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And then there were two! After 13 weeks of intense and enthralling competition, it’s north against south as two teams of young Māori men and women face off in the grand finale of Māori Television’s indigenous martial arts competition, ARIKI, ... Read more...

Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage today announced funding grants for 24 community-based history projects, with the highest ever number of kaupapa Māori and Pacific stories funded. Funding will be administered through the Ministry’s ... Read more...

AMC Networks’ Acorn TV today announced the commissioning of a second season of the popular British crime drama Whitstable Pearl with Acorn Media Enterprises from Buccaneer Media (Marcella, Crime). Read more...

Celebrated Māori performance company Hawaiki TŪ return to the stage in 2022 with their award-winning work Taurite . Following delays presented by Aotearoa New Zealand’s recent lockdowns, Hawaiki TŪ and Auckland Live are delighted to announce that Taurite ... Read more...

In 1951 a modernist, black and white house is built at 22 Ascot Terrace in Wellington. Meanwhile, in post-war New Zealand there's a stark division between left and right. It’s hard to fully comprehend the paranoia of the time against Communism and the ... Read more...

Beloved Tāmaki Makaurau record store Flying Out has launched MerchMe , a suite of Direct to Fan services designed to further whakamana artists in Aotearoa by making it easy for them to get their music and merch to fans around the country, and the ... Read more...

Uncertainty over Covid restrictions, among other organisational issues, has forced the cancellation of the next edition of one of NZ’s biggest and best-loved sailing events, CRC Bay of Islands Sailing Week. The event, which would have been celebrating ... Read more...

Last week the New Zealand Government announced the updated policy regarding border openings and visitation for early 2022. Post this announcement, the New Zealand Open organising committee met to discuss what implications these announcements will have ... Read more...

CHESS MAKES ITS MOVE ON QUEEN CITY! LET'S PLAY, AUCKLAND Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Aotea Centre, Auckland 16-19 June 2022 ON SALE VIA TICKETMASTER THIS FRIDAY! With music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus (ABBA), book and lyrics by Sir Tim Rice, ... Read more...

Author Paul David Savage has announced the release of his book ‘ To South Dakota and Back: The Story of The Great North American Harvest’ in paperback format. Savage, from Whanganui, traveled to the United States in April 2016 to run a grain cart for ... Read more...