The winners of the BAFTA (the British Academy of Film and Television Arts) awards on Sunday included the New Zealand company Weta Digital for the visual effects in the movie Avatar. Weta Digital used some of the worlds most powerful supercomputers to...
Last week, four New Zealanders won awards for this year. Each of them volunteered their time and skills to help others. It is hard to say only one thing about each of these people because they have all done so much. Sam Tutu Chapman won the Local Her...
Part of my job as school principal is to hand out awards and scholarships to students. We recently had a ceremony to do just that . _________ Principal: Miguel, I want to commend you for your work this year and congratulate you for winning the scienc...
By Sondang Sirait Blacksburg, Virginia 15 May 2007 The university in the southern U.S. state of Virginia where a student killed 27 other students and five faculty members last month held graduation ceremonies last week. Among the graduates were those...
By Mohamed Elshinnawi Washington, D.C. 16 May 2006 watch report on Gibran Awards The Lebanese-American poet, painter and philosopher Kahlil Gibran lived and wrote in the United States in the late 19th...