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From Russia, with power
When Eugene Mursky makes his New Zealand debut on Thursday, he couldn't wish for a more theatrical launch than Prokofiev's glittering Third Concerto.
PM's chip off the old block leaves mark on gift to China
In Rotorua with Chinese Ambassador Zhang Limin, the Prime Minister took a mallet and chisel to what will be a 10m kauri waharoa, or gateway.
Sisterhood of the travelling sketchbook
Distance has been no barrier to the collaboration of artists Melinda Young and Lauren Simeoni.
<i>Preview:</i> Nation at Rialto Newmarket
Terry Pratchett's alternate world as seen in the latest National Theatre film offering has a Kiwi tang.
A winning Fourmyula
The pioneering band who gave us Nature - regarded as the best Kiwi song ever.
<i>Rebecca Barry:</i> Kookaburra only one laughing
Didn't Sinclair plagiarise a kookaburra when she came up with the original tune plagiarised by Men At Work?
<i>Review:</i> The Lover at Basement Theatre
Leaving for work, a buttoned-up English banker asks his housewife: "Is your lover coming today?"
Walking Man kick-starts art market
Auction houses say their expectations are being exceeded for artwork sale prices, including the record $149 million bid for Alberto Giacometti's L'Homme Qui Marche 1.
<i>Jim Hopkins:</i> Scientist's racy novel turns up the heat
The worlds of climate change and steamy sex collide ... and a classic is born.