Farewell to Leading Lady

The death of NZ’s acting doyenne Davina Whitehouse has been mourned at home and abroad, with obituaries appearing in The Boston Globe and The Independent. Her prolific career spanned stage, film, and television, and included high-profile roles alongside Clark Gable, Barbra Stanwyck and John Gielgud. Closer to home, Whitehouse featured in Gloss, Peter Jackson’s Braindead, and the cult Australian series, Prisoner.

Davina Whitehouse: 16 December 1912 – 25 December 2002


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Unique Prehistoric Dolphin Discovered

Unique Prehistoric Dolphin Discovered

A prehistoric dolphin newly discovered in the Hakataramea Valley in South Canterbury appears to have had a unique method for catching its prey, Evrim Yazgin writes for Cosmos magazine. Aureia rerehua was…