Tongan women's art reveals textile treasures
As part of the 2009 Celebrate Pasifika festival Fresh Gallery Otara presents an exhibition of the Tongan women's textile art form 'koloa'. Charmaine 'Ilaiu and Nina Tonga have curated an…
La Resurrezione - HANDEL Oratorio
This stunning Easter Oratorio was written early in Handel's career. The arresting and dramatic opening air sung by the Angel (Gina Sanders) accompanied by two trumpets and oboe obbligato is one…
Hamilton Theatre Season09
Three major contemporary New Zealand theatre productions come to Hamilton in 2009 for the Clarence St Theatre Season09. Controversial play Te Karakia opens the season, running from February 25-28,…
NZ Fringe Festival: Tuturu Tawhito, A Place of No Memories
Listen in on a conversation like no other... HAUnt, Wind Stories is a bicultural collaboration between artist-musicians Warren Warbrick and Virginia Jamieson. We use nga taonga puoro (traditional…
Freelance Market: Money Management
When times get tough, publishers – among others – start ‘managing’ their money extremely carefully.
TBI Q&A: Choreographer Louise Potiki Bryant
Taonga choreographer Louise Potiki Bryant answered questions from The Big Idea members about Maori contemporary dance and the Atamira Dance Collective, belonging to the land, cultural change, what…
ScreenTalk: Larry Parr (+video)
Courtesy of NZ On Screen Producer Larry Parr talks to Clare O'Leary about the business and art of film and TV production. Parr has been a longstanding member of the independent film industry…
Tales from the Twitterverse
I wrote a column last year on Microblogs & Tweets and the creative use of the Twitterverse si
The Mooncake and the Kumara - Food for Thought
By Mihka Chee If you were a food, what would you be? Could you grow alongside a member of another food group, or even a foreign aliment? The Mooncake and the Kumara, a new play by Kiel…
Out-of-place houses subject of one-day sculpture
Changes in Wellington's residential housing history and the surrounding environment are being explored in the latest one-day sculpture project being exhibited on the city's outskirts. The project…
Auckland's inaugural Fringe Festival
Auckland's inaugural Fringe Festival looks to sprawl and heave all across the city come February 27 - with a range of shows taking place in locations as diverse as paddocks, churches, streets and…
(ECF) Outdoor Film Series
The first Emergency Care Foundation (ECF) Outdoor Film Series, with the creative support from CPIT, will screen next month in an effort to raise community awareness for innovations in medical…