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Travel: 48 hours in the City of Sails

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

Movie review: Assassin's Creed

BASED ON THE SUCCESSFUL video game series of the same name, Assassin's Creed is another attempt by a studio to transfer onto the bigger

Travel: On thin ice at Franz Josef

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 ..

Movie review: Passengers

In Passengers, Norwegian director Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game) has directed a hotly anticipated summer flick, that from reports

Music Review: Bowie Legacy, David Bowie

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

Travel: Queenstown a red-carpet affair

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

Movie review: Moana

Disney's first Polynesian-themed animated feature film since Lilo & Stitch (2002) has certainly landed with a splash. The film opened

Aaradhna reveals source of inspiration

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

Travel: Gallipoli exhibition, Wellington

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

Travel: Houston ... no problem

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

SoundBites: Loop tour, Halestorm

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

Movie review: Allied

Hrmph ... Allied. Its trailer smacked of a run-of-the-mill spy thriller. A Hollywood vehicle to transport its stars toward a seasonal

Music Review: The Rolling Stones, Blue & Lonesome

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

End of days explored through theatre

Climate change, homelessness, Brexit, the bombshell election of President Trump. For many, today's current affairs promote a sense

Music Review: Jack White, Acoustic Recordings

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

Nadia Reid finds her own voice

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

Thrash metal teens unleash te reo single

Fresh from its record-breaking efforts in the country's high school music competitions, teenaged Northland thrash metal band Alien Weaponry is about to release its first single.

Music Review: Miles Calder and the Rumours

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