The teenage son of a Christchurch man at the centre of a five-year exhumation row today made an emotional plea in court to say, 'Please leave my Dad in the ground'.

COMMENT: Step out of the shot and let it be about someone else for a while - it's not always about you.

The Havelock North Village street carnival on Saturday was "the biggest yet", says Havelock North Business Association marketing manager

COMMENT: Given that violence continues to have a central role in storytelling, maybe it is time to revisit the boundaries of just how much is too much.

Don Juan is an energetic, irrepressibly gleeful and good-natured evening out.

Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No.2 & Concert Fantasia is a superb symphonic adventure from the New Zealand Symphony.

Sea calmly meets sky in Stanley Palmer's mature and masterly images.

Author Jay McInerney admits he shares some characteristics with his protagonist, Russell.

Corporate art collections unlocked during Artweek tours.

You'd think actor Mick Innes would be more cautious about staging another one-man show at the Basement Theatre; last time he was there, he came close to dying on stage.

On the eve of its Auckland show, Footnote dancers talk about the impact of costumes.

APO's next concert is a welcome opportunity to sample the first commission from its resident composer.

Mex Festival's Day of the Dead celebration will feature skull candies, skeleton costumes and tables with photos of the dead.

Conductor Giordano Bellincampi ensured an exhilarating night with the APO.

Rufus Wainwright admits opera can be both daunting and dull. But he's determined to prove it doesn't have to be.

Artists and entertainers may think their work is a labour of love, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be paid a fair wage for it

Auckland Shakespeare Company's Lucrece confronts the way rape debases our humanity.

COMMENT: Melania Trump has been pooper-scooping after Donald since 1998, but she will never be cast as a victim, in her eyes or anyone else's.

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's Final Symphony was a marketing triumph, selling out its first performance and occasioning a Saturday night re-run.

COMMENT: Libraries are not in decline because of some natural progression, but because of the cultural vandalism of cost-cutting.

Nostalgia is one of the reasons updated versions of so many old movies are returning to our screens these days.

What's driving the rash of nostalgic remakes that have viewers catching up with old screen friends - from Bridget Jones to an ageing cast of Cold Feet?

New theatre company re-imagines one of Shakespeare's bloodiest works.

Soprano's star status guarantees local release.

Black Grace founder Neil Ieremia is a hard man to pin down.

The Ronisch Auckland Secondary Schools Piano Competition puts top young piano players in the spotlight.

Janet McAllister continues her mission to visit each and every one of Auckland's 55 libraries.

A new exhibition details the wealth of work and talent of New Zealand's prolific portraitist, Gottfried Lindauer.

TJ McNamara finds an exhibition which breaks the mould of an artist's former works

After an absence of nearly a decade, Taiwan Day will be celebrated this weekend at Auckland's Aotea Square.