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Scoop
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scoop
Photograph Wins 2025 Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award
Press Release – New Zealand Portrait Gallery Jazmins work Taniwha Chasers was chosen from an impressive 41 finalists with the Award being announced in the presence of the Mori Queen Kuini Nga wai hono i te po at Pipitea Marae in Wellington on Wednesday 21 May. Jazmin Tainui Mihi Paget-Knebel from Ōpōtiki has been announced the winner of the 2025 Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award and a $20,000 cash prize. Jazmin's work Taniwha Chasers was chosen from an impressive 41 finalists with the Award being announced in the presence of the Māori Queen Kuini Nga wai hono i te po at Pipitea Marae in Wellington on Wednesday 21 May. Photographed in her hometown Ōpōtiki, Jazmin says Taniwha Chasers refers to the intimate connection shared between tangata, hoiho and their whenua. 'Māori have held a long and historic connection to horses as they were used as a tool to colonise Aotearoa but have since been reclaimed as part of our whakapapa. This image captures the intimate connection rangatahi Māori share with the wild horses of Ōpōtiki and how they are being used to uplift the mana of our community.' Jazmin, who affiliates with Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Whakatōhea, Ngāpuhi, and Ngāti Hine, was born and raised in Ōmaio — a small coastal township located about 30 minutes from Ōpōtiki. Homeschooled throughout her upbringing, she began taking photographs at the age of 12. Her interest in photography deepened after attending a five-day National Geographic photo camp in Murupara, where she learned alongside world-renowned photographers. The 22-year-old moved to Wellington four years ago to study photography at Massey University and this year will complete her Honours degree in Photography. Jazmin says her work is centred around celebrating Māori/Indigenous culture through decolonising and re-indigenizing western ideologies and perspectives surrounding the lens to better her community and people. 'I descend from the Paget bloodline that came from my Great-Grandmother, Tangimamao (Nee Patara) on my mother's side of my whanau. She had Whakapapa to the Iwi of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Whakatōhea. Her sons John Paget and Richard Paget went on to reside in Opōtiki which later become the birthplace of my mother, Heather Paget (daughter of John Paget). My whānau are the original inspiration for the creation of Taniwha Chasers as they were some of the first generations to ride horses in Ōpōtiki.' In an uncanny turn of events, Jazmin served as the photographer for the 2023 Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award and was later invited by the New Zealand Portrait Gallery to photograph the 2025 awards. 'I never seriously considered entering the awards myself until this year. My friends kept encouraging me after seeing the photos I'd taken back home for a university assignment. I'm beyond excited to be the recipient of such an important award. It's an incredible honour, and I'm especially excited for rangatahi to see the work and learn about the history behind it.' The biennial Award was established in 2020 as a partnership between the New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata, and the late Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII to inspire a new generation of emerging Māori artists to create portraits of their tūpuna (ancestors). The 2025 Award is hosted and administered by the Gallery in his honour, with the blessing of Kuini Nga wai hono i te po. The award attracted portraits using a wide range of mediums including video, stop-motion puppetry, ceramics with paua inlay, oil paintings and textiles made from linen, cotton, and glass beads. The shortlisted artworks were chosen by a distinguished panel of judges, including contemporary Māori artist Dr. Areta Wilkinson (Ngāi Tahu), Head Carver for Waikato-Tainui Renta Te Wiata (Waikato-Ngāti Māhuta, Te Arawa – Ngāti Kea Ngāti Tuara), and leading painter John Walsh (Aitanga a Hauiti). Reflecting on the winning artwork the judges said: ' Taniwha Chasers is an uplifting, joyful, image that captures the heart of our time. It is full of hope and youthful energy, with a fresh perspective on connecting with our tupuna and te taiao. We are all carried along with this young rider into a future that is increasingly uncertain. The young rider, his galloping horse, the raised flag and the brooding land all merge wonderfully to convey this powerful message. The horse, once a symbol of colonization, has been reclaimed as part of our whakapapa and on-going struggle. The message is bright and clear, the composition is strong, the scale, and presentation are all striking. The work is in black and white, but you sense the richness of the scene. For us judges it was a unanimous choice, we all read the work the same way.' The runner-up and winner of the $2,500 second prize was awarded to Maata-Maria Cartisciano from Waitārere Beach for Ekore koe e ngaro i tōku Koro, an acrylic and pencil portrait of the artists koro (grandfather). The judges also gave honourable mentions to five artists – Shannon Te Rangihaeata Clamp, Divine Herekiuha, Jessica Hulme, Caitlin Jolley and Zoe Marler. The exhibition will open at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata in Shed 11 on Wellington's waterfront from Thursday, 22 May to Sunday, 17 August 2025. Entry is free. The public can also vote for their choice to win the Forsyth Barr People's Choice Award – a cash prize of $2,500, announced at the close of the exhibition. The finalists' artworks will then tour Aotearoa over the next two years.
Wall Street Journal
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Wall Street Journal
Where Jazz Singer Samara Joy Keeps Her Five Grammys
Samara Joy, 25, is a jazz singer and the winner of five Grammy Awards. Her most recent album, 'Portrait,' was released last year, and she currently is on a global tour through the fall. She spoke with Marc Myers. I grew up in the past. I think this is true of many people who are close with their parents and enjoy their taste in music. You can't help it.
North Wales Chronicle
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- North Wales Chronicle
King calls for global commitment to peace at VE Day 80th anniversary concert
Charles described the allied victory as 'a powerful reminder of what can be achieved when countries stand together in the face of tyranny'. He took to the Union flag-coloured stage during a celebratory concert – the finale of four days of VE Day commemorations – at London's Horse Guards Parade on Thursday evening. Echoing his grandfather, Charles delivered his address at 9pm – the exact time King George VI spoke to the nation in a radio broadcast on May 8 1945 to mark the end of the Second World War in Europe. In a lighter moment, the King joked to the concert-goers that he did not have the energy to 'lead you all in a giant conga from here back to Buckingham Palace'. Reading an extract from his late mother Queen Elizabeth II's personal diary about how she famously celebrated and danced incognito among the crowds in London on VE Day as a teenage princess, Charles said: ''Out in the crowd again. Embankment, Piccadilly. Rained, so fewer people. Conga-ed into House. Sang till 2am. Bed at 3am!'' He quipped, prompting laughter from the 12,000-strong audience: 'I do hope your celebrations tonight are almost as joyful, although I rather doubt I shall have the energy to sing until 2am, let alone lead you all in a giant conga from here back to Buckingham Palace.' His remarks brought smiles from the Prince and Princess of Wales who stood watching from the royal box, joined by Queen Camilla, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. Stars such as Freya Ridings, Fleur East, Strictly dancers Amy Dowden, Carlos Gu and Kai Widdrington, The Darkness and actor Brian Cox were among the performers at the VE Day: A Celebration To Remember event, televised live on the BBC. Pubs were given permission to stay open for two extra hours, until 1am on Friday, in recognition of the anniversary. The celebrations followed poignant commemorations earlier in the day, with a national two-minute silence in honour of the war dead and thanksgiving services held across the country. The Queen was seated next to Mavis Bensley, an evacuee during the war, and the King next to Harry Richardson, a 107-year-old former Second World War bomber pilot – among the six veterans who were the guests of honour in the royal box. Revellers wore patriotic hats and suits and waved flags from their seats on the parade ground. Camilla wore a Britannia brooch, featuring the Union flag, which belonged to Elizabeth II, on her navy embroidered Anna Valentine coat, while Kate, with her hair half up, half down and pinned with a large, black velvet bow, was dressed in a white boucle jacket and Self Portrait dress, and a five-strand pearl necklace. The King referenced his grandfather's historic message as he delivered his own speech. 'It is now 80 years since my grandfather, King George VI, announced to the nation and the Commonwealth that 'the dreadful shadow of war has passed from our hearths and our homes'. The liberation of Europe was secured,' Charles said. 'His words echo down through history as all this week, and especially today, we unite to celebrate and remember with an unwavering and heartfelt gratitude, the service and sacrifice of the wartime generation who made that hard-fought victory possible. 'While our greatest debt is owed to all those who paid the ultimate price, we should never forget how the war changed the lives of virtually everyone.' He said of those in the armed forces, the Home Front and beyond: 'That debt can never truly be repaid; but we can, and we will, remember them.' With Russia's three-year invasion of Ukraine continuing, the King also turned to the need to restore a 'just peace'. 'We should also rededicate ourselves not only to the cause of freedom but to renewing global commitments to restoring a just peace where there is war, to diplomacy, and to the prevention of conflict,' he said. 'For as my grandfather put it: 'We shall have failed, and the blood of our dearest will have flowed in vain, if the victory which they died to win does not lead to a lasting peace, founded on justice and established in good will.'' The King added of the wartime generation: 'It falls to us to protect and continue their precious legacy – so that one day hence, generations yet unborn may say of us: 'they too bequeathed a better world'.' He spoke of the allied victory as a 'result of unity between nations, races, religions and ideologies, fighting back against an existential threat to humanity'. The King added: 'Their collective endeavour remains a powerful reminder of what can be achieved when countries stand together in the face of tyranny.' Charles had listened earlier in Westminster Abbey as the Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell voiced his concerns about Europe, and warned that the 'good' resulting from the conflict to defeat Hitler's regime was 'under threat'. With dwindling numbers of veterans, the King said it was 'our duty to carry their stories forward, to ensure their experiences are never to be forgotten'. At noon, Charles had led the two-minute silence and placed a wreath with the words 'We will never forget' at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior at a service of thanksgiving in the abbey. A child's tiny gas mask and an air raid warden's helmet were among the everyday wartime objects processed to the altar in memory of the sacrifices made during the devastating six-year conflict. Seventy-eight veterans, now in their 90s or past the age of 100, gathered to bear witness and were handed white roses as the great-great-grandson of wartime prime minister Sir Winston Churchill, 10-year-old Alexander Churchill, lit a candle of peace. Kate and Camilla left posies at the Innocent Victims' Memorial as they left the church.
Rhyl Journal
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Rhyl Journal
King calls for global commitment to peace at VE Day 80th anniversary concert
Charles described the allied victory as 'a powerful reminder of what can be achieved when countries stand together in the face of tyranny'. He took to the Union flag-coloured stage during a celebratory concert – the finale of four days of VE Day commemorations – at London's Horse Guards Parade on Thursday evening. Echoing his grandfather, Charles delivered his address at 9pm – the exact time King George VI spoke to the nation in a radio broadcast on May 8 1945 to mark the end of the Second World War in Europe. In a lighter moment, the King joked to the concert-goers that he did not have the energy to 'lead you all in a giant conga from here back to Buckingham Palace'. Reading an extract from his late mother Queen Elizabeth II's personal diary about how she famously celebrated and danced incognito among the crowds in London on VE Day as a teenage princess, Charles said: ''Out in the crowd again. Embankment, Piccadilly. Rained, so fewer people. Conga-ed into House. Sang till 2am. Bed at 3am!'' He quipped, prompting laughter from the 12,000-strong audience: 'I do hope your celebrations tonight are almost as joyful, although I rather doubt I shall have the energy to sing until 2am, let alone lead you all in a giant conga from here back to Buckingham Palace.' His remarks brought smiles from the Prince and Princess of Wales who stood watching from the royal box, joined by Queen Camilla, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. Stars such as Freya Ridings, Fleur East, Strictly dancers Amy Dowden, Carlos Gu and Kai Widdrington, The Darkness and actor Brian Cox were among the performers at the VE Day: A Celebration To Remember event, televised live on the BBC. Pubs were given permission to stay open for two extra hours, until 1am on Friday, in recognition of the anniversary. The celebrations followed poignant commemorations earlier in the day, with a national two-minute silence in honour of the war dead and thanksgiving services held across the country. The Queen was seated next to Mavis Bensley, an evacuee during the war, and the King next to Harry Richardson, a 107-year-old former Second World War bomber pilot – among the six veterans who were the guests of honour in the royal box. Revellers wore patriotic hats and suits and waved flags from their seats on the parade ground. Camilla wore a Britannia brooch, featuring the Union flag, which belonged to Elizabeth II, on her navy embroidered Anna Valentine coat, while Kate, with her hair half up, half down and pinned with a large, black velvet bow, was dressed in a white boucle jacket and Self Portrait dress, and a five-strand pearl necklace. The King referenced his grandfather's historic message as he delivered his own speech. 'It is now 80 years since my grandfather, King George VI, announced to the nation and the Commonwealth that 'the dreadful shadow of war has passed from our hearths and our homes'. The liberation of Europe was secured,' Charles said. 'His words echo down through history as all this week, and especially today, we unite to celebrate and remember with an unwavering and heartfelt gratitude, the service and sacrifice of the wartime generation who made that hard-fought victory possible. 'While our greatest debt is owed to all those who paid the ultimate price, we should never forget how the war changed the lives of virtually everyone.' He said of those in the armed forces, the Home Front and beyond: 'That debt can never truly be repaid; but we can, and we will, remember them.' With Russia's three-year invasion of Ukraine continuing, the King also turned to the need to restore a 'just peace'. 'We should also rededicate ourselves not only to the cause of freedom but to renewing global commitments to restoring a just peace where there is war, to diplomacy, and to the prevention of conflict,' he said. 'For as my grandfather put it: 'We shall have failed, and the blood of our dearest will have flowed in vain, if the victory which they died to win does not lead to a lasting peace, founded on justice and established in good will.'' The King added of the wartime generation: 'It falls to us to protect and continue their precious legacy – so that one day hence, generations yet unborn may say of us: 'they too bequeathed a better world'.' He spoke of the allied victory as a 'result of unity between nations, races, religions and ideologies, fighting back against an existential threat to humanity'. The King added: 'Their collective endeavour remains a powerful reminder of what can be achieved when countries stand together in the face of tyranny.' Charles had listened earlier in Westminster Abbey as the Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell voiced his concerns about Europe, and warned that the 'good' resulting from the conflict to defeat Hitler's regime was 'under threat'. With dwindling numbers of veterans, the King said it was 'our duty to carry their stories forward, to ensure their experiences are never to be forgotten'. At noon, Charles had led the two-minute silence and placed a wreath with the words 'We will never forget' at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior at a service of thanksgiving in the abbey. A child's tiny gas mask and an air raid warden's helmet were among the everyday wartime objects processed to the altar in memory of the sacrifices made during the devastating six-year conflict. Seventy-eight veterans, now in their 90s or past the age of 100, gathered to bear witness and were handed white roses as the great-great-grandson of wartime prime minister Sir Winston Churchill, 10-year-old Alexander Churchill, lit a candle of peace. Kate and Camilla left posies at the Innocent Victims' Memorial as they left the church.
Leader Live
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Leader Live
King calls for global commitment to peace at VE Day 80th anniversary concert
Charles described the allied victory as 'a powerful reminder of what can be achieved when countries stand together in the face of tyranny'. He took to the Union flag-coloured stage during a celebratory concert – the finale of four days of VE Day commemorations – at London's Horse Guards Parade on Thursday evening. Echoing his grandfather, Charles delivered his address at 9pm – the exact time King George VI spoke to the nation in a radio broadcast on May 8 1945 to mark the end of the Second World War in Europe. In a lighter moment, the King joked to the concert-goers that he did not have the energy to 'lead you all in a giant conga from here back to Buckingham Palace'. Reading an extract from his late mother Queen Elizabeth II's personal diary about how she famously celebrated and danced incognito among the crowds in London on VE Day as a teenage princess, Charles said: ''Out in the crowd again. Embankment, Piccadilly. Rained, so fewer people. Conga-ed into House. Sang till 2am. Bed at 3am!'' He quipped, prompting laughter from the 12,000-strong audience: 'I do hope your celebrations tonight are almost as joyful, although I rather doubt I shall have the energy to sing until 2am, let alone lead you all in a giant conga from here back to Buckingham Palace.' His remarks brought smiles from the Prince and Princess of Wales who stood watching from the royal box, joined by Queen Camilla, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. Stars such as Freya Ridings, Fleur East, Strictly dancers Amy Dowden, Carlos Gu and Kai Widdrington, The Darkness and actor Brian Cox were among the performers at the VE Day: A Celebration To Remember event, televised live on the BBC. Pubs were given permission to stay open for two extra hours, until 1am on Friday, in recognition of the anniversary. The celebrations followed poignant commemorations earlier in the day, with a national two-minute silence in honour of the war dead and thanksgiving services held across the country. The Queen was seated next to Mavis Bensley, an evacuee during the war, and the King next to Harry Richardson, a 107-year-old former Second World War bomber pilot – among the six veterans who were the guests of honour in the royal box. Revellers wore patriotic hats and suits and waved flags from their seats on the parade ground. Camilla wore a Britannia brooch, featuring the Union flag, which belonged to Elizabeth II, on her navy embroidered Anna Valentine coat, while Kate, with her hair half up, half down and pinned with a large, black velvet bow, was dressed in a white boucle jacket and Self Portrait dress, and a five-strand pearl necklace. The King referenced his grandfather's historic message as he delivered his own speech. 'It is now 80 years since my grandfather, King George VI, announced to the nation and the Commonwealth that 'the dreadful shadow of war has passed from our hearths and our homes'. The liberation of Europe was secured,' Charles said. 'His words echo down through history as all this week, and especially today, we unite to celebrate and remember with an unwavering and heartfelt gratitude, the service and sacrifice of the wartime generation who made that hard-fought victory possible. 'While our greatest debt is owed to all those who paid the ultimate price, we should never forget how the war changed the lives of virtually everyone.' He said of those in the armed forces, the Home Front and beyond: 'That debt can never truly be repaid; but we can, and we will, remember them.' With Russia's three-year invasion of Ukraine continuing, the King also turned to the need to restore a 'just peace'. 'We should also rededicate ourselves not only to the cause of freedom but to renewing global commitments to restoring a just peace where there is war, to diplomacy, and to the prevention of conflict,' he said. 'For as my grandfather put it: 'We shall have failed, and the blood of our dearest will have flowed in vain, if the victory which they died to win does not lead to a lasting peace, founded on justice and established in good will.'' The King added of the wartime generation: 'It falls to us to protect and continue their precious legacy – so that one day hence, generations yet unborn may say of us: 'they too bequeathed a better world'.' He spoke of the allied victory as a 'result of unity between nations, races, religions and ideologies, fighting back against an existential threat to humanity'. The King added: 'Their collective endeavour remains a powerful reminder of what can be achieved when countries stand together in the face of tyranny.' Charles had listened earlier in Westminster Abbey as the Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell voiced his concerns about Europe, and warned that the 'good' resulting from the conflict to defeat Hitler's regime was 'under threat'. With dwindling numbers of veterans, the King said it was 'our duty to carry their stories forward, to ensure their experiences are never to be forgotten'. At noon, Charles had led the two-minute silence and placed a wreath with the words 'We will never forget' at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior at a service of thanksgiving in the abbey. A child's tiny gas mask and an air raid warden's helmet were among the everyday wartime objects processed to the altar in memory of the sacrifices made during the devastating six-year conflict. Seventy-eight veterans, now in their 90s or past the age of 100, gathered to bear witness and were handed white roses as the great-great-grandson of wartime prime minister Sir Winston Churchill, 10-year-old Alexander Churchill, lit a candle of peace. Kate and Camilla left posies at the Innocent Victims' Memorial as they left the church.
