Art & Culture

Janet Frame (b 1924) is New Zealand’s best-known contemporary novelist and short story writer and has been nominated several times for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

One New Zealand artist has caused more discussion than any other in our history.

New Zealand craft artists produce works of beauty and outstanding design using innovative materials.

The sea, the vessel, the voyage, the arrival. New Zealand was born on the waves, from two long migrations.

Top Maori singer/songwriter Moana Maniapoto has three albums behind her (Tahi and Rua – meaning one and two), Moana and The Tribe already released in Europe, and a fourth album on the way in New Zealand.

New Zealand's first truly successful rock group internationally was Split Enz, formed in 1972.

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.