EntertainmentCircus meets hip-hop in dazzling displayScreens filled with red clouds at dawn start this contemporary circus with hip-hop styling, but instead of a shepherd's warning, they herald a city delight.13 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentRecord sales for Auckland Arts FestAlmost halfway through the Auckland Arts Festival, advance ticket sales are at a record high.12 Mar 07:26 PM
Entertainment12 Questions: John McEnteerOne of the subjects of a remarkable new Maori TV series on the descendants of those painted by Gottfried Lindauer is businessman, Treaty negotiator and new chief of Auckland Council's Southern Initiative John McEnteer.11 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentReview: Rare mingling of wonderful music and enchantmentWe had come to the Civic Theatre to hear Haydn and Mozart from Kronos Quartet; in partnership with pipa virtuoso Wu Man, the Americans were offering a rare mingling of music and magic.10 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentReview: Chinese theatre a revelationThis rich 1999 experimental classic from China is stylish, hip, humorous, streetwise - and hopelessly romantic: under youth's swagger are youth's desperate illusions.10 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentSeriously Playing the FoolMicahel Hurst dons the Fool costume for King Lear, three decades after first tackling the role. By Barney McDonald.09 Mar 06:00 PM
EntertainmentRevisiting the 17th century with elegance and attitudeThe cover of Max Emanuel Cencic's Venezia says it all. The Croatian countertenor is all elegance, in dinner jacket and cravat, in front of an ornate wallpaper that might adorn the walls of a Venetian palazzo.09 Mar 04:30 PM
LifestyleSon for the return homeAuckland Art Gallery director Chris Saines leaves next week for Queensland after 17 years of working towards the gallery’s expansion and rejuvenation. But he’ll be back one day, he tells Linda Herrick.08 Mar 08:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Heartbreak HotelBritish author Deborah Moggach returns to the rickety hotel setting that earned her big box-office success, writes Stephen Jewell08 Mar 05:00 PM
EntertainmentThe Breath of the VolcanoPictures from the opening night of the Auckland Arts Festival performance by French pyrotechnical wizards Groupe F07 Mar 04:30 PM
New ZealandDazzling, hypnotic wizardsJust go see this. French pyrotechnical wizards Groupe F offer a superlative, splendiferous, explosive extravaganza. Artistic director Christophe Berthonneau and his team, and Red Leap Theatre, are to be congratulated.07 Mar 04:20 PM
EntertainmentReview: En route, Auckland CBDWalking tours - especially those guided by a remote, apparently all-seeing, all-knowing central HQ - are full of tantalising possibilities: where will I be going? How will I know how to get there?06 Mar 10:10 PM
EntertainmentReview: Cantina, Aotea Square<i>Cantina</i> opens with a velvety voiced crooner promising to "shoot the moon right out of the sky" and honours that with an exhilarating acrobatics display set in the seductive ambience of a 1920s speak-easy.06 Mar 09:35 PM
EntertainmentReview: The Factory, Q TheatrePacific Les Mis musical hugely leavened by romance, humour and funky 70s style06 Mar 09:25 PM
New ZealandSculptor 'overwhelmed' by Venice invitationA Dunedin artist has been invited to show his work at one of the world's most prestigious art exhibitions.05 Mar 04:51 AM
OpinionBrian Rudman: City's cultural desert is a mirageWhat Auckland's cultural scene does lack, when it comes to Ateed and Aucklanders in general, is a true appreciation of the goodies that are on offer on their doorsteps.03 Mar 08:30 PM
KahuHotere's body arrives at MitimitiThe body of artist Ralph Hotere arrived to emotional scenes at Mitimiti in Northland this afternoon.01 Mar 02:28 AM
KahuThousands farewell celebrated artist Ralph HotereThousands of people filled St Joseph's Cathedral in Dunedin today to farewell celebrated artist Ralph Hotere.28 Feb 01:36 AM
