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Ann-Tauilo Motuga | Reporter/Videographer “If you’re from South Auckland and you’re a young person, you have all the opportunities that this airport offers,” – Sarah Redmond, ARA General Manager. South Auckland youth are gaining hands-on skills and career opportunities through the Ara Education Charitable Trust construction programme. The 12-week training programme, based in South Auckland, serves as a bridge between rangatahi and employment. For General Manager Sarah Redmond, it’s about growing long-term opportunities and building a sustainable future for local youth. “One, it’s getting people off roads so that they’re not, you know, driving right across town to come here,” she says. “Two, upskilling local people to very specific roles here and people have got a vision where you could come out here as a school leaver and have a really interesting and varied career.” Ara works closely with several South Auckland secondary schools, with the inclusion of Auckland Girls...

Ann-Tauilo Motuga | Reporter/Videographer Shed 10 hosted a weekend to remember as Pacific culture and couture turned heads at the 2025 Pacific Fusion Fashion Show (PFFS). It also marked a milestone for Pacific Fusion, making their first appearance under the NZ Fashion Week schedule since their partnership last year. PFFS founder Nora Swann says this moment carried great significance. “It just made the whole – fashion week – more special because [of] new owners and they wanted to take it in a new direction,” Nora says. “It’s important that we were here because it represents inclusivity and diversity.” This year’s theme of Reclamation allowed the designers to pay homage to their roots, weaving cultural pride into runway-ready silhouettes. The show featured 12 collections created by 19 designers. Among them is sister duo Aialaisa and Matilda Ah Chong, who made their debut with Ah Tua – a seven-piece collection inspired by their Samoan-Asian heritage. “When we started A...

Four artworks by Jean-Michael Basquiat, Diane Arbus, and Pablo Picasso surrendered to the US Department of Justice in connection with the multibillion-dollar 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal collectively netted some $36 million in an online auction conducted by the US Marshals Service.  Jean Michel Basquiat’s Self Portrait (1982) sold for $8,332,500, while his collage Red Man One (1982) fetched $22,002,790.00. Pablo Picasso’s Tête de taureau et broc (1939), and Diane Arbus’s Child with a Toy Hand Grenade , left the block for $5,007,502 and $500,150, respectively. Gaston and Sheehan, an auction house in Pflugerville, Texas, was contracted by the US government to conduct the sale. The online only auction opened on July 16 and closed on September 4.   The offered lots were once the property of individuals implicated in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal — commonly referred to as 1MBD — in which the eponymous Malaysian sovereign wealth fund was embezzled by ...

The fourth edition of Frieze Seoul opened Wednesday to strong collector turnout and solid first-day sales despite a global market still in a turbulent phase. “The audience here is a good one—quantitatively very strong,” Frieze Seoul director Patrick Lee told ARTnews . MoMA PS1 director Connie Butler and Wassan Al-Khudhairi, a cocurator of the Hawai‘i Triennial 2025, were on hand on opening day, as were Lonti Ebers, Yassmin Ghandehari, and Qiao Zhibing, all regulars on the ARTnews Top 200 Collectors list. Rounding out these high-profile attendees were K-pop stars such as Lisa (of BLACKPINK), RM (of BTS), and The8 and Vernon (of Seventeen). Although the initial buzz of Frieze’s Seoul launch has cooled and the broader market is slowing, international blue-chip galleries with spaces in the city are doubling down, using the moment to present top-tier shows of their star artists. Among them are Pace Gallery, with a showing of five recent installations by James Turrell, including a site-s...

Each week throughout the NPC, Hurricanes and Wellington statistician Peter Marriott will provide the numbers and statistics, records and happenings that you need to know about the game that has just played. Next up is the Wellington v Auckland fifth round match from Porirua Park this past Sunday. Round 5 v Auckland: Won 36-17 Wellington and Auckland...