Mouths from the South
Pasifika Poetry and Island Impresarios: Poets from Penrose to Papakura are stamping the South Auckland style from New South Wales to New York. Michael Botur found out how it happened.
Talking about Looking
Mark Amery on the place of visual arts in the New Zealand Festival and spending Writers’ Week thinking about Artists’ Week.
NZ Fest Digest: Time's Shape
The themes of historical awareness, presence and transformation are grappled with in many Writers' Week events.
This IS My Real Job
After growing up performing for her parents with childhood dreams of stardom, 32-year-old Lara Fischel-Chisholm is now...performing in her parents living room.
NOT my day job | Theatre Court
Holding down a nine-to-five job at Dunedin District Court and following his theatre career is a mission for Adam Goodall, but says it makes him use his time wisely.
NZ Fest Digest: Blossoming Voice
Since Writers Week kicked off, my days have been a flurry of talks and events, and writing has become more about the connections between them.
NZ Fest Digest: Time with Catton
“Ambition is the desire for permanent change,” says Eleanor Catton at her New Zealand Book Council lecture, as part of the NZ Festival Writers Week.
ScreenTalk: Jeanette Thomas
Jeanette Thomas: From crime scenes to Good Morning to playing herself on comedy show Nothing Trivial
Mystery and metaphor
Girl In Tan Boots dances on the line between what is real and what is imagined. Renee Liang interviews director Janice Finn and actor JJ Fong.
Photographer awarded CNZ Berlin residency
New Zealand-born Samoan photographer Greg Semu will spend a year in Berlin as this year’s recipient of the Creative New Zealand Visual Arts Residency.
NZ Fest Digest: Makeshift Magic and Mayhem
How do you dance to puppetry? That's the question I brought, along with my silliest friend, to Suitcase Royale's Ballad of Backbone Joe.
Quake risk closes Hawke’s Bay Opera House
The iconic Hawke’s Bay Opera House Theatre building has been closed following engineering advice that the building is earthquake prone.