A story by Dani Deluka paying tribute to a little cottage once used as a Catholic refuge for young pregnant girls.
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Sylvia Bagnall
Bringing us sunshine
From working alongside international greats like Sir Laurence Olivier and Dame Maggie Smith during the formation of British modern theatre, to heading Downstage Theatre and developing drama in education, Paekākāriki resident Sunny Amey has helped shape live theatre in Aotearoa New Zealand as we know it today. Now in her nineties and still treading the boards, Sylvia Bagnall looks back on Sunny’s extraordinary career, with images from her archive.
Bob Zuur
Proud as rainbow punch
Paekākāriki Pride Festival 2020. A photo story by Bob Zuur.
Don Polly
Paekākāriki Xpressed 2001-2011
An award-winning community newspaper we consider, with total bias, to be one of the finest ever printed. Paekakariki Xpressed editor Don Polly here reflects on those who contributed to a paper which informed and entertained Paekākāriki households for a decade.