There are around 10,000 people interred at Symonds Street Cemetery ‒ though around three quarters of the headstones have decayed owing to their often timber construction.
South African-born Kiwi cricketer Michael Rippon has had a cosmopolitan career having so far plied his trade in England, the Netherlands and now New Zealand. Verve caught up with him for a Father’s Day-dedicated chat as he took a break from the Black Caps’ tour of Scotland.
In need of some inspiration – and peace and quiet – while finishing off his true-tales tome, The Scene of the Crime, writer Steve Braunias came upon the idea of setting up camp in Grey Lynn’s Surrey Hotel – a place he passed and gazed at most days on the bus.
This month Verve’s star teen streaming reviewer, Lucy Kennedy, gets stuck into the classic arthouse trilogy, Three Colours.
Could silence be the new small talk at the hairdressers?
