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Acclaimed soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa was born on March 6, 1944, and made her international debut at Covent Garden in 1971.

The 2001 Venice Biennale Arts Festival saw New Zealand represented by Jacqueline Fraser and Peter Robinson.

Maori weaver Diggeress Rangituatahi Te Kanawa (b1920) learnt her school from her mother Dame Rangimarie Hetet. Her skill in creating wharariki (mats) and korowai (cloaks) out of natural material such as flax fibre and feathers, has drawn international acclaim.

Pacific Island music is an important part of the New Zealand music scene and a growing number of PI artists are making their names known.

Two of the country's historic places - the Kerikeri Mission House and the adjacent Stone Store - are overseen by Sue and Fergus Clunie.

Once a port town for whalers and traders Russell has come a long way since the 1800s when it was described as the hell-hole of the South Pacific.

Te Waimate Mission Station is a half an hour drive from Kerikeri.

The picturesque South Canterbury district of Timaru is gaining a reputation as the rose garden of New Zealand.

It’s the South Island’s third largest public art museum, is home to an impressive collection of works by leading New Zealand painters ...

New Zealand - home to one of the most tattooed populations in the world - now has its own tattoo museum, the first in the South Pacific.