A condolences book placed in Kerikeri's Procter Library after the Christchurch terror attack has been sent to the southern city. Kerikeri woman Marian Andrews said the book was brimming with messages and signatures when she posted it to Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel earlier this week with a request to pass it on to the city's Muslim community. She added a photo of the memorial garden she started outside Rocksalt on Kerikeri Rd and many of the cards and children's drawings which had been left there.
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A $3.2m project to rebuild parts of the seawall at Opononi and improve the resilience of State Highway 12 in Northland has started. NZ Transport Agency Northland System Manager Jacqui Hori Hoult said the seawall has suffered recent erosion in several places which is threatening SH12. "It will take about five months to reconstruct the seawall at six locations to minimise the effects of scouring and erosion along the foreshore." Access along SH12 will be maintained during construction with a temporary 50km/h speed limit through the work area.
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Whangārei's Quarry Arts Centre has an upcoming exhibition featuring work from its resident artists. Opening next on May 17 at 5pm, the Studio Artists' group exhibition will be held in the Yvonne Rust Gallery at the arts centre. It's billed as a vibrant and eclectic body of work from the resident artists, who work across a wide variety of disciplines and styles, including ceramics, paintings, prints, and carving. Artists include Amorangi Hikuroa, Rosie Parsonson, Dave Taylor, Richard Darbyshire, Lynda Bell, M. Francis McCarthy, Liane Blair, Monika Ruschke, Dell Pryor, Rob Carter, Helen Hughes, Zivana Pauling, Joshua Moetara, and Victor Te Paa. The exhibition will run until June 10.
