Kate Tempest is a woman of many talents, with a background as a poet, playwright and a novelist. When she's here in January, she'll be showcasing her skills as a rapper.

Art lovers should run to Auckland's Viaduct this month for an exhibition of the nation's best photography.

Anticipation of Art Week coming up from October 10 is stimulated by the varieties of style and tone of exhibitions already on the scene.

The play Manifesto 2083 examines the narcissistic world of a Norwegian mass killer.

Auckland's point of difference is not the glories or supremacy of one ethnicity over another, but our place in the Pacific as a smorgasbord of cultures and ethnicities, writes Brian Rudman.

Playwright Aroha Awarau has created a sensitive and engaging drama out of something that is almost unimaginably tragic - the random death of a young man cut down in his prime as an innocent bystander at a police shooting.

In the flow of Lilburn centenary tributes, Auckland Chamber Orchestra launched its Sunday concert with one of the most moving.

New Zealand Opera's Tosca is more than extraordinarily gripping theatre, marking the huge advances made since the company last presented the opera in 2003.

The father had two pieces of advice for his son. No motorbikes and no heroin. Lester Hall has toed that line.

The spacious galleries at Northart are filled with paintings by the late Alan Gilderdale which give a telling insight into the stages of expression of his fine talents.

This year's Wallace Arts Trust Paramount Award was presented last night at Pah Homestead in Auckland to a Hamilton-based pacific artist.

Simone Young and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra returns with a monumental Bruckner Eighth Symphony.

The city's arts, culture and civic precinct around Aotea Square is fighting back against the drift of corporate offices, apartments, shops and restaurants.