Auckland student wins prestigious fashion award
AUT fashion student Jann Wong has been announced as the recipient of the Deutz Fashion Design Ambassador Award for 2007. As part of her prize, Wong will attend next year's London Fashion Week (with…
Serviette: Martin Poppelwell Ceramic Works at The Suter
Hawke's Bay artist Martin Poppelwell "hijacks our expectations of pottery", says The Suter's Acting Director Julie Catchpole. Serviette: Martin Poppelwell Ceramic Works 1993-2007 is on now at the…
Kiwi flick makes shortlist of 60-second film festival
They say short is the new long but how much of a story can you really fit into 60 seconds? International film festival Filminute explores just that. Of the 800 submissions from 45 countries, 25 were…
Six Packs dominate the bestseller list
After only being on sale for two weeks, The Six Pack Two - an anthology of new NZ writing published to celebrate NZ Book Month - is the number one bestseller on the Booksellers New Zealand…
Writer hits upon a novel approach to funding
It's a common dilemma for writers: How to find time to finish your novel and still pay the bills. If you're lucky, you'll get some funding, or maybe your partner or family will support you. But what…
Desktop Cinema: an interview with digital feature director Gregory King
Celebrating the "unsung heroes of our film industry", the Desktop Cinema Season is on at the Film Archive in Wellington every Wednesday night until 26 September. In part five of a six-part series…
2007 APRA Silver Scroll Award winners announced
Sorry, Mint Chicks fans - APRA members simply don't agree with you. Brooke Fraser's song "Albertine" took out the top prize at last night's 2007 APRA Silver Scroll Awards. In a TBI poll, 39% of…
2007 Prime Minister's Awards honour three leading NZ writers
Dick Scott, Bill Manhire and Fiona Farrell were honoured at last night's 2007 Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement at Premier House in Wellington. Prime Minister Helen Clark said all…
OdESSA release a winning third album
OdESSA - who the Sunday Star-Times called "The band that can make all of New Zealand stand up and dance" - will release their third album on 24 September. The Prize features songs that cover…
Indian Ink returns with double bill of award-winning plays
A North Island tour of Krishnan's Dairy and The Candlestickmaker has been announced for the end of the year. Both Indian Ink Theatre plays have won awards nationally and internationally, with…
Animation draws cities closer
The capital of film and TV animation in Germany will next year honour New Zealand with a special host country award for aspiring animated cartoon artists. The award is part of the annual Hamburg…
Culture, art and art education explored through talking stick
A forthcoming art exhibition draws on the concept of the talking stick to examine issues of cultural and ethnic diversity in art and art education.