Some human beings simply can’t get enough adventure.
Barely three months after becoming the first double amputee to conquer Mt Everest, and less than two months after surgery to remove five fingertips and more of his legs, Mark Inglis went paragliding over Lake Wakatipu.
Standing near the top of the world, encircled by snow, ice and colossal rock, a tourist husband and wife burst into tears. They assure the pilot of the Mount Cook ski plane sitting on the glacier behind them that they are crying in happiness.
Feature article on Taranaki master carver Bryce Manu who is driving the new Ka Tika Project of an arts centre and ‘living’ Maori village in New Plymouth.
Top Maori singer/songwriter Moana Maniapoto has three albums behind her (Tahi and Rua – meaning one and two), Moana and The Tribe already released in Europe, and a fourth album on the way in New Zealand.