Matt Vance
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 2
- Latest publication
- Sep 8, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for NZ Herald
- Top 5K sites
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- Aug 1, 2026
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Snow lady: A religious shrine takes on new connotations in the irreligious Antarctic (opens the original)
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In memorium: Our Lady of the Snows is more a mark of fortitude than a religious symbol. Photo / Alamy They come in ones and twos. Trudging in their heavy boots from nearby McMurdo Station. They trade the claustrophobic corridors of Antarctica’s largest base for the brutal wind of Hut Point and to stand by a statue of the Virgin Mary encased in a welded steel frame. She is known by the locals as Roll Cage Mary, and she stares across a sea that has turned to solid ice and stretches to the Transant
How a doctor from California and a pot of whitewash made every road an anti-art gallery (opens the original)
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That was the opening line to my favourite Sesame Street skit when I was a kid. The Mad Painter, with his bowler hat and wild, bulging eyes, would find a nice, clean bit of New York street and give the camera a knowing look while jaunty piano music played. Armed with a pot of white paint and a four-inch brush, he would do as he promised and paint a nine on the road with a sure and steady hand. He would then stand back and admire his work, hands on hips, just in time for a street cleaner driven by
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