Artist Joseph Michael is best known for his full-scale 360° projection of an iceberg onto the Auckland War Museum in 2017.

Justin Pemberton started his career directing music videos and music television, before setting up his own documentary production company in his 20s with fellow filmmakers.

Free Theatre Christchurch is an experimental performance company established by staff and students at Canterbury University in 1979 under the guidance of recent German arrival Peter Falkenberg.

A biography of Sir Ernest Hyam Davis - brewery baron, anti-prohibitionist, Mayor of Auckland and Newmarket, and passionate sailor and philanthropist among many other roles - has just been released.

In less than two years, the deaths of up to 80 New Zealanders have been attributed to synthetic cannabis (known more accurately as synthetic cannabinoids). Yet currently little is known about why they are so dangerous and how to treat users presenting at emergency departments. Professor Michelle Glass has been studying cannabinoids (both natural and synthetic) for almost 25 years.

Four years ago, celebrated playwright Victor Rodger wrote Club Paradiso for its main star, actor Robbie Magasiva. Robbie plays Q, a criminal on the run who bursts into a bar, covered in blood, high on P, and being persued by police.

Iranian authorities have reportedly seized two vessels, one British-flagged and the Liberia-flagged, in the Strait of Hormuz overnight.

The latest Ebola outbreak, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been declared a "public health emergency of international concern" by the World Health Organization.

Canada is heading toward a general election on October 21 and the two main opponents are neck and neck.

The Christchurch Arts Festival is about to kick-off (July 26 - August 4th) and this year it has a different emphasis: it will focus on Christchurch artists rather than a roster of international talent. One of Christchurch's most successful musical exports, Julia Deans, will headline an event called Like Water along with fellow Cantabrians Bella Kalolo and Flip Grater, and the trio will be backed by Burnside High's award-winning Bel Canto Choir (to which Julia and Bella used to belong). Julia Deans, former Fur Patrol front woman, talks to Kim about why she's taking part.