The Auckland  Writers and Readers Festival at the Aotea Centre. | Auckland Chamber Orchestra | Sculpture 3D

For most people the history of the Pacific and the various Pacific Islands is rather confused and unclear. 

Hollywood’s latest teen-killer flick is breaking box office records in New Zealand and around the world.

ARTS & FILM: In 1963, Cliff Richard and his twenty-something mates headed off on an idyllic summer holiday to Greece. Now fifty years later his generation of 70 year olds have discovered a new holiday or rather retirement haven in India.

Walt Disney has confirmed what the critics already know – science fiction blockbuster John Carter is a flop.

Line-up including prizewinners Jeffrey Eugenides and Roddy Doyle.