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TV: Sainsbury will be missed
I'm not going to much miss TV One's Close Up when it folds its tattered old tent and departs these screens at the end of the week.
Review: Minaj almost perfect (+pics)
Saturday night the path to Vector became a sea of neon, tight frocks, outlandish wigs and insanely high shoes.
Nicki Minaj at Vector Arena
Nicki Minaj played her first New Zealand show as part of her Pink Friday Reloaded Tour at Auckland's Vector Arena.
Movie review: Crossfire Hurricane
Graham Reid considers a new documentary about the Rolling Stones' wild years and yet another greatest hits compilation.
Review: Grizzly Bear disappoint
Grizzly Bear delivered a disappointing set at Auckland's North Shore last night, writes Lydia Jenkin.
Classical review: Viva Voce choir brings out the best in Handel's Solomon
Handel would have been heartened by Viva Voce's Solomon on Sunday, one of the finest of his oratorios, cannily written to appeal to the tastes of his (and all) time.
TV review: Nothing Trivial
A viewer's heart flutters, as it should, when a warning of "sexual content" appears before a TV drama.
Theatre review: Amazing acts of derring do
The Dust Palace has brewed up a volatile concoction with circus acrobatics, contemporary dance and physical theatre shaken into a potent cocktail.
Classical review: Secrets and strokes of genius
Bach's D minor Double Violin Concerto is a score of peerless beauty, its many contrapuntal threads woven with inevitability and rightness.