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Joyce happy to be egg-head

Steven Joyce says he has been called many things in his political life and he can now add "egg-head" to the list.

T.J. McNamara: Emotions run high in wild west

Patricia Greig: If you listen to the land, it will speak to you

Dots hit the spot with art lovers

The world's art lovers voted with their feet to make an 86-year-old Japanese woman the most popular artist of last year.

Kiwi artist behind foxy Prodigy album art

The Prodigy's new album comes with a striking cover image of a fox standing over a glowing cityscape.

T.J. McNamara: Getting to the very core of Apple

Richard Lewer: The game's the thing

Curious tale of an island being strangled

Tower burns in 'celebration' (+ photos)

The tower was so strikingly beautiful, many visitors expressed disbelief it was to be destroyed. But its designer said that had to be the artwork's destiny.

Nick Atkinson: A humming newsroom, a quiet revolution

Through the looking glass

Mirrored towers make up the art installation Field, by Angus Muir and Alexandra Heaney, on display in Wynyard Quarter this month as part of the Auckland Arts Festival.

Tapa cloth at heart of doctorate in art

A Kiwi student has come up with an innovative way to show off her artistic photography - by using traditional Pacific tapa cloth.

McCahon looms large over WWI tribute

Activism through art specialist Lemi Ponifasio and Mau take Colin McCahon's iconic painting as a huge and architectural backdrop to their spellbinding tribute to the fallen of World War I - and take....

A city blossoms in explosive art

Auckland's Art Festival is filling the streets, parks and theatres for the next two weeks with light, colour and music. Find out what's on this week and our don't miss pics.

David Shrigley: A nice change of scenery

"It's going to be a family reunion mixed with work." Since his sister moved to the North Shore in 1999, David Shrigley has been a frequent visitor to New Zealand.

Life, death and birds' nests

T.J. McNamara: The husband who became an insect

The Pacific Rim is reflected in the Auckland Arts Festival with art from Japan, New Zealand and Samoa. Six artists from Japan at the St Paul Street Gallery make considerable demands on the viewer. Three long videos are full of angst, examining Japanese so

Patrica Greig: You meet a wall and take it from there

All artists take risks. Elliot Stewart once faced an oncoming train as he painted the inside of a tunnel.