Bruce Cathie: A neglected New Zealand Cultural Icon
The month has slipped by with hardly a public whisper of Bruce Cathie’s passing. Just a short online article and family notice in the New Zealand Herald on June 3rd that Bruce Leonard Cathie, retired pilot (NAC, Air New Zealand)…
Just The Ticket #2!
After a piece in the NZ Herald (June 15th) which followed up on the MoV posting “Just the Ticket”, regarding the 1981 Springbok Tour protests, we received some interesting responses which indicated that this event is seriously imbedded in New…
Sum of the Parts: Nigel Brown Artist Talk
In 2012 Nigel Brown visited the Depot Artspace in Devonport and delivered a talk about the work he was exhibiting at the ‘Peace Space’ as part of the Depot Artspace Cultural Mapping Project exhibition ‘Sum of the Parts’. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiLP1y_pSz4&w=640&h=360] The…
Cultural Icon Hamish Keith, Gifford Jackson and Professor Piri Sciascia honoured in the 2013 Queen’s Birthday Honours!
The Depot would like to congratulate Hamish Keith and Gifford Jackson for receiving New Zealand Order of Merit Honours as part of the 2013 Queen’s Birthday Honours. The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order of chivalry established on 30…
UFO pioneer Bruce Cathie 1930 – June 2, 2013
In this entry to the MoV site we pay our respects to Bruce Cathie, a New Zealand airline pilot who put his reputation and credibility on the line to document his experiences of UFOs gaining an enormous following. Bruce Cathie claimed he…
Just the Ticket: A slice of NZ history in a pocket
A brown suede coat discovered in a local op shop yielded an interesting piece of New Zealand history. A Devonport friend with a penchant for retro fashion tried on a stylish suede coat made in New Zealand under the long retired…