Aspiring, novelists, poets and playwrights were paid to write by the Sargeson Fellowship, a scheme now at risk, writes Graeme Lay.

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra can be justly proud of being just two seats short of a full house on Thursday for the first concert in its Bayleys Great Classics Series.

Renowned for his curving furniture and elegant lighting, lead designer David Trubridge's new book So Far explores his fascinating life and approach to design.

King Kong thunders into Melbourne this June. Rachel Grunwell meets the lead.

Anna Subritzky hatches a material plan to keep chickens in the burbs.

Open a cupboard at the new Artstation show, Cupboards, and you'll find shelves loaded with nostalgia.

Janet McAllister reviews Coronation Street On Stage and finds it a thin and airy skit show with the production values of a smash hit musical.

Ali McIntosh is surrounded by beautiful objects at home and at work.

Emma Watson has become the "English rose" Madame Tussauds after her wax figure was unveiled.

The take from an auction of rare New Zealand paintings is expected to top $2 million.

Tilda Swinton is sleeping in a glass box in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City.

In the months ahead Aucklanders can sample the city's vibrant cultures, writes Alexia Santamaria.

A second brazen thief has struck at a New Zealand museum this week, with police now looking for a man who stole a sword from an art installation.

Auckland Arts Festival celebrates Benjamin Britten's centenary not once, but twice next week.

The Auckland Arts Festival's centrepiece demonstrates what happens when the sophisticated elegance of commedia dell'arte collides with the eccentric weirdness of classic British comedy.

So far, as an audience member during this Auckland Arts Festival and Fringe feast, I have enthusiastically eaten cake, sprinted down a city road, predicted the future with flashcards, sat cross-legged on a school mat, and jumped into a bouncy castle.

There's no place like Poland when it comes to celebrating Easter, discovers Danielle Wright

To some, Ferdinand Ries is best known as a minor planet spinning around the sun that was Beethoven.

Dozens of events all over Auckland will be shining brightly and busily tonight for Auckland Arts Festival's White Night, which stretches from the CBD to all corners of the city.