Out with vampires, in with other-worldy romance, writes Nicky Pellegrino.

Rainer Maria Rilke has always commanded a devoted following among connoisseurs of fine literature but he is also widely read.

Playwright Albert Belz has earned considerable acclaim for his treatment of Maori subjects but his re-telling of the Jack the Ripper story seems to be making a statement about the perils of pigeon-holing writers according to their ethnicity.

Cole Porter's smart-to-be-silly, witty-and-warm songs are so exceptional that they could pull this 1934 hit musical comedy through by themselves.

Atamira Dance Company's's beautifully crafted new Te Houhi - The People and the Land are One draws on intricately connected layers of dance, video imagery and narrated text to share poignant ancestral stories from the Ngai Tuhoe lineage.

A week in the life of Urban curator, Cleo Barnett.

They have always been linked but the fashion world is increasingly looking to the art world for inspiration.

Rebecca Kamm looks at a dramatic work paying homage to the eviction of the Tuhoe people.

Can our national broadcaster adapt to change? And who's prepared to pay? Chris Barton reports on the future of Radio New Zealand.

An exhibition celebrates the work of photographer Frank Hofmann, who fled the Nazis and found sanctuary in Auckland. Adam Gifford reports