The capital of cool events
The capital of cool events

Danielle Wright finds Wellington alive with art events, food and popular culture this winter.

T.J. McNamara: Birth of a nation
T.J. McNamara: Birth of a nation

From the 1960s onwards there was not so much a renaissance of art in New Zealand but a true naissance, a sudden birth of…

Making his own language
Making his own language

Over the next six months some of the thousands of people who pass each day along the waterfront between Piazza San Marco…

The best and brightest
The best and brightest

It's been nine months since the New Zealand Dance Company's highly successful debut of Language of Living at Auckland's…

Arts

Theatre review: Blunt assessment of child abuse
Theatre review: Blunt assessment of child abuse

Patua means "to hit, kill, subdue, ill-treat", and writer-director Renae Maihi bravely takes on the…

Frizzell: $100,000 kicked for touch

Dick Frizzell believes he lost more than $100,000 as the official artist of the Rugby World Cup. He's not bitter, but says…

Theatre review: Driving Miss Daisy at The PumpHouse

On stage and screen Driving Miss Daisy has been a magnet for some of the world's finest actors and in a local production…

Home on the range

Five colossal iron clydesdales have joined the array of sculptures adorning Sir Michael Hill's golf course and sculpture…

Into the depths
Into the depths

The biggest game in town is Michael Parekowhai et al at Michael Lett. It combines the talents of an…

History lessons

Michal Dworzynski will launch the Auckland Philharmonia's Splendour Series.

Ninja boy defies deadly bug

Elliott Crimp has lost two fingers, part of his right foot, areas around his knees and all his toes to meningococcal B…

Auckland through the eyes of artists

Cars slowed and heads turned as almost 200 brightly coloured mood sticks were carried through central Auckland by people…

The National play one song 105 times in six hour show

Rockers The National have shown their stamina when they performed their hit song Sorrow for six hours on repeat as part…

Venerable Met showcases impact of punk culture
Venerable Met showcases impact of punk culture

It is the one of the world's most venerable cultural institutions, its soaring halls home to unrivalled…

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