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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Climate
- Yahoo
‘Lost everything': ‘Bomb cyclone' no fizzer
Last week's weather system has come and gone, and although many along Australia's east coast copped more their fair share of the wild conditions, many more in Sydney were left wondering if a day of mild rain and strong wind really lived up to the hype of a 'bomb cyclone'. In a reminder that just because a weather system doesn't affect you doesn't mean it hasn't had devastating effects, Mani Kennedy from Long Jetty on the NSW Central Coast says her family has 'lost everything' due to the storm. 'At around 4ish (on Tuesday, July 1) I heard this big noise, we were all inside, me, my husband and my 10-year-old daughter,' Ms Kennedy said. 'The roof peeled off like a banana. The police were driving past just by chance. They came straight away and told us we had to leave because parts of the roof were flying everywhere. 'We pretty much left straight away, we didn't have a chance to gather anything.' Mani and husband Clint are now faced with finding a place to live while trying to care for their young daughter Jazmin, who they say has been thoroughly shaken up by the event. 'She's pretty traumatised. She cries every day. Now it's school holidays, it's become even harder. Her teacher told us in the first couple of days she was back that she was crying to everyone,' Ms Kennedy said. 'It's not easy. She lost everything. She had her own drawings, her artwork she had put up on the wall. She had her toys, everything. 'Afterwards we took her back there because we don't have anywhere to drop her off. Anywhere we go, she goes with us. The rain coming through had destroyed everything. She cries a lot.' Ms Kennedy said just because some areas weren't as badly hit as others didn't mean the system should be dismissed outright. 'I think that's the most extreme situation we've been in. I can't speak for others' experiences, but we lost everything, literally everything,' she said. 'My husband had his work tools there, they were destroyed as well. To us, it was as big as it could be.' The Kennedys have been temporarily housed by the Department of Community Justice but say in the absence of having extended family to turn to urgently need help covering costs as the recovery process begins. 'There's no stability. It feels the same as being homeless, even though we have emergency accommodation,' Ms Kennedy said. 'We don't know for how long we can stay here, and the rent anywhere else we can't afford. I don't know where we stand once this emergency accommodation finishes. 'My husband has been living there for 20 years and I've been there for the last 14 years. 'There's nothing we can recover. We never planned on leaving that place. We lived there for that long and now we have nowhere to go. 'I was about to study for a teacher's degree. I can no longer do that.' The family has started a GoFundMe page to help with caring for their daughter, daily necessities, and essential appliances.
News.com.au
4 days ago
- Climate
- News.com.au
‘Roof peeled off like a banana': Think ‘bomb cyclone' was a fizzer? Think again
Last week's weather system has come and gone, and although many along Australia's east coast copped more their fair share of the wild conditions, many more in Sydney were left wondering if a day of mild rain and strong wind really lived up to the hype of a 'bomb cyclone'. In a reminder that just because a weather system doesn't affect you doesn't mean it hasn't had devastating effects, Mani Kennedy from Long Jetty on the NSW Central Coast says her family has 'lost everything' due to the storm. 'At around 4ish (on Tuesday, July 1) I heard this big noise, we were all inside, me, my husband and my 10-year-old daughter,' Ms Kennedy said. 'The roof peeled off like a banana. The police were driving past just by chance. They came straight away and told us we had to leave because parts of the roof were flying everywhere. 'We pretty much left straight away, we didn't have a chance to gather anything.' Mani and husband Clint are now faced with finding a place to live while trying to care for their young daughter Jazmin, who they say has been thoroughly shaken up by the event. 'She's pretty traumatised. She cries every day. Now it's school holidays, it's become even harder. Her teacher told us in the first couple of days she was back that she was crying to everyone,' Ms Kennedy said. 'It's not easy. She lost everything. She had her own drawings, her artwork she had put up on the wall. She had her toys, everything. 'Afterwards we took her back there because we don't have anywhere to drop her off. Anywhere we go, she goes with us. The rain coming through had destroyed everything. She cries a lot.' Ms Kennedy said just because some areas weren't as badly hit as others didn't mean the system should be dismissed outright. 'I think that's the most extreme situation we've been in. I can't speak for others' experiences, but we lost everything, literally everything,' she said. 'My husband had his work tools there, they were destroyed as well. To us, it was as big as it could be.' The Kennedys have been temporarily housed by the Department of Community Justice but say in the absence of having extended family to turn to urgently need help covering costs as the recovery process begins. 'There's no stability. It feels the same as being homeless, even though we have emergency accommodation,' Ms Kennedy said. 'We don't know for how long we can stay here, and the rent anywhere else we can't afford. I don't know where we stand once this emergency accommodation finishes. 'My husband has been living there for 20 years and I've been there for the last 14 years. 'There's nothing we can recover. We never planned on leaving that place. We lived there for that long and now we have nowhere to go. 'I was about to study for a teacher's degree. I can no longer do that.' The family has started a GoFundMe page to help with caring for their daughter, daily necessities, and essential appliances.
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.
Scoop
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scoop
Photograph Wins 2025 Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award
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.
South China Morning Post
30-03-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong Sevens: New Zealand star has extra special reason to enjoy tournament this year
New Zealand's Jazmin Felix-Hotham was no stranger to playing in the Hong Kong Sevens but this year is a special one for her. Advertisement Playing at the new Kai Tak Stadium was only one of the reasons: the trip to the city also reunited her with her father, Nigel Hotham, who moved to Hong Kong last summer. A renowned rugby coach back home, Hotham Snr accepted a role with local Premiership outfit USRC Tigers and decided to embrace 'a change of my lifestyle' with his wife Dianne, after spending the past three decades coaching in New Zealand. 'We've got five children and they'd all left home, so there was a little opportunity, a little window for me and my wife to travel and do some coaching,' the director of rugby at the Tigers said. 'It's far [from home] but not as far away as Europe, and the bonus of having an experience like this was that we hadn't had the opportunity to travel and watch Jazmin play [because of our jobs], so it's pretty special they're here and we're already here.' Jazmin, who won an Olympic gold medal with the Black Ferns Sevens in Paris last summer, has played twice before at the Hong Kong Sevens, on top of a school trip with her Hamilton Girl's High School team. Advertisement 'Hong Kong Sevens is such a historical event, we call it the home of Sevens,' she said. 'There's so much history in that old stadium and this stadium is spectacular, so to play in something built solely for the Sevens is pretty special.' The 24-year-old added that Hong Kong is 'by far' her favourite stop in the World SVNS Series.
