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    Angela Bloomfield made a splash on Shortland Street when she first joined the show as messed up teenager Rachel McKenna. Over her long stint on the 20-year-old series, her character has battled bulimia, survived a lightning strike and recovered from alcoholism. Read More »

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News & Views

  • Night render of the proposed new theatre in Auckland’s Wynyard Quarter. Image: BVN Architecture
    Auckland Theatre Company is delighted to announce ASB Community Trust will contribute $5m to the new theatre proposed for the Wynyard Quarter.
  • ERUPT is Taupo's yearly festival of the arts.

    In their latest Utes and Ukes travels, Claire Cowan (composer) and Kiri Schumacher (jeweller) embark on a week-long feast of festival treats in Taupo.

  • Drums Between the Bells - Next Wave Festival

    NZ participatory installation artist Tiffany Singh talks about her latest work, Drums Between the Bells, at the Next Wave Festival in Melbourne.

Special Features

  • documentary photographer Stefano De Luigi.
    A quick QnA with documentary photographer Stefano De Luigi, who will be presenting at Semi-Permanent design conference in Auckland, May 18-19.
  • Rules of the Game
    To help inform your Crisis Plan here are a few Media Rules of the Game that will provide detail for your plan.

Artistic Hothouse

Ever Green, Jenny Gillam and Dieneke Jansen, Courtenay Place Lightboxes.

Mark Amery writes about a public artwork in Wellington that sheds a new light on our relationship with nature. Read More »

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