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![We could make movies](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
We could make movies
Dionne Christian previews a school holiday course of film-making fun for youngsters with ambitions.
![Keeping kids amused](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Keeping kids amused
School holidays start this weekend, to it’s time to find some wintery treats to keep the ankle-biters amused.
![Norway: Humanity - harsh and sweet](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Norway: Humanity - harsh and sweet
David Hill joins the trail of people who have gazed at or shrunk from a prolific Norwegian sculptor's work.
![Nuenen: In Vincent's footsteps](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Nuenen: In Vincent's footsteps
Liz Light follows the trail of a tortured artistic genius to a quaint Dutch village.
![My happy place: Kahurangi Maxwell, kapa haka performer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
My happy place: Kahurangi Maxwell, kapa haka performer
My happy place is kapa haka. I've grown up in kapa haka, so it's defined my life.
![Michele Hewitson interview: Ted Dawe](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Michele Hewitson interview: Ted Dawe
Having never before met a polluter of the moral innocence of youth, I have no idea whether the author Ted Dawe is an unusually engaging example of one.
![Star light, star bright it's... Matariki](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Star light, star bright it's... Matariki
Elisabeth Easther has found some stellar ways to observe Matariki this year.
![Theatre review: Short+Sweet Festival Week 2](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Theatre review: Short+Sweet Festival Week 2
Everything from slice-of-life realism through to surrealistic flights of fancy are on display in the second week of the Short+Sweet Festival.
![France: Marseille's revolutionary makeover](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
France: Marseille's revolutionary makeover
Funded by the European Union to the tune of $140 million, a deft bit of reinvention has turned France's drug and crime epicentre into the nation's Capital of Culture. Jenna Hand goes along for the ride.
![Art gallery defends 'repugnant' artwork](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Art gallery defends 'repugnant' artwork
Tauranga Art Gallery has come under fire for displaying two photos that feature coarsely worded messages scrawled in ballpoint beside images of a 1974 gay liberation dance.
!['Forgotten war' as soldiers saw it](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
'Forgotten war' as soldiers saw it
The memories have come flooding back for three Korean War veterans before the opening of a special photo exhibition that features 150 images taken by Kiwi soldiers.
![My happy place: Chris McLennan - travel photographer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
My happy place: Chris McLennan - travel photographer
My happy place is out in the wilderness taking photos. I find it completely engrossing.