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Dance review: Mitimiti, Tempo Dance Festival
Mitimiti has its beginnings in choreographer Jack Gray's personal journey in search of a closer connection with his Te Rarawa heritage and marae in the Hokianga.

Manifesto 2083: Inspired by a killer
The play Manifesto 2083 examines the narcissistic world of a Norwegian mass killer.

Play filled with unexpected twists
Playwright Aroha Awarau has created a sensitive and engaging drama out of something that is almost unimaginably tragic - the random death of a young man cut down in his prime as an innocent bystander at a police shooting.

Classical review: Moving, eloquent Lilburn tribute
In the flow of Lilburn centenary tributes, Auckland Chamber Orchestra launched its Sunday concert with one of the most moving.

Theatre review: Tosca, Aotea Centre
New Zealand Opera's Tosca is more than extraordinarily gripping theatre, marking the huge advances made since the company last presented the opera in 2003.

Wallace award for tapa art
This year's Wallace Arts Trust Paramount Award was presented last night at Pah Homestead in Auckland to a Hamilton-based pacific artist.

Arts fight back at the square
The city's arts, culture and civic precinct around Aotea Square is fighting back against the drift of corporate offices, apartments, shops and restaurants.

Review: NZSO, Auckland Town Hall
Simone Young and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra returns with a monumental Bruckner Eighth Symphony.

Michele Hewitson interview: C.K. Stead
New Zealand's newest poet laureate says his latest accolade is 'very acceptable' but you suspect he'd rather talk about his love of cats of dogs.