7+ hour, 46+ min ago   (743+ words) The recent release of BlackMill Games' Gallipoli: Ottoman Fronts has been met with some pointed questions, including whether the video game is "mimicking the war". Between landing at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915 and the eight months of fighting that followed,…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (567+ words) A genre-spanning shortlist has been announced in the race for New Zealand songwriting's highest honour. Five very different songs are in the running for New Zealand’s most sought-after songwriting prize. ‘Afters’ by Troy Kingi and MĀ (Maarire Brunning-Kouka), ‘LALELEI’ by…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (360+ words) New Zealand scores an early Emmy win thanks to the crew who worked on special effects in the freaky Netflix series. New Zealand has bagged an early Emmy award with Wētā FX winning a prize for their work on the…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (967+ words) The late country music star toured NZ three times. The only thing stopping her from buying a place was the pesky 20-plus hour commute from home. Dolly Parton loved New Zealand so much that she considered buying a house here....

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1852+ words) Over a career spanning decades, Dolly Parton amassed a legion of fans as a country music sweetheart and global superstar. Her proudest achievement, she once said, would always be her songwriting. Behind a glass display case at a resort in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1376+ words) Of the eight TripAdvisor reviews of the amphitheatre near Arcugnano, in Italy's northern Veneto region, all give fulsome, five-star praise. "An enchanting place," reads one review. "A world beyond space and time," enthuses another. "Definitely one of the best places…...