The Northern Dance Academy’s third full-length ballet, The Nutcracker, has been wowing crowds at Kerikeri’s Turner Centre this week with sell-outs at the last three shows on Friday and Saturday. It featured all 65 of the academy’s students — the youngest just four years old — as well as spectacular sets, special effects and 176 costumes. The star is Whangarei teen Charlotte Gleeson as the Snow Queen, now a student at the New Zealand School of Dance in Wellington. Charlotte had to pull out of the show due to a stress fracture but returned when she made a better than expected recovery and her replacement had to go to Australia at short notice. The fantasy ballet, first performed in Russia in 1892, revolves around a young girl’s dreams on Christmas Eve. Photos by Peter de Graaf.
Tintype Central is a portrait studio specialising in the wet plate colloidion process, a 19th century method of development that predates film photography.
Northern Advocate photographer Michael Cunningham captured all the fun and action from the 2024 Northland Fritter Festival, held at Semenoff Stadium on Saturday, March 9.
Captain's run for Blues rugby team at Semenoff Stadium, Okara Park, Whangarei, Sam Nock feeds the ball out during the Captain's run. Photo/ by Michael Cunningham
About 75 crews took part in the BP Surf Rescue North Island IRB Championships at Waipu Cove on February 10 and 11, where sunshine and medium-sized waves made for a great event.
Regatta was welcomed to Whangārei-te-rerenga-parāoa (Whangārei harbour) with a pōwhiri conducted by hapū Patuharakeke as about 580 passengers disembarked.
