He may be only 8 years old and 1.27m tall, but martial arts expert Matthew has his black belt in Shaolin Kempo.

Tricky's mother killed herself when he was 4 and an uncle spent time in jail for cutting off somebody's ear. Ahead of his Auckland show next week Tim Adams talks to the trip-hop innovator about his relationship with the dark side

"It's called The Karate Kid - you can expect a bit of karate," says Sony Pictures.

A kung fu "Grand Master" who left New Zealand after a scandal in which one of his students died was detained by police on serious weapons charges in Thailand.