Arts
'Israel' cut from famous lyrics
![Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat co-writer Sir Tim Rice called the change "meaningless and drippy" but ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170617043834im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/f/v/i/i/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1ju9rv.png/1497669196659.jpg)
Council apologises to Sir Tim Rice after unexplained change to Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat lyric.
My Sydney, with Vivid's Kiwi director
![A Facebook live stream of the show attracted record numbers.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170617043834im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/m/i/1/w/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jty9m.png/1497671394787.jpg)
Audio Creatures are crawling home after another stunning festival or sound and light in Australia.
Murals with meaning
When they started out, Charles and Janine Williams produced works of defiance. But the one-time tag team now command international acclaim for their art.
Mika to stand for Opportunities Party
![Mika X will run for the Auckland Central seat with Gareth Morgan's Opportunities Party.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170617043834im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/e/6/1/e/w/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jtke2.png/1497587686725.jpg)
The artist heard of friend's suicide on the day his candidacy was announced.
Sun display dazzles Dunedinites
![Visual artist Trudy Lane is silhouetted agains the sun as part of a display in a vacant Dunedin store.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170617043834im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/t/6/g/a/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jt01t.png/1497509640958.jpg)
Live images of the sun, captured by solar telescopes, are being projected onto a shop wall to brighten the southern city.
A city crying out for culture
![Tauranga MP Simon Bridges says if Tauranga is to be a real city, it needs a museum.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170617043834im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/t/8/9/5/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jrpf0.png/1497472576737.jpg)
If Tauranga is to be a proper city it needs more culture, like a museum, says Simon Bridges.
By George, it's Orwell
![Jess Linsley, in Manawatu Theatre Inc's production of 1984.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170617043834im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/q/8/9/o/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jq95a.png/1497476289508.jpg)
George Orwell's book, 1984, foresaw the future and now it's being realised on stage.
A fresh look at Maori and Pacific stories
![Palmerston North creative writing lecturer and writer Tina Makereti has edited Black Marks on the White Page alongside ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170617043834im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/r/r/h/s/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jrrog.png/1497565539409.jpg)
Black Marks on the White Page is a collection of Pacific stories paving a new path.
Exhibit celebrates African voices
![A photography work from the Afrika On My Sleeve 2016 project 'I Am'. Titled 'Kiden Brown' (The name of the person ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170617043834im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/m/p/5/k/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jl2zm.png/1497322508991.jpg)
African artists from around the country are showcasing African identity in Henderson.
$3.8m for new ballet home
![Royal New Zealand Ballet dancers, in the centre is Filippo Valmorbida, supplied, photo by Jose G Can.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170617043834im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/j/7/h/b/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jq8cz.png/1497253591055.jpg)
City council cash will allow upgrade of studio while St James is strengthened.
Maori collective on display at 'art olympics'
![Mata Aho, made up of Bridget Reweti (Wellington), Sarah Hudson (Whakatane), Terri Te Tau (Pohangina Valley) and Erena ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170617043834im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/o/r/r/n/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1joss9.png/1497238522642.jpg)
Group hopes their achievement will cause "reverberating ripples" through the NZ art scene.
Down to a fine art
![Artist Graham Hoete with his Burt Munro mural that he is working on in Invercargill.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170617043834im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/n/g/v/x/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jn9ji.png/1497236494620.jpg)
A Burt Munro mural in Invercargill by Graham Hoete is already catching the eye of passers-by.
Kapa haka comps in Qtown
![Remarkables Primary School has entered fifty students in the Queenstown Winter 10s competition on June 17.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170617043834im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/m/m/v/1/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jmms5.png/1497221937554.jpg)
Over 200 people will participate in traditional and contemporary kapa haka at the Winter 10s competition in Queenstown.
Art robber staggers under weight
![The man made it into the bushes across the road before panicking and ditching the painting.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170617043834im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/p/k/x/6/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jpkwz.png/1497182060110.jpg)
Incompetent Aussie thief staggers under weight of 25kg prized portrait after ripping it off wall.
From the underground
![From left, Hannah Heslop, Paper Rain's assistant manager and artist co-ordinator, with Paper Rain founders Wills and ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170617043834im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/p/h/4/8/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jph9u.png/1497158534374.jpg)
Picton's The Paper Rain Project brings skateboard art to Framingham Wines in a new and stunning exhibition.
Brushes, beats boost Palmy lane
![Eight artists help bring colour to Berrymans Lane, Palmerston North, by painting murals designed by them.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170617043834im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/p/2/e/u/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jp1pk.png/1497164699425.jpg)
Dingy, dark alleyway between two of Palmerston North's main streets transformed by artwork.
Dylan's music 'still relevant'
![Radio show host David Calder was "chuffed" that his episode on Bob Dylan was recognized at the NZ Radio Awards.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170617043834im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/o/l/u/5/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jo2yz.png/1497484840693.jpg)
A Taranaki programme in support of Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize has won a national radio award.
Electronica meets trad Maori music
![One example of taonga puoro: a Koauau.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170617043834im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/m/c/s/8/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jmcpl.png/1497000254181.jpg)
Historic Maori instruments - taonga puoro - meet German electronica.
From stars to supernovas
![Expressions Whirinaki is hosting an Evolving Universe exhibit which is coming from the Smithsonian Institution in ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170617043834im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/m/g/6/y/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jmg8y.png/1496974381998.jpg)
Explore galaxies and more through a series of photographs taken through NASA telescopes
BMW Art Car goes digital
![BMW Art Car.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170617043834im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/m/7/6/l/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jm7ud.png/1496869440814.jpg)
The youngest ever artist to create a BMW Art Car has gone for an augmented-reality paint job.
Shining a light on domestic violence
![Actor Kali Kopae and her husband, director and playwright Jamie McCaskill, have tried to include characters in their ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170617043834im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/k/l/m/4/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jkm4s.png/1496802177002.jpg)
From humble beginnings, Not in Our Neighbourhood has gained some momentum.
Play celebrates Kiwi jingles
![Writer Dean Hewison and comedian Paul Williams are bringing classic advertising tunes to life at the Basement Theatre.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170617043834im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/m/2/n/b/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jm2d8.png/1496799721621.jpg)
Guy Williams' younger brother Paul is set to take the stage in a celebration of classic New Zealand advertising tunes.
XBox chooses Kiwi game builders
![Ashen's faceless characters are being built here in New Zealand.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170617043834im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/m/8/q/6/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jg9pd.png/1496794246853.jpg)
New Zealand is fast becoming a hot-spot for gamers and fantasy artists. Just ask the experts.
Hairdresser gifted breast implants
Sleep apnea a factor in Fisher death
'Israel' cut from famous lyrics
Celebrities share their dads' advice
Rocky, Karate Kid director dies
My Sydney, with Vivid's Kiwi director
The quietly charming life of an 'old theatre cat'
A day in the life of broadcaster Bernadine Oliver-Kerby