Ola brings light and colour to hundreds of rides during Diwali Rideshare newcomer lights up the streets to celebrate the glittering festival of lights

Celebrating New Zealand literary talent, the inaugural Sargeson Prize was awarded last night - the country’s richest short story prize - with Wellingtonian Sam Keenan taking out $5000 and first place in the Open Division for her story ‘Better Graces’.

With voting about to close in local body elections, Waikato Museum is renewing a call for visitors to cast a vote for the most popular artwork in the National Contemporary Art Award exhibition.

Celebrating New Zealand literary talent, the inaugural Sargeson Prize was awarded last night - the country’s richest short story prize - with Wellingtonian Sam Keenan taking out $5000 and first place in the Open Division for her story ‘Better Graces’.

Warbirds Over Wanaka has announced a Mosquito fighter bomber will be displaying at next Easter’s international airshow.

While it’s a 1/5th model of the real thing, the owners of the Mosquito are promising to put on an impressive display, including a bombing run.

Wellingtonians have today gained a second central city library service, this time with a focus on Aotearoa, with the opening of a new cooperative space in the National Library.

Celebrated artist Brent Harris will exhibit at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū in November.

His first Christchurch exhibition, Towards the Swamp, is a collection of paintings and works on paper, including never-before-seen works gifted to the Gallery in 2018.

Orchestra Wellington’s concertmaster Amalia Hall is performing Samuel Barber's beautiful violin concerto, while music director Marc Taddei leads the orchestra through Aaron Copland's mighty Third Symphony.

Clever, quick-witted, and charming. Dumb, silly, and potentially offensive. Both statements equally define an Honest Liars Improv Show, coming to The Litt Theatre in Te Puke 9th November, shares traits with TV favourite Who’s Line is it Anyway?

An illustrated memoir for children, a novel which inspired a screen adaption starring Keisha Castle-Hughes, and translations of Romanian and Medieval Latin poetry are among the multitude of extraordinary achievements of this year’s winners of the Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achieveme