EntertainmentStepping up a levelShe's gone from being a pizza waitress to topping the charts in 30 countries and singing at Nelson Mandela's birthday concert.01 Dec 03:00 PM
EntertainmentSoaring ambitionBarnaby Weir faces his next challenge to give FMP a fresh flight.29 Nov 03:00 PM
EntertainmentGodfather of punk whose time has comeMalcolm McLaren is practically a national treasure in Britain.27 Nov 03:00 PM
EntertainmentJust for laughsBecoming a comedian didn't work out for Jenny Colgan. Fortunately, being a novelist did.23 Nov 03:00 PM
KahuKiwi sings his way to 'Idol' winStan Walker's family say his Australian Idol win is 'like a fairytale'.23 Nov 03:00 PM
EntertainmentNovel look at lives of artistic legendsSuccessfully fictionalising legendary people isn't easy.21 Nov 03:00 PM
New Zealand<i>Michele Hewitson Interview:</i> Sam Hunt'In a perfect world, I would never drink, but it ain't a perfect world' says Sam Hunt. 20 Nov 03:00 PM
EntertainmentFour elements for charityMark Ellingham (Profile) and Peter Florence (Hay Festival) have compiled four collections of short stories under the title <i>Ox-Tales</i>.20 Nov 03:00 PM
EntertainmentTravelling to take musical pulse of AmericaAfter two decades of obsession with America, the boy from Mt Roskill journeyed through its heartland.20 Nov 03:00 PM
New ZealandPlagiarists 'like drug cheats'A doyen of NZ literature has compared plagiarism to drug cheating in sport because of the unfair advantage it gives over contemporaries.19 Nov 03:00 PM
New ZealandIhimaera row should be taken seriously - CK SteadCK Stead has criticised Auckland University for minimising the seriousness of the Witi Ihimaera plagiarism controversy.18 Nov 09:04 PM
New ZealandIhimaera to buy back copies of controversial bookMost copies of Witi Ihimaera's <i>The Trowenna Sea</i>, which contains plagiarised passages, are set to be taken off bookstore shelves.18 Nov 01:17 AM