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Theatre review: The Angel & the Beloved, Hopetoun Alpha

Rainer Maria Rilke has always commanded a devoted following among connoisseurs of fine literature but he is also widely read.

Theatre review: Love After Dark, The Basement

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.

My Big Week: Ngahuia Williams

A week in the life of model judge, Ngahuia Williams.

Opera superstar raises $300,000 for Christchurch arts

Bob Dylan accused of plagiarism

Theatre Review: Yours Truly at The Basement

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.

Brian Rudman: Worthy tribute to women's suffrage

The beautiful and the damned

Overseas performers to access visas simpler

My Big Week: Cleo Barnett

A week in the life of Urban curator, Cleo Barnett.

Artistic designs: Fashion's ongoing affair with the art world

They have always been linked but the fashion world is increasingly looking to the art world for inspiration.

Veges diced, sliced in feast of humour

Te Urewera - from the beginning

Rebecca Kamm looks at a dramatic work paying homage to the eviction of the Tuhoe people.

Warrior princess sells 'best friends'

Lend me your ears: The future of Radio New Zealand

Can our national broadcaster adapt to change? And who's prepared to pay? Chris Barton reports on the future of Radio New Zealand.

Exhibition seen in a foreign light

An exhibition celebrates the work of photographer Frank Hofmann, who fled the Nazis and found sanctuary in Auckland. Adam Gifford reports