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Patricia Greig: Dazzling light show like attracting moths to a flame

Since I was small, art galleries have been a place of Zen for me. I relish the chance to explore, analyse and relate to the infinite ways in which human beings can express artistic creativity.

Photos: Amazing fruit & veg art

It started with a picture posted on Instagram of her weekly groceries last year, but now Amber Locke is being commissioned to create her 'veg art' by the likes of Jamie Oliver and Android.

A children's picture book author

Down a driveway in a modest house in Hamilton's university suburb is where the magic happens.

Verity Johnson: How Inspector Morse taught me about sensitive men and libraries

The Inspector Morse stories taught me that men are intelligent and sensitive and don't just want to hump everything that breathes.

Summer interns get down with history

The Auckland Museum is on the hunt for interns for its summer programme, writes Sarah Ell.

Twelve Questions: Leilani Tamu

My childhood was happy, although not always easy. My parents separated when I was 2 and my mum's parents played a huge role in my upbringing.

Comic artist drawn back to action

Kiwi comic creator Dylan Horrocks' love of the medium was beaten to a pulp by Batgirl, but was sparked back into life through a trip into his own imaginary landscape.

Jack Tame: The search for John Mulgan's grave

Jack Tame writes: John Mulgan died on Anzac Day, 1945 - an intentional morphine overdose, three days before the end of the war. Today he lies in a quiet cemetery in Cairo.

Art thief ordered to pay up

A man who stole paintings from an Auckland artist and travelled around the country impersonating him and selling the work now owes him $5000.

Gallery: Portraits From A Doctor's Surgery

For nearly two years Northland doctor Chris Reid photographed his patients. Greg Dixon talks to him on the eve of an Auckland exhibition of the result.

Wood carver creates best seat in the house

A moment of relaxation has inspired a carving of the ultimate symbol of relaxation - the armchair.

T.J. McNamara: Witty work to ponder

Janet McAllister: Bookbinding is a finely tuned craft

How the west was won

Portraits from a GP's surgery

Kerikeri GP Chris Reid photographed - with their permission - more than 400 of his patients at the end of their 15-minute consultation. The photos have just been published in a book called 'Patient: Portraits From A Doctor's Surgery' and will feature in an exhibition in Auckland in November. Check out some of the photos in our gallery.

Shows turn it on for the kids

Sowing the seeds of blooming reality

Singing stars roll back the rock