Auckland Arts have been growing from strength to strength each year – 2013 brings a varied and colourful range of events and performances.

Rehearsals continue this week for performers who have entered one of the Diwali Festival’s showcase events - The Radio Tarana Bollywood Competition. Auckland’s best age group, individual and group Bollywood-style performers will compete for prestigious Diwali Festival honours.

The New Zealand Chocolate Festival (NZCF) will bring more than one and a half tonnes of chocolate to Wellington in August, tempting its residents to dip their digits in the sweet stuff.

The 2012 Matariki Festival is an Auckland wide celebration of the Maori New Year and is heralded by the rising of the Matariki star cluster.

George FM and DUBJB Music have collaborated to deliver a first of its kind concert that celebrates a humble yet powerful genre of New Zealand music.

An international dance company dedicated to African-American traditions will give New Zealand audiences a sneak preview of its latest production, ahead of its US viewers, at the Takitimu Festival in Hawke's Bay this month.

Wanganui is gearing up for a big weekend, with a powhiri at Putiki Marae for the USA Eagles rugby team on Sunday, September 4, followed by the official opening of the REAL Whanganui Festival.

Discover Auckland's vibrant past with more than 200 exciting events and interactive activities at this year's Auckland Heritage Festival, on from 17 September to 2 October.

Tournament organiser Rugby New Zealand 2011 today welcomed the decision of the England and Australian Rugby World Cup 2011 teams to include Christchurch in their Tournament itineraries.

More than 200 New Plymouth retailers have signed up to take part in a best-dressed shop competition to welcome the visiting nations to New Plymouth for Rugby World Cup 2011.