EntertainmentThis place we call homeThe Auckland Triennial, which opens next month, brings together a host of local and international artists responding to what it is like to live here.26 Apr 10:18 PM
New ZealandMickey to Tiki still causing stirDick Frizzell's famous <i>Mickey to Tiki Tu Meke</i> had him labelled a 'spiritual assassin'. Now it's up for auction and Frizzell revisits the Kiwi icon.26 Apr 05:30 PM
LifestyleContemporary art: see it, touch it, talk about itGallery curator Danae Mossman shares her love for contemporary art.24 Apr 06:00 PM
New ZealandRoyal NZ Ballet suffers lockout in ChinaThe risk of serious injury from chilly theatre conditions has forced the Royal New Zealand Ballet to cancel two shows in its tour of China.22 Apr 11:47 PM
New ZealandShark victim's images a big hitHaunting images of Auckland's rugged west coast captured by film-maker Adam Strange are proving a hit and a talking point with art lovers.21 Apr 05:30 PM
EntertainmentA visual and musical joyThe promise of New Zealand Opera's <i>Madame Butterfly</i> has been with us for weeks, with striking images of the heroine on posters around town.19 Apr 05:30 PM
EntertainmentTheatre review: Midnight in MoscowIn the hands of playwright Dean Parker the intrigues swirling around New Zealand's Moscow Embassy in 1947 provide the raw material for a sophisticated, entertaining and intelligent piece of theatre.18 Apr 05:30 PM
EntertainmentDame Susan cursed in verseDame Susan Devoy is now an unwitting muse for the nation's creativity, inspiring not fanfares but raspberries.12 Apr 08:43 PM
New ZealandNZ art auction draws $2mAn art auction of "unprecedented quality and calibre" and boasting some of the biggest names in contemporary New Zealand art pulled in around $2 million when the works went under the hammer in Auckland last night.11 Apr 05:30 PM
EntertainmentKiwi photographer clinches international awardWaihi Beach photographer Cathy Franzoi has been placed third in the 2013 Sony World Photography Awards and will have her image - of her three sons on an old sofa - on digital display at Somerset House in London.11 Apr 04:36 AM
EntertainmentLaga'aia hitting the stageAussie-based showbiz star Jay Laga'aia is returning to New Zealand for his first major home-turf role in a decade.06 Apr 05:30 PM
New ZealandPhilanthropic public artArts supporters are getting used to having to fund new public works themselves, so far over $600,000 of donated money has been put into public artwork in Hamilton.06 Apr 03:17 AM
LifestyleA fellowship of the penAspiring, novelists, poets and playwrights were paid to write by the Sargeson Fellowship, a scheme now at risk, writes Graeme Lay.05 Apr 09:00 PM
EntertainmentReview: APO's full house well-deservedAuckland Philharmonia Orchestra can be justly proud of being just two seats short of a full house on Thursday for the first concert in its Bayleys Great Classics Series.05 Apr 04:30 PM
