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Watch NZH Local Focus: Tino Rangatiratanga flag co-creator on what drives her

Linda Munn is best known as one of three women who helped to create the Tino Rangatiratanga flag. But how did she start out making art? And what is she doing nearly three decades on? Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Global eye on local fiction

For the first time, our 49-year-old book awards will get an international judge.

Pop-up Globe Henry V simply superb

Reviewer Dione Joseph leaves Pop-up Globe's Henry V with a new favourite play.

Playwright stamps his mark on theatre

Andrew Gunn's first play was an award-winner; expectations are high for his next.

Row over use of 'Gypsy' to promote fair

A couple in Auckland is considering legal action against The Original Gypsy Fair for allegedly exploiting the gypsy culture for commercial gain.

$4m of Kiwi art classics for sale

Art lover Warwick Brown joins the art collectors auctioning modern NZ masterpieces.

Pop-up Globe's Henry V a gamer's dream

Dramatic battles recall the 'original immersive theatre'.

Transgender woman makes NZ team

A transgender athlete has been selected for this month's Australian International.

Rice connects different worlds

How a simple grain defines us.

Theatre review: Much Ado About Nothing

Theatre review: Paul Simei-Barton takes a look at the Pop-up Globe's latest production.

Athletics club feeling effects of festival

Hastings Athletics Club still unable to use home park after Te Matatini

Book review: Johnny Cash - The Unknown Poems

Greg Fleming reviews a new collection of unpublished poems and writings from the Man in Black many of which read like song lyrics.

Gisborne group crowned Te Matatini winners

Group hailing from Whale Rider territory take top kapa haka title

Watch NZH Local Focus: Te Matatini organisers strive for financial autonomy

It's an expensive exercise for Kapa haka teams to get themselves onto the stage at Te Matatini - organisers say they want to help more with that cost as well as becoming an autonomous business. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Fringe Festival: A floating theatre

Who says you need to be on land to see a show in the Auckland Fringe Festival?

Review: APO - Hanslip plays Mozart

William Dart reviews the APO's latest concert.

As you like It tribute to Bard's skill

The Pop-up Globe reminds us the Bard knew a thing or two about entertainment, writes Paul Simei-Barton.

Watch NZH Local Focus: Tourists plan New Zealand trip around Te Matatini

Te Matatini is a favoured attraction not only among Kiwi's, but tourists are planning their holidays so they can join in the festivities of the world's biggest Kapa Haka event. Made with funding from NZ On Air.