Fifteen New Zealand tertiary students and recent graduates will experience how business is done in Asia while undertaking online and domestic internships this summer. The Asia New Zealand Foundation Te Whītau Tūhono has been offering business internships since 2009 and is continually growing the pool of businesses we partner with, to keep up with today’s […]

Television channel Three owner Discovery will launch two new channels in March and plans to increase the volume of locally-produced entertainment shows it screens by 70 per cent. Glen Kyne, general manager of Discovery in New Zealand and Australia, said the business had performed well and the “major investment” in local content meant Three would […]

New Zealand English is based on British English, however over the past six decades our language has become unique, borrowing words and phrases from other countries and in some cases other languages. Below is a collection of examples where New Zealand English has borrowed from American English. 1. Assuming that for you pass and gas […]

An artwork has sold for more than $2 million making it the highest price paid for any New Zealand art work. Michael Parekowhai’s ‘A Peak in Darien’ fetched $2.05 million when it was auctioned at the Burr Tatham art auction at the Art + Object gallery in Auckland on Saturday, when art sale records fell […]

Aucklanders may have missed out on a public celebration of the popular Indian festival of lights, Diwali, this month because of lockdown restrictions, but festivities continue regardless – in a different format. The 20th Auckland Diwali Festival celebrations will now be held over 20 days – all online – in the lead-up to November 4, […]

Did you know Christchurch had an official wizard? After more than two decades as the cities official wizard of Christchurch, Ian Brackenbury Channell saw his $10,000 annual contract with the council come to an end. He has been best known as a decades-long street performer, often perched in Cathedral Square holding a wooden staff and […]

Above image courtesy of artist. Emerald Lakes, Tongariro, 2021 by Kayrene Trask. With some fantastic artworks already submitted, Bay of Plenty artists are reminded to have their entry in by October 1, to be part of the first ever Bay of Plenty Artists Exhibition. Already artwork submissions cover a wide variety of media including, stone […]

To celebrate Wellington City Council’s relationship with Te Papa, Wellington City residents are eligible for free entry into the Surrealist Art exhibition at Te Papa on both days. The free days will take place between 10am-7pm with the exhibition having a timed entry. The first session starts at 10am, and the last is at 6pm […]

Hundertwasser Art Centre campaigners are counting down to opening day in Whangārei. Visitors will be welcomed on 15 December – the late artist’s birthday. Friedensreich Hundertwasser was one of the most famous European artists of the 20th century. He died in 2000 and was based near Kawakawa for the last decades of his life. He […]

Today is the start of the Korean holiday Chuseok. Chuseok, or ‘Mid-Autum Festival’ is one of the three most important holidays in Korea. Korean businesses and schools will be closed for three days, the 20th, 21st and 22nd of September. Although Chuseok’s roots are largely agricultural, in present-day Korea the festival is a time for […]