The Luminaries:
Eleanor Catton Wins Man Booker Prize
Victoria University congratulates graduate Eleanor Catton whose novel The Luminaries has won the prestigious Man Booker Prize 2013 announced this morning. More>>
Lorde et al: 2013 APRA Silver Scroll Awards – The Winners
The winner of the 2013 APRA Silver Scroll Award is ‘Royals’, written by the prolifically talented Ella Yelich-O'Connor and her collaborator Joel Little, performed by Lorde. More>>
Famous On The Internet: Google Honours Kiwi Kat
Today marks the 125th Anniversary of Mansfield's birth in Wellington circa 1888, she died aged only 34 from tuberculosis. Before her untimely death, Mansfield published close to 40 short stories and is today remembered as one of histories most prominent short fiction writers. More>>
NZ On Air: Popular 80’s Character Terry Teo Makes A Comeback
Young people are the big winners from the latest NZ On Air television funding decisions. They’ll be treated to two local drama series in 2014 including the return of popular character, Terry Teo. More>>
In League: Sonny Bill Williams Added To Kiwis Squad
Williams signalled to the Kiwis coach Stephen Kearney that he had reconsidered his position of not being available for the tournament. Teams have the ability to make changes at this stage and Williams’ registration has been accepted by World Cup organisers. More>>
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Selwyn Manning Review: NZ Opera’s The Flying Dutchman
It must be one of the most brooding operas to have cast its dark spell on a New Zealand audience in quite a time. The Flying Dutchman is a tale steeped in sinister superstition, where the mysterious captain of a doomed ship is cursed by Satan to roam the oceans. More>>
Werewolf 42: The Complicatist - Listening To Breaking Bad
The only beef I had with the conclusion was that the last thing we heard as the credits rolled was a song by Badfinger, “Baby Blue.” Did we really come this far to hit the exit ramp with Badfinger? More>>
Twitching: Definitive Guide To New Zealand Birds Released
Published by the Auckland University Press, Birds of New Zealand: A Photographic Guide, by leading ornithologist Dr Paul Scofield and avian photographer Brent Stephenson, is the definitive introduction to the identification and behaviour of our country’s extraordinary and popular bird life. More>>
Laneways: The 2014 Line-Up Is Here
Fresh from delivering a wildly successful debut event in Detroit, the St Jerome’s Laneway Festival is excited to present the 2014 Auckland line-up, arguably the most eclectic and compelling to date. More>>
#marriagequantity: 82 Same Sex Marriages Since Law Change
Eighty-two same sex couples have got married since 19 August 2013, the first day same sex couples could get married in New Zealand. More>>
October: Ig Nobel Prize Winner To Attend ScienceTeller Festival
South African Wits University associate professor Marcus Byrne and his Swedish colleagues who dressed up dung beetles in specially designed caps and boots as part of their research have been honoured with the world’s wackiest scientific award: an Ig Nobel Prize. More>>
Wellington.Scoop: After Funding Cut, Downstage To Close – Ending 50 Years Of Theatre Productions
The Board of Downstage Theatre today announced its decision to close the company. The decision comes following the announcement by Creative New Zealand not to fund Downstage in 2014. More>>
Wellington Zoo: Golden Lion Tamarins On Show
Two critically endangered Golden Lion Tamarins are now on display at Wellington Zoo, after arriving from the United States last month. More>>
Kiwi Pride: NZ Web Series Selected For Raindance
NZ On Air funded web series 'Woodville' has been selected to take part in Europe’s leading independent film festival - Raindance. The comedy web series will be the only Kiwi production to feature in Raindance’s inaugural Web Fest – a web series ‘micro-festival’ taking place during the Film Festival itself. More>>
Story Charity: NZ Improv Festival Seizes Opportunity To Give Back
Improvisor and Festival guest Alice Canton finds inspiration for her work in all kinds of places - dance, music, sculpture, clowning, and mask. But it was the logistical challenges of touring theatre performances that led to the creation of Thrift Shop, her NZ Improv Festival showcase performance. More>>
One For The Books: The Luminaries Short Listed For Man Booker Prize 2013
Victoria University Press is thrilled at the announcement that Eleanor Catton’s The Luminaries has made the short list of just six books for the prestigious Man Booker Prize 2013 announced today in London. More>>
'Return Of The Bard': Billy Bragg In Auckland And Wellington
After 36 years in music, that icon of English folk rock BILLY BRAGG is still a work in progress. With an acclaimed new album, a fresh outlook and renewed inspiration, BRAGG returns to New Zealand for his first full band tour in many years an artist revitalised. And this time, it’s personal. More>>
Werewolf: Phillip Matthews : Drugstore Vampires
Only Lovers Left Alive: Has there ever been such a nocturnal movie? Hiddleston’s moody Adam gets up in the evening and goes to bed at dawn. The curtains are pulled, rooms are underlit. Nothing unusual about that in a vampire film, but the general effect is less vampiric than reclusive rock star biopic. More>>
ONZ: Maori Party Congratulates Albert Wendt
The Maori Party are extending our congratulations to Maualaivao Emeritus Professor Albert Wendt, who has been invested, and is now the first Samoan, and Pacific representative to receive New Zealand’s highest honour, the Order of New Zealand. More>>
Bruce Springsteen: Second Concert At Mt Smart
After selling out their first stadium concert in record speed, The Frontier Touring Company is thrilled to announce a second concert with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. More>>
Scoop Photos & Video: Amanda Palmer On The Wellington Waterfront
On Monday visiting musician Amanda Palmer took a crowd of her fans on ' ninja parade ' musical tour of Wellington. More>>
Werewolf: Feeling The Love For X Factor
Damien Wilkins: About half way through The X Factor New Zealand’s just-completed series, I started making some notes about why I liked the show. I should add that I liked it un-ironically, though not unreservedly; I’m not insane. More>>
Wellington: Zoo Devastated By Passing Of Sumatran Tiger
Wellington Zoo staff and community were devastated today by the passing of the Zoo’s female Sumatran Tiger, Cantik. Cantik was 21 years old and came to Wellington Zoo from Burger’s Zoo in Arnhem, the Netherlands, in March 1994. More>>
Sailing Away: Team Win The Louis Vuitton Cup
Emirates Team New Zealand wrapped up the Louis Vuitton Cup final on Sunday with an emphatic light-air win over Luna Rossa Challenge. Dean Barker and crew threaded their way through a fog-shrouded San Francisco Bay to win by 3m 20s. More>>
Egypt: Christians, Muslims And Others Show Solidarity In Wellington
Hundreds of New Zealanders gathered in Wellington's Civic Square together with Christian and Muslim leaders, to express solidarity with the people of Egypt, and to denounce the brutality of the military regime headed by General Abdul Fattah al-Sisi. More>>
Shortened Suspension: Jesse Ryder Guilty Of Anti-Doping Violation
The mandatory penalty for this violation is two years’ suspension. However the suspension can be less if the athlete establishes how the prohibited substances got in his system and that the taking of the prohibited substance was not intended to enhance his sport performance. ... More>>
Great Walks To Go Online: Google Steps Onto The Wildside
Today, Google Street View goes off road on the Abel Tasman Coast Track before continuing onwards to the Heaphy Track. The Department of Conservation (DOC) is very pleased to be working with Google to bring the Great Walks to life on the web. More>>
March: Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band Announce NZ Show
After delivering in March 2013 what many critics and fans declared the ‘greatest rock and roll show on earth,’ Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have announced they are headed back to Australia and New Zealand in 2014 for their most extensive tour of our shores to date. More>>
Host Cities Announced: Tourism Opportunities With FIFA U-20 World Cup
Tourism New Zealand is once again preparing to use a major international sporting event to leverage New Zealand’s appeal as a visitor destination... More>>
NZ Improv Festival For September: 5 Days, 17 Different Shows, No Scripts
With much pleasure and fanfare, the New Zealand Improv Festival presented the 2013 programme, featuring guests and directors from Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, Nelson, Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne. More>>
Whitebait Season Opens: Minister Encourages Compliance
Conservation Minister Dr Nick Smith was up at the crack of dawn this morning to join in the opening of the 2013 whitebaiting season at Waimea Inlet near Nelson and to encourage compliance with the whitebait regulations. More>>
The Cricket Is On: Environment Court Decision On Hagley Oval
The Christchurch City Council is pleased with the outcome of the Environment Court decision, which means the process around the further redevelopment of Hagley Oval can progress. More>>
Statistics: Population Aged 65-Plus Doubles Since Early 1980s
The New Zealand population aged 65 and over (65+) has doubled since the early 1980s to reach 635,200, Statistics New Zealand said today. The population aged 65+ now makes up 14 percent of the population. It is likely to double again by 2040. More>>
Wellington.Scoop:
My Forty Film Festival Awards
I’ve been going to the Wellington Film Festival for every one of its 42 years, even before it was rebranded as the NZ International Film Festival. So I’m claiming the right to offer my own personal festival awards. More>>
Oracle's Unapproved Modifications: Emirates Team New Zealand Stunned
Emirates Team New Zealand managing director Grant Dalton says he is stunned by revelations that Oracle Team USA AC45 yachts competing in the four America’s Cup World Series regattas were illegal. More>>
Improvised Soap Returns Wednesdays: 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>>
Malcom Tucker Gets Tardis Keys: Peter Capaldi Revealed As The Twelfth Doctor
Peter Capaldi has been revealed as the Twelfth Doctor in PRIME’s popular sci-fi drama, Doctor Who. Amid much hype and speculation, Peter Capaldi was unveiled as the next Doctor during a special live television event on BBC ONE in the United Kingdom. More>>
Back in Town: Helen Clark To Deliver Lecture At The University Of Auckland
The Rt Hon Helen Clark will present the 2013 Robert Chapman Lecture at The University of Auckland next month. Helen Clark became administrator of the United Nations Development Programme in April 2009 and the first woman to lead the organisation. More>>
Tama Waipara: Fill Up The Silence
After much anticipation Tama Waipara celebrates the release of his second album Fill Up The Silence set for release 6 September 2013. More>>
Culture: Film On New Zealand In Afghanistan Nominated For Top Award
Professor Annie Goldson has received further success for her latest film He Toki Huna: New Zealand in Afghanistan. The University of Auckland lecturer in Film, Television and Media Studies is about to have her documentary screen nationwide in the New Zealand ... More>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
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