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Review: Mysterious new work well timed for spooky season

Footnote Dance Company farewells core dancers with dramatic dance theatre show.

Move over Wonky, meet Dinky Donkey

The eagerly awaited sequel to one of NZ's favourite kids' books is out now.

Author Christos Tsiolkas: Damascus might be radical but it's not blasphemous. I'm not out to ridicule this faith.

Author Christos Tsiolkas stunned with The Slap, now he's taken on religion.

NZ actor Stephen Papps: Maybe I should manufacture a good healthy dose of greed because I sure could do with the money

NZ actor Stephen Papps on getting older - and what it means for future roles.

On Skid Row - the Kiwis at the heart of the 'worst manmade disaster in the US'

LA's Skid Row is not a place you want to visit so why are kiwi theatre-goers going there?

Unspeakable horror: China's most terrifying secret exposed to world

China says the facility in this photo is a "vocational centre". The truth is horrifying.

Curtain up! Auckland Theatre Company reveals what's on stage in 2020

Auckland Theatre Company lifts the curtain on its 2020 season of plays.

Olivia Newton-John: I've asked my cancer to leave

Olivia Newton-John puts her 'Grease' memorabilia up for auction as she deals with cancer

Māori antiques roadshow: 'Exceptional and rare' hei tiki could fetch $500k

"Exceptional and rare" hei tiki one of the finest to ever surface at auction.

Painting fetches record price for living Kiwi artist. How much did it sell for?

Painting by Kiwi artist Michael Smither sells for record price at auction.

Mike Hosking: What really sank Three

COMMENT: Conventional television is in trouble, and none more so than TV3.

Shake, rattle and roll: A New Zealand classic in the making

Richard Betts on his recording session with some of our most accomplished musicians.

Star duo, Stevens join hall of fame

Brooks & Dunn, Ray Stevens join US Country Hall of Fame.

Janet Frame's modern make-over is a fitting tribute

Response to Janet Frame's remarkable book electrifies.

Utter enchantment to be found at the orchestra

Regarded as one the most hypnotic pieces, did Ravel's Bolero live up to expectations?

Theatre review: Cast shines in latest collaboration with Walking Dead star

Half of the Sky delivers a full, heart-warming evening of life-affirming theatre.

NZ opera stars shine in dark and ghostly tale

The Turn of the Screw is gripping and unsettling, Gothic opera at its best.

Local lives given the glitz of musical theatre

A home-grown musical packs an emotional punch as local lives go under the spotlight.