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Busting Out to support special team

Kerre McIvor is in town next month speaking at an event to raise money for a dragon boat racing team. It's no ordinary team, however

Shapeshifter headline festival

A wave of sound will hit Mount Maunganui early in the New Year, with fans set to pour into the Bay Dreams Festival. Shapeshifter

Family truth laid bare

One well-known New Zealander and his family are airing their struggles on the Baycourt stage this month and audiences are in for a

Womad headline act announced

Coventry seven-piece ska legends The Specials will take the stage at Womad 2017, organisers have announced. Since they founded the

SoundBites: Marley Sola, The Koi Boys

Christchurch's Marley Sola has released a self-titled debut EP. The four-tracker features two previous singles On My Own and Fill

Search and rescue: Saving people's lives

If you find yourself disoriented in the bush, local volunteers are ready to help.

Movie Review: Pete's Dragon

I am always on the look-out for a holiday film that draws out deeper reactions in my kids than a couple of cheap laughs. A few years

Big Dyls offers himself up for good cause

Big Dyls (Dylan Cossey) from <i>The Block NZ</i> is auctioning off a surf lesson, to raise money for a cause close to home.

Music review: Banks, The Altar

You'd be hard-pressed to find a cooler sound this summer than Banks. She made many fans two years ago with Goddess. Now, the California

SoundBites: Lydia Cole, Openside

Kiwi singer-songwriter Lydia Cole this week releases a second single from her upcoming album. Sober, which follows the Silver Scroll-nominated

Movie Review: Midnight Special

The sci-fi genre tends to put my cynical filmic sensibilities on high alert. More often than not, the genre offers cinema an easy

Check out top brass

If you haven't heard a brass quintet before, a concert featuring top performers from the South Island is coming to the city. "We

Music review: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Skeleton Tree

It's impossible to fully appreciate this 16th studio album from Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds without the tragic context that is the death

Trio adds humour to show

The Andrew London Trio promises an evening of swinging music, humour and satire when it performs for the Katikati Folk Club on September

Music Review: Crossroads Revisited, Eric Clapton & Guests

Crossroads takes its name initially from the cover version of the Johnson blues that Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker delivered

Music Review: De La Soul, And the Anonymous Nobody

Expect the unexpected is good advice if you're about to leap into a new album from De La Soul. And so it is with And the Anonymous

SoundBites: Graham Candy, Smashproof

A Kiwi lad who in the space of a few months went from playing acoustic gigs in Auckland bars to performing in front of thousands in

Kiwi dads' Facebook support group takes off

A Facebook group called Kiwi Daddys is being lauded as the "good gang" - creating a non-judgmental space for dads to come together and discuss issues facing Kiwi men.