Archive for the ‘NZLive.com featured article’ Category

‘New Zealanders have a passion for dreaming things up, playing with ideas and interpreting the world in unexpected ways. The sheer amount of creativity that goes on in the country makes you think there must be something in the water.

‘Amazing landscapes might be tourists’ first reason for visiting New Zealand, but the chance to explore local culture comes a close second…’

Read the newest NZLive.com featured article, provided by Tourism New Zealand.

‘”Ka mate ka ora”, our nation’s fierce battle cry, frames Helen Pearse-Otene’s new play about the Vietnam War. Premiering on 21 May at Capital E in Wellington, Ka Mate Ka Ora is a story of aftermath and reconciliation specially commissioned by Tribute 08 – A Vietnam Commemoration and Te Rakau Hua o Te Wao Tapu Trust.

‘This isn’t the first time Pearse-Otene has written about war. She was responsible for 2006’s powerful Battalion which took the story of World War Two’s 28th Maori Battalion to schools all over New Zealand….’

Read the newest NZLive.com featured article.

‘Small-town Gore – until now mostly famous for its annual country and western music festival – is rocking to a different beat and humming up a world-class reputation for fine arts.

‘Visitors are being drawn to the farming town, 150km south west of Dunedin, to soak up the cutting-edge displays at the Eastern Southland Gallery – nicknamed the Gore-ggenheim after the somewhat more famous New York institution….’

Read the newest NZLive.com featured article.

‘Have you seen the Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band play live? Heard the debut album from The Hot Grits, out this month? What about the melancholy sounds of Tim Guy? If these Kiwi acts don’t sound familiar, you’re not alone. But if you’re keen to learn more about independent local acts, there’s no better time to do it than during New Zealand Music Month this May…’

Read the newest NZLive.com featured article.

‘There is a disturbing moment in Peter Coates’s documentary charting the construction and installation of Tanya Ashken’s Albatross in Wellington’s Frank Kitts Park in 1986. A crane elevates the mammoth sculpture above the head of building foreman Gary Hogan, who seizes the opportunity to beat back its exposed reinforcing rods…’

Read the newest NZLive.com featured article.