What Kiwis are watching

The Block finale was the biggest TV event of the year for viewers aged 25 to 54.

Yes, it's The Block. This year's top five television events show where New Zealand's priorities lie.

Movie Museum a step closer

Sir Peter Jackson with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, an item for his movie collection which will be housed in the new Movie ...

First of two resource consents for Peter Jackson project has been lodged.

Xbox One X:Hands on preview video

Xbox One X

Stuff takes the world's most powerful console for a test drive ahead of its November release.

Sarah Connor is back

Actress Linda Hamilton appears in a scene from the movie Terminator 2 in this 1991 file photo.

Actress Linda Hamilton will reunite with Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Cameron for a Terminator reboot.

Corden on kissing Spicer video

James Corden poses with his two Emmys for Outstanding Special Class Programme for the 70th Annual Tony Awards and ...

The late-night host has been quick to tackle controversy over the photo of him kissing Sean Spicer.

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Slice of Paradise - easy watch

We're back - just when you thought you had seen the last of us. Shelley Ferguson and Peter Wolfkamp off The Block: Side ...

It's the Kiwi 'Location, Location, Location', but the 'clients' are really far too nice.

$120,000 to repair public art

Repairs to Russell Clark's Free Standing Forms could run to more than $120,000.

Some of Lower Hutt's best-known public artworks need extensive restoration.

The godfather of Kiwi horror

Director David Blyth: "I would describe myself in a simplistic way as a filmmaker that looks at the horror in the everyday."

OPINION: Director David Blyth on his 40-year career, from risk-taking Kiwi cinema to preserving our war stories.

Comedy terror in the Wairarapa

Des Morgan's character has a little too much to drink.

Masterton can claim its very first home made movie about three loners seeking camaraderie by joining a terrorist group.

Martin Phillipps: Alive or dead?

The Chills frontman Martin Phillipps at home in Tainui, Dunedin.

Chills legend to star in biopic written with two endings: one in which he dies and the other he overcomes a life-threatening disease thanks to a miracle cure.

Modern Māori on not so serious tour

Maaka Pohatu, Francis Kora, Matariki Whatarau and James Tito, forming the Modern Māori Quartet.

The quartet are on the road to 14 theaters across NZ, where they expect to meet a lot of aunties.

It's NZ's Pokemon Go video

The main characters from the Curious Critters Club, a new augmented reality game focused on New Zealand stories.

A new augmented reality game encourages children to uncover mythical creatures and New Zealand legends.

Louis CK channels Woody Allen

Comedian Louis CK stuns the Toronto Film Festival with his film about an affair between an ageing director and a ...

His new movie, shot in black and white and in secret, is about an affair between an ageing director and a 17-year-old girl.

Glenn Hughes: surviving sex, drugs, rock

Former Deep Purple rocker Glenn Hughes.

Deep Purple frontman says he has to watch all his friends die from rock'n'roll excess.

Someone at Netflix just got a pay rise

Millie Bobbie Brown plays Eleven in Netflix's hit drama Stranger Things.

A US pop-up bar based on the show Stranger Things receives a hilarious cease and desist letter from Netflix.

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Martin Phillipps: Alive or dead?

The Chills frontman Martin Phillipps at home in Tainui, Dunedin.

Chills legend to star in biopic written with two endings: one in which he dies and the other he overcomes a life-threatening disease thanks to a miracle cure.

Doctor Who hottest on TV

The first woman to play the Time Lord in 50 years has been named the best of British television talent for 2017.

Avril Lavigne most dangerous star? video

'Babe' actor charged video

Video

Xbox One X:Hands on preview

Stuff takes the world's most powerful console for a test drive ahead of its November release.

film

Comedy terror in the Wairarapa

Des Morgan's character has a little too much to drink.

Masterton can claim its very first home made movie about three loners seeking camaraderie by joining a terrorist group.

Louis CK channels Woody Allen

Comedian Louis CK stuns the Toronto Film Festival with his film about an affair between an ageing director and a ...

His new movie, shot in black and white and in secret, is about an affair between an ageing director and a 17-year-old girl.

Miss Fisher smashes fundraising goal

Essie Davis stars as Miss Fisher in the popular Australian detective show.

TV's chicest detective Phryne Fisher is officially headed for a big screen adventure, after fundraiser hits its goal.

From Queenstown to Pyongyang

Downtown Qt manager and former Queenstown journalist Steve Wilde made a documentary Inside North Korea.

"The oddest place I have been to and I've been to all sorts of weird places."

music

Modern Māori on not so serious tour

Maaka Pohatu, Francis Kora, Matariki Whatarau and James Tito, forming the Modern Māori Quartet.

The quartet are on the road to 14 theaters across NZ, where they expect to meet a lot of aunties.

Glenn Hughes: surviving sex, drugs, rock

Former Deep Purple rocker Glenn Hughes.

Deep Purple frontman says he has to watch all his friends die from rock'n'roll excess.

Rolling Stone for sale

Rolling Stone has been an influential magazine covering rock music and became a home for experimental writers.

After half a century the music magazine that shone a spotlight on musicians and counterculture is putting itself up for sale.

More success for Bunny

Singer Bunny Walters died in 2016 (File).

New Zealand 70's music icon Bunny Walters posthumously awarded 2017 Maori Music Award.

tv & radio

Someone at Netflix just got a pay rise

Millie Bobbie Brown plays Eleven in Netflix's hit drama Stranger Things.

A US pop-up bar based on the show Stranger Things receives a hilarious cease and desist letter from Netflix.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine star's humble upbringing

The cast of American cop comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

Actress had $200 in the bank when she scored Brooklyn Nine-Nine role.

New Powerpuff Girl revealed

The Powerpuff Girls have a new sister, Bliss.

Bubbles, Buttercup and Blossom have a new sister: Bliss.

Emmy praise for NZ acting coach

Actress, acting coach and director, Miranda Harcourt has been given a shout out at the Emmy Awards.

Wellington acting coach Miranda Harcourt gets worldwide shout out from Nicole Kidman at the Emmy Awards.

Games

It's NZ's Pokemon Go video

The main characters from the Curious Critters Club, a new augmented reality game focused on New Zealand stories.

A new augmented reality game encourages children to uncover mythical creatures and New Zealand legends.

Kiwi songstresses kick it for Fifa

Kimbra will release new track Top Of The World on the soundtrack.

Kimbra is launching a new song in one of the year's biggest games, with Lorde's hit Supercut included in Fifa 18 as well.

Play Tekken, win $10,000

New Zealand's Tekken 7 champion will take on a professional from South Korea in a televised event on Monday night.

A Tekken 7 tournament in Auckland tonight has a $10,000 prize pool, and a competitor all the way from South Korea.

Game harder for black characters video

The higher the difficulty setting you select on the new South Park videogame, the darker your skin colour.

Choose the highest difficulty setting on the South Park videogame and you'll automatically play as a black person.

books

The world waited 22 years for Min Jin Lee's second novel

Earlier this year, Min Jin Lee published Pachinko. Only her second book in 22 years,
it was another weighty, ...

'I had to give up writing it because I just couldn't do it.'

At home with author Donovan Bixley

Donovan Bixley is an illustrator and writer based in Taupo.

Donovan Bixley, children's book author and illustrator, lives in Taupo.

Memoir bittersweet farewell to Bette Davis

Bette Davis accommodated her celebrity by pleasing fans and shrugging off criticism.

Mass shooting makes heart-thumping read

Author Gin Phillips

A visit to the zoo becomes a fight for survival for a mother and her young son.

arts

Personal, powerful, all female

Toni Garson, director behind the Meteor Theatre's newest production The Vagina Monologues.

Te Aroha wasn't quite ready for The Vagina Monologues. Is Hamilton?

Art fundraiser for crash survivor

Suzi Merson is on the road to recovery after a serious car crash in February.

After a car crash that claimed her leg, the Havelock North community has rallied around Suzi Merson.

Lindsey Schofield keen to hit the road

Southern Lakes Festival of Colour general manager Lindsey Schofield, of Wanaka.

Lindsey Schofield has been the heart of Wanaka's arts festival for 10 years. Now she's following her heart into a new career.

New Banksy murals pop up

Banksy's portrait Basquiat being welcomed by the Metropolitan Police.

Murals depicting a ferris wheel and a bear mark the opening of a London exhibition.

stage & theatre

Puppeteers bring skill, humour to theatre

Count Buzzula and Gloom, two characters from Whoa Studios' upcoming show, Buzz's Fright Night.

Big characters and hand-made puppets prove huge success for Whoa Studios in Auckland.

Live in Havelock

Rick Edmonds, Ian Cameron and Pip Maslen sit on stage at the Havelock Town Hall. Money raised from plays at the hall go ...

Back in 1999, the hall was an old picture theatre. Then a few people got together and breathed new life into it.

Review: The Things Between Us

'The Things Between Us' had its world premiere in Christchurch this week.

Luke Di Somma's new musical is an emotionally intense, high concept rom-com.

Sex, drugs and '80s music

Rob Tapert has been dreaming about Pleasuredome for almost 40 years.

The Hollywood heavyweight (and Mr Lucy Lawless) behind Xena, Hercules and Spartacus is now tackling musical theatre on a huge scale.

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