Personalities

As unenticing as burnt toast may sound, it has certainly intrigued art buffs in galleries nationally and internationally, thanks to Maurice Bennett's pixilated 'toast portraits' and 'tapa cloth' toast designs.

When competing around the globe, world mountain bike champion Vanessa Quinn often thinks of the stunning trails back home in New Zealand.

New Zealand director Andrew Adamson is showcasing his home country to the world through one of his favourite childhood novels.

Ulva Island, situated in Whaka o Te Wera (Paterson Inlet) on Rakiura (Stewart Island), is a sanctuary for visitors to learn about native flora and fauna from a Maori perspective.

John and Allison Brebner, teachers, printmakers and book artists, have combined their talents and built up a unique teaching studio and working letterpress museum, with impressive art galleries in the relaxed atmosphere of their 120 year old Manawatu home...

Sam Neill may be an international man of movies, but his heart belongs to New Zealand – and you can pinpoint the spot to three paddocks in the ruggedly beautiful region of Central Otago.

Jane Hunter (Hunter's Wines) and Michelle Richardson (Richardson Wines) are two New Zealand winemakers at the pinnacle of achievement in the wine industry.

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.

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.