Auckland events: Sport, music, arts, culture on calendar following Covid-19 lockdown
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What lockdown? Auckland springs back to life with smorgasbord of events
Sport, arts, culture, music - it's time to have some fun after a tough start to 2020.
Uncertain future awaits arts sector
Border closures are set to hinder arts groups as they plan for the future.
Inside the mind of an aerial silks circus performer
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Covid-19: In these times we need more art for arts sake
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Karl Puschmann: Is the idea of a Labyrinth sequel magic or should it have got lost?
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Focus Live: PM Jacinda Ardern announces bailout for the arts sector
PM Jacinda Ardern has announced more than $70 million for the arts sector, including a bailout package to keep national museum Te Papa afloat.
Local Focus: Totara Street embraces crowdfunding campaign
Mount Maunganui music venue faces uncertainty. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Taika Waititi and Hollywood stars join for Roald Dahl classic for charity
Award-winning NZ filmmaker Taika Waititi is making moves yet again, this time for charity.
Local Focus: Music scene hits 'a brick wall'
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Kiwi actor Bruce Allpress dies aged 89
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Local Focus: Toitoi's mauri stone and Jacinda's crush on Hawke's Bay
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Local Focus: Creatives get creative online
Welcome home to the online art not affected by lockdown. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Auckland Fringe Review: Fetished world and a hidden gem
Auckland Fringe shows why we need to keep developing unique NZ dance and theatre voices.
Auckland Arts Festival: Two-for-one ticket deals announced
The Auckland Arts Festival just got a whole lot cheaper.
Overseas consultants review Auckland cultural hot spots
The two reviews are costing ratepayers more than $300,000.
The best bits of 2019
The TimeOut team today reveal their favourite bits of pop culture this year.
One out of the hat: Taika Waititi is our entertainment hero
He made us laugh - and think about hard things.
12 questions: Tom Sainsbury on his new character - and the one he regrets the most
Tom Sainsbury explores people's flaws for his comic character studies.
Trump honours American artists and stars
Actor Jon Voight, musician Alison Krauss and writer James Patterson honoured by Trump.
Teuila Blakely's 'Sex and the City' memoirs
Actress Teuila Blakely plans to release a book on her single life.
Local Focus: Showtime for Tauranga Arts Festival
Ten-day arts extravaganza gets under way. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Kiwi star on Luke Perry: 'he gave a great shoulder massage'
McLeod's Daughters star shares pivotal memories from her career.
'I miss you Dad': Dai Henwood mourns father Ray
"I miss you Dad, you were proud of me and that mattered a lot."
Upset mum: 'It's a family Disney on Ice show for goodness sake'
"I was absolutely shocked. Here I was feeding my new bubba & someone told me I couldn't."
12 Questions with Ahi Karunaharan: 'We need to stop and listen'
Ahi Karunaharan works across the arts as an actor, director and writer.
Six decades of service to Māori performing arts recognised
Sydney Kershaw's passion has taken him around the world for special performances.
Whoa, dude: 'Bill and Ted' star's new documentary
Alex Winter is interested in how technology can be used to both liberate and oppress.
Tom Sainsbury: 'I want to be God'
Tom Sainsbury is famous for being funny but he wants to be known for much more than that.
Celebs pitch in for show to support Christchurch victims
The Gala Variety Show is this Sunday, April 7, at Sky City Theatre in central Auckland.
A hundred years old — still not Beat
Poet tells Tristram Fane Saunders about his incredible, at times desperately sad, life.
Want to take 10 kids to The Wiggles? That'll be $2300 for tickets
Tickets for the sold-out Wiggles shows are appearing for six times the original price.
Gripping stage play to reveal who killed NZ teacher
Friend of dead Kiwi says his play will reveal the officer responsible for the killing.
War Horse an 'anthem of peace'
The message of War Horse is as relevant now as a century ago.