Nothing can match the experience of kicking back at New Plymouth's Bowl of Brooklands for WOMAD weekend. If you couldn't make it

Two Havelock North mums are making a difference by redistributing unsold cafe and supermarket food to those in need.

It's an expensive exercise for Kapa haka teams to get themselves onto the stage at Te Matatini - organisers say they want to help more with that cost as well as becoming an autonomous business. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

"As one goes deeper into blindness, one begins to live by other interests, other values. One begins to take up residence in another

Back in the mid 60s only a handful of white guys cottoned onto the unique sound of electric blues being laid down by the giants of

Waipukurau's Mt Vernon is up for sale for the first time since it was built in 1853 - ending a 164-year history with the Harding family. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

I am always wary when a film of notable scope and pedigree such as Silence is largely ignored during awards season. Either I'm reading

Anna Hawkins will release her third studio album on March 10. The New Zealand singer-songwriter, who has been touring and recording

Boaters and furs were to the fore at Sileni Estates Winery as CEO Nigel Avery launched Art Deco Sparkling, a limited edition bubbly. Video by Duncan Brown

As the sun set amidst the vines of Hawke's Bay's Black Barn Vineyards, Brooke Fraser stole the show, gracing the sold out crowd with

Adapting a celebrated Broadway play to the screen without it being considered "stagey" can't be easy. The award winning play Fences

Can't be too many albums these days that boast only three tracks. But when your 13-minute epic isn't even the longest song on your

It's album numéro deux for French for Rabbits. The Wellington-based dream pop band, formerly of Waikuku Beach, are set to release

Nearly 20 years ago, while doing my big OE, I scored a job on a Greek cruise ship. I was employed as the DJ in the taverna of Royal

Australian rock legend Jimmy Barnes will be in Hawke's Bay next Sunday telling his life story for the first time on stage. This

It's Oscar season and the nominated films are being released thick and fast. One of the contenders, Manchester by the Sea, is the

Wairoa District Mayor Craig Little says 2017 is about getting back to basics to spruce up shop fronts, roads, and footpaths to improve the town's visual identity. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

It's 2017 and Midge Marsden, now a household name across the country, is embarking on what he says is his swansong, to a career that

Until the "one-dayer" concept arrived cricket never really made itself a comfortable television prospect. Five days is a long time

The name Brooke Fraser conjures up memories from as far as back as 2003, with her debut album, What To Do With Daylight, which undoubtedly

A story on Lloyd Rooney's life could be a best seller in my book ... but let's just start with the appetiser - new cookbook The Quay

New Zealand's own Fleetwood Mac are set to release a new song. The Miltones, fronted by Milly Tabak, hark back to another age. The

Anti-GM campaigners have launched a video on social media urging the Māori party to condemn Government's proposed changes to the Resource Management Act, which would remove their right to remain GM Free. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Doctor turned Director Thomas Lilti can at least claim to know his material. Topically similar to his last directorial outing (Hippocrates:

Partly because of his prolific output, putting the needle on a new Neil Young album can be a bit of a lottery. Over recent times

The full stage schedule for Womad 2017 has been released, with headliners The Specials lined up to take the main stage on the first

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The literary heart of England has just been celebrating a milestone, the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's legacy. Stratford-upon-Avon

As she did back in 2001 with her second album Come Away with Me, Norah Jones is channelling the classic jazz artists who first inspired