It was a case of déjà vu for a Fairfield School teacher who has given up lunchtimes to help students achieve a dancing dream. Carter Maclean, 23, is in her first year of teaching and has taken a position at her old school. As a student at Fairfield she had joined a dancing team that competed at DanceNZ regional tournament in Palmerston... Keep Reading
The Levin and Districts Brass Band has come away from a national Festival Of Brass competition in Christchurch with a massive medal hall. The band had seven first placings, five second placings and was crowned Champion C Grade Brass Band of New Zealand. It’s now tipped to enter B-Grade next year for the first time in its 125-year... Keep Reading
A young Levin dancer has turned heads at one of the biggest ballet competitions in the Southern Hemisphere. Niyah Henare-Pearson, 12, reached the quarterfinals at the Alana Haines Australasian Awards, competing against 380 of the best young dancers from New Zealand and Australia. Niyah’s dance teacher, Chantal Pinguet, says the Levin The... Keep Reading
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