Milan Fashion Week: Ferragamo Fall 2013

The Salvatore Ferragamo show concentrates on shapes. All in black, white and navy blue, with no prints or bold shades, the clothes have to speak for themselves. Massimiliano Giornetti, designer for the Florentine brand best known for its accessories, gives his winter styles a voice through sculpted silhouettes and carefully chosen fabrics. A few examples: a wide Alpaca jacket is worn with an A-line short skirt in pony leather; an oversized cashmere pullover is paired with a dainty slip with beaded hemline; and a classic overcoat becomes even more classy when worked in shiny silk. Even fur and leather are worked to highlight the artistry of the collection, starting with suede stitched in smocking, or beaver shorn to look like satin. The famous Ferragamo shoe next winter is a knee-high boot with pointed toe and relatively low stiletto heel, cut out at the instep and laced up the barelegged back. The latest Ferragamo bag is a shopper with metal inserts.

Army exercises under Mt Ruapehu
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Army exercises under Mt Ruapehu

The New Zealand Army has been busy holding exercises at the Waiouru training area. This included 12 days of Exercise Vengeance involving Victor Company from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment and Exercise Brimstone held by The School of Artillery. Photos by Mike Scott / NZ Herald

ANZAC Day service in Auckland
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ANZAC Day service in Auckland

Auckland War Memorial dawn service, Hobsonville civil service and the Devonport parade. How Aucklanders remembered the ANZACS. Photos / Hayden Woodward, Dean Purcell and Alex Burton

Sydney mourns victims of Bondi Junction attack
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Sydney mourns victims of Bondi Junction attack

Seven people died at the hands of a knife-wielding attacker at the Westfield Mall in Bondi. The people of Sydney come to pay their respects the day after the tragedy unfolded. Photographs by Rick Roycroft for the Associate Press

Warbirds over Wanaka
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Warbirds over Wanaka

Hundreds of aviation enthusiasts turned out to see some impressive aircraft in action yesterday at a preview of the Warbirds over Wanaka show this weekend. The popular event had been grounded for the past six years, partly because of Covid pandemic restrictions. This Easter weekend it returns, with a sellout crowd of more than 60,000 people set to attend today and tomorrow. Photos / George Heard

Weetbix Tryathlon hits Pt England
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Weetbix Tryathlon hits Pt England

The last event in Auckland for the 2023/24 season was held at the Pt England Reserve. The event was a DOathlon after the swimming leg was cancelled due to poor quality water. Photographs by Alex Burton

Polyfest 2024 Diversity Day
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Polyfest 2024 Diversity Day

The 49th annual Polyfest schools Maori and Pacific Islands festival kicked off with performances on the Creative NZ Diversity Stage with a wide range of cultural influences at the Manukau Sports Bowl. Photographs by Jason Oxenham

Iceland's fourth eruption
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Iceland's fourth eruption

Lava from a volcanic eruption in Iceland is flowing toward defenses around the town of Grindavik, the country's fourth volcanic eruption in three months.

Auckland Brigade celebrates 150 years fighting fires
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Auckland Brigade celebrates 150 years fighting fires

Firefighting can be traced all the way back to ancient Rome, who boasted 7,000 professionals in service, and the first handpump to squirt water at fires was invented nearly 2 millennia ago by an Egyptian named Ctesibus from Alexandria. Tāmaki Makaurau’s history of fighting fires is a little shorter, but no less proud. The Auckland Fire Brigade celebrated their 150th anniversary with an open day at The Cloud on the Auckland waterfront. Fire personnel showed off their aerial appliances, equipment through past years, skills at handling fires and other emergencies and even gave kids some hands-on experience with hoses and fire extinguishers. All good fuel to spark a fire within young hearts and minds, no doubt. Photographs by Hayden Woodward

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