1541 days ago

Sixties pop culture comes to Masterton

Reporter Community News

A Masterton bookseller’s relationships with some icons of rock ’n’ roll culture are still bearing fruit in the form of an exclusive photographic exhibition.

The show at Aratoi gallery in Wairarapa later this month will display images from Michael Cooper’s spectacular limited-edition book on the 60s pop culture, Blinds & Shutters. Masterton bookstore owner and publisher David Hedley of Hedleys Books was an editor and co-publisher, with Genesis Publications UK, of the book, which featured 600 photographs of the era.

During his time working in London in the 1980s Hedley got to know such cultural luminaries as George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Dennis Hopper.

He worked closely with Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman, who was one of the editors of the Blinds & Shutters, a project which was born out of the discovery of Cooper’s horde of negatives in the late 1980s

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Poll: Should all neighbours have to contribute to improvements?

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An Auckland court has ruled a woman doesn’t have to contribute towards the cost of fixing a driveway she shares with 10 neighbours.

When thinking about fences, driveways or tree felling, for example, do you think all neighbours should have to pay if the improvements directly benefit them?

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Should all neighbours have to contribute to improvements?
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2334 votes
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Moe mai rā, Nicholas.

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What's your favourite recipe for courgettes?

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

Kia ora neighbours. If you've got a family recipe for courgettes, we'd love to see it and maybe publish it in our magazine. Send your recipe to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, and if we use it in the mag, you will receive a free copy of our January 2025 issue.

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