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Upbeat for Monday 28 August 2017
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Goethe-Institut new director
1:45 PM.Christian Kahnt is the new Director of Goethe-Institut New Zealand. He talks about what appealed to him about New Zealand and what he wants to achieve here. One of his many jobs is creating the German… Read more Audio
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Hymn to the Sun
1:20 PM.Wellington painter Melanie Mills created a stir in the visual arts world when her first show of paintings based on flowers was an immediate sell-out. Melanie Mills and curator Kathlene Fogarty from… Read more Audio, Gallery
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A once in a lifetime experience
1:00 PM.The Damnation of Faust by Berlioz was performed by Edo de Waart, with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and an international cast this past weekend. The concert performance of an opera has been a… Read more Audio