TBI NZ Music Month Feature
NZ Music Month aims to increase exposure for Kiwi musicians. The Big Idea is supporting NZ Music Month by providing exposure for musicians, events, opportunities, jobs and resources. Here's…
TBI Q&A: Composer Jenny McLeod
Composer Jenny McLeod says the idea for The Poet, a song cycle celebrating the poetry of Janet Frame, came about like most pieces "more or less from a seemingly arbitrary concatenation of…
Manukau's talented, creative people wanted
ART source, a development programme for creative, entrepreneurial people in Manukau is looking fo
Metonymy 08 - a new artistic collaboration
Collaborations between visual artists and writers are part of New Zealand artistic tradition. However, a new collaborative project, Metonymy, takes this to the next level by its scale and the way it…
NZ Music Month Q&A: Moana Maniapoto
Moana Maniapoto talks to TBI from the Toronto indigenous music and dance conference before returning to NZ for the release of the Moana and The Tribes fourth album Wha on May 12. Then the band will…
Moana & The Tribe to share UN stage with Bob Geldof
Internationally respected and lauded New Zealand musician Moana Maniapoto has been invited to perform with her band Moana & The Tribe at a concert for the United Nations in Germany. One of only…
The Orderly - for what it's worth, for a worthy cause
The Rebel Alliance goes where no one has gone before. They have left the ticket prices for the entire upcoming season of The Orderly up to the audience. After you've seen the show you pay whatever…
Inspired by nature at Wenderholm
Inspired by nature and connected to the history of the park is how one might describe the first w
Conquering the blank page - BNZ Katherine Mansfield awards
Submissions can now be made for the BNZ Katherine Mansfield Awards. The theme for this year's Awards is 'conquering the blank page is the first step to success'. Students entering stories for…
Music and MySpace at the National Library
Want to ensure your music will be heard by your grandkids, and their kids - forever? Keen to have
Music and MySpace at the National Library
Want to ensure your music will be heard by your grandkids, and their kids - forever? Keen to have the sounds you love looked after and stored properly? Enthusiastic about raising your profile in…
Graphic at The Digital Darkroom
Graphic at The Digital Darkroom features digital prints by Stephen Richardson of Richard - son, Mike Weston and Otis Frizzell of Weston Frizzell and Mike Davison. The exhibition, from May 7-30,…