I’m so excited! I’ve just been looking at the programme for Auckland Writers & Readers Festival ‘08 and it’s packed full of fantastic events for lovers of literature. I guess I am a bit biased – having dedicated a fair portion of my time to writing and reading over the years! – but this is [...]

ANZAC Day commemorations at the Auckland Museum started on 22 April with nightly screenings of Heroes of Gallipoli, the only known film of the Gallipoli campaign. Shot by Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, a famous English war correspondent, and restored by none other than Peter Jackson, the film has been listed with the UNESCO Memory of the World [...]

Today is not like any other Monday. Today I’m going to jump off the Auckland Harbour Bridge – don’t worry, I’m feeling fine, thank you! – I’m jumping with the help of AJ Hackett Auckland Bungy! It’s going to push my limits and it will be something that I’ll never forget, that much I know. [...]

Last night the rain came and today New Zealand’s upper North Island is getting a thorough drenching! I’m driving down to Taranaki and the rain didn’t let up for a moment all the way from Auckland to Te Kuiti (that’s more than 150 kilometres!). The trees along the ridges were rendered in a smudgy chiaroscuro [...]

Fans of New Zealand music, get ready to celebrate! May is New Zealand Music Month and it’s going to be huge! The programme for New Zealand Music Month was officially released today in Bar 3 at SKYCITY Auckland and this year New Zealand’s favourite celebration of home-grown musical talent is better than ever. From the [...]

It’s official! We all know New Zealand is a great place for walking and hiking, but now two separate British media outlets dedicated to outdoor adventure have both named New Zealand as their favourite overseas destination. Readers of Walk, official magazine of Britain’s Ramblers’ Association, voted New Zealand the best place for walking abroad, while [...]

Any love story that opens with a fight scene between the two lovers is bound to make an audience sit up and take notice. Skin Tight is an appropriately ‘tight’ piece of New Zealand theatre that grabs you by the scruff of the neck and gives you a good shake up, leaving your emotions thoroughly [...]