New show Radiradirah has assembled a comedy dream team in a cast where Boy goes bro'Town and it's Fred Dagg v Flight of the Conchords. But is putting them all in a sketch show a good idea?

The best thing about the Shanghai Expo is that it's in Shanghai. The city itself is the greater attraction.

Voting is now closed. Check out nzherald.co.nz/play from 9am on Wednesday 26 May to find out who won.

Khaki is back with a vengeance. Viva looks at what's hot in military wear for 2010.

Another milestone looms in the NRL career of the Warriors' Mr Fix-it Lance Hohaia.

Inexpensive, unique and often charitable - second-hand shopping is becoming more and more popular. Viva talks to three fans.

With the World Cup less than a month away, Michael Brown gives the alphabetical rundown on this year’s tournament.

Fat Freddy's Drop will play a whistlestop NZ tour before trying their luck in US and Europe.

Straight talking Ryan Nelsen says his team are determined to win games.

A selection of entries from the Play photo competition.

At Lumphini Park, the lungs of the city, the early morning tai-chi sessions are coming to a graceful conclusion...

As she did at her exceptional Town Hall show in 2003, on this return visit Ute Lemper proved persuasively she doesn't merely deliver a concert of songs.

The return of gritty youthquake series Skins is good news, finds Deborah Hill Cone.

After going on record last week about Italian wine being astonishingly food-friendly, I thought I should put up or shut up.

Lightning Ridge draws many who hope to find precious opal, writes Kara Segedin.

We had just finished our desserts (two helpings of poached quince with ice-cream; four spoons) when they arrived. There were probably a dozen but they had the impact of 100.

A selection of entries from the Play photo competition.

Liz Light explores Nelson's Boulder Bank, visiting the lighthouse and experiencing its natural beauty and local wildlife.

Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton have teamed up for a fantasy flick which could make them the new Johnny and Keira. The cast and creators of Prince of Persia talk to Desmond Sampson.

Indiana Jones has nothing on Auckland scientist David Raubenheimer. His work has seen him tracking snow leopards in the forbidden wilds of Nepal and being peed on in Africa.

We came here because it had been two years since our last visit and we wanted to see what had changed.

Opening with the eternal question - 'what do you do with a BA in English?' - Avenue Q dispenses a bright and breezy antidote to the pressures of life in the big city.

A young person from one of the style-conscious professions spoke warmly of the Ponsonby Road Bistro.