Animal skulls, flesh-eating beetles and good honest pessimism: the life and work of Bruce Mahalski
“I can't kick to the head, because I can't reach that high now, but I can take someone's knee out,” says 86-year-old martial arts teacher Mary Patu.
“He was always very polite,” says Mum of intrepid cinematographer Jacob Bryant. “Which, I guess, is what saved his life.”
Raised in the shadows – Canterbury artist Sheelagh McHaffie draws the light she’s fought to find.
14 years on from the earthquakes, Christchurch city prepares to open a first-class stadium while the Cathedral sits unfinished in an empty Square. The Cathedral project is at a stalemate, the Square ‘desolate’, according to city planner James Lunday.