Whanganui Chronicle
  • Whanganui Chronicle home
  • Latest news
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Residential property listings
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology

Locations

  • Taranaki
  • National Park
  • Whakapapa
  • Ohakune
  • Raetihi
  • Taihape
  • Marton
  • Feilding
  • Palmerston North

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

Weather

  • New Plymouth
  • Whanganui
  • Palmertson North
  • Levin

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Whanganui Chronicle

Quiz: How well do you know the arts in Whanganui?

By Dave Scoullar
Whanganui Midweek·
4 Apr, 2023 05:00 PM2 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

Who is the Tylee House artist in residence at the moment? Photo/ Supplied
Who is the Tylee House artist in residence at the moment? Photo/ Supplied

Who is the Tylee House artist in residence at the moment? Photo/ Supplied

Questions:

1. Who is the Tylee House artist in residence at the moment?

2. Which historic Whanganui hall last month hosted live music for the first time in at least 20 years?

3. Name the Whanganui-connected book which is one of four finalists for the general non-fiction award at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards in May.

4. When is the anticipated opening of the redeveloped Sarjeant Gallery?

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

5. Who is the “Flawsome Artist” whose murals feature on several Whanganui walls?

6. What song topped the NZ pop charts for four weeks and was our biggest seller in 1984, outselling all international recording artists?

7. Who is the Whanganui police sergeant who has written two books about police dogs?

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

8. Name the winner of an international literary prize who visited his old school in Whanganui recently.

9. Who is the former student of the NZ Opera School in Whanganui who is a finalist in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World operatic competition?

10. Eric Hall McCormick from Taihape wrote a biography on which prominent NZ painter?

Answers:

1. Craft and object-based practitioner Areez Katki. He is in Tylee Cottage from February until June.

2. The Gonville Town Hall. The NZ-born Nashville-based Americana duo The Tattletale Saints performed.

3. Downfall: The Destruction of Charles Mackay.

4. April 2024.

5. Multi-disciplinary artist Michelle Sigley.

6. Poi E, sung in Māori by the Patea Māori Club.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

7. Sue Burridge who heads the Whanganui Dog Section.

8. Sri Lankan-born Shehan Karunatilaka, who won the 2022 Booker Prize. He received an honours tie at Collegiate School which he attended 1990-92.

9. Filipe Manu, a tenor. The final of the prestigious competition is in June.

10. Frances Hodgkins. Son of a bootmaker, McCormick was a Cambridge University graduate and noted biographer and art historian.

Six correct — good; 8 — very good; 10 — genius

Save

    Share this article

Latest from Whanganui Chronicle

Premium
Whanganui Chronicle

Tradie's remarkable revival of long-lost NZ clothing brand from his backyard shed

03 Jul 10:43 PM
live
Whanganui Chronicle

Flood-ravaged Nelson, Marlborough in the firing line again, Auckland to see storms

03 Jul 10:16 PM
Whanganui Chronicle

'Just incredible': Pupils save choking child on school bus

03 Jul 06:13 PM

There’s more to Hawai‘i than beaches and buffets – here’s how to see it differently

sponsored
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Recommended for you
Israeli jets bombed Gaza while returning from Iran mission
World

Israeli jets bombed Gaza while returning from Iran mission

04 Jul 01:30 AM
Why Barbara Kendall backs women’s Olympic water polo campaign
Sport

Why Barbara Kendall backs women’s Olympic water polo campaign

04 Jul 01:19 AM
US Supreme Court allows deportation of migrants to South Sudan
World

US Supreme Court allows deportation of migrants to South Sudan

04 Jul 01:16 AM
Pacific airlines team up, four countries sign new trade and food deal
Airlines

Pacific airlines team up, four countries sign new trade and food deal

04 Jul 01:13 AM
'Social dysfunction at its worst': Farmer and prostitute sentenced
Rotorua Daily Post

'Social dysfunction at its worst': Farmer and prostitute sentenced

04 Jul 01:08 AM

Latest from Whanganui Chronicle

Premium
Tradie's remarkable revival of long-lost NZ clothing brand from his backyard shed

Tradie's remarkable revival of long-lost NZ clothing brand from his backyard shed

03 Jul 10:43 PM

Nikolai Solakof had never sewn before reviving Oscar Eide from his shed.

Flood-ravaged Nelson, Marlborough in the firing line again, Auckland to see storms
live

Flood-ravaged Nelson, Marlborough in the firing line again, Auckland to see storms

03 Jul 10:16 PM
'Just incredible': Pupils save choking child on school bus

'Just incredible': Pupils save choking child on school bus

03 Jul 06:13 PM
'Time to lead': Airline founder hands over to son after 40 years

'Time to lead': Airline founder hands over to son after 40 years

03 Jul 06:00 PM
From early mornings to easy living
sponsored

From early mornings to easy living

NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Whanganui Chronicle e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Whanganui Chronicle
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • NZME Events
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP
search by queryly Advanced Search