Personalities

Kiwi pop star Ladyhawke was the leading light at the 2009 New Zealand Music Awards in Auckland swooping home with six Tuis including album and single of the year.

One of New Zealand’s best known entertainers, Sir Howard Morrison, has died at his home in the North Island city of Rotorua.

New Zealand director Jane Campion’s new film has been selected for official competition at Cannes, the world's most prestigious film festival, where her breakthrough work The Piano triumphed 16 years ago.

Teenage Rotorua golfer, Danny Lee, has become New Zealand’s highest paid athlete after signing a lucrative deal with International Management Group (IMG).

An 80-year-old New Zealand grandmother who spends summer riding the waves at Piha beach – one of Auckland’s wild west coast beaches – has no intention of giving up her passion for surfing.

New Zealand’s former prime minister Helen Clark has been named as the next head of the United Nations Development Programme - one of the top jobs in the world body.

A rare home town performance by Kiwi comedy duo Flight of the Conchords has raised $70,000 for Jemaine Clement’s old high school in the small Wairarapa town of Masterton.

Rare Sir Edmund Hillary memorabilia unwittingly destined for the trash has instead been recognised as a priceless national treasure, and is now safely in the Sir Edmund Hillary Alpine Centre at Aoraki Mount Cook.

Move over Mel, the New Zealand town of Masterton has shown the Flight of the Conchords fan base is far more extensive than is portrayed on the comedy duo’s award winning television series.

International comedy stars 'Flight of the Conchords' are to relive some Kiwi childhood memories after agreeing to support a charity tennis tournament and a school fundraiser while they’re back in New Zealand on holiday.