The Basement's reputation as a hot-house for new talent is emphatically confirmed by a blast of youthful energy that has teams of young actors, each with their own writer and director, devising three short plays.
Playwright Albert Belz has earned considerable acclaim for his treatment of Maori subjects but his re-telling of the Jack the Ripper story seems to be making a statement about the perils of pigeon-holing writers according to their ethnicity.
Cole Porter's smart-to-be-silly, witty-and-warm songs are so exceptional that they could pull this 1934 hit musical comedy through by themselves.
Artist Carin Wilson draws on ancient Maori wisdom to take stock of the state of our world.
Alan Perrott takes a look at an exhibition of the world’s best press photography, currently in Auckland.
Atamira Dance Company's's beautifully crafted new Te Houhi - The People and the Land are One draws on intricately connected layers of dance, video imagery and narrated text to share poignant ancestral stories from the Ngai Tuhoe lineage.
They have always been linked but the fashion world is increasingly looking to the art world for inspiration.
Rebecca Kamm looks at a dramatic work paying homage to the eviction of the Tuhoe people.
Can our national broadcaster adapt to change? And who's prepared to pay? Chris Barton reports on the future of Radio New Zealand.
An exhibition celebrates the work of photographer Frank Hofmann, who fled the Nazis and found sanctuary in Auckland. Adam Gifford reports
Danielle Wright finds breaking the law has never been more cheerful, as she goes in search of the fluffy face of graffiti.
I think everyone could learn a thing or two from New Zealand's Next Top Model.
The Rugby World Cup 2011 is good fodder for satire, and art is traditionally a burner as well as a builder of sacred cows.