EntertainmentBiblical tale inspiration for dance masterpieceChoreographers Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet take the biblical story of the Tower of Babel with its smiting of the human race into painful divisions of nationality and language.22 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionGarrick Cooper and Danielle Davis: Racism in Godzone a hidden evilThe renowned poet Hone Tuwhare wrote a poem entitled, A Pakeha Friend Tells a Maori Joke.18 Mar 04:30 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Gone GirlBook clubs, commuters and celebrities have gone wild for <i>Gone Girl</i>, the smash-hit thriller that has Hollywood in a spin. Tim Walker talks to author Gillian Flynn about being this year’s literary sensation15 Mar 05:00 PM
EntertainmentThe battle of BrittenAuckland Arts Festival celebrates Benjamin Britten's centenary not once, but twice next week.15 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentHeadliner mixes wit with superb comedyThe Auckland Arts Festival's centrepiece demonstrates what happens when the sophisticated elegance of commedia dell'arte collides with the eccentric weirdness of classic British comedy.15 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionTJ McNamara: A journey through historyExhibitions that run during the Auckland Arts Festival should have some special factor that lifts them above the run of the mill.15 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentIt's all white on the nightDozens of events all over Auckland will be shining brightly and busily tonight for Auckland Arts Festival's White Night, which stretches from the CBD to all corners of the city.15 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentReview: Ferdinand Ries: Piano Concertos Vol 5To some, Ferdinand Ries is best known as a minor planet spinning around the sun that was Beethoven.15 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentTheatre comes to Dominion RdOne of Auckland's best-known streets, Dominion Rd, will be sharing some of its history in a unique way this weekend.14 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentSongs from the source of Scots' theatreThe Scottish National Theatre makes an exuberant return to ale-house culture with a riotously funny and at times tenderly lyrical tribute to Scottish narrative ballads.13 Mar 04:30 PM
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: 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
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
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
