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NZ Herald
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
Auckland's Silo Park light exhibition mirrors Māori string game
The work was first commissioned by Auckland Council Public Art for Matariki ki te Manawa in 2024. Now, it has been made larger and occupies a more prominent space with 360-degree views across the city and Waitematā Harbour from the Gantry. The light loops play on the traditional weaving forms of the string game. 'Whai keeps Māori traditions alive, a shared experience that bridges cultures, ensuring they remain vibrant and celebrated for generations to come,' Williams said. She wanted the work to invite people to immerse themselves in the game. 'For centuries, Māori children have played and become skilled at whai, learning complex patterns and the stories behind them. Through connection, creation, and discovery, Whai offers everyone that learning experience - bringing people together through the joy of making.' In 2022, Williams studied full immersion te reo Māori at Te Wānanga Takiura and continues to study part-time. Williams is a mother, business owner and is in her final year of an Executive Master of Business Administration at Massey University and Master of Professional Creative Practice at Toihoukura. She often works alongside her husband, Charles Williams, to create brightly coloured, large-scale murals honouring kaupapa Māori. Many of their works include vivid depictions of New Zealand's native birds in flight. They also have a strong interest in graffiti art, with the pair decorating vans, walls and even motorway underpasses around Auckland. Auckland Council said Silo Park was chosen as this year's temporary site for Whai as the precinct strongly reflected the waterfront's heritage. 'The regeneration of Wynyard Quarter acknowledges its place on the edge of the Waitematā, retaining elements of the area's industrial history.' Over the next three to five years, during the Matariki season, Auckland Council Public Art will exhibit Whai in different locations. Sign up to The Daily H, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Castle Creek-backed Northpointe eyes $595 million valuation in 2025's first US bank IPO
(Reuters) -Private equity-backed Northpointe Bancshares said on Friday that it was aiming for a valuation of up to $594.8 million in its upcoming New York IPO, one of the biggest by an American lender in a decade and the first U.S. bank flotation of the year. The Grand Rapids, Michigan-based community bank plans to sell 7.4 million shares, while some existing shareholders are also offering 1.5 million shares, priced between $16 and $18 each to raise a total of up to $159 million. Bank stocks have rallied after U.S. President Donald Trump's election victory on hopes that the sector is poised to benefit in a more favorable operating environment, with analysts suggesting that 2025 could be a new "Goldilocks" period for the industry. Castle Creek, a private equity firm that invests in community banks, paid $25 million in 2019 for a 27% stake in Northpointe. It is the bank's largest shareholder, with a roughly 33% stake. The initial public offering will be one of the biggest by a U.S. bank in the last decade, according to data compiled by LSEG. Sterling Bancorp's $207 million listing is the biggest New York flotation by a U.S. bank since 2017, data showed. Northpointe, which has $5.4 billion in assets, was founded in 1999 by Charles Williams as a mortgage-focused lender mainly operating in the Midwestern states of Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. It has since expanded and now offers home loans and retail banking products across the United States. Since 2018, Northpointe has raised over $38 million in common equity and $220 million of preferred equity and debt to fund its business. It will list on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "NPB" and might use the IPO proceeds to fund growth or redeem preferred stock. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Piper Sandler and Janney Montgomery Scott are the offering's underwriters. Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Castle Creek-backed Northpointe eyes $595 million valuation in 2025's first US bank IPO
(Reuters) -Private equity-backed Northpointe Bancshares said on Friday that it was aiming for a valuation of up to $594.8 million in its upcoming New York IPO, one of the biggest by an American lender in a decade and the first U.S. bank flotation of the year. The Grand Rapids, Michigan-based community bank plans to sell 7.4 million shares, while some existing shareholders are also offering 1.5 million shares, priced between $16 and $18 each to raise a total of up to $159 million. Bank stocks have rallied after U.S. President Donald Trump's election victory on hopes that the sector is poised to benefit in a more favorable operating environment, with analysts suggesting that 2025 could be a new "Goldilocks" period for the industry. Castle Creek, a private equity firm that invests in community banks, paid $25 million in 2019 for a 27% stake in Northpointe. It is the bank's largest shareholder, with a roughly 33% stake. The initial public offering will be one of the biggest by a U.S. bank in the last decade, according to data compiled by LSEG. Sterling Bancorp's $207 million listing is the biggest New York flotation by a U.S. bank since 2017, data showed. Northpointe, which has $5.4 billion in assets, was founded in 1999 by Charles Williams as a mortgage-focused lender mainly operating in the Midwestern states of Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. It has since expanded and now offers home loans and retail banking products across the United States. Since 2018, Northpointe has raised over $38 million in common equity and $220 million of preferred equity and debt to fund its business. It will list on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "NPB" and might use the IPO proceeds to fund growth or redeem preferred stock. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Piper Sandler and Janney Montgomery Scott are the offering's underwriters. Sign in to access your portfolio
Miami Herald
05-02-2025
- Miami Herald
Youth basketball coach arrested on charges he sent child lewd texts, Miami police say
A basketball coach at a Miami youth center was arrested Tuesday on charges he exposed himself to a 10-year-old boy and sent him lewd text messages, according to police. Charles Williams, 26, is being held without bond at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on several felony charges, including lewd and lascivious exhibition on a child, lewd and lascivious behavior and child molestation. The victim's 19-year-old brother discovered the messages on his younger sibling's phone when the child was sleeping, and told police he had found it odd that Williams was hanging out online with the boy and playing video games with him, according to the arrest report. Williams began messaging the boy through cellphone texts and through the Sony PlayStation video game messenger months ago after they met through a 14-year-old friend at a community center, according to the report. In the messages, Williams sent photos to the child of his genitalia and asked the boy to show photos of his private parts in exchange for an electric scooter, Miami police detectives said in their report. After the boy sent the photos to Williams, he responded with laughing emojis and instructed the child to delete the messages and unsend them, police said. The older brother took photos of the messages and sent them to the child's mother, who then called the police. Another time, Williams sent the boy a pornographic video of a man and a woman having sex, and he asked the boy if he thought he could do that, the report states. The boy told his older brother that Williams once contacted him on a FaceTime call and exposed himself, and then asked the boy to do the same, which the child said he declined to do, according to police. The boy's stepfather called the Belafonte Tacolcy Center in Miami, where Williams coaches basketball, according to police, and asked the athletic director to verify the phone number on which the inappropriate messages were sent. The athletic director confirmed the number was the same he had on record as belonging to Williams, according to the arrest affidavit. The Belafonte Tacolcy Center didn't immediately respond to telephone and emailed messages from the Miami Herald seeking comment on Williams. Information on Williams' legal representation was not immediately available. He is currently serving probation in Palm Beach County for a 2020 grand theft arrest by Riviera Beach police, according to the arrest affidavit and court records.
