OpinionToby ManhireToby Manhire: Behind the scenes at the museumA couple of years ago, Chris Finlayson, then culture minister, tooted his bugle and heralded "a golden age for the arts in New Zealand". It doesn't feel very golden today, writes Toby Manhire.16 Apr 05:00 PM
EntertainmentTwelve Questions: Dominic HoeyTourettes, real name Dominic Hoey, is a local poet, rapper and spoken word performer. He talks drugs, politics, Grey Lynn and more with Jennifer Dann.15 Apr 05:00 PM
WorldWriter made Germans own up to pastGerman writer Gunter Grass passed away in Lubeck, near the farmhouse where he lived with his second wife, Ute. He was 87.14 Apr 05:00 PM
EntertainmentWeta scout on lookout for designersBudding Kiwi artists will next week have the chance to wow a top Weta Workshop designer.11 Apr 05:00 PM
LifestyleBooks: Intriguing tale of rise of society feministThe most popular biographies are those that embrace the subject’s life while assuming little prior historical knowledge on the part of the reader.03 Apr 04:00 PM
LifestyleBooks: In the mood for dangerBridget van der Zijpp’s new novel explores the fleeting, dangerous side of fame.03 Apr 04:00 PM
LifestyleBooks: Stumbling through grief to a new lifeIs the unhappiness of beautiful people more significant than that of real people?03 Apr 04:00 PM
EntertainmentDebt paid on Nazi art theftOn the eve of the release of Woman in Gold, an expert at Christie's has spoken of a force that is changing the shape of the international art market: the scale of wartime art thefts.30 Mar 04:52 AM
New ZealandMichele Hewitson interview: Anne O'BrienThe Auckland Writers Festival announced this year's line-up of authors last week. Michele Hewitson talks to the festival's director, Anne O'Brien.27 Mar 04:00 PM
EntertainmentReview: Bard's rom-com a crowd-pleaserThe fact that Shakespeare wrote a play called Love's Labours Won is beyond dispute, though no copy has been found.27 Mar 04:00 PM
EntertainmentReview: Don Quixote, Royal NZ BalletOn a sunny terrace “somewhere in La Mancha”, all is swirling skirts, clicking heels and the colours of sunshine.26 Mar 10:23 PM
EntertainmentAuckland Arts Festival review: iTMOiA tormented shriek, a sudden drop into darkness and a tall figure in robes emerges from the shadows, ranting.19 Mar 09:09 PM
WorldTragic stories from kid's artThe school bus lurches to a halt outside a Bekaa Valley primary school in the east of Lebanon.19 Mar 04:00 PM
EntertainmentFather of Afrobeat lives onAs Adesola Osakalumi speaks, the native of The Bronx, New York, slips between his own accent and that of Nigerian activist and musical legend Fela Kuti.18 Mar 04:00 PM
New ZealandArt auction raises $22k for childrenAn auction of Kiwi artists' work has raised $22,000 for a project that uses art to help Syrian kids cope with the trauma of civil war.18 Mar 04:00 PM
EntertainmentKids cotton on to White showEntertaining a discerning audience of 2- to 4-year-olds is a never-ending challenge for British theatre artist Andy Manley.17 Mar 04:00 PM
LifestyleActor-writers to headline festivalTwo British actors who have forged successful parallel writing careers will headline the Auckland Writers Festival in May.17 Mar 04:00 PM
LifestylePortrait of an artist: Billy AppleMore than 50 years ago an artist from Auckland changed his name to Billy Apple and became a living brand. On the eve of a major retrospective of his life’s work, he talked to Greg Dixon about his past, his present and his future.13 Mar 06:00 PM
New Zealand100 Kiwi Stories: Official artists came late in war75: It was late in the day before New Zealand appointed war artists to document the conflict.11 Mar 04:00 PM
EntertainmentA city blossoms in explosive artAuckland's Art Festival is filling the streets, parks and theatres for the next two weeks with light, colour and music. Find out what's on this week and our don't miss pics.07 Mar 04:00 PM
OpinionNZ on Screen: Five great art docosNZ On Screen Content Director Irene Gardiner selects five great New Zealand arts documentaries, to mark the start of the 2015 Auckland Arts Festival.05 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentCollection a gift to us allA gallery has grown in the heart of Coromandel Town. In a purpose-built space designed by Ron Sang, Barry Brickell's Driving Creek Art Gallery is hosting its sixth exhibition Using Paint and Clay Expressively.20 Feb 05:00 PM
EntertainmentAuckland Arts Festival: A question of humanity"I don't make lollies!" Lemi Ponifasio is talking about the often-extreme reaction to his latest production, I AM, from which many audience members walked out when it was staged at last year's Edinburgh International Festival.20 Feb 05:00 PM
EntertainmentJewels on the horizonIn painting, even at its most abstract, a strong horizontal across a work is inescapably read as a horizon.20 Feb 05:00 PM
EntertainmentFringe Festival: A sense of othernessMother/Jaw is a youthful, passionate and promising exploration of being and identity. It emphasises "otherness" - arising from ethnicity, on one hand, and states of mind on the other - and takes a significant stance in the Fringe Festival dance programme.20 Feb 05:00 PM
EntertainmentClassic CD: Sokolov, The Salzburg RecitalDeutsche Grammophon must be very happy to have Grigory Sokolov in its stable. The Russian came to the notice of the world in 1966, winning the International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition at only 16.20 Feb 04:00 PM
EntertainmentLean and virile ShostakovichOn Thursday, Kathryn Stott caps off her first visit to our coundty playing Shostakovich with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.20 Feb 04:00 PM
LifestyleConfessions of an erotic writerAward-winning Auckland playwright Elisabeth Easther was once an erotic fiction writer. As Fifty Shades of Grey hits our screens, she reveals the highs and lows of her short-lived career in smut.13 Feb 06:00 PM
WorldIntimate photo wins top awardOther winning photographs highlighted animal cruelty in China and the Ebola crisis in west Africa.13 Feb 02:30 AM
EntertainmentHappy in 'Dream' job at 94There was only one thing that mildly irked Joyce Irving when she got her performance schedule for A Midsummer Night's Dream: she wouldn't appear every night.11 Feb 04:00 PM
EntertainmentTheatre review: Shakespeare's RebelsAs a setting for Shakespeare it would be hard to beat the café balcony of the historic Pah Homestead.10 Feb 04:00 PM
LifestyleTwelve Questions: Paula MorrisYou're in the running for the Sunday Times EFG prize: How do you wish you could blow the winning 30,000?09 Feb 04:00 PM
