6. In which performing arts have Whanganui Prison inmates recently excelled?
7. Which Whanganui choir celebrated its 50th anniversary in November?
8. What was the outcome of a special meeting about the future of the Repertory Theatre building in December?
9. Which Whanganui artist is currently being celebrated in a major exhibition at the City Gallery Wellington?
10. How is Taihape celebrating prominent past residents?
Quiz Answers
1. Douglas MacDiarmid (1922-2020). Some of his works were recently displayed at the Sarjeant Gallery on the Quay.
2. Pene Pati. His was the only award voted for by the public.
3. Twenty-one.
4. Hato Hone St John’s new station, for which construction could begin early this year.
5. Libby Hunsdale.
6. Kapa haka. A prison kapa haka group won a national competition in 2022.
7. The Lyric Singers.
8. The meeting voted to support Repertory’s efforts to renovate and update the building and negotiate a long-term lease from the district council.
9. Joanna Paul. The exhibition, titled Imagined in the Context of a Room, runs until February 5.
10. The Taihape People project is displaying biographical plaques in shop windows.
Six correct — good; eight — very good; 10 — genius!
Quiz compiled by Dave Scoullar
