Celebrated New Zealand writer Sir James McNeish has died aged 85.

They say a stitch in time saves nine - that's the hope for a group of Auckland prisoners.

An arts initiative designed to channel marginalised youth into a more creative future

A west Auckland secondary school has hit a wall in its attempt to expand into a full secondary and bilingual facility.

Reviewing NZTrio's Flare concert, it's difficult to resist an easy pun, as this pairing of top-class ensemble with celebrated Kiwi heldentenor showed commendable flair.

Fine wine, fine art, fine gardens and fine homes - all accompanied by fine weather meant plenty of fine smiles for the organisers

by Kiri GillespieSimone Anderson (left) from The Incubator and judge and punk legend Rocky Horror Picture Show's Richard O'Brien join

A good season for Auckland Museum's Fazioli International Piano Recital series saw all seats sold for Philip Fowke's closing concert

Absurdist comedy will confirm your wildest fears about the way the world is going.

Family links found in Auckland Art Gallery's Lindauer exhibition.

The winners of New Zealand's premier ceramic art competition have been named.

Three of the year's best classical albums vie for the Vodafone NZ Music awards vote.

Everyone wants to get in on the act during an interview with author David Walliams.

Clay breaks new ground in ceramics show.

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra "settles the score".

French pianist once more embraces the music of his homeland.

Auckland Museum's new gallery, which replaces the beloved Auckland 1866 Centennial Street, is now open.

A New Zealand-educated Harvard professor has signed a publishing deal to write a new book on Bob Dylan. University of Auckland PhD

COMMENT: Over the past 150 years the New Zealand Wars have always been central to New Zealand's history and even its popular culture.

When Ronald Brautigam recorded Mozart's C minor Piano Concerto five years ago, he used a fortepiano; on Friday night, playing a modern

Celebrity chef Rick Stein has been on a food-finding tour of European cities, so we don't have to.

Short plays are designed to show how frightening the imagination can be.

Short films combine dance and personal stories to share performers' life-changing moments.

Janet McAllister continues her tour of Auckland libraries, visiting the Albany and Glenfield branches.

Wild, rhetorical and witty painting - Dick Frizzell show proves why he's one of our best painters.

An exclusive first look at what's on at the 2017 Auckland Arts Festival.

After The Monogram Murders, her first novel starring Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, Sophie Hannah was keen to write a second.

It takes courage to be funny, say the cast of Silo Theatre's latest comedy romp.

Steve Braunias pictures himself living in one of the photographs in his new book - a photo essay about sad, beautiful shops in small towns.

Schubert's Piano Trios are exquisitely caught in the palette of their times.