Upbeat for Thursday 29 October 2015

Arts Laureates

Director Sara Brodie is among the current crop of Arts Foundation Laureate Award winners, announced in Auckland last night. She talks about what the honour means to her.

March on Wellington

Photographer John Miller with one of his photographs of the Māori Land March when it arrived in Wellington on October 13 1975. John was photographed at Te Unga Waka Marae in Auckland, at the commemorations of the 40th anniversary of the March in September 2015. Photo: John Miller

It's 40 years since Whina Cooper led 5000 people on a hīkoi to Parliament to present a petition against the alienation of Māori land. Photographer John Miller was there to document the final days of the march, and he revisited his photographs last week.

Missa Solemnis

Uwe Grodd conducting Auckland Choral Photo: Supplied

Auckland Choral present Beethoven's Missa Solemnis this weekend, with soloists Martin Snell, Hyeseoung Kwon, Jacqueline Dark and Simon O'Neill. Conductor Uwe Grodd previews their performance.