

To celebrate, the second annual Dove Pink Star Walk was held at the Auckland Domain last Saturday.

The 5km charity walk started at 8pm, and those who took part (including myself) were encouraged to dress up in a creative pink outfit with decorative pink wings. Read more

by Michelle King

In case you have not been following local body politics the race for Auckland mayoralty is currently on.

Not ringing any bells? Well you may have seen Dick Hubbard’s face on a few Auckland buses.

Imagine for a moment that you were a mayoral candidate and you wanted to score points with the average punter (or just votes) what would be a great way to win the crowd over? Read more

by Martin Hirst

Calling all bloggers:

An online campaign “Free Burma” has been organised to make a splash in the blogosphere in a couple of days time. The organisers are asking people to sign up and to post a pro-democracy item on their blog on the fourth of October in support of the Burmese people who have been protesting against the military junta. Over the past week tens of thousands of Burmese, including monks and ordinary workers have been on the streets. Hundreds have been killed. About 2000 university students are currently on hunger strike, their campus surrounded by heavily-armed soldiers.

If you want one good reason why you, as a journalism student, should support Free Burma day, read the story about Kenji Nagai.

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by Ranita Nand

I’m not much of an art fanatic, but when I first saw Sophia Minson’s paintings earlier this year they captured my attention almost instantly.

I was amazed at how elegant and smooth her paintings looked and what made her work even more interesting to me was the fact she is a young talented New Zealand artist, who graduated from AUT.

It’s obvious to tell by looking at her paintings that it comes from the soul and that she is truely passionate about her work as she puts so much detail into it. Read more

by Justin Henehan

Being a rabid cyclo-fiend, I immediately noticed the small posters of scribbled bicycle outlines all around Auckland city’s library building.

I had a closer look and saw something that rang my bicycle bell: a week before a friend had sent me a Quicktime teaser for a bicycle messenger documentary.

That Sunday also happened to be the day an iconic cafe and long-time Auckland cycle courier hang-out was to close forever. Read more