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Gill Gatfield
Gill Gatfield (born 1963) is a New Zealand sculptor; she was formerly a lawyer specialising in equality and diversity. Biography Gatfield grew up in Kawerau, one of five daughters. Her mother was a maths teacher and her father taught science. Law Gatfield completed a law degree at the University of Auckland. She initially worked in legal practice, then in non-governmental organizations and the Ministry for Women, Ministry of Women's Affairs. At the Ministry she worked on policy development including pornography law reform, child support tax, employment discrimination, and women in combat. In 1993, she founded Equity Works Ltd, investigating complaints of harassment and discrimination, and advised government and private sector organisations on equality and diversity strategies. Gatfield also received a research scholarship from the New Zealand Law Society to study issues related to women in law and in 1996 published ''Without prejudice: women in the law'', which was re-publis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gill Gatfield (cropped)
Gill Gatfield (born 1963) is a New Zealand sculptor; she was formerly a lawyer specialising in equality and diversity. Biography Gatfield grew up in Kawerau, one of five daughters. Her mother was a maths teacher and her father taught science. Law Gatfield completed a law degree at the University of Auckland. She initially worked in legal practice, then in non-governmental organizations and the Ministry for Women, Ministry of Women's Affairs. At the Ministry she worked on policy development including pornography law reform, child support tax, employment discrimination, and women in combat. In 1993, she founded Equity Works Ltd, investigating complaints of harassment and discrimination, and advised government and private sector organisations on equality and diversity strategies. Gatfield also received a research scholarship from the New Zealand Law Society to study issues related to women in law and in 1996 published ''Without prejudice: women in the law'', which was re-publis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallace Art Awards
The annual Wallace Art Awards are the largest and longest-running art awards of their type in New Zealand. They were established by James Wallace in 1992. Awards are made for contemporary painting, sculpture and photography and are run by the James Wallace Charitable Arts Trust. The 2018 awards were presented by the Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy at the Pah Homestead, Auckland on 3 September 2018. The awards were cancelled in 2021 with a statement on their website saying: "The Trust is currently refreshing our strategic plan and reviewing the awards will form part of this work." Paramount Award * 1992 Mark Braunias * 1993 Jeff Brown * 1994 Bill Hammond * 1995 Fatu Feu'u * 1996 Jenny Dolezel * 1997 Peter Stichbury * 1998 Elizabeth Thomson * 1999 Bing Dawe * 2000 Gregor Kregar * 2001 Peter Gibson Smith * 2002 Judy Millar * 2003 Jeffrey Harris * 2004 Jim Speers * 2005 Sara Hughes * * 2006 Rohan Wealleans * 2007 James Robinson * 2008 Richard Lewer * 2009 Marcus Williams and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Kawerau
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Auckland Alumni
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the designation is reserved for colleges that have a graduate school. The word ''university'' is derived from the Latin ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". The first universities were created in Europe by Catholic Church monks. The University of Bologna (''Università di Bologna''), founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: *Being a high degree-awarding institute. *Having independence from the ecclesiastic schools, although conducted by both clergy and non-clergy. *Using the word ''universitas'' (which was coined at its foundation). *Issuing secular and non-secular degrees: grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law, notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The university i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Sculptors
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Living People
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1963 Births
Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove River, Sydney, Australia. * January 2 – Vietnam War – Battle of Ap Bac: The Viet Cong win their first major victory. * January 9 – A total penumbral lunar eclipse is visible in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and is the 56th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 114. Gamma has a value of −1.01282. It occurs on the night between Wednesday, January 9 and Thursday, January 10, 1963. * January 13 – 1963 Togolese coup d'état: A military coup in Togo results in the installation of coup leader Emmanuel Bodjollé as president. * January 17 – A last quarter moon occurs between the penumbral lunar eclipse and the annular solar eclipse, only 12 hours, 29 minutes after apogee. * January 19 – Soviet spy Ghe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Museum, Aarhus
KØN - Gender Museum Denmark, formerly Kvindemuseet (Women's Museum), is a history museum in Aarhus, Denmark focused on the cultural history of gender and sexuality in Denmark. KØN was originally founded in 1982 as a women's history museum, and is housed in the former Aarhus City Hall, built in 1857. In 2016, the museum's thematic focus was expanded to encompass issues of gender and sexuality in the broadest sense, and as a result of that, the museum's name was changed to KØN (Gender in English) in 2021. As of 2012, the museum operated on a budget of DKK 10 million from state, municipal and private funding. There is a café and bakery at KØN. Activities In addition to its permanent and temporary exhibitions, KØN provides educational outreach programs. In 2014, the Aarhus municipality approved an annual grant of DKK 500,000 to KØN to teach sex education, gender equality and democracy Democracy (From grc, δημοκρατία, dēmokratía, ''dēmos'' 'people' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smales Farm Busway Station
Smales Farm busway station is a bus station in Westlake, New Zealand, Westlake, New Zealand, on the Auckland Northern Busway, Auckland, Northern Busway. It opened on 2 February 2008, and is the second-closest busway station to Britomart Transport Centre. It has shelters, electronic real-time information on each platform, a customer service centre and kiss and ride, passenger drop off and pick up. It is adjacent to Westlake Girls High School and the Smales Farm Office Park, which houses Sovereign Limited, Sovereign, Air New Zealand and Telstra Clear. North Shore Hospital is not far away. The next station southbound is Akoranga busway station. The next northbound is Sunnynook busway station. Buses travelling via the station include double-decker buses serving the Northern Express NX1 and NX2 routes. Services As of 20 February 2020, the following bus routes serve Smales Farm station: NX1, NX2, 866, 83, 845, 856, 871, 941, 842, 901, 906, 928. Mahu City Express and SkyBus (airport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kawerau
Kawerau is a town in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is situated 100 km south-east of Tauranga and 58 km east of Rotorua. It is the seat of the Kawerau District Council, and the only town in Kawerau District. Kawerau is a small community, with an economy that is largely driven by the nearby pulp and paper mill that is run by Norske Skog and OJI Fibre Solutions. It is located along State Highway 34, southwest of Onepu, and is the terminus of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway, and the commencing point of the Murupara Branch railway. Kawerau was one of the worst-affected towns in the 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake. History and culture European settlement Kawerau, one of the youngest towns in New Zealand, was founded in 1953 as a mill town for the new Tasman pulp and paper mill. The site for the mill was chosen because of the ready availability of geothermal energy, water from the Tarawera River and the large supply of pine timber from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Master Of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts (MFA or M.F.A.) is a terminal degree in fine arts, including visual arts, creative writing, graphic design, photography, filmmaking, dance, theatre, other performing arts and in some cases, theatre management or arts administration. It is a graduate degree that typically requires two to three years of postgraduate study after a bachelor's degree, though the term of study varies by country or university. Coursework is primarily of an applied or performing nature, with the program often culminating in a thesis exhibition or performance. The first university to admit students to the degree of Master of Fine Arts was the University of Iowa in 1940. Requirements A candidate for an MFA typically holds a bachelor's degree prior to admission, but many institutions do not require that the candidate's undergraduate major conform with their proposed path of study in the MFA program. Admissions requirements often consist of a sample portfolio of artworks or a perform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SCAPE Public Art
SCAPE Public Art is a producer of public art in Christchurch, New Zealand. Deborah McCormick started SCAPE Public Art in 1998. History Deborah McCormick, in her first year after graduating in 1988 from the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts set up a trust chaired by Sir Kerry Bourke. Founding board members included Dame Adrienne Stewart. SCAPE Public Art season was a biennial event until 2016 when it went annual, the first one was in 2000. By 2017 SCAPE Public Art was responsible for over 214 temporary and 12 permanent artworks since their inception in Christchurch. In 2023 Richard Aindow was appointed executive director of SCAPE taking over from Deborah McCormick who was in the role for 25 years since it began. Activities Artworks in Christchurch include the kinetic sculpture ''Nucleus'' by Phil Price installed on High St in 2006 with council providing $40,000 of the $110,000 cost. ''STAY'' by British sculptor Sir Antony Gormley is in the river near the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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