Almost 600 children were at The Civic in Auckland to vie for the roles of the von Trapp kids in the Lloyd Webber production.

A month-long exhibition of portraits of Mongrel Mob members will start at an upmarket art gallery next week - and the photographer is expecting some negative reaction.

The rugged, scrub-covered hills are unmistakably those of Gallipoli's Anzac Cove. But who depicted them in an extremely rare, nearly century-old painting is a tantalising mystery that an Auckland art gallery director is battling to solve.

The life and work of William Shakespeare will be celebrated in a series of events taking place in 110 countries next year on the 400th anniversary of the writer's death.

Karlheinz Company's Composing Now concert opened dramatically.

Surging values for postwar and contemporary works are inspiring dealers and collectors to rediscover artists long overlooked.

A painting by one of the country's most acclaimed artists has been sold to a private collector in Auckland.

Duirng the lead up to summer, women are expected to wax, primp and polish their bodies to beach-ready perfection - a set of beauty standards that photographer Jessica Ledwidch finds 'absurd'.

Indian Ink Theatre's Jacob Rajan returns to Southern India and is thrilled by his company's historic first.

Jeremy Shirley is spray-painting a three-storey building in downtown Hamilton - and the city council couldn't be more pleased.

Kiwis who have excelled in the fashion, business and singing fields were the latest achievers to be made companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit today.

His 'medium' is coffee, his palette is espresso and steamed milk and his only tool is a cocktail skewer.