It was distressing to see so many empty seats at the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's Spirit of Anzac concert.

With Rhys Darby calling the shots the Comedy Fest luminaries needed to bring their A game.

The industry line is that anything with actress and writer Tina Fey remotely near it turns to gold.

For a brief moment, as the crayfishers' boat bobbed on the rough waters of the Dusky Sound, I felt seasick. I wasn't even on the boat.

In this, the sixth in Jeffrey Archer's Clifton Chronicles, the master story teller continues the saga of the triumphs and tribulations of the Clifton and Barrington families.

Evocative animated account gives us a new way to commemorate Gallipoli.

COMMENT: I must begin with an unsavoury admission. I have spent the past week listening to exotic and provocatively suggestive words of a botanical nature.

This afternoon on NZ Herald Focus - the latest on the shooting of a Police dog and officer injured in Porirua, we look at why Pop superstar Prince was widely acclaimed as one of the most inventive musicians of his era and This is the horrifying moment a freak tornado sweeps a child into the air

After her terrific war-themed Let England Shake of 2011, PJ Harvey is still contemplating the big, bad world and attempting to portray it in song.

But to the extent that Deschamps' film tells us anything about the food, it does so only in the style of a corporate video that seems close to a puff piece.

Today in NZ Herald Focus we are in New York for the crucial results in the crucial New York Primary. Queen Elizabeth, Britain’s longest running Monarch is celebrating her 90th birthday and does the biggest All Black fan live in Spain?

British comedy You're Back in the Room is set to get a Kiwi remake later this year. But based on the original, Calum Henderson wonders why we are bothering.

By the standards of present-day "Back-to-Baroquers", Mendelssohn was a musical meddler.

Listing racist remarks and restrictive stereotypes may seem simplistic at first, but this is mere preparation for some smart theatrics.

To celebrate its silver jubilee, Tim Bray Productions is bringing back favourite shows from its repertoire and The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch is first.

Harpsichordist Christophe Rousset and his three colleagues certainly gave us the perfect soundtrack for such a delicious fantasy.

Latest Disney offering is important, intellectual and hilarious and should be seen by young and old.

This third annual season of New Original Dance, showcases the choreographies of four nascent dance makers on a cast of five dancers.

COMMENT: Everything about the story stank to high heaven: the dresses were purchased for her, and had a book value of less then $800.

COMMENT: Lightbox's new show The Path has got me thinking about life inside a cult. The main problem with being in a cult is that you're in a cult.

The technical accomplishment on show delivers something watchable that goes a long way towards compensating for an ending that's non-existent.

Unlike most Deftones albums, Gore kicks off not with a snotty ball of rage, but with a bit of a whimper.

There's a point early in Dark Souls III where an angry tree bashes you to death with a branch while firing murderous magic skulls at you in a poison swamp.

Married At First Sight quickly turned into Regret At First Sight, when one of the fellas laid eyes on his new wife for the first time and thought: "Nup".

Melissa McCarthy has been hilarious in the Paul Feig directed films Spy and Bridesmaids. And her character in The Boss shows the same aptitude for physical comedy, profanity and forwardness. Only this time, it's not so funny.

By general consensus, Barack Obama has authorised about 10 times as many drone attacks as his predecessor; the death toll from drone strikes is now higher than that of 9/11 and many of the dead have been innocent civilians, including women and children.

Fear the Walking Dead's second season premiere just jumped the zombie shark, writes Chris Schulz.

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Edo de Waart's second selection of masterworks on Saturday rewarded a well-filled town hall with music that strayed for only eight minutes from the Teutonic straight and narrow.

Fleetwood Mac's drummer one of the surprise guests for show at vintage suburban theatre ...