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My Auckland: Pt Chevalier
Natasha Francois and light sculptor Peter Roche live in Pt Chevalier in the distinctive building that used to house the Ambassador Theatre. Natasha tells Peta Stavelli what they love about the area.
James Griffin: In celebration of infrastucture
In Auckland, we're in the middle of an Arts Festival. All over town there are actors, musicians, dancers and pornographic puppets doing their artistic business at myriad venues.
Encountering the locals on an urban safari
You don't have to go far to get up close with creatures great and small, discovers Bronwyn Sell.
Explosives seized in gang raids
Police infiltrated the highest levels of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang in an undercover operation that culminated in mass raids, nearly 30 arrests and the seizure of weapons and explosives today.
Win tickets to Viva's NZ Fashion Festival show
We have a New Zealand Fashion Festival experience prize pack to give away.
Arts Festival Review: The Manganiyar Seduction
The 42 Indian musicians of The Manganiyar Seduction work their wiles in the glare of red and light-bulbs, piled up in a grid inspired by Amsterdam's red-light district.
Fringe Festival Review: Standstill
Some marvellous images are being created at the Basement this Fringe, writes Janet McAllister
Auckland stabbing sparks manhunt
A manhunt has been launched and two men are seriously injured after a stabbing at the Unitec campus in the Auckland suburb of Mt Albert this afternoon.
<i>Bill Fish Cafe</i>, Westhaven
Fish is the name of the game at a waterfront eatery where the menu, though simple, proves well done.
Arts Festival Review: Martha Wainwright
Martha Wainwright describes her look as "ageless" - she is poised on the stage dressed like a school-girl with hair all wispy like her grandmother's.
Grassroots festival cancelled
The Grassroots festival, due to take place over Easter at Puhinui Reserve has been cancelled.
<i>Galbraith's Alehouse</i>, Mt Eden
Every summer for 10 years I have spent a week with a bunch of about 100 men in a bush camp up north.
Arts Festival Review: May B
Maguy Marin's landmark work, celebrating 30 feted years of continuous performance, begins with the sculptured forms of its ten dancers, posed in dusty alabaster-like desertion.