Features

Inside justice

While some prison inmates are rehabilitated, others continue offending on the inside.

Things from days gone by

In the first of the Manawatu Standard's weekly series "What I Do", Faye Lougher talks to Bert Inteman, owner of a quirky antique and secondhand shop in Palmerston North.

Breaking with convention

Glossy views of Palmerston North as it could be will soon be out in public, with the city council calling for feedback. Janine Rankin dips into the possibilities.

In the mood for Glenn

The Glenn Miller Orchestra is coming to Palmerston North.

Friendship factor a powerful glue

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Long-lasting friendships have been forged over the years.

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Old tapes roll for the record

Students score cool science trip

Young poet lets imagination run free

Preened, pampered for big show

Turning bed-heads into inlaid guitars

Pressure on archer to hit target

In search of my father's past

Party time off the farm was welcome

Share and share alike

Colourful art for the real world

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Arts on Friday

Tribute to a lost bird

Kirsty Gardiner creates her own pseudo-zoological naming system (the Kingdom of mid-fired Porcelain) identifying them as specimens.

On a dark and stormy night

A murder puts everyone at an English guest house on edge.

Artist's Warrior theme taken to higher plane

Bright Young Things

Students score cool science trip

Katrina Jensen, one of two year-13 Palmerston North Girls' High School students chosen to attend a youth science event in Australia, hopes her success will encourage other students to see that learning is a "cool thing to do".

Young poet lets imagination run free

Lydia Whyte, 12, from Carncot School is extraordinarily gifted.

Pressure on archer to hit target

Young karters prove their mettle

Young sportswoman on the ball

Anna Robson dreams of one day playing football for New Zealand and knows she will have to put in the hard yards to achieve this.

Good Taste

Wee yard glass yarn

If there were an award for the world's wackiest beer glass it would surely go to the Belgian brewer Bosteels. The glass for its specialty brew, Pauwel Kwak, is tall, vase shaped, with a narrow waist and rounded base and resembles a miniature yard of ale.

Slowly does it

I love the fact there is minimal washing up after a one-pot meal.

Dark days reminder

Flavours to relish

Meatless at mealtime

My family enjoy a vegetarian meal at least once a week.

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Motoring

EcoSport's a Goa, but NZ must wait

New Zealand is to get Ford's new pint-sized SUV, the EcoSport. That's the good news - but it won't be arriving until April next year at the earliest. Rob Maetzig heads to India for a very early drive of the vehicle.

Close calls become laughing matter

For a short time I thought I was listening to a comedy act. The man in front of me, an Indian resident, was explaining how to drive in the continent's coastal state of Goa.

Holden Volt points to motoring future

Fiat/Chrysler shake-up a plus for consumers

Honda's beast a touring delight

Honda's Goldwing truly is a leviathan of a bike.

Music reviews

Energy and vitality elevate old and new

NZTrio – Old World: New World
Presented by Chamber Music New Zealand.
Speirs Centre, When: Sunday, May 12.
Reviewed by Stephen Fisher.

Quartet's varied fare exquisite

ENSO String Quartet with Michael Endres (piano).
Chamber Music New Zealand.
Speirs Centre, November 1.
Reviewed by Stephen Fisher.

Blown away by wind quintet

Valli tribute is great entertainment

First-rate performance

Manawatu Youth Orchestra – "From Pirates to Verdi"
Speirs Centre, Saturday, May 11.
Conductor Isaac Henderson
Reviewed by Tina White.

Obituaries

Overseeing a city's growth

Morgan David Evans.
Town planner.
Born September 24, 1928.
Died July 6, 2012.

Family drilling firm made lasting legacy

Spencer Richardson played an important role in New Zealand's post-World War II building effort, Bob Williams writes.

Pioneer of hospice care

An advocate for birth issues

‘Original' who made difference

Aline Joan Pengelly
Former Palmerston North city councillor, regional councillor, teacher
Born in Dargaville, May 7, 1925
Died September 26, 2012.

Switched On

Space clouds

Alex Taylor, of Mokoia Intermediate School, asks:

Going underground to solve a harmful problem

The disappointing lack of resolution at the Copenhagen talks in Denmark to restrict future global emissions is now behind us.

The big draw

Snake time

Dwarf planet boasts big weather, and fossil fuels too

From 1930 until 2006, Pluto was considered to be the ninth major planet orbiting our sun. This description started to be questioned in the 1970s as scientists learned more about comets and asteroids and discovered other planet-like small objects near Pluto and beyond.