Pop-up Globe's Henry V a gamer's dream
Dramatic battles recall the 'original immersive theatre'.
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Art lover Warwick Brown joins the art collectors auctioning modern NZ masterpieces.
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A transgender athlete has been selected for this month's Australian International.
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An ex-New Zealand owned painting by Mark Rothko is expected to fetch millions next week.
Classical review: Summer pops
William Dart finds the NZSO's collaboration with the Modern Maori Quartet has mixed results.
Show boat creates enchantment
A night on the Floating Theatre makes for an enchanted evening, writes Janet McAllister.
Iconic sculpture found in junkyard
Wellington's iconic ferns sculpture, estimated to have cost $150,000, has been discovered in a waste management yard.
Auckland's biggest laser light show planned
Auckland could get its biggest laser light show for the opening ceremony of the World Masters Games
Fringe review: Once there was a woman
Can a performance make us genuinely care about the dying? Dione Joseph thinks so.
Dance review: Castles
Dance show Castles shows maybe life's mosaic of experiences are difficult to fathom.
Theatre review: Much Ado About Nothing
Theatre review: Paul Simei-Barton takes a look at the Pop-up Globe's latest production.
Athletics club feeling effects of festival
Hastings Athletics Club still unable to use home park after Te Matatini
Book review: Johnny Cash - The Unknown Poems
Greg Fleming reviews a new collection of unpublished poems and writings from the Man in Black many of which read like song lyrics.
Gisborne group crowned Te Matatini winners
Group hailing from Whale Rider territory take top kapa haka title
Watch NZH Local Focus: Te Matatini organisers strive for financial autonomy
It's an expensive exercise for Kapa haka teams to get themselves onto the stage at Te Matatini - organisers say they want to help more with that cost as well as becoming an autonomous business. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Fringe Festival: A floating theatre
Who says you need to be on land to see a show in the Auckland Fringe Festival?
As you like It tribute to Bard's skill
The Pop-up Globe reminds us the Bard knew a thing or two about entertainment, writes Paul Simei-Barton.
Watch NZH Local Focus: Tourists plan New Zealand trip around Te Matatini
Te Matatini is a favoured attraction not only among Kiwi's, but tourists are planning their holidays so they can join in the festivities of the world's biggest Kapa Haka event. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Watch NZH Local Focus: Te Matatini reaches Asia
Can't understand Te Reo? Hakarongo Mai will help you out. This year, the live translation service for Te Matatini launched an app to help non-Te Reo speakers keep up with performances. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Te Arawa miss out at Te Matatini
Some disappointment from local teams but Wetine Mita-Ngatai named best male group leader
Dickens: Our blossoming world
COMMENT: On a road trip to settle his youngest son into university and as he prepares for an empty nest, Andrew Dickens is proud of his country - and his boys.
Catacular show puts cats in spotlight
Forget the musical Cats, here's a genuine cat show where the feline stars are centre stage if they want
Watch NZH Local Focus: 'Americarna' comes to Hawera
American cars have taken Hawera by storm. The festivities included drag races up a main street. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Tourism entrepreneur Doug Tamaki dies
Doug Tamaki was co-owner of Tamaki Maori Village in Rotorua.
William Dart: The latest classical CDs
Disappointment with one CD turns to delight for William Dart who is alerted to a composer most of us should get to hear.
Neighbourhoods come alive with festival events
Auckland Arts Festival is producing five community-based projects where participation is the focus
For whom the Bell toils
Legendary Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell is in New Zealand. Herald cartoonist Rod Emmerson went to meet him.
The orchestra's new apprentice
Ray Chan is the APO's first conducting fellow, one of the orchestra's many initiatives to bring music to more Aucklanders
APO plans Rouse-ing debut concert
APO TO give first performance of composer Christopher Rouse's 2005 Oboe Concerto outside the United States.
Aucklanders to meet Antarctica icebergs
Aucklanders will be the first in the world to see a ground-breaking artwork which brings Antarctica's icebergs to town.
The woman who read Auckland
The woman who read Auckland, Janet McAllister, visits the Mangere Bridge and Onehunga libraries.