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Reviewer William Dart delights in power of historic music group to move audiences.
Dancing to a new rhythm sets choreographer on new journey
Most direct way to a goal isn't always best, says choreographer after NZ dance travels.
Smarten up, schools told
Education Review Office says school Esol funding needs to be extended beyond five years.
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New set of "inspiring" possibilities for Aucklanders who have moved to Whanganui.
Students to rally against library closures
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Local Focus: Gang prospect exchanges patch for fish
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Mrs Warren's Profession still the subject of heated debate
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Satellites heads into Auckland orbit for third year
Unexpected encounters launched across Auckland from our leading Asian artists.
Author Karen Joy Fowler makes the ordinary extraordinary
Karen Joy Fowler's books surprise because, says the writer, why do the same old thing?
Writers between borders walk in all worlds
The Auckland Writers Festival has its most diverse line-up yet, finds Renee Liang.
Kiwi in running for world's highest-profile art prize
New Zealander Luke Willis Thompson a contender for the high-profile Turner Art Prize.
Dance review: Extra Ordinary Folk out of the ordinary
Everyday moves create strangely familiar always beautiful performance, says Raewyn Whyte.
Music group conjures up history
Phantasm mixes music and scholarship to create art - but first their instruments need rest
Dancing to the rhythm of daily life
It's called "social choreography" and it puts the extraordinary into everyday dance.
Classical review: NZSO Masterworks
It's April but NZSO concert sees one of the year's best performances, says William Dart.
How an award-winning Kiwi comic lost 40kg
Correos has turned his comedy and his weight around after a disastrous run in Edinburgh.
Wizard show pulls in big crowd and wows them
If you're planning on seeing The Wizard of Ōtāhuhu, I'd get booking.
Wild imagination makes creative kids' theatre
Creativity and imagination make for a gift of a school holiday show.
Enigma concert fills the house
One sensed justifiable pride when APO CEO announced Enigma concert had drawn a full house.
Theatre review: Here and Now
Here and Now festival shows plenty of potential, writes Ethan Sills
Comment: How we're loving our kauri to death
People can help save the Waitakere Ranges' dieback-threatened kauri - by avoiding them.
Sprightly seniors dancing in the aisles
Want to age creatively? Maybe you need to start dancing in supermarket aisles.
Record Store Day: 'Have you heard this?'
Former till jockey Richard Betts sings the praises of bricks and mortar music shops.
From political to childish: Chris Riddell
Chris Riddell tells the difference between drawing for children and satirising politics.
Theatre review: Beneath Skin and Bone
Janet McAllister sees a gentle Maori fantasy drama part of season of plays by new artists.
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First glimpse of historic first dance now available
A trailer showing the first professional dance made in Antarctica has now been released.