A trademark used by some of Maoridom's elite artists will be scrapped, a move criticised by some of those who set it up.

Jesse Peach was once a teenage soap star. At 25, he’s now a theatre director attracting some of the industry’s biggest names to work for him, and tackling challenging works other more experienced directors shy away from.

It is easy to see why Alan Bennett's play has enjoyed phenomenal success on both sides of the Atlantic.

Photos from designer Dave Domoney's manly garden.

'Wolf Hall' - a rip-roaring historical tome about Thomas Cromwell - has won the $68,000 Man Booker Prize.