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Saving the last dance for Pina Bausch
Director Wim Wenders captures a celebrated avant garde dance company in the 3D doco Pina. He talks to Helen Barlow.
Laini Taylor: Elsewhere's other world
Out with vampires, in with other-worldy romance, writes Nicky Pellegrino.
Theatre review: The Angel & the Beloved, Hopetoun Alpha
Rainer Maria Rilke has always commanded a devoted following among connoisseurs of fine literature but he is also widely read.
Theatre review: Love After Dark, The Basement
The Basement's reputation as a hot-house for new talent is emphatically confirmed by a blast of youthful energy that has teams of young actors, each with their own writer and director, devising three short plays.
Theatre Review: Yours Truly at The Basement
Playwright Albert Belz has earned considerable acclaim for his treatment of Maori subjects but his re-telling of the Jack the Ripper story seems to be making a statement about the perils of pigeon-holing writers according to their ethnicity.
Theatre Review: Anything Goes at Civic Theatre
Cole Porter's smart-to-be-silly, witty-and-warm songs are so exceptional that they could pull this 1934 hit musical comedy through by themselves.
Carin Wilson: Striking a delicate balance
Artist Carin Wilson draws on ancient Maori wisdom to take stock of the state of our world.
World's best press photos on display (+photos)
Alan Perrott takes a look at an exhibition of the world’s best press photography, currently in Auckland.