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The adventures of Felix Kelly
Expat artist Felix Kelly is little known in his homeland but his colourful life story reads like a movie.

NZ Arts Festival: Powhiri sets festival in motion
A 6am powhiri for two hundred international artists kicked off the 2010 New Zealand International Arts Festival on Wellington's waterfront this morning.

NZ Arts Festival - Celebrating Happenstance
Former festival junkie Mark Amery re-emerges as a critic and commentator for the NZ International Arts Festival opening in Wellington today.

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.

Author Dick Francis dies
Writer and former jockey Dick Francis, famous for his horse racing-based crime novels, has died aged 89.

<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.