Bay News, Arts Festival October 12, 2005 The first musical offering of the Tauranga Arts Festival will from the Caitlin Smith Group. An intimate, live performance combining some of the country’s finest musicians, will launch 10 days and nights of activity in the Pacific Crystal Palace, New Zealand’s most elegant touring cabaret venue.… Read the rest

North and South, Family Ties, Four Corners by Nicola Shepheard October 2005 Don Smith, 71, was a popular professor of English at the University of Auckland for 26 years. A top runner in his athletic prime, he represented New Zealand in the 800 metres on the track at the 1958 Empire and 1960 Olympic Games.… Read the rest