In the 3D animation class at Manurewa High School, Year 12 and 13 students are thinking about the future. How might houses inspired

COMMENT: Many cultures across the world have suffered horrible cruelties but haven't all become killers and thieves.

Nicky Spence's impassioned performance of Andre Caplet's 1917 song-cycle, Les Prieres inevitably takes on new resonances, after an

And why is Lena Dunham supporting a protest against "insensitive" food?

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's major 2016 commission, a sixth symphony by Ross Harris, was the musical and emotional core of Thursday's

Auckland may be one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world but 9 in 10 elected Auckland Council representatives are white.

COMMENT: As the campaign for Maori Language Week 2016 concludes, it's a phrase that resonates with the changing societal landscape for Te Reo Maori.

Congolese community hopes to raise awareness and action over violence in homeland.

Animated webseries Aroha Bridge started life as a weekly comic strip, created by Jessica Hansell, better known as local rapper Coco Solid.

COMMENT: Cultural outlook is the hardest nut to crack. Not even centuries of ever-growing modernity has broken the witch doctor/healer mentality.

COMMENT: I do think we Kiwis need a really good national anthem. Like Kapa O Pango did to the All Blacks' haka. A big, beautiful anthem like the Welsh, writes Alan Duff.

COMMENT: We are all being changed by superdiversity and we need to understand what that means for us, and how we are evolving, or we may get left behind, writes Mai Chen.

COMMENT: The position of Aborigine people in Australia is not a local issue - it is an international human rights scandal.

COMMENT: No other indigenous people has the same lucky historic, geographic and genetic circumstances as we do. We have to be grateful, writes Alan Duff.

COMMENT: Money and hope fuel TV conference in France where a writer's dreams can come true, or be dashed.

COMMENT: Hungarians have kept their unique language and culture alive through years of oppression, then a revolution.

Researchers have studied the grisly practice of ritual human sacrifice in nearly 100 cultures and found it was widely used as a power play.

When Arum Jung moved to Auckland in 1996, there were only two Korean restaurants in the Auckland CBD.

COMMENT: Ranginui Walker had the right idea about needing to debate our shared history as New Zealanders.

COMMENT: In thE context of Aotearoa, I have learned it is impossible to talk about race relations without understanding the Treaty of Waitangi.

Groups representing the city's diverse ethnic mix brought their music, dance and food to the Auckland International Cultural Festival.

School cultural groups have been battling it out for on-stage domination at the ASB Polyfest in Auckland today. Members of Wesley College performed the Kailao on the Tongan Stage today.

Dawit Arshak enjoys the freedom and safety of his life in New Zealand.

Colourful costumes, African beats and the sounds of Asia signalled day two of the country's biggest secondary schools' cultural festival Polyfest.

The sounds of the Pacific will be heard loud and proud in Auckland this week, as what is tipped to be the biggest Polyfest kicks off today.

Traditional Fijian tattooing for women, one of the region's most ancient practices, will be showcased for the first time at this year's Pasifika Festival.

Last week, Burma's government announced that it would no longer allow tourists to climb some of the ancient temples in the capital of Bagan.

You don't have to travel to remote parts of Australia to experience its indigenous culture. There's plenty on offer right on Sydney's doorstep.

Ahead of this weekend's Armageddon Expo in Auckland, Ethan Sills takes a look at the rise and rise of cosplay.

Young Africans claim police have stopped them on the streets or in cars for no apparent reason except their colour, beaten them, and told them to "go back to your country".