It was the inspiration for one of Pink Floyd's most famous lines: "Hey, teacher! Leave those kids alone" and key to the writing of The Wall album.

Look closely at Lianne Edwards' art and you'll recognise everyday objects transformed into art with a conscience.

Comment: New ways of teaching have some merits, but many flaws.

Summer Shakespeare As You Like It is a good time, but a long one.

A Māori-themed online gambling game has been withdrawn by its Czech creators after protests that it breached Māori intellectual property.

Is it okay to stage The Mikado in 2017? Most definitely, writes William Dart.

A notebook belonging to Sir Edmund Hillary will be auctioned off after it was discovered in a box of old books donated by the late mountaineer's caretaker.

Glimpsing a photo in the New Zealand Herald in 1972 ledlead to Harry Sangl's decades-long obsession for painting kuia with moko. On

William Dart reviews the latest classical music CDs.

Eli Kent has put his spin on Ibsen's Peer Gynt.

Actor George Henare talks about life in a Broadway-style blockbuster musical.

Michael Parekowhai's The Lighthouse is revealed to the public tonight.

When photographer Cameron McLaren spent two days at the reclusive Christian community of Gloriavale, he was surprised to be left to wander unescorted.

Out come the jewellery, the fashion and the cars of the 1930s - but Art Deco wouldn't be what it is without the architecture. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff has taken a dig at Donald Trump in a speech saying he's glad New Zealand is not building walls.

Parson James, the New York based singer who went 2 x platinum last year with his single 'Stole the Show' is escaping the current political upheavals in his homeland to headline Big Gay Out in Auckland on Sunday.

As a Tauranga art festival looms, the mystery surrounding the Banksy-like stencil art found in the CBD deepens. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

GUEST SPEAKER: Activist Annette Sykes is a keynote speaker at an indigenous conference in Hamilton next month. PHOTO/FILE A_030914sp10.JPG Rotorua

Kelly_Makiha_FEB16.epsCircle_see_more_DP.epsCircle_facebook_DP1.epsHOST: Rotorua entertainer Krissie Knap and other locals will fly

Roger Murray has spent two decades making monsters, gore and weapons for film and TV shows like Narnia, Spartacus and the Evil Dead.

Thousands came together at festivals across the region today to celebrate Waitangi day. While free rides, stalls, and entertainment

NZ Opera's The Mikado sounds sweet, writes William Dart.

A raunchy novel for teenagers that was banned in New Zealand has won a rare "perfect 10" rating from an American young adult fiction website.

Two of New Zealand's best-loved entertainers join forces for causes close to their hearts.

William Dart reviews the APO's first concert of 2017.

The two teacher unions, School Trustees Association and even the conservative Maxim Institute all backed the policy.

This year, one of the centerpieces at alternative fesitval KiwiBurn was a giant weta, built in Auckland by a team of designers. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

These are the high points from Labour and Greens' State of the Nation speeches this afternoon.

Epic brewer-owner Luke Nicholas found out recently, there is a degree of fame to be found at the bottom of a bottle.