Colin Hogg writes: Is it that we don't have enough stories to tell that we have to keep repeating the same famous old ones over and over?

The four couples competing in the third season of The Block have been revealed.

Cliff Curtis’ turn as a bipolar chess champ may be his greatest role yet. He talks to Russell Baillie about piling on weight, confronting his past, and being a family man.

Walking into the enormous yellow and blue striped support tents that surround the grand Cirque du Soleil big top, is like entering a little parallel universe where everyone can fly, leap, spin, and somersault like the world's most impressive animals.

Wondering what to see at the International Film Festival? Here's our updated page of reviews from the Auckland leg of the nationwide event.

Chris Schulz says he's had enough of superheroes. He should know - he once was one.

Along with the box office-busting What We Do In The Shadows, Housebound is heralding a new dawn in populist New Zealand cinema.

Sunday, a week ago, the nation's biggest television channel TV One seemed to suddenly remember what it was here for.

Paul Casserly examines the rules around race-based comedy shows like Chris Lilley's Jonah From Tonga.

TimeOut's Peter Calder, who has been a regular at film festivals since 1970, has a few tips to help punters emerge intact from the 17-day marathon, which kicks off at Auckland's Civic Theatre tonight.

Erebus doco Operation: Overdue was a hellish story told hellishly well

Paul Casserly's been hunting for the greatest podcasts - and he's found an Adam Sandler-inspired doozy created right here at home.

A blackjack epiphany cured my anti-gambling crusade, writes Matt Heath.

Elizabeth Marvelly, a classical cross-over artist at 17, explains why she's become Lizzie, a singer and writer of pop songs

What makes a 'real' gamer? There is a pervasive idea among the gaming community that 'real' gamers play every day, own every console, and would never touch a casual game like Angry Birds or Bejeweled. But is that concept of the gamer outdated now that eve

Hunting and gathering the staple diet for weekend viewers with a good dollop of cooking and some home truths, writes Colin Hogg.

A couple of weeks ago, while she was visiting Northern Ireland, the Queen popped on to the set of Game of Thrones to cast a professional eye over the Iron Throne to see if it was cooler than her throne.

Kiwi film-maker Florian Habicht tells Lydia Jenkin about working with Jarvis Cocker and taking Sheffield band Pulp's story to the world.

The frontman for The Eastern was reluctantly drawn into the new series on the Christchurch quakes. He explains why he changed his view to Lydia Jenkin

We asked Christchurch-based APNZ reporter Kurt Bayer, who reported on the quakes and their aftermath, to view Hope and Wire. Here's his take.

Travel Editor Winston Aldworth on why you should give Glastonbury a miss.

Some television shows spoil their chances for love by talking too much, filling every possible space with words, pre-empting everything anyone says, writes Colin Hogg.

Paul Casserly wraps up June's TV highlights with his 10 favourite quotes.