Sarah Ell checks out the big screen action that could save a parent's sanity these holidays.

Hatch a plan to join a chocolate or arty egg trail this Easter, you'll be sweetly rewarded.

This mysteriously neglected side of the Manukau has plenty to offer the curious, writes Sarah Ell.

Danielle Wright enjoys the magic of Balloons Over Waikato in Hamilton.

ITU World Triathlon Series is back in our city, with the world's best athletes vying for supremacy in the Elite Women's and Men's races.

On Friday, Janine Jansen is guest soloist with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra for its first Town Hall concert of the year, playing Tchaikovsky.

In a swift response to the fruit fly no-go zones in and around its original Western Springs stomping ground, the 23rd Pasifika Festival moves to Manukau this year.

"It's going to be a family reunion mixed with work." Since his sister moved to the North Shore in 1999, David Shrigley has been a frequent visitor to New Zealand.

The Pacific Rim is reflected in the Auckland Arts Festival with art from Japan, New Zealand and Samoa. Six artists from Japan at the St Paul Street Gallery make considerable demands on the viewer. Three long videos are full of angst, examining Japanese so

"Hold on," says the woman on the end of the line. "He is in rehearsal right now. I'll just go and grab him."