OpinionConcert review: Steve Miller Band and Santana, Vector ArenaWith the 60s generation of rock fans now at Gold Card age, this concert perhaps flagged what we might expect in the future: Steve Miller with his excellent band - which included the great Spector-era soul singer Sonny Charles - started just after 7pm.19 Mar 08:45 PM
OpinionColin Hogg: Maori TV hits current affairs sweet spotThere is a middle ground in current affairs on television. It's called <i>Native Affairs</i> and it runs for an hour from 8.30 on Monday nights on Maori TV.18 Mar 08:30 PM
EntertainmentStirred by coffee-house soundsIt may have been a little early for English high tea, but the cabaret-style seating in the concert chamber aimed to recreate the spirit of an 18th century German coffee-house.18 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionConcert review: RodriguezAt 70, his eye sight is failing, and he looked fragile as he was escorted on and off the stage by his roadie and members of his recently assembled all-Kiwi band.17 Mar 09:55 PM
OpinionWomad fires up despite rainAlthough no one doubted the need for rain ... did it have to come on the final day of Womad? And two days after a drought had been declared?17 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentTaut study of dysfunctionThe festival offering from playwright Mitch Tawhi Thomas is a taut study of family dysfunction that finds plenty of life and laughter in the explosive quarrelling of estranged brothers.17 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentTV Preview: The New NormalThe New Normal caused controversy before it even aired. Sarah Lang finds out why16 Mar 06:00 PM
EntertainmentBirds take flight in new directionAlbum No4 is a huge change for Aussie indie band, hears Paula Yeoman.16 Mar 05:00 PM
EntertainmentReview: Ferdinand Ries: Piano Concertos Vol 5To some, Ferdinand Ries is best known as a minor planet spinning around the sun that was Beethoven.15 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentReview: Rare mingling of wonderful music and enchantmentWe had come to the Civic Theatre to hear Haydn and Mozart from Kronos Quartet; in partnership with pipa virtuoso Wu Man, the Americans were offering a rare mingling of music and magic.10 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentReview: Chinese theatre a revelationThis rich 1999 experimental classic from China is stylish, hip, humorous, streetwise - and hopelessly romantic: under youth's swagger are youth's desperate illusions.10 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentRevisiting the 17th century with elegance and attitudeThe cover of Max Emanuel Cencic's Venezia says it all. The Croatian countertenor is all elegance, in dinner jacket and cravat, in front of an ornate wallpaper that might adorn the walls of a Venetian palazzo.09 Mar 04:30 PM
