Arts and Entertainment

More than 400 objects, from sketches to paintbrushes — and a connection to the museum stretching back to a one-shilling junior membership in the mid-fifties.

Vinyl colouring sheets, neon artworks and interactive displays: Play 5.0 is now on the walls of Southland Hospital's Children's Ward.

The Art for Leisure programme at SIT Gore draws students from as far as Cromwell and Alexandra — and once they join, they tend to stay. Here's why.

Invercargill's That 80s Band is back — hairspray, shoulder pads, and all — with a show at the Corinthians Centre on Saturday November 14 that promises a full night of 1980s hits played live. The band, 14 years old in various forms, will perform at the Invercargill Workingmen's

Seal, Bastille, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Level 42 are headlining the 2027 Summer Concert Tour, with Greenstone Entertainment confirming the line-up today for two outdoor shows across Auckland Anniversary Weekend in January. The tour hits Wānaka's Three Parks Outdoor Arena on Saturday January 30, then the Taupō Amphitheatre on

A hundred works. Seven decades. One show that finally gives Invercargill's art collection the attention it deserves. Spring: What We Kept is now open at the transitional public art gallery in the city centre, running until Sunday September 27. The exhibition pulls together 100 artworks first shown at

The Eastern Southland Gallery has taken the top prize at the 2026 Southland Creative Arts Awards, with its exhibition of paintings and prints about the Mataura River named Supreme Winner on Saturday night. The exhibition — a series of 26 works by artist Jo Ogier — explores the ecological and geographical landscape

The Shakespeare in the Park Charitable Trust is calling for local actors to be (or not to be) at auditions for the 2027 season of Hamlet this weekend. Auditions for a ten-performer ensemble will run on Sunday, August 2, 2026, from 4pm to 6pm at Whare Taupua on Forth St.