EntertainmentConcert Review: Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra <i>at Auckland Town Hall</i>20 Feb 04:30 PM
LifestyleDesert living inspires photographerA photo exhibition about flowers is the result of a life-changing experience for Joanne Cunningham.17 Feb 09:00 PM
OpinionDeborah Hill Cone<i>Deborah Hill Cone</i>: This bookworm is turningSure, books are one of life's pleasures, but who said every kid has to love reading?17 Feb 08:30 PM
LifestyleHave we lost the art of writing love letters?In a week when one billion Valentine's Day cards are sent worldwide, we might wonder where the tradition of the passionate avowal came from.15 Feb 11:48 PM
EntertainmentWriter keen to acknowledge inner strengthHaving led a lonely childhood, Lesley Pearse knows what it is to seek a better life. Now she is helping women to help others. She tells Stephen Jewell how.14 Feb 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>We Had It So Good</i>Here's a story about how to become middle-aged and middle-class - without noticing it.13 Feb 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook lover: Dan ShananDan Shanan is a trustee of the Documentary Edge Festival.13 Feb 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>A Man Melting</i>Craig Cliff's first collection of stories heralds the arrival of an electrifying new voice on the New Zealand writing scene. These stories are standalone gems, but the collection also brings together satisfying harmonies as a whole.07 Feb 04:00 PM
EntertainmentThe joy of hassling her own heroineKiwi crime queen Vanda Symon talks to Craig Sisterson about accidental heroines and playing with swords.07 Feb 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Crime</i>There's the boy who kills sheep and gouges out their eyes. There's the young man who wishes literally to eat his girlfriend but who angrily denies he is a Hannibal Lecter figure.07 Feb 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Last Night in Twisted River</i>John Irving is the king of the long, multilayered novel. In the tradition of Dickens, he cleverly weaves together the intricate threads of cross-generational storylines.07 Feb 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>More Than You Can Say</i>Paul Torday produces an intriguing page-turner that won't fail to surprise.06 Feb 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>The Windup Girl</i>This work of speculative fiction arrives on New Zealand shelves with the degree of hype usually reserved for angst-ridden teen vamps or boy wizards.06 Feb 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook watch: <i>The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet</i>Graham Beattie reveals his top pick of his past month's reading.06 Feb 04:00 PM
New ZealandStreet art: Signatures of styleTo some they're ugly scrawls that desecrate the urban landscape, to others they're street art. Paula Yeoman looks at the graffiti debate.05 Feb 04:30 PM
EntertainmentConcert Review: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, <i>Auckland Town Hall</i>02 Feb 04:30 PM
EntertainmentFrom chaos to creationMax Gimblett is one of our most beloved painters. Rebecca Barry met him in his New York studio and learned about his creative process.02 Feb 04:30 PM
EntertainmentEntering dark age of imperialismAmerican sci-fi author Paolo Bacigalupi tells Stephen Jewell how his ruthless corporations’ environmental impact could be mirrored in real life.31 Jan 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Sunset Park</i>Paul Auster writes splendidly about disaffected, damaged people, usually alienated from society in some way, often isolated, physically and/or psychologically.31 Jan 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Landfall 220</i>After an interregnum of six years following the "retirement" of Justin Paton (the quotation marks are an intriguing addition by the publisher) in 2004, during which "guest editors" steered the ship, Landfall has a permanent editor again.31 Jan 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Object of Beauty</i>How much you'll enjoy this novel from American actor and comedian Steve Martin will depend on how engaged you are with recent art history.23 Jan 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>The Lake of Dreams</i>Unfinished business is the theme of the new novel from best-selling author Kim Edwards.23 Jan 04:00 PM
