Comedian and TV presenter Rose Matafeo has apologised after scandalising the town of Waiuku by naming it her worst holiday destination.

Seven Englishmen, an Essex girl and a Northern Irishman walk into a casino. Actually, the joke among the Best of British 5 Star Comedy Preview on Thursday night was the speed of SkyCity lifts, but that's not quite as catchy.

Guy Williams will be perfroming during the 2014 New Zealand Comedy Festival.

Rhys Mathewson will be perfroming during the 2014 New Zealand Comedy Festival.

Chris Martin from the UK will be perfroming during the 2014 New Zealand Comedy Festival.

Normally I would do everything in my power to ignore it but being on 7 Days means I have "to be aware of things other people care about".

Lisa Chappell's self-penned, one-woman show is a macabre comedy that takes us a million miles away from the wholesome, girl-next-door persona of McLeod's Daughter.

When US comedian Laurie Kilmartin found out that her 83-year-old father was dying from lung cancer she decided to "surround him with love and sarcasm".

How on earth did Jeremy Elwood end up being a comedian? There is no use asking him, he doesn't really seem to know.

Nick Grant finds out the secrets of a new local show.

A new crop of sitcoms has Nick Grant pulling up the couch.

Five new series begin this week; not all are good.

Scottish comedian Billy Connolly will tour New Zealand this year, bringing his "High Horse Tour" to 12 cities and towns in April and May.

Ben Stiller says a script for Zoolander 2 exists, but he's trying to "figure out" how to get the movie sequel off the ground.

Coarse, confronting and occasionally profound Auckland-based comedy series just what we've been missing.