Sometime after the tearing down of the Berlin Wall and the morphing of the USSR into Russia I found myself celebrating May Day at the Russian Embassy. Some traditions never change, writes foreign correspondent Peter Isaac.
Vienna-born architect Friedenensreich Hundertwasser’s new-look flag for New Zealand was unfurled for the first time in 1983. It was soon after rolled up and forgotten in spite of an expensive and extensive campaign promoting its value as an alternative flag for the nation.
Meat processors have found common cause with the Green Party. Both are determined to maintain the ban on live sheep shipments.
Palace of the Alhambra, Spain
By: Charles Nathaniel Worsley (1862-1923)
From the collection of Sir Heaton Rhodes
Oil on canvas - 118cm x 162cm
Valued $12,000 - $18,000
Offers invited over $9,000
Contact: Henry Newrick – (+64 ) 27 471 2242
Mount Egmont with Lake
By: John Philemon Backhouse (1845-1908)
Oil on Sea Shell - 13cm x 14cm
Valued $2,000-$3,000
Offers invited over $1,500
Contact: Henry Newrick – (+64 ) 27 471 2242