Police 1081… solving crime on island time
One night, one case, zero script. Police 1081 is an improvised comedy-drama set on the not-so-mean streets of Waiheke.
Locally loved taxi driver/Detective Ron Husky...
$80,000 funding boost lifts gallery out of ‘survival mode’ to expand artist support
Waiheke Community Art Gallery is looking to move out of survival mode and make the most of the large funding boost allocated to them...
Help the children in Gaza is plea from island mums’ group
Waiheke Mums for Peace group is asking the wider community to help raise funds for the children in Gaza who are in dire need...
Poetry, pop and prose
Current Poet Laureate Chris Tse (pronounced ‘teece’ and rhymes with ‘peace’) will be the guest for the Song and Poetry Thing on Thursday 31...
Margaret Mills on the Rainbow Warrior bombing which nearly killed her
Forty years ago today, on 10 July 1985, the Rainbow Warrior was in Auckland preparing for an operation to protest nuclear testing in the...
Princess Chelsea’s Midwinter Ball a treasure trove of cinematic fantasy
The world according to Princess Chelsea is looking pretty bright and sparkly right now. Not only has her album Everything Is Going To Be...
Selina Tusitala Marsh announced as first-ever Commonwealth Poet Laureate
Sending an unsolicited rewrite of the Commonwealth Charter in the form of one of her iconic poems to Anne Gallagher, the current director general...
Tongue in cheek herpes campaign starring Sir Graham Henry wins award
When a media friend of Sir Graham Henry called to congratulate him for his part in winning the Cannes Lions grand prix for good...
