Peter Jackson tends to get the lion’s share of the credit, but Forgotten Silver was as much the work of filmmaker Costa Botes, who died last week.

Doug Woolerton, the New Zealand First president (and a newly elected MP), was in the room. So was Rob Eaddy, chief of staff for the incumbent prime minister, Jim Bolger. He describes the scene in ...

Ian Pryor loves movies. He has written a book about Peter Jackson, been editor of website NZ On Screen and reviewed films for ...

Tara Ward looks back on the TVNZ newsreader’s two decades on our screens.

From one song played masochistically on repeat to a sprawling 12-hour playlist, this is the music behind the books.

The government is turning up the heat on regional councils and hoping they won’t notice they’re being cooked, argues Fergus Campbell.

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As if the sea of stripes and florals wasn’t discombobulating enough, the BLACK FRIDAY SALE flyers fluttering from every valance and coverlet were inducing a kind of frenzy usually reserved for chimps ...

The Reserve Bank’s 25-basis-point cut this week – taking the OCR to 2.25% – immediately flowed through to floating and flexible home loan rates. But for fixed-term borrowers, the effect is more muted.

From one perspective it’s troubling for our democracy. From another, it’s inspiring for all of us who persist in spite of the revulsion we engender in allies and opponents alike.

Shannon Mihaere, born and raised in Manawatū, is a recent University of Auckland graduate whose work spans law, health, and ...

Two rangatahi share their experiences, insights and reflections on what it was like representing Aotearoa on the global climate stage. More than 50,000 world leaders, scientists a ...