Organisers of National Poetry Day think it's time for the All Blacks to have a team poet.

A new exhibition will tell the stories of our brave medical pioneers, including patients.

What would you have done? Play asks tough questions, says actress Elizabeth Hawthorne.

One of our great cultural chroniclers is now on a musical mission

Matilda - The Musical means a family reunion for one of its star and NZ opera boss.

Actress Robyn Paterson's life-changing injury made her more determined to perform.

NZ conductor is the first in the Southern Hemisphere to receive a European cultural award.

Short takes - top reads for Kiwi teens reviewed by Graham Hepburn

Peter O'Connor teaches theatre in prisons, psychiatric hospitals and dementia wards.

The City of Secret Rivers is intelligent, engaging and simply delightful.

Brian Falkner's Machines of War is a gripping read with equal parts fact and fiction.

Brilliant steampunk adventure a worthy successor to Harry Potter, says Dionne Christian.

NZ children are spoiled for choice when it comes to great local books, say award judges.

APO percussionist Eric Renick hits all the right notes, writes William Dart.

A Century of Song, Volume 2 makes for satisfying listening, writes William Dart.

When white artists tell black stories

Artist Shannon Te Ao talks about work commissioned for the Edinburgh Arts Festival.

Virtuoso violinist Karen Gomyo says open your heart and mind for the next NZSO concerts.

It's New Zealand history in a way you've never seen it before.

Auckland ballet fans will be the first outside of the UK to see epic production of Giselle

Old Tricks New Dogs breathes new life into a dance show, writers Raewyn Whyte.

The painting of Sir John Logan Campbell has never been seen in public till now.

William Dart finds himself longing for the Kronos Quartet to channel Jimi Hendrix.

More than 5000 people have signed the petition calling for effective sex education

Atmospheric APO concert the next best thing to being in the Baroque, writes William Dart.

Billy T James was a brilliant entertainer who also felt like a family friend, fan says

Musical champions the communities of Dominion Rd, writes Dionne Christian.

David Herkt talks to those who are keeping the love alive.

Marilyn Monroe died in bed 55 years ago today of a drug overdose

The Government has $200,000 in funding to the Auckland Secondary School's Polyfest.