McCahon House 2009 residency selection
The McCahon House Trust is pleased to announce the selection of the McCahon House artists in residence for 2009. This was the Trust's third call for residency applications since the inception of…
TBI Q&A: Soprano Madeleine Pierard
London-based soprano Madeleine Pierard is back home in New Zealand for Christmas after a successful year in London including performing Meleagro in the opera Atalanta during the Handel Festival, and…
The MsBehaviour Files: New Music Ideas
My first mp3 player was a little black box that barely held four tracks, which was given to me as a wedding present. It would play enough music for my cycle ride to work, but I'd have to listen to…
Buy Kiwi Made online
By Margaret Lewis New Zealand produces an exciting range of high quality goods from fruit juice to fire engines, ball gowns to boats and croissants to cranes. In fact, many of the products in…
Artsville: The Silence Is Over - Taonga Puoro
This week's Artsville on TV ONE on Sunday night features two New Zealand documentaries, The Silence Is Over: Taonga Puoro and Terry Stringer: A Profile. Artsville brings New Zealand art and…
Incoming Minister briefing papers: Community and voluntary sector
Briefing papers released today reveal a distinctive and comprehensive contribution is made to New Zealand's economy and society by a community and voluntary sector made up of many parts. "Some…
Connecting Flights: Multi-culturalism lectures online
Lectures are now online for viewing from Connecting Flights: Multi-culturalism and the New World Ord
The Edge's International Arts Season 2009
Five visiting companies will perform six shows at the Aotea Centre's ASB Theatre between April an
Kapiti Island Maori writer's residency
Kapiti Island will again host New Zealand's only known Maori writer's residency during Matariki, Maori New Year, 2009. The Tau mai e Kapiti Maori Writer's Residency, funded by Te Waka Toi/Creative…
Four writers bound for Dunedin residency
Four writers are bound for Dunedin in 2009 to live and work in the Robert Lord Writers Cottage in Dunedin, it was announced at a function held at the 100 year old cottage in Titan Street. The…
Your cheque is in the post
When times get tough, publishers - among others - start 'managing' their money extremely carefully.
Taking books into the digital age
The book, a cultural staple for centuries, is about to receive a digital makeover. The Digital Publishing Forum, formed by book publishers, authors and their copyright agency CLL, has embarked on an…