New Zealand art bound for New York and Paris
New Zealand art will feature at the New York Outsider Art Fair for the first time in January before travelling to Paris for an exhibition over April and May 2009. Included in the line-up are five…
Small towns want short films
The Show Me Shorts Film Festival has added two more locations to its circuit. The annual short film festival was due to finish up in mid January after a week in each of Auckland, Wellington,…
Strassman: Ted E's Farewell Tour
David Strassman has big news on his 2009 tour - it's "Ted E's Farewell Tour". Tragically, the much adored Ted E Bare is announcing his show biz retirement. The pressure, the publicity, the…
The K Road Show
The K Road Show - A Theatre of Fictional Glimpses into the History of the Road we Love. With 13 actors in 8 scenes streaching from the 1830's through to the present day, The K Road Show is a funny…
NZ Comedy Guild Awards
The 2008 NZ Comedy Guild Awards were handed out on Sunday night at a special ceremony at The Classic Comedy Club in Auckland, hosted by Jeremy Elwood. The Best Male Comedian went to Brendhan…
Sylvia Park wins design award
The innovative design and development of Sylvia Park shopping centre has been recognised for the second time this year with the awarding of a Merit Award at the International Council of Shopping…
Hamilton Gardens Summer Festival
The programme for the 2009 Waikato Times Hamilton Gardens Summer Festival is out now. The 12th annual Festival will be held 20th February to 1st March in the beautiful Hamilton Gardens. The…
Contemporary Pacific Art in Taiwan
Le Folauga: the past coming forward will be the first exhibition of contemporary Pacific art from New Zealand to be shown in a major fine arts museum in Asia. Le Folauga - Contemporary Pacific…
Easier money management
Shoppers can now work out on Sorted.org.nz the true cost of paying for things using different methods. A new tool, called a spendometer, allows people to clearly see the options when buying a…
Sets and the City: Wicked and Perfect Pitch Musicals
By James Hadley in London I'm currently helping out on a special project at Arts Council England, looking at how a small amount of funding can best be used to assist the development of new musical…
TBI Q&A: Comedian Steve Wrigley
Billy T comedy award winner Steve Wrigley first found his funnybone as a child when he would laugh out loud in inappropriate places during church sermons. But the grown-up kid, with a genuine love…
