People and Places
For six years DigitalNZ has been digging up, collecting and curating NZ’s digital ‘treasure’ to make it available and useful. Andy Neale tells us what it offers NZ creatives.
National Contemporary Art Award 2014 finalists
Judge Simon Rees has selected 53 artworks as finalists for the 2014 National Contemporary Art Award.
Big and bouncy
Providing big, bright and interactive exhibits have proven successful in boosting museum visitor numbers. Mark Amery on the work of Seung Yul Oh at City Gallery Wellington.
Theatreview Weekly: 03/07/2014
The latest Theatreview Weekly includes reviews of Blood Brothers, Putorino Hill, The Mercy Clause, and Mana Wahine.
Christchurch Art Gallery appoints senior curator
Dr Lara Strongman has been appointed the new senior curator at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu.
Theatre tales for Matariki
There’s a rich offering of theatre during the Matariki Festival. We hear from a talented trio of theatremakers creating innovative new forms of Maori theatre.
Nadia's recipe for success
In this audio interview, cook and author Nadia Lim sits down for a mouth-watering chat with Ande Schurr to reveal the secrets that took her to the top to win NZ’s 2011 MasterChef.
CIRCUIT CAST: Stuggorings and Fijetterings, MOAMOA, Art and Social Change
In the latest CIRCUIT CAST the critical panel discusses Peter Wareing's Stuggorings and Fijetterings, visit Seung Yul Oh mid-install and dial up curator Mercedes Vicente in Spain.
Creative spark in Ponsonby
Auckland’s creative community has received a major boost with the opening of a creative precinct which its backers say is the ‘right space in the right place at the right time’.
Christchurch arts get $42k
Creative New Zealand is providing a total of $42,000 to 10 Christchurch-based arts organisations to support their marketing and organisational development needs post-earthquakes.
In search of the audience
Anna Jackson takes a look at local film and transmedia projects taking an innovative approach to hunting the elusive and all-important 'audience'.
The Boring Book a winner
It can’t be a boring book when The Boring Book wins a New Zealand prize for children and young adult books - the New Zealand Post Margaret Mahy Book of the Year.