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10 top picks for the Auckland Arts Festival

Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Arts Festival starts its 18-day run of theatre, music, dance, cabaret and more in early March. We asked curators ...

 

Wellbeing

Little by little

Clinical psychologist Dr Sarah Anticich has some advice for getting off life's treadmill one step at a time. In our fast-paced lives filled ...

 

Food & Drink | People

Fire starters

US-style low-and-slow, Argentinian asado, South Africa’s braai – all variations on the theme of meat cooked over a fire. As we head into the ...

 

Culture | People

Pluto ascending - Q&A: Milan Borich

Legendary Kiwi band Pluto have had a mixed run of luck over the last few years. Reunited and back on a roll in 2019, the band suffered a cruel ...

 

Food & Drink

Spirit of the land

It’s not eye of newt and toe of frog but some very magical ingredients go into Elsewhere Gin’s range. Forager-in-chief Mark Rose gathers the ...

 

Culture | What's On

Collab puts message of love in NZSO season

For composer John Psathas, the opportunity to collaborate with Moroccan singer and poet OUM and oud virtuoso Kyriakos Tapakis on a work marking ...

 

Culture | What's On

Season salute to city pioneer - RNZB 2024

Christchurch’s contribution to the Royal New Zealand Ballet story takes centre stage in the company’s 2024 programme with a production of Swan ...

 

Culture | People | What's On

Making connections - Q&A: Ebony Lamb

As a portrait photographer, Ebony Lamb has an eye for the defining detail. As a songwriter, she shows that same clear insight. We talk timing, ...

 

Culture | What's On

From Harry to MACEY

Harry Parsons had a Smokefree Rockquest win, a debut single, a degree in pop music and a clear trajectory to stardom ahead of him. The only ...

 

People | What's On

Thinking ahead - Q&A: Bill Bailey

Bill Bailey has a lot on his mind. Again. The hit UK comedian shares a slice or two as he prepares for a mammoth tour of Aotearoa. You are ...

 

Culture | What's On

Come together again!

Hands up if you are one of the 40,000 people at a Come Together gig over the last three years? The series of rock concerts recreating classic ...

 

People

It’s a whānau thing - Q&A: Logan Bell, Katchafire

Family connections remain Katchafire’s bedrock after two decades together. The roots reggae masters’ hectic tour schedule will bring them to ...

 

People

History repeats - Q&A: Tim Finn

Tim Finn is taking the songs of Split Enz, Crowded House and his solo material back on the road. What’s Hot New Zealand talks to him ahead of ...

 

What's On

Party planner

Lineups are starting to drop and tickets are going on sale – time to start planning your summer festival calendar! Music New Year's ...

 

What's On

Slew of comics bringing the laughs

Fans of live comedy, get ready for a slew of international and local talent bringing the laughs to New Zealand over the next few months. From ...

 

Food & Drink

84 Hats awarded in 2023 Cuisine Good Food Awards

The Cuisine Good Food Awards has announced 18 category winners and 84 Hatted restaurants for 2023. Those restaurants that took home “hats” – ...

 

Food & Drink

Trio of excuses to check out The George’s new look

After six weeks with the renovators in, the wraps come off the new look at Christchurch's The George and 50 Bistro on Friday 4 August. And three ...

 

Culture | People | What's On

Abigail Boyle: In good company

The Royal New Zealand Ballet celebrates its platinum anniversary this month with Lightscapes. Over the decades, Christchurch’s community of ...

 

What's On

Breakout talent brings elegance to Fashion Week

After a three-year hiatus, New Zealand Fashion Week is back in August as big and bold as ever to again champion local and international ...

 

Culture

New team puts fresh spin on WORD programme

For Kiran Dass, programme lead for WORD Christchurch 2023, the future is bright for writing and publishing in Aotearoa New Zealand. Kiran is ...

 

Culture

Exhibition honours artist Robin White

A retrospective exhibition honouring one of New Zealand’s most decorated and best-loved contemporary artists, Dame Robin White, opens this ...

 

Culture | People | Word on the street

Bic Runga: 20 beautiful years

It really is 20 years since Bic Runga released Beautiful Collision. She tells Cityscape about its genesis, and how much she is looking forward ...

 

Culture | What's On

Rare visit highlight of Matariki at Christchurch’s Arts Centre

As Aotearoa gears up for its second Matariki holiday, plans are well under way at Christchurch’s Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre for nearly ...

 

Wellbeing

Spa opening marks new milestone for Rotorua lakefront

Rotorua’s newly transformed lakefront marks another milestone with the opening after six years of development of Wai Ariki Hot Springs and ...

 

Culture | What's On

8 hidden gems at the French Film Festival

One of the great joys of a film festival is uncovering a hidden gem among the big hitters on the programme, a film you had never heard of before ...

 

Culture

Royal New Zealand Ballet marks 70 years

It all began on 30 June, 1953. At the Playhouse Theatre on Auckland’s Karangahape Road, Danish dancer Poul Gnatt, the founding father of ballet ...

 

Culture | See & Do

Exhibition connects with what isn’t there

One of Christchurch Art Gallery’s best-loved paintings, Petrus van der Velden’s 1872 work Burial in the Winter on the Island of Marken, also ...

 

Food & Drink

Record entries for top toasted sammy search

The battle is back on for the nation’s top toasted sandwich and this year’s Great New Zealand Toastie Takeover has a record number of entrants, ...

 

Culture

French Film Festival director already has 2024 in mind

Fergus Grady is in his third year as director of the French Film Festival Aotearoa and he still can’t quite believe the silver lining to his ...

 

Culture

Three artists find winter haven at Christchurch’s Arts Centre

For Hōhua Ropate Kurene, one of three artists chosen by Christchurch’s Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre for its winter Creative Residency ...

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