Arts & Music
Culture Huia today, gone tomorrow by Rebecca Priestley
EXTINCT BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND, by Alan Tennyson & Paul Martinson (Te Papa Press, $64.99)
THE ART OF J G KEULEMANS, Paintings of the Birds of New Zealand, with an introduction by Ross Galbreath (Random House, $34.99) and more...Art DIY by Aaron Kreisler
GABRIEL KURI – AND THANKS IN ADVANCE, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, to February 18
BREAK: CONSTRUCT, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, to February 18DVDs Arcand treat by Chris Knox
Essential Arcand & Chumscrubber.Film Drawing power by Michelle Coursey
Animated reality TV promises to be a lucrative concept for two Raumati brothers.Film The last picture show by Philip Matthews
A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION, directed by Robert Altman
SHORTBUS, directed by John Cameron Mitchell and more...Music Out of the pan-Pacific by Rod Biss
Wellington prepares to host the 26th Asia Pacific Festival.Music Solid as a rap by Nick Bollinger
THE ORDERS, MEDALS & DECORATIONS EP, Dudley Benson (Golden Retriever)
GENTLEMEN PREFER BOMBZ, Coco Solid (Global Routes)Opera Opera nirvana by Janina Nicoll
Alex Reedijk is pleased to hear a fellow Kiwi accent on a winter’s day in his Glasgow office.
Books
Don’t fight back by Louise Wareham Leonard
NON-VIOLENCE The History of a Dangerous Idea, by Mark Kurlansky (Jonathan Cape, London, $45)Clutch my head by Nicholas Reid
IN THE BLOOD, A Memoir of My Childhood, by Andrew Motion (Faber and Faber, $49:99)Home sick home by Charlotte Grimshaw
DREAMS OF WATER, by Nada Awar Jarrar (HarperCollins, $37.99)
