Michelle CruickshanksMichelle Cruickshanks

Michelle is a trained journalist and reformed PR hack who lives in New Plymouth where she writes for food, concert tickets and other shiny baubles.

An essential guide to the people you’ll meet at Womad 2020

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Michelle Cruickshanks presents a complete taxonomy of the types of people who’ll be descending on New Plymouth this weekend for Womad. First things first: Womad is going ahead this weekend as planned. You can find more information here, and a statement from it follows: “New Zealand is prepared and ready to deal with a Covid-19 … Read more

WOMAD 2019 served up diversity and tolerance when we needed it most

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For three days every March, New Plymouth’s Brooklands Park is transformed into a village of colour, energy and inclusion. Michelle Cruickshanks celebrates the WOMAD spirit. WOMAD is a bubble. It’s an eclectic retreat from day-to-day life, the chance to step outside your normal experiences and tastes, to be transported and transformed – if only for … Read more