Stratford District Council is excited to announce that Summer Nights is returning to Stratford this February, with some very exciting acts and movies for the community to enjoy.

Exhibition - 14 December 2018 to 15 March 2019.

The 2019 Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship will help a playwright challenge Asian stereotypes and a poet press against the silence and stigma connected to New Zealand’s history of forced adoptions.

Dr Alan Bollard CNZM, former Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, and before that Secretary to the Treasury, is to be the new Chairman of the New Zealand Portrait Gallery Trust, in place of Dr Keith Ovenden who is retiring at the end of the year.

The wait is over! The dark world of Ashen will finally see the light and launch on Xbox One and Xbox Game Pass on December 7… and what a journey it’s been to get here!

Following 10 tough weeks of culinary battles, delectable dishes and disasters in the kitchen, My Kitchen Rules New Zealand has crowned its 2018 champions! Taranaki dad and daughter Liam and Eden have taken out the $100,000 cash prize and the coveted title of MKR NZ victors.

Could your local eatery do with some well-deserved recognition?

The search is on to find New Zealand’s best local restaurant!

TVNZ is calling for Kiwis’ favourite restaurant nominations for a new food reality series coming to TVNZ in 2019.

Motivated by the lack of online and offline spaces to buy and sell independent art books in Auckland, Strange Haven follows up their popular seasonal book fair series with their final event of the year - ‘The Summer Art Book Fair (Christmas Edition)’. 

A performance by New Zealand musician Ben Lummis is just one of the many attractions on offer at Christmas in the Park 2018.

Timaru District Libraries is the first public library in New Zealand to offer a new, free streaming movie service.