Artists in Whanganui open their studios. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Dave Armstrong's new play is an honest and unflinching look at today's Anzac experience.

Ambitious, inclusive and inspiring dance one of Auckland Arts Festival's closing events.

The Tauranga Paradox Street Art Festival opens. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The severity of the crimes being committed by youth in Christchurch is escalating.

Edo de Waart and the NZ Symphony Orchestra launch their 2017 selection of Masterworks.

Julie Zhu uncovered the secret of how Chinese migrants make new friends in New Zealand.

If you picked up a book left behind in Auckland, chances are it came from Emma Watson.

Works by Banksy, the world's most famous street artist, about to go on show in Tauranga.

Trio Mediaeval's latest CD take listeners on a mystical Nordic tour, writers William Dart.

A visiting artist comes to Auckland with a unique perspective, writes Dionne Christian.

Loss, pain and hope run through NZ writer Bonnie Etherington's first novel.

Mahan Esfahani, the world's most in-demand harpsichordist, visits Auckland next week.

EDITORIAL: Aucklanders have a lot to be proud of with so much to do in the city.

A few words with comedian and self-proclaimed 'interested idiot' Robin Ince.

Extraordinary opera is a moving tale from our past, writes William Dart.

Rufus Wainwright dynamic duo of the divas thrills Aotea audience, writes William Dart.

Sonya Kelly presents a romantic comedy with modern love in a shrinking world at its heart.

Greg Fleming reviews the latest from Mick Herron, L.S Hilton, Ian Rankin and Daniel Cole

REVIEW: Passio was not your traditional choral concert, but the full immersive festival experience.

A Hollywood actors colleagues feel so stigmatized that they have joined a clandestine support group.

Prima ballerina's energy is harnessed in a show which keeps dance creators on their toes.

Fifth album from stellar Swedish soprano delights with impressively rendered vignettes of love from Mozart and Gluck.

Janet McAllister, who's reading her way around Auckland, visits Waitakere Library.

Legacy ballet stars rise to the challenge of sultry Carmen, writes Raewyn Whyte

The Body Laid Bare includes 100 artworks in an exhibition we can all take personally.

Choreographer Moss Patterson pays homage to his father in When Two Rivers Collide.

High-tech wizardry makes The Encounter spellbinding theatre, writes Paul Simei-Barton.

COMMENT: St Patrick's Day proves it is possible to honour two homelands, says Terry Dunleavy.

Chamber Music New Zealand's 2017 season gets off to an exciting start, writes William Dart.