Korero Maori - Kia kaha ake
2005 marks the 30th anniversary of Maori Language Week. The theme of this year's Maori Language Week (25 - 31 July) is 'Korero Maori, Give It a Go / Kia kaha ake'. The aim is to encourage New…
The Great Rim of Fire
Ninth Dominion Comics was started two years ago by a group of friends who wanted to produce an American style comic book for a New Zealand market. Our vision was to produce a comic book that…
Spark 05
SPARK is a one-of-a-kind, one-week-only, annual celebration of contemporary arts organised by the Creative Industries Research Centre in conjunction with Wintec's School of Media Arts in Hamilton. …
The trouble with lifestyle entrepreneurs in New Zealand
Are New Zealander entrepreneurs too busy enjoying life to really make a fortune. This American magazine Inc.com thinks so... New Zealand's business owners have struck a work-life balance that many…
Internet arts marketing success stories
Courtesy of NZ Herald 21-07-05 Artists have always made us look at the world differently, but now the internet is doing the same for a growing number of them. Waikato sculptor Roger Thomas finds…
BBC showcases NZ music
NZ Music Special on UK's Radio One On Monday (UK time) the BBC's Radio One continued its stellar lineup of One World radio show specialist programmes. Following on from shows featuring Thievery…
Tiki Tiki - An exploration of the Tiki image at Lane Gallery
Tiki Tiki - an exploration of the Tiki image 19th July to 6th August 2005, Lane Gallery, Auckland Curated by Nigel Borell This exhibition by twelve contemporary Maori artists takes the Tiki…
Countdown for Composer Residence
The Lilburn Residence Trust has 10 days to raise just over $90,000 to ensure that Douglas Lilburn's former home in central Wellington becomes New Zealand's first composer residence. Since the Trust…
Chinese Documentary at this year's Film Festival
Banana in a Nutshell by Roseanne Liang at this year's NZ Film Festival Reviewed on Lumiere by Tze Ming Mok "BiaN is the classic story of a wayward child struggling against her conservative…
Mladen Bizumic's Planet Wittgenstein at Sue Crockford Gallery
Mladen Bizumic - Planet Wittgenstein At Sue Crockford Gallery - 19 July - 13 August 2005 "The undercurrent of all of my work is an exploration of individuals' relationships with their…
Snowed-in at Wellington Arts Centre Gallery
Snowed-in The installation Snow Cave by Wellington-based artist Gabby O'Connor is on view at the Wellington Arts Centre Gallery from 20 July to 12 August. Aptly timed for the peak of winter, Snow…
Is New Zealand the design wilderness of the South?
Design - Courtesy of NZ Listener - July 23-29 2005 by Douglas Lloyd Jenkins We have bought into the myth that natural is best. The announcement that the New Zealand Institute of…