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>>
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>>
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>>
Queen's Birthday: Honours Announced
Full list of the 2013 New Zealand Queen's Birthday honours. More>>
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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>>
Snow Business: Snow Guns Crank Into Action
The start of snowmaking today at Mt Hutt in Methven and early this morning at Coronet Peak in Queenstown signals the impending opening of two of New Zealand’s most popular ski fields. More>>
NZ International Comedy Festival: Winners Have The Last Laugh!
Rose Matafeo and Jarred Christmas have capped off an incredible 2013 NZ International Comedy Festival by picking up the country’s most prestigious comedy awards; the Billy T Award and The FRED Award at last night’s Last Laughs hosted by the bro-mantic duo of Ben Hurley and Steve Wrigley. More>>
Pink Shirt Day: Bullying - Where's The Power?
People in schools and workplaces will think they’re seeing through rose-coloured glasses on May 17 as New Zealanders join together to show solidarity and raise awareness around bullying by wearing pink and celebrating Pink Shirt Day. More>>
Triennial: NZ's Biggest Contemporary Visual Arts Festival Opens
On 10 May Auckland’s art scene bursts to life for the opening of the 5th Auckland Triennial, New Zealand’s largest contemporary visual art festival. More>>
Sounds: New Zealand Music Month 2013
It's the first day of May – that means NZ Music Month 2013 begins. Thirty-one days of music across our clubs, libraries, airwaves, screens of all sizes, schools, parks, and theaters starts today. More>>
Cleanup: Bay Of Plenty Flooding - Public Health Advice
There was extensive surface flooding across the coastal Bay of Plenty over the weekend. “We can assume that all flood water is potentially contaminated with farm run-off, faecal matter from feral and domestic animals, and, in some cases, sewage,” says Medical Officer of Health, Dr Phil Shoemack. More>>
Wellington.Scoop: “Love DOC” Day
Forest and Bird encouraged people to flood Department of Conservation offices with messages of support to staff and to send a message to the government about the impact of funding cuts on conservation. More>>
Days Known By Their Size And Exteriority: Big Day Out To Return To NZ 2014
We had been bringing the Big Day Out to New Zealand for 18 years. When it hit its straps, there was no denying it was a great music festival. And no denying we all missed it in 2013. More>>
Musics On The Internets: Loop Recordings Aot(ear)oa Re-Launches Loop.co.nz
The new Loop.co.nz houses 12 years of proud creative kiwi content production with media rich archives. It provides a vehicle to look back on a label and media company that has been part of the paradigm shift in New Zealand music, film and art. More>>
Werewolf: Beyond The Pixie Dream Girl
In the wake of this year’s Oscars, the vast sea of humanity seems to have fallen in love with Jennifer Lawrence, ranging from the grandfatherly generation – thank you, Jack Nicholson – right down to the tiny tots. Which raises the question of what the rise of Jennifer Lawrence may mean for the survival of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl. More>>
Maori TV: The Magic Of Theatre To Come Alive
Maori Television is showcasing the best of Maori theatre in its ground-breaking new drama series, ATAMIRA, which starts on ANZAC Day. The six-part series is an original concept for Maori theatre and New Zealand television that brings feature-length Maori plays to the small screen for the first time. More>>
Touring Entertainers: Feds Disavow Monckton
In an interview on 3News Firstline on Friday, in which Lord Christopher Monckton said his tour was being organised and supported by Federated Farmers of New Zealand, but this is incorrect. More>>
Maidment Fire: The Show Must Go On For Auckland Theatre Company
Due to the fire at Maidment Theatre, Auckland Theatre Company's production of MIDNIGHT IN MOSCOW will now preview on Monday 15 April at the NZI Room in the Aotea Centre and run through until May 4. More>>
Rebuild: Three Design Options For ChristChurch Cathedral
As part of its commitment to build a cathedral on the same site in the Square, the Diocese and Trustees are inviting conversations and feedback on the designs through a website and a series of public forums. More>>
Documents And Non-Documentaries: Real Story Behind Hollywood’s Argo Donation To Library
A document throwing light on the dramatic, real-life story of how New Zealand diplomats helped save the American hostages featured in Oscar-winning Hollywood movie Argo has been donated to the Alexander Turnbull Library. More>>
Reappearing Guns: Rare Disappearing Gun Dug Up In Mirimar
The gun, believed to be a rare eight-inch Breech Loading Hydro Pneumatic coastal defence gun, also known as the 'disappearing gun', was discovered partially exposed above ground last year by Department of Conservation staff carrying out work in the Fort Gordon area. More>>
Scoop Review Of Books: Radiating Promise And Possibility
From small moments of comic defiance, like the portaloo with Marilyn Munroe posters or the giant rosette awarded anonymously on a cordon fence, to the large 16 installation Luxcity architectural event... Christchurch The Transitional City is a visual testament to what philosopher Hannah Arendt calls, ‘natality , or the remarkable capacity of individuals to generate new hope, merely by taking action. More>>
Balloons Over Wairarapa: "Four Days Of Perfection"
The Trust House Balloons Over Wairarapa wound up on Sunday after four days of uninterrupted flying and crowd-pleasing spectacles by the cream of New Zealand ballooning culminated in one of the most successful balloon festivals held over the past 15 years in the Wairarapa. More>>
Scoop Review Of Books: Free Running, Free Verse
'Run' By Tim Sinclair The plot of Run explores the links between the philosophies of parkour and the struggles of suburban Australian teenage life, combining these with the suddenly more dramatic one of contemporary spying and surveillance. It’s an effective combination. More>>
Jumbo Jumble: Great Eclectic Jumbo Sale Brings Vintage Treasures To Town
Vintage treasure hunters will delight in the knowledge that The Great Eclectic Jumble Sale is coming to town next month! Fast becoming a highlight on Wellington’s annual fair calendar, those-in-the-know make sure they beat the crowds. More>>
Send Your Reckons: Local Viewers Sought For Global Survey On Hobbit Movie
An international post-viewing survey of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has already drawn a large international response on whether people's expectations were fulfilled and confirmed after seeing the movie. More>>
Educations Saves Lives: Report Calls For More Action Needed to Prevent Infant And Child Deaths
A dramatic reduction in sudden unexpected death in infants has reduced the annual death toll from 200 to 60, which the Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee attributes to a highly successful ‘back to sleep’ campaign. More>>
Werewolf: Jimmy Stewart : Somewhere In Time
Any account of Stewart’s life and career naturally veers towards the sad and the tragic side of life, but heartache wasn’t the only part – or even the main part – of the story... More>>
World Tweetathon: NZ Police Set To Tweet From The Beat
Police will tweet from the beat as they join law enforcement officers around the world to highlight their work through social media on Friday 22nd March from 8.00am - midnight. More>>
Arts And Stuff: NZ Fringe Awards 2013
Best in Fringe Award recognised the powerful Binge Culture Collective event The Whales, which saw a pod of human whales swim through the city, beach on the harbour waterfront and require care and rescuing by the public. Hundreds of families and concerned citizens took the time to help the pod back into the water. A magic event for all involved. More>>
Art In Vacant Streetfronts: Your Message Here
In the second Urban Dream Brokerage public art project of 2013, Your Message Here, artist Daniel Webby invites you to sit down with him in a currently vacant Wellington retail space for an "identifying statement" consultation. More>>
Vertical Space: Creating A Cat Friendly Home
Sarah Heath says cats’ human companions place social demands on them which are often at odds with their own natural behaviour and fail to provide for many of their basic instincts. More>>
Pasifika, Arts Fest, Round The Bays, Kumeu Show, Concerts, Sports...: Plan Your Travel For The Auckland Weekend
Auckland is set for one of its busiest weekends of the year with big crowds expected at a number of major events. The crowds will mean that the roads and public transport will be busier than usual as Aucklanders take advantage of the continuing fine weather. More>>
Werewolf: Slaves To The Rhythm - Django Unchained and The Master
Tarantino wasn’t the only one of his generation to make movies that were dependent on movie history. Todd Haynes and Paul Thomas Anderson – and, a few years earlier, the Coen brothers – were doing similar things. But over the years, their work has deepened and matured, whereas Tarantino has been stuck with a bad case of arrested development. More>>
Research: Smokers Says Price, Electronic Cigarettes Would Encourage Quitting
UC researchers also learnt that if cigarette prices doubled, two thirds of smokers would quit, and even more would quit if electronic cigarettes were available. More>>
Art: Fanfare Artwork To Be Installed In Christchurch
The Christchurch City Council’s Community, Recreation and Culture Committee yesterday strongly supported and agreed to the installation and ongoing maintenance of Fanfare. Further work is to involve a workshop to confirm a suitable location before a proposal is presented to Council. More>>
US Broadcast: The Amazing Race Returns To NZ
Fans of the hit reality TV show The Amazing Race are in for a taste of Canterbury’s stunningly beautiful landscapes and adrenaline pumping activities. More>>
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