Miss Universe New Zealand is winning hearts in her mother's homeland - being voted one of the people's favourites.

Composer Tan Dun combines classical music with smart phones, writes William Dart

William Dart finds a "dark, bleak history" unfolding in a superb new classical CD.

The story of the Chinese in New Zealand will be seen in a new museum exhibition.

Contemporary comic puts quiet achievers in the picture.

Chinese, English and Maori opera tells a striking story.

The highly controversial state-house replica work of art is set to open. Sculptor Michael Parekowhai's $1.5 million work entitled

Chinese New Year - the Year of the Rooster - starts tomorrow, but celebrations begins tonight and will continue right until the Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the new year.

New movie Hidden Figures tells the story of African-American women who played a crucial role in NASA's early space missions. Does NZ science have its own diversity problem?

Miriama McDowell's new theatre roles see her combining Shakespeare with the local prison system

A Tauranga barber will travel the length of the country to promote Lifeline and stop the stigma surrounding mental health. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

New Year may be done and dusted for many Kiwis, but for Chinese New Zealanders like Tiffany Shan, it is still a week to go before they celebrate New Year.

Kiwi opera star Madeleine Pierard was studying to be a doctor when composer Jack Body inspired her to sing instead.

A few words with artist Dick Frizzell.

After the loss of a galaxy of music stars, Steve Braunias looks at ghosts surrounding the last two Beatles.

The ASB Classic has proven to be a smash hit for fans and charity alike. More than $15,000 is set to be donated to Ronald McDonald

The skeleton of the Pop-Up Globe is now taking shape.

COMMENT: It is a year since the death of rock star David Bowie. Davey Ray Moor paid this tribute shortly after his passing.

The baying of young males on the wind, and the distant, delighted squeals of young girls on the pull, told me the New Year was imminent

A Waikato couple are "gutted" over the loss of their twins' placentas, stolen from their meat freezer.

Supermarket cake and awkwardly enduring your colleagues singing Happy Birthday are a rite of passage for any employee but now there are calls to ban the ritual.

Every year dozens of protected New Zealand objects leave the country for good. Here's what some of them are.

NZ on Screen has released its top 10 legendary Kiwi party anthems.

All Black lock Patrick Tuipulotu will take on a fresh challenge in the new year, having been named a family chief in Samoa this week. The

We're looking back on some of our favourite big reads from TimeOut this year. Today, we revisit Karl Puschmann's opinion piece on what to watch when TV is just too much.

Design writer Douglas Lloyd Jenkins has been a Herald, Listener and Home magazine contributor and hosted The Big Art Trip on television.

Steve Braunias looks back on a year of thinking dangerously.

Auckland Airport is giving $120,000 to 12 charities as part of its annual 12 days of Christmas. The Herald is profiling each initiative.

Filipinos can do without turkey for Christmas, but never without lechon, says restaurateur Marjorie Delco.

Auckland Choral's Messiah provided a much-loved finale to the city's musical year, writes William Dart.