Big Ed: Sir Edmund Hillary Epic To Have World Premiere At Toronto
Sir Edmund Hillary Epic to Have World Premiere at Toronto International Film Festival Announced today in Toronto, award-winning filmmaker Leanne Pooley's feature film BEYOND THE EDGE, about Sir Edmund Hillary’s legendary ascent of Mt. Everest, will ... More>>

Good Vibrations: APRA Silver Scroll Award – Top 20 Announced
The Top 20 can now be listened to via APRA’s website – www.apra-amcos.co.nz - and APRA members can vote for their favourite song until Sunday 18th August. More>>

On The Road: Dave Dobbyn And Don McGlashan Together In Concert
The 2013 Classic Hits Acoustic Church Tour presents two of New Zealand’s most beloved songwriters and artists, Dave Dobbyn and Don McGlashan, together for the first time in a concert collaboration like no other. More>>

NZ International Film Festival: Nz Censors Restrict Elijah Wood Film To Festival-Only Screen
The Office of Film and Literature Classification have classified a New Zealand International Film Festival film to Festival-only screenings, restricting it from further release in New Zealand. More>>

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Books: Victoria University Press Author On ManBooker Longlist
Eleanor Catton’s The Luminaries has made the prestigious Man Booker Longlist for 2013. Catton, 27, is the youngest writer on a list that includes well-established writers such as Colm Toibin, Jim Crace and Jhumpa Lahiri. More>>

NZ Post Book Awards: New Zealand Post Book Award Finalists Unveiled
Three first time authors are among the finalists of the New Zealand Post Book Awards announced today, a feat described by judges as “an amazing achievement”. They are: The Intentions Book by Gigi Fenster, A Man Runs into a Woman by Sarah Jane Barnett, and Patched: The History of Gangs in New Zealand by Jarrod Gilbert. More>>

Kiwi Pride: Minister Congratulates Top Of The Lake On Emmy Nominations
Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Christopher Finlayson has congratulated everyone who worked on acclaimed filmmaker Jane Campion's New Zealand-filmed mini-series Top of the Lake on receiving eight nominations in the 2013 Primetime Emmy Awards. More>>

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The Young And The WITless &: Wellingtons Riskiest Show Gets Rural
In its tenth year of bringing spontaneous theatre to Wellington’s stages, Wellington Improvisation Troupe (WIT) is ecstatic to present the seventh annual season of the capital’s longest running improvised theatre experience - The Young and the WITless 7. More>>

Pants/Not Pants: Police Trialling Different Trousers
Police are beginning a 12 month trial of three different operational trousers for uniformed staff as part of an open tender process. More>>

Lemi Ponifasio: Internationally Renowned Choreographer Awarded 2013 Samoa Artist-In-Residence
nternationally recognised Samoan choreographer and director Lemi Ponifasio will undertake a three-month artist residency at the National University of Samoa from August to October. More>>

Coming To The Dowse: Tradition With A Twist
Everyday objects are imbued with new qualities in a design exhibition featuring 60 works by 45 European and American designers. New Olds: Design Between Tradition and Innovation presents household objects with a quirky 21st century twist. More>>

NZ On Screen: More Kiwi Content Being Viewed Online
NZ on Screen, a website funded by NZ On Air has had more than 1 million visits in the last year, a thirty per cent increase on 2012, Broadcasting Minister Craig Foss announced today. More>>

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Giraffe Crossing: 'Flying Fanana' Heads For Orana
A nine month old giraffe calf named Fanana is en route to Christchurch. Orana’s future breeding bull was driven from Taronga Western Plains Zoo (Dubbo, Australia) to Sydney. He was then flown to Auckland and is currently being driven to Orana. More>>

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• The Interislander - Fanana a tall transportation order for Interislander

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori: New Zealanders Urged To Take Up Te Reo Challenge!

Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy urges New Zealanders to take up the challenge to learn te reo Māori during this year’s Māori Language Week. More>>

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Director's Cut: UTU Redux In New Zealand International Film Festival
Thirty years after its initial New Zealand cinema release in 1983, Geoff Murphy’s original classic UTU has been enhanced and restored for cinema exhibition in modern digital format under the title UTU Redux. More>>

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Into The River: Winners Announced For New Zealand Post Children’s Book Award
A teen novel that begins its dramatic journey on New Zealand’s East Coast has picked up the top prize at this year’s New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards. More>>

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They're Back! TrueBliss Launch Dance Challenge For Child Cancer
The first TV-created girl band in the world, TrueBliss, reformed in 2012 to write a special song for children with cancer. This year they are back asking kids and dance enthusiasts from around New Zealand to show their support by taking up a new dance challenge. More>>

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Best Talks Show Host: New York Gold For Kim Hill
Radio New Zealand presenter Kim Hill has won her second major international broadcasting award of the past year, being awarded a Gold Medal by the Grand Jury at the 2013 New York Festival Radio Awards. More>>

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Werewolf: The Complicatist : Lil B, The Based God
Lil B could either be a train wreck or a triumph when he plays in Wellington this month. (The audience chemistry in New Zealand is going to be a complete unknown.) There’s also the setlist question. There is a heck of a lot of Lil B music, and some options are better than others. More>>

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Ian Wedde: Poet Laureate Awarded $40,000 Creative New Zealand Residency
New Zealand’s Poet Laureate, Ian Wedde, will spend almost a year in Germany from October as this year’s recipient of the Creative New Zealand $40,000 Berlin Writer’s Residency. More>>

Depot Artspace: The Quirky World Of Dede Puppets
These vibrant and colourful characters are the artist’s response to the hyper-communicative world we live in. Her eccentric sculptures are homage to real friends and real people with all their flaws and idiosyncrasies. Conceived as heads only, or “No Bodies”, the characters come to life when someone lends them a hand. More>>

Snow: Coronet Peak First Ski Area In Australasia To Open
Queenstown is officially open for winter as the 2013 season kicks off at Coronet Peak on Saturday. Coronet Peak will be the first ski area to open in Australasia, boasting some of the best opening day snow cover seen in recent years More>>

Queen's Birthday: Road Toll At Zero
Police are praising Kiwi motorists after achieving the first ever fatality free Queen's Birthday Weekend on the country's roads. More>>

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• NZ Govt - Associate Transport Minister praises zero road toll
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Queen's Birthday: Honours Announced
Full list of the 2013 New Zealand Queen's Birthday honours. More>>

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• University of Auckland - Albert Wendt appointed to The Order of New Zealand
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Kiss The Fish: Indian Ink’s New Work Unmasks Trouble In Paradise
Combining pathos and humour that is key to Indian Ink’s unique style of theatre, Jacob Rajan and Justin Lewis take inspiration from their international experiences to craft a work about dreams; our dreams of happiness, our dreams for the future and what we leave behind for our children. More>>

Rebuild: Lyttelton Timeball Station Rebuild Receives $1m Donation
Landmark Incorporated has become the founder donor for the rebuild of the Lyttelton Timeball Station, presenting a cheque for $1 million to the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. More>>

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