The dates weren't exactly right, but being born on nearly the same day as kinetic artist Len Lye was enough to land two New Plymouth boys a special role today.

The Len Lye Centre, which opens in New Plymouth today, is a world-class building dedicated to our most innovative, versatile artist.

A new take on portraits is helping connect today's generation of Maori to their ancestral past - and people from around the world are wanting in on it too.

Soldiers Rd Portraits is giving people the opportunity to feature in their own historic vintage photos.

Simpson And His Donkey is named after the famous Australian soldier, but actually features NZ medic Richard Henderson. Photo / supplied

On stage, she's the leader of a sex strike, aimed at ending a 20-year-old war. Off stage, Amanda Billing can't fathom such a drastic move.

This second season of NOW - New Original Works - truly reflects its name, with four confidently emerging new choreographers, expressing some very original concepts, beautifully performed by the talented and extremely hard-working team of five dancers.

Two months ago, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra enchanted us with a concert of composers from Bartok to Manuel de Falla, inspired by folksong.

David Hill wonders if he is the only one who finds some aspects of Te Papa's Gallipoli exhibition distasteful.

After five years of lighting up Auckland's Western Park, Art in the Dark will not go ahead this year due to a lack of funding.

Pictures presumed to be the work of a young Adolf Hitler have been sold at auction in Nuremberg for NZD$642,000.

Tonight, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra marks the last appearance of conductor Pietari Inkinen as music director and the Auckland debut of violinist Karen Gomyo.