The winner of the 2010 Olympus Auckland Photo Day competition is 17-year-old Sylvie Boutelje-Chasteau for her photo of a young man smoking a cigarette called 'Youth is Wasted on The Young'.

Javier Jarquin, winner of Best Local Show in Wellington at the 2010 NZ International Comedy Festival Awards, makes a return for one night only before heading for his new life in the UK.

Projects for online audiences have received NZ On Air investment through its million-dollar Digital Content Partnership Fund.

Revelations of the piracy of the film Boy illustrates the growing threat of online copyright theft to the NZ film industry, says the NZ Film Commission.

Michael Houstoun continues his tour of the great Romantic piano concertos with Schumann’s warmly poetic and full-blooded tribute to his wife, the great pianist Clara Schumann.

A Wellington writer’s first novel will go head-to-head with works by two established authors as finalists in the New Zealand Post Book Awards.

Andi Regan is a multi-media artist based in Wanaka who employs discarded or everyday materials and turns them into beautiful, desirable and decorative objects.

Speakers at this month’s opening of InsideOut, an exhibition of prison art at the Mairangi Arts Centre in Auckland, spoke eloquently of the role of the arts in turning around the lives of prisoners.

The Intricate Art of Actually Caring is packed with funny, creative ideas and it has been really well adapted to the Basement, from its 2009 debut in writer Eli Kent’s bedroom.

Crown Lynn holds a special place in the hearts of New Zealanders, and in this exhibition at Hirschfeld Gallery Lauren Lysaght gives it a low-tech twist.

Fluency in Pacific languages is critical to maintaining healthy Pacific heritage arts in New Zealand, according to research published today by Creative New Zealand.

Under Construction is a collection of individual artists projects that respond to notions of space, location and environment.

This award winning play by Pip Hall, based on the New Zealander who tragically became known as 'The 53rd Victim’ of the London Tube bombings, will be brought to life for the first time in Whangarei this month.

New Zealand Book Month will take place each March from 2011 to better fit with the book industry’s annual calendar and to build a broader reach for the campaign.