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One hundred years on from making her mark with botanical artwork, Emily Harris' unseen poetry and diary entries come to light.

The stage show version of the wildly popular Australian TV series is a rollercoaster of emotions - and Georgie Hanafin loved every moment of it.

Pigcasso the painting pig, Julie the chimp with a fondness for grass bling and elephants painting flowers. Acts of creativity abound in the animal world, philosopher Shawn Simpson says.

Alex Medland is only 24, yet she has won a major theatre award for her play about climate change and how it all goes wrong for a group of teenage vigilantes.

Twenty years’ ago, Australian comedian, Heath Franklin never imagined he’d be flying around the world “with a moustache in a box".

About 700 people squashed together on Cuba Street, some stood on bins, to catch a glimpse of Dan Boerman's linen skills.

A film about how cats and humans coexist at a Japanese shrine is enchanting international audiences.

This week, the Ministry of Education released a proposed list of suggested texts for New Zealand school students.

James May is tackling the “biggest subject on the planet" but promises you won't be bored.

Pōneke Wellington-based artist Benni Krueger has over 1000 vintage lenses, his passion is to restore them and give them a new lease of life in modern digital cameras.

Here's how to dig into some classical music history without leaving the house.

Farmer Eden Hore collected more than 200 garments and accessories during the 1970s and 1980s.

The LA-based comedian is back home to serve up his "silly physicality and playing off himself in various characters" on stage for the first time in nearly 10 years.

Souvenirs from the Field of Battle was painted by Charles Frederick Goldie when he was 19.

Ginette McDonald, who got her start in theatre playing a French maid in Noel Coward’s Private Lives, returns in a new version of his classic comedy Blithe Spirit.

English performer Sarah Louise Young pays tribute to the elusive and beloved singer Kate Bush in a one-woman cabaret show.

A retrospective exhibition will showcase the achievements of the fashion brand known for its vintage-inspired and avant-garde styles.

The veteran English filmmaker tells Culture 101 that the world continues to offer up great stories to tell.

In a new biography, friends of Tony Fomison (1939-1990) describe the groundbreaking painter as a hard-working man who could be loving but also cruel.

There's so much going on at the annual festival of global music that it can feel overwhelming. The only option is to surrender, say Tony Stamp and So'omālō Iteni Schwalger.

Award-winning authors and global thought-leaders form a diverse line-up for the largest literary festival in the southern hemisphere.

Bob Marley, Beyoncé and New Zealand opera great Dame Kiri Te Kanawa are on the King's rotation.

Director Malia Johnston's latest work Belle - A Performance of Air, being performed at the Auckland Arts Festival this month, was inspired by meeting aerial choreographer, Jenny Ritchie.

With garlic setting you back $4 a bulb, this spice can be found at your Indian grocer for a fraction of the price.

Watching movies at home on the sofa might be easy, but it's no match for watching them on the big screen, film buffs say.

For over 50 years, Spike Milligan's deliciously pernicious witch Badjelly has been hugely popular in New Zealand.

"There are so many powerful scenes which have stayed with me long after I finished it and shows how societal judgements on women have changed over time," one of the judges said.

The Dull Men's Club is an online club for dullsters who celebrate the ordinary and eschew glitz and glam.

A style of tattooing popular in the 1970s and 1980s has re-emerged as a major trend.

Space Craft Architect's award-winning mid-rise apartment design will be included in a pattern book for the future of New South Wales housing.

The greatest threat to humanity is not artificial intelligence, it's the same one it has always been - authentic stupidity, Ben Elton says.

Ngatu, siapo, aute, masi, tapa… just some of the names from across the Pacific for barkcloth which reflect the rich variety of bark used and working processes. . 

Taonga pūoro practitioner Horomona Horo has been recognised as an Arts Laureate for his talent, which he describes as "a different type of magic".

The late art historian Jonathan Mane Wheoki has referred to Te Tai Tokerau in the North as the crucible of Māori art.  Elizabeth Mountain Ellis and many other groundbreaking modern Māori artists from this region feature in Te Ao Hurihuri - an exhibition at Whangarei's Wairau Māori Art Gallery.

Ten years ago, acclaimed potter Rick Rudd sold his house in downtown Whanganui -  with its unique native and sculpture garden - to establish Quartz Museum of Studio Ceramics.