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Iwi wade into Hawke's Bay water issue
Hawke's Bay iwi Ngāti Kahungunu say it warned authorities for decades about the risk of water contamination.
Hawke's Bay iwi Ngāti Kahungunu say it warned authorities for decades about the risk of water contamination.
COMMENT: My father's animal drawings are finally framed and up on our walls, 24 years after his death in 1992.
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NZTrio continues to bring the music of the East and West together.
A residency at the Smithsonian in Washington DC or one on Waiheke at the island's community art gallery?
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A Judy Millar retrospective shows the visceral strength of the artist's works.
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TJ McNamara's weekly round-up of the latest art gallery shows.
Teddy Tahu Rhodes is one of our most successful opera singers; now he's coming home to play the lead in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
The University of Waikato, home to the Conservatorium of Music, has added a unique new course - the only one of its kind in the country training New Zealand opera stars of the future.
All eyes may have been on the full frontal nude depiction of Andrew Little, but painter André Hemer was the big winner at the Wallace Art Awards this week.
Whanganui artist Mark Rayner says he is pleased to learn that opposition leader Andrew Little is amused by the artist's naked impression
Proponents of eminent Maori architect John Scott have made a last-ditch effort to save one of his revered works on the shores of Lake
Tim and Sherrah Francis amassed the greatest names in New Zealand art for more than 50 years. Kim Knight talks to their son about the sale of his parents' unique collection.
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As I child, I remember having terrible stage fright. I was terrified of drama class and anything that required me to speak in front
A few words with Elizabeth Whiting, lawyer-turned-costume designer.
Work by contemporary Maori and Pacific photographers travels across the ocean to join 10,000 images from all over the world at the Pingyao International Photography Festival.
You're not too likely to encounter the music of Auber in today's opera houses and concert halls. Well, not in this country, although
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Works selected for the Walters Prize, now on show at Auckland Art Gallery and to be announced later this month, are three video works and a billboard display representing each artist's body of work.
They're the ideas men behind some of our most iconic advertising campaigns and images, working in an industry regarded as one of the