TBI Q&A: Wilhemeena Isabella Gordon
Wilhemeena Isabella Gordon runs the mind and body centre Soul, a touch of San Francisco in Titirangi, that offers workshops and classes with local & international movement specialists to support…
NZ company secures world representation of high profile documentaries
New Zealand based film sales agency Smiley World Sales has recently acquired the world representation rights to two high profile documentaries set in the East. Recently banned in Indonesia, Promised…
Kiwi band tops Australian singles charts
Evermore have topped the Australian music charts with their single "Light Surrounding You", becoming the first New Zealand band in a decade to hit No. 1 over the ditch. The last time a Kiwi band…
Greening the Creative Sector: Sophie Jerram
While recognising that many artists' work contains an element of social awareness, Sophie Jerram of the Sustainable Business Network says much more can be done to lessen the creative sector's impact…
Bruce McLaren movie announced
The life of legendary Kiwi racing driver Bruce McLaren is to be the subject of a film announced this weekend at the A1GP race in Taupo. Barrie Osborne, who produced The Lord of the Rings trilogy,…
Huhu Animation win lucrative six-part US Series
Last December Huhu Studios won a deal for a six-part series of animated and 3D movies of Bible stories worth NZ $37 million. With a background in plastic manufacturing, including winning the 1978…
Inaugural Project Scholarships awarded at Victoria
Six emerging authors are closer to realising their dream of seeing their writing produced after being awarded the inaugural Project Scholarships at Victoria University of Wellington. Professor Bill…
Artists vs critics in the 21st century
In the first of their art blog debates, The Guardian explores the delicate relationship between artists and critics. Can they ever be friends? "It might be different for music or film critics but for…
Vase of Flowers on display at Auckland Art Gallery
A significant painting gifted to the people of Auckland by art dealer Denis Cohn, who died suddenly last month aged 73, is on display at Auckland Art Gallery. Cohn was one of Auckland's most…
Exhibition captures the art of science
New Zealand's native floral and fauna - as never seen before - will be exhibited at the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu next month. Inside Out - Kiwi Icons Seen in a New Light is an…
These boys want you to laugh at them
The annual search for New Zealand's most promising new talent in comedy has begun. The nominees for the 2007 Billy T Award are Alex Hawley, Grant Lobban, mrs.peacock and Jamie Bowen. Inspired by…
Waikato and Bay Of Plenty residents to be WOWed
Every year, Words on Wheels - or WOW - brings a group of leading Kiwi writers to a different part of rural New Zealand. In 2007, internationally acclaimed fantasy novelist Elizabeth Knox; bestselling…