Art & Culture

Leading New Zealand sculptor Chris Booth has been invited to create a major UK£12 million underground feature for England's renowned Eden Project.

A major art exhibition of works by 41 Kiwi artists is to be held in Italy to commemorate New Zealand’s involvement – 66 years ago – in the WWII Battle of Monte Cassino.

A New Zealand icon – the humble Kiwi bach – is destined to become a White House near-neighbour next year, as part of an international competition for sustainable architecture.

Kiwis are getting ready for three weeks of side-splitting laughter, as New Zealand transforms into comedy central for the annual NZ International Comedy Festival.

Arts and entertainment movers and shakers will gather at the North Island lake resort of Taupo in May for Erupt – a festival inspired by the fiery elements of the region’s volcanic plateau.

Christchurch has traded in its Garden City label this week, as it turns into Jazz City for the New Zealand International Jazz and Blues Festival.

Twenty-five Kiwi artists will open their studios to the public during The Great Coromandel Art Tour – three weekends of art, music, exhibitions and workshops in one of New Zealand’s most creative little towns.

Tauranga comes alive with the sounds of soul, bebop, ragtime, swing, Dixieland and funk over Easter as jazz lovers swing into the 48th National Jazz Festival – an iconic Kiwi event.

While Alice in Wonderland fans are flocking to cinemas to relive Lewis Carroll’s literary classic, a New Zealand tourist attraction has put a new twist on the legendary tale.

For art lovers after a unique hotel stay, a few nights at Wellington’s iconic Museum Hotel could fit the bill.