Auckland and Wellington treated to one of the world's greatest operas
The NBR New Zealand Opera's Genesis Energy Spring Season of Puccini's Turandot is a stylish, dramatic and ground-breaking production. Conceived for Welsh National Opera by Christopher Alden, one…
Nga Tohu Wiki Reo Maori 23-29 July
It's been 20 years since Maori became an official language of New Zealand, and we've been celebrating Maori Language Week annually since 1975. More than 150,000 New Zealanders speak te reo Maori…
Auckland venues in short supply
The St James has been shut down, the Town Hall and Aotea Centre are closed for repairs and now Maidment Theatre will be out of action from October next year, leaving Auckland Theatre Company without…
Installation by Melbourne artist at The Physics Room
Stage set for Air New Zealand Fashion Week 2007
Up-and-comers will join the creme de la creme of NZ fashion for the seventh annual Air New Zealand Fashion Week, 16-22 September 2007. As well as longstanding Air New Zealand Fashion Week icons…
Mixed fortune for King Lear in Dunedin
The drama's been both onstage and off in the lead up to the Fortune Theatre's season of Shakespeare's King Lear. With the actor cast to play Lear in hospital and only two weeks to opening night,…
2007 Nelson Arts Festival highlights
The 2007 Nelson Arts Festival promises a feast of theatre, sculpture, music, dance and poetry, launched with 4000 children thronging the city streets in the Port Nelson Masked Parade.
New Zealand Post Poetry Award finalists announced
Ten finalists, chosen from hundreds of entries from around New Zealand, have been announced for the 2007 New Zealand Post Poetry Awards. The winner - who will be revealed on 17 August - will receive…
2007 Pikihuia Awards finalists announced
The Maori Literature Trust and Huia Publishers have announced the finalists for the Pikihuia Awards for Maori Writers 2007.
New weekly street mag for Auckland
Auckland's newest weekly street press publication - Culture Vulture - was launched on 25 July. The mag, which will be released weekly, features a gig, gallery, theatre and art-house film guide;…
Etchings by Kelvin Mann and Damon Kowarsky at Solander
An exhibition of new etchings by a former courtroom illustrator and a bicycle enthusiast opens at Wellington's Solander Gallery on 4 August. Kelvin Mann's prints depict fantasy scenarios…
Westra images never before printed go on display
On Reflection - an exhibition of photographs by Ans Westra that have never before been printed - opens at Wanganui's McNamara Gallery on 3 August. Influenced by both the prevailing cultural…