Hutt City Council presents the Big Family Fix UP and Family Fun Day taking place this Sunday, 12 February at Fulton Hogan Cycle Park in Avalon Park.

Local Electronic producer and DJ Scratch 22 has been announced as the support act for Mayer Hawthorne's upcoming New Zealand tour dates.

Celebrating Charles Dickens the parliamentary reporter Charles Dickens, one of England's most-loved novelists, was born 200 years ago this week and a Victoria University researcher has come up with what, for some, will be a new twist on his life.

OPOSSOM is an alias of producer Kody Nielson.

The first OPOSSOM release was a single titled Cola Elixir, which appeared on bandcamp on Wednesday 12 October 2011. On Sunday 1 January 2012, a second single titled Getaway Tonight was released.

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra grabs its Lonely Planet guide, clenches a rose between its teeth and heads to Auckland Town Hall for Qantas Presents Latin Fiesta, a celebration of sizzling music from Spain and South America.

Screening on Tuesday 7 February, 7pm on TV3

For the first time on worldwide television, the story of exactly what took place inside the Dotcom mansion during the January 20 police raid, including:

- Exclusive television access to the Dotcom Mansion

Best Score, Who I Want To Win – Either John Williams film! Who I Think Will Win – ‘The Artist’.  

Best Song, Who I Want To Win – Bret McKenzie for ‘The Muppets’ of course! Who I Think Will Win – Brett McKenzie! 

Sitting down to watch 'Young Adult', I had mixed feelings, as I'd been hearing lots of negative things about it. It was from the chick who wrote 'Juno' and the dude who directed 'Up In The Air', so that was at least worth something.

Best Art Direction, Who I Want To Win – ‘Midnight In Paris’. Who I Think Will Win – ‘Hugo’.

Best Cinematography, Who I Want To Win – ‘The Tree Of Life’. Who I Think Will Win – ‘The Artist’.

Found footage films are a dime a dozen these days, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t still some great ones being put out. So when I saw the trailer for this film I was excited as it looked interesting for a genre such as this to be told in the found footage way.