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Brendon McCullum - 'Why I nearly quit NZ cricket'
"In what other industry would you be expected to take options that cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars?"

Paris: Dead famous
Paris' Pere Lachaise Cemetery is a surprisingly charming part of the City of Love, writes Liz Light.

Concert Review: Viva Voce <i>at St Patrick's Cathedral</i>
If able soloists did not always lift Charpentier's characters from the page, Rosser's dramatic conception did not err.

Colourful chaos, cool minimalism
Offerings to suit a range of tastes are on show at Auckland's galleries this week.

Wonder Woman gets modern makeover
You can get away with a lot when your superhero arsenal includes a "lasso of truth" and the ability to fly.

Review: <i>Heroic Faun No One</i> at the Basement
This one-man show engages the audience with an intimate conversational tone.

Young choristers make the music speak
Artistic director Karen Grylls should be justifiably proud of the diversity and range of music that her 46-strong choir will be singing.

The incredible shrinking book awards
This year the Montana NZ Book Awards have become the NZ Post Book Awards, with fewer categories and smaller shortlists.

<i>Gloss</i> actor seeking lead role in Super City
Actor and director Simon Prast is standing for the Super City mayoralty to challenge the heavyweight contenders, John Banks and Len Brown.

Auction throws light on art collection riddle
After art connoisseur Ambroise Vollard died in a 1939 car crash, only a small part of his vast collection was ever accounted for.