V is For Vintage - NZ

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The annual Auckland Vintage Textile Fair is on today until 4pm, come see the delicious things!
26/08/2023

The annual Auckland Vintage Textile Fair is on today until 4pm, come see the delicious things!

We are sad to lose such a wonderful talent. Her work is iconic • • • • • •It is with great sadness that we announce th...
27/02/2023



We are sad to lose such a wonderful talent. Her work is iconic

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It is with great sadness that we announce that Ans Westra passed away at her home in Wellington on 26 February 2023 aged 86 years.

Anna Jacoba (Ans) Westra CNZM was a pioneer of documentary photography, and one of the first women to work in this area in Aotearoa New Zealand. Born in 1936 in Leiden, Netherlands, Ans immigrated to New Zealand in 1957 at the age of 21, eventually basing herself in Wellington. Self-taught, Ans spent long periods of time traveling around the country as a full-time freelance documentary photographer committed to observing and candidly documenting New Zealand life and culture.

In 1998 Westra was awarded the Companion of the Order of New Zealand Merit for services to photography. A major exhibition of her work, Handboek: Ans Westra photographs, opened at the National Library Gallery in 2004 with an accompanying book and film, the exhibition was also shown at major centres around the country before travelling to the Museum voor Volkenkunde in Leiden. In 2006 a documentary was made about the artist called Ans Westra: Private journeys/public thoughts, and in 2007 she was made an Arts Foundation Icon, an honour bestowed to a living circle of 20 New Zealand artists for their extraordinary lifetime achievements. In 2015 she received an honorary doctorate from Massey University in recognition of her long-standing contribution to New Zealand’s visual culture.

Ans is survived by her half-sister, three children and six grandchildren. For further information please contact David Alsop on 021 956 663 or [email protected] Photo of Ans by Joseph Kelly

All our thoughts go out to our affected whānau, here's some ways to help Credit to • • • • • •A list of places in n...
18/02/2023

All our thoughts go out to our affected whānau, here's some ways to help

Credit to


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A list of places in need of your support in the devastating aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle.

Find links to all organisations and more places to donate as this list grows, at the full piece

Great patch on display yesterday
05/12/2022

Great patch on display yesterday

We visited the beautiful St James thanks to and .swarbrick Please sign the petition, we must save this glorious venue ...
22/11/2022

We visited the beautiful St James thanks to and .swarbrick

Please sign the petition, we must save this glorious venue


Happy Halloween, Vintage Whanau! I love that these were the Victorian version of memes, basically.
31/10/2022

Happy Halloween, Vintage Whanau!

I love that these were the Victorian version of memes, basically.

So wonderful to see everyone (including a few that didn't make it into the actual picture!) at the wonderful Auckland Vi...
03/10/2022

So wonderful to see everyone (including a few that didn't make it into the actual picture!) at the wonderful Auckland Vintage Textile Fair

We are very much looking forward to the V is for Vintage annual afternoon tea on the 27th of August, the day before the ...
10/08/2022

We are very much looking forward to the V is for Vintage annual afternoon tea on the 27th of August, the day before the amazing Auckland Vibtage Textile Fair.

Please see link in bio for details.

This is the reason we created our wee space on fb (link in bio to group) to link with likeminded vintage lovers, and it'...
08/11/2021

This is the reason we created our wee space on fb (link in bio to group) to link with likeminded vintage lovers, and it's turned into a beautiful community full of talented whānau like Gravy_Chain] who made this heart warming patch ❤️

Reposted from Gravy_Chain] After giving my machine a good oiling I usually embroider a patch as a giveaway for someone on my favourite Vintage page.

Love a good remnant!
08/11/2021

Love a good remnant!


Come say hello over in the group V is for Vintage (NZ) for all things vintage! We love to have a chit chat, it's a busy...
21/09/2021

Come say hello over in the group V is for Vintage (NZ) for all things vintage! We love to have a chit chat, it's a busy wee place 🥰

New poppy in my collection thanks to -Hayley-
21/04/2021

New poppy in my collection thanks to

-Hayley-


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