Blindsight' more from Maurice of Geeland
Courtesy of NZ Listener By Denis Welch The new Maurice Gee novel is perhaps his best since the Plumb trilogy Devotees of Graham Greene used to imagine a place called Greeneland, a composite…
John Pule Looks at Pacific Art Form
The beautiful Hiapo - a remarkable art form revealed The first, and only, book about a stunning art form is about to be published. Hiapo - the barkcloth or tapa of Niue - is a neglected art form…
Funtime Comics Presents #21: Jurassic Jam Out Now
Out Now! Funtime Comics Presents #21: Jurassic Jam has rolled off the presses and is making its way to distributors and shops right now. Working as part of a collective can be rewarding and…
Hip Hop Summit in Auckilani this week
The Boost Mobile Aotearoa Hip Hop Summit, rocks Aotea Square and the Auckland Town Hall, THE EDGE ® this Friday 7 and Saturday 8 October, 2005. A free public event that embraces the "four…
Little Fish and Kiwi talent
Little Fish is pitched to be the next biggest thing in Australian film and features a number of New Zealand actors including Martin Henderson, Sam Neil and Joel Tobeck. Also making a sly appearance…
Andreas Lange - Computer Games as Digital Artefacts
Oct 6th, 7pm Talk: Andreas Lange - Computer Games as Digital Artefacts in association with C:/DOS/RUN- remembering the 80s' computer In the past few years computer games have been recognised as…
The Traffic Island as Hero
Traffic islands and median strips are the central motif in a new exhibition opening at the Mary Newton Gallery on Tuesday night. Entitled Dig the exhibition features a series of gouaches by Chris…
Sara Hughes wins the Wallace Award
Courtesy of NZ Herald - 1st October 2005 By Michele Hewitson Sometimes people look at Sara Hughes' paintings and ask her whether she's been taking mind-altering drugs. You can see why they…
Wellington TV Project Comes to Fruition After Tragedy
A new and innovative science television series for kids, QTV, will air on TV One in September. The vision for the series was led by Wellington filmmaker, Di Oliver-Zahl who was tragically killed in…
The Green Room Comedy night at Kitty O'Shea's
The Green Room Comedy night at Kitty O'Shea's in Wellington, which provides opportunities for people trying stand-up for the first time, is now under new ownership. Lesley Anne Mitchell is now…
Life unscripted - Winners of Best Documentary Awards announced
DOCNZ Festival trustees Alex Lee, Dan Shanan and Annie Goldson announced the winners of the inaugural Best Documentary awards at the 1st DOCNZ New Zealand international documentary film…
Terror Tour artist crew heads to Wellington armed with a stockpile of umbrellas
West-Australian based artist collective 'pvi' made quite an impact in Australia in 2004 with the controversial artist action the TTS:Australia tour. This politically engaged art action held in…