Entertainment<i>Review:</i> Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra at Auckland Town Hall<i>Poets of their Age</i> presented three first-generation Romantic composers coming to terms with the expressive potential of the symphony orchestra.16 May 04:00 PM
EntertainmentReview: <i>Avenue Q</i> at The CivicOpening with the eternal question - 'what do you do with a BA in English?' - <i>Avenue Q</i> dispenses a bright and breezy antidote to the pressures of life in the big city.16 May 04:00 PM
Entertainment<i>Comedy Fest Review:</i> Jarred Fell, Pani & PaniFell, a 2010 Billy T. Award Nominee, is rude, suggestive and sex-crazed, asking the many audience members he uses during the show about their sex lives.12 May 04:00 PM
Entertainment<i>Comedy Fest Review:</i> Tarun Mohanbhai, The ComediettesThere are fewer Indian jokes this year, even though they are clearly what the audience is after - the thick accents Mohanbhai did pull out had the room roaring.12 May 04:00 PM
LifestyleArt of glassFour glass artists tell us why they chose the medium and what inspires their unique creations.11 May 04:00 PM
Entertainment<i>Review:</i> Charles Lloyd New Quartet at Bruce Mason CentreAt its most pure and best, jazz is a live art where musicians disassemble, explore, then reconstruct melodies and rhythms right before your ears.10 May 04:00 PM
EntertainmentReview: <i>Horseplay</i> at the Maidment TheatreThere are Baxter self-quotations and talk of cut-throats and fowlhouses for literary experts to spot, but you don't have to know a line of the great men's work to enjoy the play.09 May 04:00 PM
New Zealand<i>Unsung Heroes:</i> Singing enthusiast discovers hidden talent in childrenChoir teacher Rhondda Garland is serious when she says everyone can sing, or at least hit the right note with her help.05 May 04:00 PM
Entertainment<i>Review:</i> <i>Tic Tic</i> at the Limelight LoungeAt the more refined end of the Comedy Fest spectrum is an elegant memoir chronicling Paul Barrett's life-long engagement with Tourette's syndrome.05 May 04:00 PM
EntertainmentCultural immersion or imitation?What do Maori haka, Fijian firewalking and yoga have in common? According to a book by Canadian writer Andrew Potter they are all part of an authenticity hoax.03 May 04:00 PM
New ZealandChinese audiences treated to NZ filmsA New Zealand film festival to screen in China next month is aimed at showing Chinese audiences that anyone in New Zealand can be a successful film-maker.02 May 04:00 PM
LifestylePacific renaissance manPrintmaker Rodney Fumpston has the best of both worlds with a home in Auckland and the beloved place of his birth, Fiji.28 Apr 10:00 PM
EntertainmentSexist Hollywood under fireHollywood, aromatic with the scent of gorgeous and available young women, still remains a sexualised and sexist ecosystem.24 Apr 04:00 PM
WorldThe paintings Hitler couldn't stealA treasure trove of Modernist art, lost in the Nazi invasion, is to be auctioned in the UK.23 Apr 04:00 PM
Entertainment<i>Review:</i> NZSO at Auckland Town HallA "FULL HOUSE" sign outside the town hall last Friday was hardly surprising, with Hilary Hahn playing Sibelius with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.18 Apr 04:00 PM
Entertainment<i>Review:</i> Mind Over Patter at ClassicAnd what do you for a job? asked Chris Cox of one of the six whom he had dragged up on stage for the grand finale.18 Apr 05:58 AM
