multimediacreative - Tumblr blog

multimediacreative · 3 months

Text

Happy Taranaki Anniversary Day!

Taranaki Anniversary Day is a provincial holiday observed in New Zealand and if you’re lucky to live in this beautiful region, you’re getting a day off work! Super sunny today so what more could you want 🙂 This day commemorates the creation of the Taranaki province. Originally called New Plymouth province, it was renamed to Taranaki in 1859 after the tribal group to the west of Mount Egmont…

View On WordPress

#Egmont National Park #Mount Egmont #New Zealand #Sonerai #Stratford Aerodrome #Taranaki #Taranaki Anniversary Day #Taranaki Maunga #Te Papakura o Taranaki

1 note · View note

multimediacreative · 3 months

Text

Budget 2022, Zoom hui

Last night I had the privilege to attend a Zoom hui hosted by Minister of Finance Hon Grant Robertson, and Hon Priyanca Radhakrishnan, Minister for Diversity, Inclusion and Ethnic Communities, in which they presented and discussed the Government’s Budget 2022 – ‘Securing our Future’. The event was attended by 81 ethnic community leaders and ethnic media. For privacy reasons just a cheesy selfie…

View On WordPress

0 notes

multimediacreative · 3 months

Text

Eid al-Adha

Looking back on a very interesting and entertaining start of the week, beginning with the Parliamentary celebration for the Eid Al-Adha I had the privilege and pleasure of attending last Monday as part of a crowd of around 300 guests, in the Banquet Hall at the Beehive in Wellington thanks to an official invite by the Hon Priyanca Radhakrishnan, in her role as Minister for Diversity, Inclusion…

View On WordPress

0 notes

multimediacreative · 3 months

Text

I am Hana project

We are excited to be sharing the media release for the I am Hana project. The I am Hana project is an important event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the presentation of the Māori language petition to parliament, and will be held from 30 August to 15 September in New Plymouth. Te reo and te ao Māori have been one of the reasons that initiated the creation of BiograView when discovering…

View On WordPress

0 notes

multimediacreative · 3 months

Text

BEATING MOSQUITOES

BiograView was contacted by QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute with a media release of this Pacific alliance to combat mosquito-borne diseases. With all the hype around Covid-19 it is easy to forget other diseases still prevalent in the world. It is great to see so many international organisations working together to combat the still-present, mosquito-borne diseases. Twelve international…

View On WordPress

0 notes

multimediacreative · 3 months

Text

Reconnecting with te reo

Having a kapu tea with my notes after reconnecting with my te reo Māori at the Chamber of Commerce. Perfect in time with the I am Hana project mural, a work in progress at the back of the Puke Ariki building. I love the pink text taken from the original petition presented to Government by Hana 50 years ago, supporting her portrait in the making Rire rire hau pai mārire Peace and harmony, all…

View On WordPress

#harmony #I am Hana project #kapu tea #language #mural #peace #petition #portrait #Puke Ariki #reconnection #Taranaki Chamber of Commerce #te reo #Te Reo Maori

0 notes

multimediacreative · 3 months

Text

Obituary of Daryl Cockburn 02/08/1939 - 04/02/2023

It is with sadness that we share with you the passing of one of BiograView’s biggest supporters, Daryl Cockburn, a passionate, and sometimes controversial, architect. Daryl Cockburn in front of his Palazzo, Wellington. Some of the windows are painted on the building, “because that made it look better,” Daryl told me. I admire the painter’s skills for making them look so realistic! I first learnt…

View On WordPress

0 notes

multimediacreative · 3 months

Text

World music festival showcases global talent in our backyard

WOMAD 2023 UPDATE This article by Jennifer Little was first published in our FEB/MAR 2022 issue. It’s a festival of surprises where you are spellbound by the eerie mystique of Mongolian throat singers one minute then captivated by the passion of a Portuguese Fado folk artist the next. Or find yourself in a joyfully frenzied crowd dancing to irresistible Cuban or Congolese Afro-fusion…

View On WordPress

0 notes

multimediacreative · 3 months

Text

Te wiki o te reo Māori

View On WordPress

0 notes

multimediacreative · 3 months

Text

Ngā Tamatoa

Last night, as part of the I am Hana project, the first panel discussion of Ngā Tamatoa members took place at the TSB Showplace in New Plymouth, hosted by well known Māori TV presenter, Oriini Kaipara. The opening of the event was held mainly in te reo Māori, but morphed into mostly English with te reo Māori used on and off during the evening. It was later closed off in full te reo and…

View On WordPress

0 notes

multimediacreative · 3 years

Text

Holi Festival Invasion of colours on Saint Valentine

Story and images: Paola Alvarez As soon we entered the Krishna Temple in Kumeu, a big cloud of colours appears in front of our eyes. A big stage with many people jumping, covered with colours is something we do not get to see every day. All the new folk who come in wearing white tops are surprised as in a matter of seconds they are treated with colours by random people and then more and more,…

View On WordPress

#celebration #colours #crowd #dance #environment #family #food #good over evil #Happy Holi!#Holi #inner child #kids #Krishna Temple #music #people #spring #Valentine&039;s Day #vegetarian

1 note · View note

multimediacreative · 3 years

Text

Learn a language with Lingua!

Mōrena!! Bonjour!! Buongiorno!! Konnichiwa!! Nǐhǎo!! Bom Dia!! Buenos días!! Lingua is Taranaki’s only multi-language school owned and operated by Tineka who was born and raised in Taranaki but lived, studied and worked overseas for many years before returning to New Plymouth to be near family and start her own. Whether you’re curious about learning a new language, exploring a new culture or…

View On WordPress

#Culture #education #English #enrolments #French #Italian #Japanese #language #Lingua #Mandarin #NCEA #opportunities #Portuguese #private tuition #scholarship #Spanish

1 note · View note

multimediacreative · 3 years

Text

Renee Millner: “quality music for our souls”

Story: Paola Alvarez Images: Tahn Nickson Last Saturday the 16th at Fred Parker Lawn, Pukekura Park we saw a breathtaking compilation by great musicians. Led by Renee Millner, Australian singer and songwriter, who kept the connection with her audience the entire time. She opened up about her spiritual leader who passed away recently, her trip to South America sleeping on people’s couches, her…

View On WordPress

#intention #kindness #love #Mireya Ramos #music #New Plymouth #Pukekura Park #Renee Millner #spirituality #values #Wellington

0 notes

multimediacreative · 3 years

Text

Chill music fusion for a lazy Sunday

Story: Paola Alvarez Images: Tahn Nickson When it was almost 6pm last Sunday, the BiograView hit the road to Oakura, We were looking for the food truck called Holy Guacamole, which is where international band “Ravensdaughter and the Condors” performed. The musicians come from Lithuania, Uruguay and Argentina: Barbora, or also known as Ravensdaughter, Andres Duran and Nico Paladini have been…

View On WordPress

#Argentina #covers #gypsy #jazz #Latino #Lithuania #music #New Plymouth #New Zealand #Oakura #originals #Ravensdaughter and the Condors #salsa #TSB Festival of Lights #Uruguay

0 notes

multimediacreative · 3 years

Text

BiograView wishes you a happy, healthy, prosperous and peaceful 2021

BiograView wishes you a happy, healthy, prosperous, and most of all peaceful 2021 from New Zealand! Let our imagination run wild and dream big. The sky is the limit! No matter what kind of year we’ve just left behind, look at the future through a positive lens and let our thoughts be our creator. BiograView highlights:November 2018 Homelands Then & Now launch Nov 2018Student library talk *…

View On WordPress

0 notes

multimediacreative · 3 years

Text

Let the magic begin

Story: Paola Alvarez Coming down on our bicycles riding through Pukekura Park where all your senses get involved is a delightful feeling. Maybe it was around 7pm, when it was still not too dark to appreciate all the different lights, shapes, sounds and music incorporated in the exhibition when families, kids and friends were having a great time just sitting and enjoying a picnic on the grass.…

View On WordPress

0 notes

multimediacreative · 3 years

Text

Sponsor BiograView

Sponsorship will give your business permanent exposure to the migrant and business community in New Plymouth, New Zealand and beyond and will be seen by people from around the world with a wide variety of backgrounds and experience. Sponsoring BiograView will help us: * Produce more stories * Raise positive cultural awareness * Promote diversity and culture equality in education and the…

View On WordPress

0 notes