Q&A: Visionary artist Gill Gatfield
Artist Gill Gatfield’s works are exhibited around Aotearoa and the world, including her work Suffragette on display in Christchurch at SCAPE’s ...
Arts & Culture
Q&A: Chimp
Organic Matters, the work of Wellington-based artist Chimp, is one of the most striking features of Christchurch’s Justice and Emergency ...
Van Gogh's art is coming to New Zealand in a massive interactive event
After wowing punters on Wellington’s waterfront in August 2020, the wildly popular Van Gogh Alive exhibition is returning to Wellington, Auckland ...
Q&A: Magician Jarred Fell
Witty, naughty and razor-sharp, Jarred Fell is coming to Christchurch to premiere his new show, Again. He talks street magic and sleight of hand ...
Getting up: Street art in Christchurch
The depictions on Christchurch’s exterior walls are a massive part of the city’s post-quake identity. What's Hot New Zealand talks to a few of ...
Q&A: George Shaw
What has Oi YOU! been up to in the last few years? We organised Rise in 2014 and Spectrum in 2015 and 2016. They were absolutely huge festivals, ...
Entertain me - Summer 2020/21
We round up great films, reads, shows to bingewatch, new albums to treat your ears to and a couple of decent podcasts to ...
New Zealand Opera’s 2021 season announcement brings The Marriage of Figaro and more on the road
Appropriately themed ‘navigating love’, NZ Opera’s 2021 season is set to make us fall in love with opera all over again with a variety of operas ...
Celebrating 150 years of Canterbury Museum: House of taonga
Canterbury Museum’s doors first opened on October 1, 1870, and over the past 150 years its collection has swelled from 25,000 items to more than ...
Auckland Arts Festival has unveiled its full programme and it is all-Kiwi awesome
Packing over 70 shows into 18 days in March, the Auckland Arts Festival Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki is bringing a mixture of free and premium events ...
All the winners from the 2020 Aotearoa Music Awards
Benee and The Beths were the big winners on Sunday night, between them taking home the top prizes for Single of the Year, Best Solo Artist, ...
New and classic ballets incoming in Royal New Zealand Ballet's 2021 season
With The Sleeping Beauty arriving in Christchurch next week, we're amped on ballet and already looking forward to what next year will bring us. ...
Review: Synthony 2020
It’s the biggest, most epic dance club you’ve ever been to, and more. A thrill of anticipation and excitement rippled through the packed floor ...
Kiwi Concert Party: Tim Finn, Bic Runga and the Topp Twins in one showstopping evening
Bic Runga, Tim Finn and The Topp Twins will perform a two hour variety concert, together with the Hātea Kapa Haka group at Villa Maria, one of ...
Review: New Zealand Opera's The Human Voice
It's a short, one-woman performance that packs a palette of emotions into a small space. What's Hot New Zealand reviews the Christchurch ...
Q&A: Artist Heather Straka on women in power
Heather Straka’s art series Dissected Parlour is not in a gallery, but rather on the walls at Mod’s Hair in Merivale, Christchurch. She talks to ...
SIX60 announce nationwide Saturdays 2021 tour
Start laying down your 2021 plans Kiwi music lovers, SIX60 have added a six-show Aotearoa-wide tour to the upcoming banging summer of Kiwi ...
Q&A: Amanda Atlas from The Human Voice
Kiwi soprano Amanda Atlas sung her way around the world before settling back in New Zealand. She talks about her upcoming performance of NZ ...
Art in the open: SCAPE Public Art Spring Season begins
SCAPE Public Art is adorning Christchurch’s city centre with thought-provoking pieces under this year’s theme Secrets and Lies. Get ready to ...
Q&A: Joel Shadbolt talks L.A.B.'s rise to fame
Listen-Able Band? Legs And Butts? Joel Shadbolt from chart-topping Kiwi band L.A.B challenged us to come with an acronym. Like A Boss? It’s ...
Q&A: Thomas de Mallet Burgess on the future of New Zealand opera
New Zealand Opera’s general director Thomas de Mallet Burgess waxes lyrical on his upcoming productions The Human Voice and Eight Songs for a ...
Q&A: Donna Jefferis on creating incredible costumes for Royal New Zealand Ballet
Royal New Zealand Ballet's end of year performance of The Sleeping Beauty is approaching, and RNZB head of costume Donna Jefferis has been busy ...
Acclaimed Beethoven concert coming to a living room near you
Whether you like to spend your Friday night with a glass of wine on the couch or soaking in some culture, on Friday 14 August you can combine ...
Backyard Buskers Festival coming to Christchurch
Bread and Circus – World Buskers Festival is back! It's coming to Christchurch in January 2021, and will be a special home-grown edition, ...
Kiwi legends Split Enz top the charts in 2020
Talk about a comeback! The remastered anniversary edition of Split Enz’s legendary album TRUE COLOURS has reached the #1 position on the ...
Women take the lead this year in ballet
This Royal New Zealand Ballet season represents a new era in dance, with the powerful programme’s full repertoire choreographed by women. The ...
Q&A: Aro’s Emily and Charles
Husband and wife musical duo Aro’s upcoming bilingual EP He Manu Anō celebrates tales and melodies of Aotearoa’s native birds. Emily and Charles ...
Q&A: Flox AKA Hayley King
Flox, AKA Hayley King is one of New Zealand’s coolest contemporary artists and we’re seeing her distinctive spraycan handywork all over the ...
What's Hot New Zealand Newsletter
Stay in the loop with all the latest food, fashion, trends, events and more. Delivered hot to your inbox every month.