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It was a letter that set Janel Reid on a career path as a ceramicist and founder of Okay Ceramics. Reid, 4…

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Dance duo share their creative life in South Auckland

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By Sharon Stephenson 
| The Post (Wellington)
Antonio Matagi and his partner Kapiere Samisoni are dancers/choreographers and artistic directors. They live in Papatoetoe.Abigail Dougherty Creativity is in the blood for Antonio Matagi, whose family tree is filled with artists and dancers. Matagi (39, Samoan/Niuean) and his partner Kapieri Samisoni are dancers/choreographers and artistic directors. They live in Papatoetoe with Matagi’s sister, brother-in-law and niece, as well as their two dogs ABBA and Bear.
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Aroha: ‘Work is our play so we’re happy’

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By Sharon Stephenson 
| The Post (Wellington)
Justine Seymour-Wilson and Bayden Wilson got engaged on a whim while on the Alamfi Coast.Stuff Justine Seymour-Wilson, 58, co-owns Kiwiesque Luxury Vineyard Accommodation in Hawke’s Bay’s Esk Valley, with her husband Bayden Wilson, 64, who is also a winemaker. Seymour-Wilson has four adult children from her previous relationship and Wilson has one adult daughter from his previous relationship. The couple live in Esk Valley with Boris the black russian terrier.
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Meet Wellington artist Ali Middleton, who found her calling at WOW

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By Sharon Stephenson 
| The Post (Wellington)
Artist Ali Middleton sits in front of her entry for the 2011 World of WearableArt. It features a poem by Sam Hunt. Middleton deconstructed it to hang it on the dining room wall.BRUCE MACKAY / The Post A love of crafts led Wellingtonian Ali Middleton, 60, to the World of WearableArt (WOW) and eventually to mixed media art. The full-time artist lives in Worser Bay with her husband Richard, former director of award-winning architecture film Novak + Middleton. The couple has two adult children.
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