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Whanganui District Council opened New Zealand Glassworks to bring together professional glass artists and the community. Made with funding from NZ on Air

Whanganui District Council opened New Zealand Glassworks to bring together professional glass artists and the community.

The man who will decide the winner of New Zealand's richest contemporary art award says deciding the victor is a tough task.

Award-winning show celebrates the irrepressible spirit of a life devoted to champagne and pretty things.

After 28 years, designers continue to dazzle at World of WearableArt show.

Data shows students at underprivileged high schools are less likely to sit exams than those from wealthy families.

NZTrio's Sunday concert achieved a meld of East and West that fully justified its title, Glow.

New Zealand is the second-best place in the world for expats, behind Singapore, according to a global survey.

A ground-breaking New Zealand play is to be performed again, offering new roles for Pasifika actresses.

Cabaret festival performers try to pin down what their art is all about.

Israeli pianist Boris Giltburg's latest CD is a wonderful souvenir of a concert that too many missed.

The little show that grew into something massive promises more innovation.

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's 2017 programme is a staggering achievement.

In Viky Garden's largest work, the face emerges proudly from a passage of light.

Do you have the imagination to design for another world?

Black Friars Theatre has been working for the past 10 years in South Auckland to're-story' conventional narratives.

The Basement Theatre's spring season is blossoming with funny and poignant new Kiwi plays.

Kiwi youngsters are reading more than ever - and they prefer diving into a physical copy of Harry Potter or The BFG to ebooks.

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?

Vivat's latest project is ambitious: 10 CDs spanning 100 years of song from 1810 to 1910, decade by decade.

Super-soldier trilogy's final story has hope, but don't hold out for a happy ending, writes David Larsen

Joel Granger is experiencing the kind of success young perfomers hope for, but are warned is unlikely to happen.

A Judy Millar retrospective shows the visceral strength of the artist's works.

Two of NZ theatre's fiercest female voices, Hayley Sproull and Jo Randerson, to be heard in Auckland.

Past principal performers from the West End's Les Miserables will sing at 21 New Zealand venues from Kerikeri to Invercargill.

It's been described as looking like a glass jewel box and it's about to become a jewel in the crown of the Auckland arts scene: it's

An expatriate Kiwi writer who has lived in half a dozen countries says New Zealand culture is uniquely hostile towards women. Katherine

Greg Fleming rounds up the latest in crime fiction.