Rare, century-old NZ stamp fetches record price at auction
The rarest stamp in the country has sold for a record price after going under the hammer for…
Rare, century-old NZ stamp fetches record price at auction
The rarest stamp in the country has sold for a record price after going under the hammer for…
Post-Assad, is Syria’s National Opera playing its last notes?
In an underground room of the Syrian National Opera, the air vibrates with the sharp, icy strokes of…
Elves and trolls in ReykjavÃk
Perhaps the most striking thing about the recent ReykjavÃk Jazz Festival was the number of highly accomplished musicians…
Hasbara with glitter: Israel’s politics of pleasure | Arts and Culture
Some 4,000 miles (6,000km) away from Gaza, in the mangrove-thick hills of Goa, young Israelis stamp the earth…
Trump names Gaynor, Kiss, Sylvester Stallone as Kennedy Center Honors picks | Donald Trump News
United States President Donald Trump has unveiled his slate of picks for the Kennedy Center Honors, an annual…
Rocky Horror Show returns to NZ for first time in 15 years
The cult classic musical The Rocky Horror Show is set to return to New Zealand for the first…
Adidas accused of cultural appropriation by Mexico over new footwear design | Business and Economy News
Mexican officials say sportswear giant took design idea from Indigenous community in country’s southern Oaxaca state. Mexico’s government…
Why was Jason Momoa’s Chief of War epic made in NZ, not Hawaii?
Controversially, the production was mostly shot in New Zealand with non-Hawaiian crews. Duncan Caillard asks why. Jason Momoa’s…
The Netherlands returns 119 stolen sculptures to Nigeria | Arts and Culture News
The Benin Bronzes were artefacts stolen during the UK’s imperial plunder of Benin, modern-day southern Nigeria. The Netherlands…
Jacinda Ardern on a lifetime of feeling ‘never quite good enough’
Days away from learning if she would be New Zealand’s next Prime Minister, 37-year-old Jacinda Ardern was wrestling…
Resistance and extractivism: Inside Carrara, Italy’s home of white marble | Arts and Culture
Carrara’s connection to anarchism began nearly 150 years ago, when anarchist ideals found fertile ground among the downtrodden…