The Exiles win best director at Kodak Music Clip Awards
The Exiles video Hear the People wins best director (Ed Davis) at Kodak Music Clip Awards. Pseudo-3d cartoon prison environments and madcap antics characterise the award-winning clip that showcases…
CK Stead awarded the Michael King Fellowship
A novel told through the eyes of Judas Iscariot is one of three projects that Auckland writer C.K. Stead (right) will be working on as this year's recipient of the $100,000 Creative New Zealand…
Ta Moko - A History on Skin
Taia o moko, hai hoa matenga mou. Only death can deprive you of your moko. It will be your ornament and your companion until your dying day. The Christchurch Arts Festival in association with…
SOLSTICE exhibition at new photographic gallery Matakana Pictures
An exciting and pivotal new gallery devoted exclusively to photography has recently opened with the inaugural exhibition "Solstice". This show is indicative of the importance that Matakana Pictures…
John Psathas Premiere at Rhythm Sticks
New Zealand composer John Psathas has a brand new work premiered at a major international music event in London, the Rhythm Sticks Festival. The work, a solo piece for marimba, junk percussion and…
James Griffin - writer and funny guy
Courtesy of NZ Listener Upfront by Fiona Rae James Griffin - Writer and funny guy. Writers, it seems, sometimes feel unappreciated. In James Griffin's series Serial Killers, the writers of a…
Oliver Driver talks to Max Gimblett
Courtesy of Frontseat - 10th July 2005 Presenter (Oliver Driver): Right, well there's an exhibition at Auckland's Gow Langsford Gallery at the moment linking the work of artists Colin McCahon,…
Ngugi wa Thiong'o - Decolonising the Mind
The University of Auckland recently conferred an honorary doctorate on Ngugi wa Thiong'o (right), widely regarded as one of the most significant writers on postcolonial literature. Professor Ngugi wa…
Art Gallery destroyed in Harare, Zimbabwe
Art gallery destroyed - SW Radio Africa Zimbabwe News By Lance Guma 11 July 2005 One of the country's most reputable art galleries was reduced to rubble on Monday when the police operation…
3 Major Literary Events in July
THREE MAJOR BOOK EVENTS The New Zealand Book Council has three major literary events in store for book lovers in the last week of July.
Visiting Economist to speak on Globalisation and Culture
Tyler Cowen (right) has been described by the Los Angeles Times as "a man who can talk about Haitian voodoo flags, Iranian cinema, Hong Kong cuisine, Abstract Expressionism, Zairian music and Mexican…
Cycle Fish (some kind of love story)
Curiously Cut Productions presents Cycle Fish A sassy, original New Zealand comedy by Brydie Coombes. Set in modern-day New Zealand, the play centres around Sam and his high school sweetheart,…