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Waititi joins Green Lantern

16 March 2010

Taika Waititi will play the best friend of the Green Lantern.

Taika Waititi has joined the cast of fellow New Zealand director Martin Campbell's Green Lantern. Read More »

Submitted by New Zealand Film Commission on Tue, 16/03/2010 - 1:07pm.

A typewritten blog?

10 March 2010 / 5 Comments

This time on The Creative Collide, Philip Patston reflects on the state of education and the place of creativity. Read More »

Submitted by Philip Patston on Wed, 10/03/2010 - 10:09am.

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