Coastal-inspired paintings will stand out in a crowd.

Best 30 works will tour the country after judging.

Wellington design student fascinated by trees and ’stuff’.

Show at Wellington gallery tells a strong story

Vampires and werewolves keep hold on youthful imaginations.

Expanding performing arts school needs more room

Classical fused with kapa haka smooths way for city delegation

Free Shop a work of art in recycling and redistribution.

Show with a difference marks Toi Poneke’s birthday

Years of hard work start with a teenage passion

David Brooks inspires students to barbershop highs

Whitireia art student has unique gallery in Paraparaumu park.

Mu Yuming’s exhibition teaches Chinese history in New Zealand

Tom’s talent earns him big gig with Soul Survivor tour

Resource consent is expected soon for the new Countdown store

New Zealanders respond well to the teachings of the country’s only grandmaster calligrapher. TASHA BLACK talks to Akiko Crowther about creating the perfect line.

Kapiti author’s books mix life, finance, fun

Thousands give money for duck race’s good causes

How a teetotal music fiend and not-for-profit entrepreneur from Wellington creates events that inspire the loyalty of a whole ’scene’. By CHRIS ARMSTRONG.

Otaki pupil’s Buzzy Bee painting earns him $200 prize

Wellington Led Zeppelin tribute band has big dreams

Latin American music and dance flow freely at the soundshell

NZ Idol contestant now producing his own radio show

Wellington will host competition with a difference next year.

Harriet Bright is hanging twice in the Adam Portraiture Awards

Art and skateboarding intertwine for Californian Pat Ngoho.

Maori take back brand after Creative NZ drops it.

Te Papa sculptures will appear as part of NZ Arts festival.

Balibo film director Robert Connolly talks to TASHA BLACK about what the New Zealand and Australian governments didn’t want you to know about journalists’ deaths in East Timor.

Cold, hard, scientific proof from KYLIE KLEIN-NIXON that My Chemical Romance are the greatest band in the world.

Auckland singer back home with sweet summer sounds.

Jackson, Sarandon and team front up on The Lovely Bones.

Jackson’s latest is skilful blend of tearful and LOL moments.

Hutt council takeover bid upsets Stokes Valley teacher.

Many attend premiere to see Bones director and star.

New council standards make Pasifika festival eco-friendly.

Pioneering companies lead way with 3D filming and editing.

A great weekend for smelling the roses at the Botanic Garden.

A wide range of ages promotes good vibes at show

AC/DC’s first NZ concert in 14 years – staged at Westpac Stadium in Wellington – could be heard as far off as Brooklyn, Petone and Miramar. NewsWire’s KYLIE KLEIN-NIXON, PENELOPE SCOTT, KIMBERLEY CRAYTON-BROWN and VAUGHAN ELDER were among 35,000 fans.

One of AC/DC’s youngest fans is Louie Nixon – five.

Church dance festival at Porirua gets a flamenco flavour.

Practice makes perfect for Christmas revelry.

That’s ‘Obsessive Twilight Disorder’ hitting city cinema crowds.

In Wellington to open a career retrospective exhibition, leading US graphic designer Jason Munn talks to CATHERINE McGREGOR.

After strong start, Pakistan find themselves in trouble

My Year Without Sex is not, in fact, about the sex, Australian film director Sarah Watt reveals in an interview with MELISSA McDONALD.

Popular Wellington restaurateur shares his love of the ocean.

He gets first look at performing arts students’ new show.

World of Wearable Art brings $8.4million into the city.

Beijing residency offered by Asia:NZ Foundation.

Director Warwick Thornton visits Wellington to promote his first feature length film, Samson and Delilah. He speaks to KYLIE KLEIN-NIXON about community and telling the truth.

Freezing in place for several minutes catching on in Capital.

Favourite Wellington band sign their latest at Slow Boat Records.

WELLINGTON punk-rock band The Outsiders are set to take on Europe at the end of this month with a four-week tour of Germany, the Netherlands, UK and Ireland, reports REUBEN McDOUGALL.

Funds raised at fair go towards community work in Wellington.

Student’s passion for art helps cope with disorder.

‘But where are all your available multi-billionaires?’

Dance Your Socks Off festival is back in Capital this week.

Adult themes and swear words have separated a Hutt 7-year-old from her first role in a movie, Separation City. But she’s happy to wait, she tells BLAIR STEWART.

New 3D movie teaser shown at Reading Cinema in Wellington.

The capital has a starring role in the 3D movie-making revolution. KYLIE KLEIN-NIXON talks to a leading exponent of cinematic post production.

Wellington On a Plate presents two weeks of appetising events.

The ‘hour of the wolf’ feeds Riverblind’s creativity.

Student gets lots of help to turn ugly Newtown wall into piece of art.

Show helps stop people ‘putting Porirua down’. VIDEO

Little Sjaak Ferrer may be only 13 months old, but he’s no stranger to the drums. His dad, Rafael Ferrer of dance school Cuban Fusion, has been playing them since he was not much older, reports JANICE IKIUA.

Fans happily pay $160 to get tickets to Wellington concerts.

Making music for the tiny New Zealand market requires a certain degree of blind belief, Wellington band Family Cactus tell CATHERINE McGREGOR

Sculptures by former Chilton St James School students Lisa Basford and Tania Vercoelen, are part of a travelling art exhibition, reports SARAH HARDIE.

A’art is a new Wellington community gallery offering free exhibitions and support for artists, and taking no commission on sales. LUKE APPLEBY reports.

Film festival embraces architecture and the economy.

It’s graffiti but not as we know it: knitter targets Wellington trees.

Alexandra Johnson gives her view of the Oscar best movie winner. See her comments and those of other reviewers who were watching, reading, listening over summer.

Top wordsmith takes out the Wellington Sonnet Competition.

Wellington hip hop group creating live beats at their shows.

After 15 years of learning marimba, Yoshiko Tsuruta has outgrown all but a few players in New Zealand, reports LUKE APPLEBY.

She won $US50,000 and US equivalent of Nobel Prize.

NewsWire reporter Laura Frykberg tells JENNY MEYER what it’s like modelling for the World of Wearable Arts show.