Traveling on the Kiwi dollar has never been fun, especially when hanging out with our English cousins (although the pound is not so sound at the moment).

Of all the self-aggrandising, bloated Hollywood award events of the season my favourite is the relatively humble Writers Guild of America Awards.

20 January 2009 - SKYCITY Auckland is the place to celebrate Chinese New Year this February with the Sky Tower lighting up red from January 25 until February 14.

20th January 2009 - Well look at this, two movie reviews in a row. I have been watching lots of DVD’s this week but this is a film that stuck out, so I thought it would be a great film to review this week.

20 JANUARY 2009 - After much anticipation and speculation, The Killers will be returning to NZ this year to play their very first arena dates in Auckland and Christchurch in support of their incredible third album, Day & Age, out now on Island Records.

The Big Day Out music festival has been around for many years now and throughout the timeline of the big headliners you could say that the lineup for the event has lost a lot of its International artist selection and become a showcase of bands that have good fan base & popula

Vector Arena Chief Executive, Guy Ngata, believes Auckland is the best and most logical place to host New Zealand's top heavyweight boxers David Tua and Shane Cameron in a long-awaited bout.

I love video games and I've spent a huge chunk of my professional life writing about them and playing them every day.

It's a thought that inevitably crosses any virtual rocker's mind as the night wanes and other band members begin to lose steam; who needs them, I could probably play all these instruments myself! Of course it's merely an overtired delusion of grandure for most of us; just holding drumsticks and a guitar is tricky enough. One enterprising gamer, however, has devised a way to become a one man Rock Band.

During the past week I have been consumed by an online game that tests your ability to name all the countries of the world. It is addictive, a real test of your geographical knowledge and understanding of the world.