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'TVNZ should be ashamed of themselves'

COMMENT: Terry Teo is not just the best kids' show made in New Zealand in the last 10 years, it's the best TV show full stop. So why is TVNZ mucking around with it?

Superman zooms back to life in comics

The comic universe's original Superman, killed off by DC Comics a few years ago, is zooming back to life. But now he has a son ... and is faced with a pretender claiming to be Clark Kent.

Violinist pursues decorative dialogues

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra seems happy that Music Director Giordano Bellincampi is back in town, and one sensed it in the first

Why everyone needs to see This Is Piki

Maori television's brilliant new drama This Is Piki should be screened daily on mainstream TV, writes Duncan Greive.

'We were just naive goofs' - How Terry Teo was born

Artist Bob Kerr illustrated the seminal Kiwi comic Terry Teo which was made into a popular 1980s TV series.

Review: Purapurawhetū, Te Pou Theatre

Almost ten years since its premiere Briar Grace-Smith's timeless classic of love, loss and legacies once again takes to the stage

Warm-hearted show will travel well

This warm-hearted hour is a signature Massive Company ensemble piece: real-life snippets cleverly performed with spark and verve by

Brutal honesty in fine performances

Theatre doesn't get much more real than this. Two brothers and their father stand onstage to give an unfiltered account of their lives

Myth allows dancers to soar

Atamira Dance Company's 2016 development season, Manaia, presents three short works which engage with some aspect of that mythological

Kiwi designers on show in Rotorua (+video)

Devoy: 'This is not how we roll'

AR-15 rifles on special in New Zealand

A New Zealand gun shop is selling and promoting the AR-15 rifle, the firearm synonymous with American mass shootings.

Artwork depicts Cook's voyages

An original art work depicting Captain Cook's arrival in the Pacific is being restored for display at Te Papa.

T.J. McNamara: Beauty and the beasts

The superb retrospective show of photographer Fiona Pardington at Auckland Art Gallery, which finishes this weekend, is a series of essays.

Concert: New Zealand String Quartet, Pah Homestead

Unfortunately, the performance needed more polish if one was to overlook the conservatism of the programming.

Stars come out for Matariki

Modern theatre frequently brings together disparate cultures to create vivid and dramatic storytelling and it's certainly true with Auckland's Matariki Festival programme.

Three centres aim to teach about Asia-Pacific nations

Universities to set up three Asia-Pacific centres of excellence.

Concert review: NZTrio Zoom, Q Loft

Zoom, the first of NZTrio's 2016 Loft concerts, did just that for a taut 70 minutes of music, with matching Zoom cocktails available at the downstairs bar for thirsty patrons.