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.

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

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

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

When translation programmes go wrong, the results can be hilarious.

Creative excellence and exquisite performances close this year's Tempo Dance Festival.

Rodney Bell's Meremere is a beautifully crafted hour of beguiling story-telling through dance.

The eight expert players of the London Conchord Ensemble delivered a high-minded Friday night variety concert.

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's Aotea Centre recital was a courageous undertaking for the 72-year-old soprano. It was an evening of some entrancement.

It's a long way from Hollywood to Henderson, but it's about to get a taste of movie-making magic like nothing it - or the rest of New Zealand - has seen before.

Director Janice Finn has assembled a dream cast for The Pink Hammer, including The Real Housewives of Auckland star Louise Wallace.

Billy Elliot, a story of triumph over adversity.

Alfred Nobel intended that the prizes in his name be awarded for achievements that "have conferred the greatest benefit to mankind".

The weather didn't ruin the first day of the Auckland Diwali Festival, but protesters had a go at spoiling a "joyous moment", an organiser says.

Freeing the Memory is one of the large standout images on display at Artweek.

Revisiting classic plays provides a lesson for younger actors and entertainment for audiences.

Overseas performers flock to perform at Auckland's Diwali Festival.

A CD that well and truly proves Polish music is more than Chopin mazurkas and the 1960s radicalism of Krzysztof Penderecki.

The latest Priscilla, Queen of the Desert bus has a global passenger list, writes Stephen Jewell.

A road trip with a legend changed one actor's life, writes Dionne Christian.

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra delivers an evening with a mood of celebration.

Beautiful and thought-provoking show is exquisitely staged and marvellously theatrical.

Auckland Council has pulled down a public art installation depicting homelessness because they thought the piece was a pile of trash.

Architecture students learn building playhouses with no budget from recycled materials only isn't child's play.

The deaths of high profile performers has prompted actors to set a world-first service especially for those in the entertainment industry.

RED HERRING by Jonothan Cullinane (HarperCollins, $37) Auckland 1951: trams run along Queen St, women aren't allowed in the RSC

Dancer Rodney Bell spent 3 years homeless in San Fran; his show Meremere reflects this.