Innholdsfortegnelse for July/August 2018 i Metro NZ

A library of Metro features and columns is available at www.noted.co.nz. Designed as a home for quality long reads and inspiring journalism, our website gives you current reviews, new food openings and guides to the city, plus all the best stories from the Listener and North & South. New at www.noted.co.nz 01-KEEPING IT REAL Andy Boston bought on eBay what he says are 12 Frances Hodgkins originals. The art community isn’t so sure. 02-FOOD: FIRST LOOKS Our First Looks offer sneak peeks at the latest restaurant, bar and cafe openings: check out new Ponsonby speakeasy bar Deadshot and Eden Terrace cafe Baby. 03-RAINBOW WARRIOR An exclusive interview with one of the country’s most influential artists, Michael Parekōwhai. FOLLOW US-  On Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, our username…

Whatever the school, what does the best education look like, and how will you know when you see it? There are several elements, all of which have a bearing on the quality and value of education: curriculum, teaching, assessment, schedule, environment and culture. The quality of education is in how these elements work together. A great curriculum is not enough if the assessment system values only part of it. A wonderful environment is not enough if the quality of teaching is poor. What makes a school great is having the balance and the dynamics right. How rich is the curriculum? How well do the teachers personalise their approach to each child? How much discretion and creativity does the school allow its teachers? How well does the school relate with parents…

Bill Gosden laughs at me when I ask him to tell me about his time at the New Zealand International Film Festival. This is the festival’s 50th anniversary year; he has been working there since 1979, and director since 1984. We have 45 minutes to talk, and I’ve just asked for his life story. Technically, in fact, the New Zealand International Film Festival did not exist until 2009, a clarifying rebranding of the nationwide web of regional film festivals. Gosden had been stringing that web together since 1984, when the Auckland and Wellington film festivals merged and he became director of the new joint entity. He had previously been the administrator of the Wellington Film Festival, and if you’re curious to know why a Wellingtonian took over running Auckland’s festival,…

In case you can’t tell, we love eating out in Auckland: the buzz of an ever-changing scene, the ever-growing variety of cuisines, the grit and passion of the restaurateurs. But most of us have a limit to how often we can do it and how much we can spend. Yes, we’ll push the boat out on the big occasions, but the rest of the time we choose carefully to get maximum bangs for our dining bucks. This Top 50 list is designed for those occasions when you want to eat out but don’t want the bill to play havoc with your bank balance. Metro’s food writers pooled their knowledge of their favourite, affordable restaurants, then went out to find which ones really delivered. As always, they visited anonymously and paid…

The future of employment is uncertain, and exciting. Accelerating technology means today’s students need a flexible and collaborative school environment to help them reach their potential - in whatever area that may be. With four high-achieving schools in the Auckland region and one in the Bay of Plenty, the ACG approach is forward-thinking and centred on the individual, without being bound by tradition. “Our families are after a tailored education, a global view and an intimate educational environment for their children,” says Clarence van der Wel, CEO Schools & Early Learning at ACG Education. “They like that we’re not suffocated by traditions, so we can be adaptable and future-focused.” Being future-focused isn't only about giving students the ability to work effectively with technology › although that's part of it ›…

What makes a Mercy-inspired education as important today as it has always been? In today’s technology-driven, social media-dominated world, connection to our community, compassionate consideration for others and the confidence to strive for excellence is vital for young people. The emphasis on these qualities is what makes a Mercy-inspired education unique - and highly relevant. Carmel College on Auckland’s North Shore provides a Catholic education for young women inspired by the timeless values of the Sisters of Mercy. At Carmel the approach is holistic and integrated, with a commitment to excellence, community building and to compassionate consideration. School subjects not only present knowledge to be attained but also values to be acquired. At Carmel College, Technology and Religious Education in Years 7, 8 and 9 integrate service into their programmes…

REVIEW - DAVID LARSEN Yellow Is Forbidden Directed by Pietra Brettkelly Screening at the New Zealand International Film Festival Let me confess something that anyone who has seen my wardrobe will readily confirm: I have zero interest in fashion. This means I am in one sense the last person who should ever review a fashion film; but in another sense it makes me a reliable bellwether. If I tell you a film about a Chinese high-fashion designer held my interest from first to last, you can take it that something has gone seriously right. Yellow Is Forbidden is New Zealand documentary-maker Pietra Brettkelly’s fifth feature. Film is the most expensive of the arts; you can pull together the funding to make your first film on a mix of raw talent…

There is always a moment of disbelief when you see how the other half — well, the one per cent — lives. At King’s School’s new $30 million Centennial Building, designed by Warren and Mahoney, the gasps keep coming. It begins at the new entrance off Portland Rd, Remuera, which proceeds into an impressive four-level atrium corridor with criss-crossing bridges, beside a voluminous, acoustically perfect music room. The school band is pounding away on something that sounds both zippy and stirringly triumphal, possibly military. For a primary school, says headmaster Tony Sissons, the music is as good as you’ll hear anywhere in the world. Cue a quick lecture on how learning a musical instrument builds pathways in the brain. “So why would a school not invest in music, as just…

The Elixir of Love opening night — Aotea Centre 01-Jacqui Coats. 02-Libby Campion & Donna Lim. 03-Shaneen Moloney, Jenny Gill, Nigel Hewitson & Mel Hewitson. 04-Kate Hartnell, James Wallace & Anna Bidwill. 05-Liu-Yi Retallick & John Rosser. 06-Pene Pati & Di Mora. 07-Amina Edris Pati & Malvina Major. 08-Richard Knowles & Witi Ihimaera. 09-Natasha Wilson. 10-Wyn Davies & Peter Wilson. 11-Ann Morris, Irene Grieve & Tom Morris. 12-Vanessa Taylor & Hayley Crawford. Festival of Photography launch — Silo 6, Wynyard Quarter 01-Steven Lee & Maggie Steber. 02- Malcolm Calder, Alison Turner & Roger Brown. 03-Kevin Duan, Carl Villaluz & Nando Azevedo. 04-Denise Batchelor & Steve Rood. Metro Peugeot Restaurant of the Year Awards — Auckland Museum 01-Jack Makin. 02-Richard Highnam, Sammy Ring, Elliot McClymont, Ganesh Raj & Jo Raj. 03-Hayden…

THE TABLE EXPLAINED OUR DATA Our data is sourced from the Ministry of Education (educationcounts.govt.nz) and New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA). Schools that offer the Cambridge (CAIE) or International Baccalaureate (IB) exams were asked to supply their 2017 data. Where appropriate, we report any unavailable 2017 data using 2016 data. NCEA pass rates data is expressed as a percentage of all Year 13/school leaver data where possible. School-leaver data is a fair and accurate way to report whole-school achievement. This data was obtained from the MoE. University Entrance pass rates data is expressed as a rounded percentage of Year 13/school leaver data where possible and reflects the current year percentage. This data was obtained directly from NZQA. Achievement data is based on MoE definitions: it applies to domestic students enrolled…

Three Faces is the fourth film Iran’s Jafar Panahi is not supposed to have made. Accused in 2010 of propaganda — perfect Orwellian Newspeak for making films that weren’t Iranian government propaganda — Panahi is now in the middle of a two-decade ban from making any films at all. So you could mistake the cinephile excitement over the films he keeps on making anyway for simple ideological support; unless you watch the films, in which case you’ll notice that they’re quiet wonders of subtle observation and destabilising humour. As always when I open an NZIFF programme booklet — one of the most exciting moments of my year — a dozen different films clamour to be mentioned as the big obvious stand-out thing. Three Faces ranks first among these equals. To…

In the beautiful new book that accompanies the exhibition Gordon Walters: New Vision , there’s a photo of the artist by a man who was once his close friend, the expatriate Dutch artist Theo Schoon. Walters was in his mid-20s when it was taken: his curly hair brushed back, clean-shaven, and wearing a sharp blazer, one knee raised as the sun casts a sharp silhouette on the wall behind him. He’s a good-looking, serious young guy, and the image projects a respect and affection from photographer to subject. Years later, the men would fall out over Walters’ most famous works. If you don’t know Walters’ koru paintings, you’ll certainly know the Walters koru, as a logo for organisations such as the New Zealand Film Commission: a stylised,…

What if an injury that creates a multi-million dollar burden on our health system could be treated differently? What if the number of routine surgeries was drastically reduced and susceptibility to further damage eradicated? Tendons cost ACC more than $280 million a year. And injuries cannot be repaired, only made functional, leaving you susceptible to further issues. Add to this that evidence suggests 20 per cent of us unknowingly have damaged tendons, and the impact of tendon injury is immense. What if there was a better way? These what ifs are constant questions for Dr David Musson, who has dedicated his career to researching tendons. He has just been awarded a prestigious Senior Research Fellowship through funding from the Auckland Medical Research Foundation (AMRF). This funding sets the stage for…

In March, I went as a parent helper to Auckland Museum with my son’s Year 2 and 3 class. Is there any more classic school trip for a group of Auckland six- and seven-year-olds? I took it, too, when I was their age, or near enough to it, and saw the Māori and Pacific halls, the plaster copy of ultramuscly Laocoön and his sons battling snakes, the endless names of dead soldiers, and, of course, Centennial Street, with its weird displays of dolls and sweet shops and general air of terrifying ancientness and technological impoverishment. Nothing changes; everything changes. The museum, that giant neoclassical edifice built on colonial foundations, is still stolidly in the same place and still seems to whisper, at least as you enter its traditional front doors,…

POWERFUL AND SLEEK We fit a massive amount of innovation into epically thin proportions. The Spectre x360 holds nothing back on performance, bringing the best of all worlds into a PC designed around you. Let yourself fall in love with all the smart technology packed into its sleek design. hp.co.nz/spectrex360 MRS KRISHNAN’S PARTY Indian Ink Theatre Company continues to bridge cultures and push boundaries with this immersive ‘party-within-a-play’ that seats the audience around the table both figuratively and literally, and breaks the rules of theatre in an utterly disarming 75 minutes of comedic, odd-couple drama between Mrs Krishnan and her over-zealous student boarder. In the colourful spirit of Onam, strangers leave as friends with their bellies and their souls fed. #ricericebaby indianink.co.nz THE NEW BMW X3. ON A MISSION The…

Itchy teeth The shrill witlessness of much of the negative commentary surrounding the awesome new Daisy apartments on Akepiro St, Mt Eden, was starting to make my teeth itch. So thank you, Chris Barton, for writing so positively about the development (Urban Design column, May-June issue). These homes are some of the greenest in New Zealand, and Ockham Residential, and the whole of Auckland, should be proud of them. The Aucklanders dwelling in Daisy will be living in world-class, green and healthy homes. No doubt we’ll see many more of these kinds of homes in the near future, and we should be celebrating each one. Daisy rightly scooped up heaps of points to achieve its Homestar rating of 10 — the highest possible. A number of these points were awarded…

The record deal is a big one for the Auckland electronic pop duo, who are now working alongside artists such as Martin Solveig and Hayden James in anticipation of the release of their new single, Hollywood Angel, later this month. “For any musicians playing in the electronic space, Casablanca Records is the first label of choice,” says Chrisp. When asked if they are anxious about releasing their music to the American market, they say they aren’t nervous at all. In fact, they can’t wait to get their music out there. Signing with Casablanca Records included a three-week excursion to the States, a once in a lifetime opportunity that included a whirlwind of meetings, music collaborations and working on the go. “We didn’t stop from the time we touched down,” says…

The nomination of Ruth Buchanan for this year’s Walters Prize — New Zealand’s premier art award — was overdue. For the past 15 years, the Berlin-based New Zealander has been making outstanding work in her various homes: New York, Rotterdam (where she studied at the prestigious Piet Zwart Institute), Maastricht and in the German capital. And over that time, she has developed a consistent theme: an examination of the institutions that shape how we receive and perceive knowledge. Not just libraries, but how they determine our experience of the books they house; not just art galleries, but the particular exhibitions they stage; not just archives, but the ways they organise and preserve their material. All of these, Buchanan argues, have a deep physical impact on shaping the world around us.…

Are single-sex schools outdated? Lots of women argue for single-sex schools because they worry that [otherwise] girls can be overshadowed or cast into roles or modes of behaviour that they don’t want for them. There’s a different vibe that gets established in a single-sex school. I went to a single-sex school. I wish I hadn’t — we grew up thinking girls were a separate species and it created all kinds of awkwardness in our teenage years. There was a boys’ school and a girls’ school with a playground dividing us like Checkpoint Charlie, and there were only two occasions when the two schools came together, for “health lectures”, when we were 16 or 17. One was about smoking and one was about sex. The message of both was, don’t do…

It’s the beginning of a Year 10 te reo Māori class at Manurewa High School and the students are filing in. “Nō wai ēnei hū?” asks teacher Ariana Stone. She wants to know who has left their black school shoes in the doorway of the whare. A boy sheepishly owns up and moves them to the side. Inside the whare, beside the field of Auckland’s largest decile 1 school, is not dissimilar to a regular classroom, but the front of the small building is covered with scaffolding when Metro visits, as carvings are being installed. One boy is late — “Did you get lost again, Quinn?” Whaea Ariana slips between English and Māori throughout the hour-long class. “Kia tau, nē,” she says when they get fidgety.…

What is a guy like me doing on a cold, wet, spring evening on a North Island harbour as the light fades, on a clapped-out fishing boat heading towards a mysterious landing and a distant farmhouse? The harbour is dark and moody and the night closes in rapidly as I glance around the deck and my fellow passengers. We are all guests of Juan, who somehow found his way here via film-making in Indonesia and Far North Queensland. He is a very interesting dude and has got me into a situation where I now wish I was somewhere else. My mouth continues to dry up because I have a feeling what’s in store for us over a weekend will transform our lives, possibly forever. I met Juan over a bottle…

Trades is a vital industry attracting switched-on, capable people from all walks of life — people who can create, construct and get things done. At Unitec's purpose-built trades training facility, Mataaho, students are receiving world-class training in building and carpentry, electrical engineering, plumbing, gasfitting and drainlaying, fabrication and welding, and automotive engineering. The 7000m2 open-plan learning environment at Mataaho is the largest in New Zealand and is home to some of the best technology available. Students have access to $8 million worth of equipment and simulators, from everyday tools to world-leading, specialised equipment. For Jia Jia Chen, taking on a Unitec trades certificate at age 37 was a complete career change — from nursing. "I'd been thinking about doing this for many years," she says. "I love to create things…

Taking photos that do justice to food requires a great camera — sometimes more than one. I put the built-in cameras in the new Huawei P20 Pro to the test at Azabu, where the specialty is a Japanese-Peruvian hybrid cuisine called Nikkei. If you arrive at Azabu’s graffiti art-covered carpark on Ponsonby’s Maidstone Lane it will be the first of many photo opportunities, so have your phone ready. I used the new Huawei P20 Pro. It’s the world’s first triple Leica camera and with its AI object-recognition feature, it’s perfect for the food photography fanatic — it did a great job of capturing the glow of Azabu’s neon sign too. Entering through the unassuming back door, the bar area is filled with elbow-height round tables and elegant brown leather booths.…