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George Penney

Our amazing Small City #Fringe festival ended last night here in Aotearoa #newzealand I saw 25 shows and I'm slightly delirious and absolutely bonkers with inspiration.

BUT if you're someone with a Fringe Festival in your neck of the woods, I can't encourage you enough to go.

Fringe Festivals are where alternate voices can live and thrive, they're where ideas can be explored in interesting, odd and sometimes deliriously funny ways. They're spaces for introspection, celebration and joy.

All the ones I've attended are safe spaces for people of all makes and models to share their stories (or mad skills) with audiences that can feel seen and heard.

From kickass trans cabaret performers to 70 year olds trying their first stand up to... you name it... there is room for everyone.
So yeah, you might even have a fringe festival in your city and not realise it. And if you do, why not check it out.😊

That is all. I'm off to sit in the garden, have a cup of tea and to try and get my voice back after absolutely whooping my lungs out at last night's amazing cabaret closer.

Any typos spotted in this post are contemplating tootling down to their nearest cafe for a Sunday morning cheese scone and a strong cup of coffee. If spotted, please wave from afar. Conversation is not something extroverted introverted punctuation can do for at least another hour or so.

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Ulfh3dnar

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will host a virtual summit today with Western leaders to discuss the war in Ukraine.

The meeting will be attended by leaders from most EU and NATO countries, the European Commission, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia.

Key topics include potential peace plans and ceasefire conditions.

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#Ukraine️#UkraineRussiaWar#Russia
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George Penney

#Spotted on Market Day in Aotearoa #newzealand

Two young humans (7?) are peering at the plants at a carnivorous plant stall. One looks at the other speculatively and says: "Do you think they eat people?" The other says confidently: "Probably not, like. Well... Maybe your finger if you let it."

At an outdoor Zumba class. A woman (50s?) in a gold sequinned jacket, reef sandals and a long black skirt has joined in. She's up the front of the class. She knows all the moves. hands in the air, hips swinging. This is her jam!

At a vegan food truck a man (40s?) is looking at the menu while talking to his teen who's decided she wants a burger. Getting his wallet out, ready to pay he says in a 'Dad trying to be supportive' way: "So what's in these vegan patties, d'ya think? Is it just not meat?"

A couple (40s?) have stepped out of a crowded market thoroughfare and one is carefully helping the other remove an eyelash from her eye. He saves the day and gets a quick smooch in return before they go back to browsing, arms wrapped cosily around each other's waists.

An elderly border collie is being ferried through the market on a bike trailer. He's holding court and returns pats from old and new friends with licks on the backs of their hands. A benevolent prince greeting his adoring subjects.

Any typos spotted in this post are definitely the type of typo that will eat fingers if given a chance. If spotted, please give them a pat on the top of their head before they go on their way.

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John Arnold

_The Evening Post_, 15 March 1924:
SENSATIONAL MOTORING
N.Z. RECORD BROKEN
BY
ESSEX CAR
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AUCKLAND – WELLINGTON IN
13 HOURS 19 MINUTES.
DRENCHED to the skin, plastered in mud, and shivering with cold, Norman Smith, better known as “Wizard” Smith, of Sydney, reached the Wellington Post Office at 6.34 on Thursday evening in an Essex racing car,…498 miles [800 km]…from Auckland in 13 hours 19 minutes…the new record has been achieved in the worst possible conditions as regards the weather,…slippery, mountainous, and winding roads…. the strain was necessarily enormous, and, although both he and his mechanic, Ben Campbell,… were in the pink of condition, they were both feeling the effects of the marvellous feat.… His car was a four-cylinder Essex, 18 h.p., two seater.…
[Details of incidents]
CAUSES OF DELAY
That Smith is capable of clipping at least 2½ hours off his present record may be believed from the…avoidable delays which occurred:—Attention to exhaust, 15 minutes; accident, 47; wrong turning, 18; punt at Mokau River, 17; bad roads and rain between Levin and Wellington, 30; motor-lorry on road between Paraparaumu and Paekakariki, 40—a total of 2 hours 47 minutes…
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/news

Black-and-white photo montage: Thrilling motor sports at Muriwai Beach last Saturday: the Auckland Automobile Association’s speed tests. 1924. Description: Snapshots from the motor racing sports at Muriwai Beach which attracted 5000 motorists and spectators. 1. The natural grandstand at the start line: showing crowds seated on the sand dunes and a small aeroplane flying low across beach. 2. Officials on the judge’s stand. 3. Spectators in a car watching the race for the New Zealand Motor Cup (50 miles). 4. H. Natrass [Howard Nattrass], winner of the cup, in his Mercer car. 5. A view of the road to the beach, busy with cars and pedestrians. 6. The Austin that won the New Zealand Light Car Cup (50 miles). 7. The Essex competing in the race, in which it finished in third place. 8. Start of the Touring Car Handicap. Mr L. Howden’s Durant (18) winner. 9. Cars belonging to visitors parked in a valley near the beach. Citation: Supplement to the Auckland Weekly News, 27 March 1924, p. 39. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19240327-39-01. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/247247
Black-and-white photo: Detail from the other attached photo showing the Essex racing car, possibly driven by “Wizard” Smith.
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