The full stage schedule for Womad 2017 has been released, with headliners The Specials lined up to take the main stage on the first

The literary heart of England has just been celebrating a milestone, the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's legacy. Stratford-upon-Avon

As she did back in 2001 with her second album Come Away with Me, Norah Jones is channelling the classic jazz artists who first inspired

"Do you know Steven Adams?" the girl making my Subway salad asked." He's from New Zealand. I heard he comes from a big family ..

The Delta Riggs will soon make their New Zealand stage debut in support of their third album Active Galactic. Like a raw version

Hamilton's Life Unlimited will run Sport Waikato's popular Sport Opportunity after-school programme from term one this year. The

What happens when a town triples in size overnight? Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Entries are now open for the Fieldays No 8 Wire Award, with nearly $10,000 in prize money on offer. The annual award, hosted by Waikato

One of New Zealand's most popular bands of the 80s, The Mockers are reuniting for a national tour which kicks off in Hamilton. The

day one, and we were sitting outside the Occidental pub in Vulcan Lane enjoying a pilsner. The Occidental and its neighbour, The

Shuffling along inside a deep crevasse on a glacier moving at the rate of one to two metres a day is not for the faint-hearted ..

It's been a helluva year with an avalanche of bad news for music devotees, with the death of Prince, Leonard Cohen, Glenn Frey, Leon

Born in a time where booze, sex and a hangover pie were a given, is this generation rebelling by giving it all up?

The 'Naki' might have outstripped Queenstown in Lonely Planet's annual thumbs up to the world's hottest spots, but Queenstown deserves

Four of the country's favourite sons and daughters take to the stage this summer in a sun-drenched, island-spanning tour. Local legends

There's no other word for Margaret Marwood than 'amazing'. Last week she turned 106 and this week she will celebrate her 107th Christmas. When

The jaunt to Wellington started like any other cheap grab a flight. Booked months in advance, it was an opportunity to flit down

Parents take a win with free early childhood education, but Hamilton centres out of pocket. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A new mascot for Waitomo has been unveiled. Sam the Moa sits on the side of State Highway 37 in Hangatiki. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Until now Madeleine Peyroux's debut album Dreamland, released when she was 22 and still fresh from busking on the streets of Paris

Womad has released its day schedule for the 2017 festival. Held over three days from March 17-19 at the 55-acre Brooklands Park and

Pro tip: Don't read the publicity about Kiwi punk rockers The Cavemen. It'll leave you feeling so grimy you'll need a scalding hot

It's now more than four decades since Van Morrison's most-talked about studio albums, Astral Weeks and Moondance were released, and

Fried chicken and waffles is served at breakfast and almost everyone drives an over-sized SUV - welcome to Texas - where everything

Yoko-Zuna, Bailey Wiley and Third3ye will play intimate gigs this summer at North Auckland and Coromandel venues. It's been a big

Blue & Lonesome by the Rolling Stones is the most authentic and blow-you-away blues album I have heard in years. In their fledgling

With first wife Meg, Jack White leapt into prominence with the White Stripes breakthrough album White Blood Cells, and the single

Dunedin's Port Chalmers may not yet have the degree of vibe that Christchurch's Lyttleton has but Nadia Reid is putting in a serious

New Zealand's Miles Calder and the Rumours formed in late 2011. Their self-titled album has just been released, following The Crossing

Wheelie bins and an extra recycling bin for food scraps isn't good news for everyone in Hamilton. Made with funding from NZ On Air.