Malcolm X's family sues US law enforcement agencies for $170 million over allowing assassination
The family of militant civil rights leader Malcolm X has filed a NZ$170 million lawsuit that accuses law enforcement agencies ...
Tribute to Ta Robert Gillies
At the grand old age of 99, Ta Robert "Bom" Gillies passed was laid to rest on Tuesday in Rotorua. He was the last of the ...
Essential Albums: Good Shirt - Good
Goodshirt combined classic pop influences with a D.I.Y sensibility learned from Chris Knox, to make one of the essential New Zealand albums of the early 2000s. Nick Bollinger discusses Goodshirt's ...
Essential Albums: Doug Jerebine - Is Jesse Harper
Recorded in London in 1969, these recordings provided classic material for Kiwi rockers The Human Instinct yet the originals remained largely unheard until their discovery and release in 2012. Nick ...
Essential NZ Albums: King Kapisi - Savage Thoughts
Hip-hop is a musical form invented by African Americans, and yet here is a version that could only have come from deep in the Pacific. It has a proud sense of place and yet it looks outward. To quote ...
Sweet Surrender with Aaradhna
Award-winning soul singer Aaradhna is back with a much-awaited new album Sweet Surrender - her first in eight years. Aaradhna has swept awards across New Zealand since the start of her career, and her ...
The Repair Cafe
In an age where it's never been more convenient to buy something new to replace the things that break, Brigitte Sistig is trying to make repairing easier. The Repair Cafe Aotearoa NZ supports more ...
Counter-protesters set up as Brian Tamaki convoy looks set to cause traffic woes
Meanwhlie, counter-protesters were set up on the Market Road bridge crossing State Highway 1 in Newmarket, flying Palestinian ...
The case for COPs (even this one)
Pacific Island nations and other vulnerable countries don't have a voice at the G20, but they make themselves heard at ...
Maori on the home front
The death of the 28th Maori Battalion's Sir Robert "Bom" Gilllies was a reminder of the treatment that Maori serviceman received when they returned home from the war. For families who remained at home ...
Christopher Luxon meets with China's Xi Jinping
Christopher Luxon has been warmly welcomed by China's President in Lima on the sidelines of the APEC Summit. It is the first ...
Chris Parker: carrying on camping
Eight years after the original show shocked and delighted audiences at the Comedy Festival, Camping, the Kiwi couples' comedy is back. Described as "The Rocky Horror Picture Show meets French and ...