The arts and entertainment

New Zealand Music Month

New Zealand Music Month

Find 31 reasons to love New Zealand music through text, images, sound and video. more...

History of New Zealand painting

History of New Zealand painting

An overview of the history and development of a New Zealand style of painting more...

History of New Zealand photography

History of New Zealand photography

Timeline and overveiw of New Zealand photography from the 1840s to the present day more...

Rock music festivals

Rock music festivals

From Nambassa to The Big Day Out our music festivals have always been an outlet for expression of New Zealand’s sub-culture more...

The Beatles in New Zealand

The Beatles in New Zealand

Revolution in the form of four young Liverpool musicians hit New Zealand for a seven-day tour in June 1964. For some New Zealanders, it was the moment the 1960s began in earnest. more...

New Zealand Book Month

New Zealand Book Month

Kiwis love books. To celebrate New Zealand Book Month, we have come up with 30 reasons to love New Zealand books and writing. Check back each day in September for a new story about books, writers and their work. more...

Television in New Zealand

Television in New Zealand

Five timelines about the history of television in New Zealand: emergence of TV, news shows, music shows, elections and history shows more...

Making of New Zealand literature

Making of New Zealand literature

Discover how and why New Zealand literature burst into flower in the middle of the 20th century. more...

New Zealand Library Week

New Zealand Library Week

A selection of stories about New Zealand libraries and librarians more...