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World-class flamenco guitarist plays at Warkworth Town Hall

Spanish flamenco guitarist Paul Bosauder will join international guest artists for Tierra y Mar ’23 at the Warkworth Town Hall on Saturday, February 25, at 7pm. South Auckland-born Bosauder spent 15 years in Spain mastering the art of flamenco guitar. He studied at one of Spain’s top flamenco conservatories, the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya, where he graduated with honours, before going on to build an international career. He returned to NZ in 2020, basing himself in Napier where he gets to enjoy his other love, surfing.

Promoter Chris Hegan says Tierra y Mar unifies Andalusian flamenco guitar and dance in a powerful and unique performance that explores the limits of improvisation and Spanish tradition.

“Full blackout curtains and the exceptional acoustic qualities of the town hall make the venue a perfect fit for this exciting onenight only concert,” Hegan says.

“Always true to the authentic flamenco pulse, Bosauder’s unique style evokes the land and sea of his Aotearoa homeland, enchanting audiences and drawing international flamenco talent to his side,” Hegan says.

Bosauder will be joined on stage by awardwinning flamenco dancer Roshanne da Silva Wijeyeratne, flamenco singer Zoe Velez and multi-percussionist Phill Jones. Wijeyeratne is the artistic director of multiple award-winning flamenco ensemble Compañía Alma Flamenca and director of Alma Flamenca Dance School.

Velez has had a prolific career as a flamenco dancer/singer, performing extensively with top flamenco artists and ensembles at festivals, in stage shows and tablaos throughout Australia and is one of only a handful of the country’s flamenco singers. Lastly, Jones, on percussion, is a multiinstrumentalist who has contributed to many live performances and studio album recordings for award-winning artists.

Active approach to bird conservation

Lee Fish takes a hands-on approach to making sure its staff understand the company’s commitment to being ‘seabird smart’ when fishing – as well as practical training, it regularly sends them off to Aotea Great Barrier to spend a night monitoring black petrels.

The most recent visitors from Leigh to scale Mount Hirakimata were operations manager Chase Hann and business manager for compliance and processing Jake Dikstaal, who helped seabird ecologist Biz Bell find and check black petrels as part of a population study that’s been running for more than 20 years.

Factory manager Tom Searle said Lee Fish had always worked with environmental groups and strived to keep seabirds safe when fishing from its long-line fleet.

“Over the years, we’ve built up a lot of trust and we’re always looking to do better,” he said. “Part of this is having our people involved in caring for the environment we live and work in, so we encourage our guys to get over there, spend the night up Mount Hirakimata and get hands on with the black petrels.”

The birds only nest and fledge on Hauturu

Little Barrier and Aotea Great Barrier Islands in New Zealand, before spending several years off the coast of Peru and then returning to NZ later in life to breed.

“We can only look after them for part of their life, but the industry has funded radio trackers and there are lots of good initiatives to help keep them and other seabirds safe, and keep bird by-catch to a minimum.”