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Two decades after their first studio album, Shihad are back to rock basics – saying their latest release is the heaviest in years.

PETER PAN By J M Barrie All children, except one, grow up.

It seems to be defying gravity, but is it defying taste and logic The artwork deemed to be deserving of this year’s National Contemporary Art Award is part of a fluorescent light tube apparently perched precariously on the edge of a wooden shelf. Titled Tell Someone if Something Happens, the work by Wellington artist Deanna Dowling, looks set to reignite the “Is it really art” debate that frequently accompanies the announcement of the annual awards hosted by Waikato Museum.

It seems to be defying gravity, but is it defying taste and logic The artwork deemed to be deserving of this year’s National Contemporary Art Award is part of a fluorescent light tube apparently perched precariously on the edge of a wooden shelf. Titled Tell Someone if Something Happens, the work by Wellington artist Deanna Dowling, looks set to reignite the “Is it really art” debate that frequently accompanies the announcement of the annual awards hosted by Waikato Museum.

Broods, a band in collaboration with Lorde’s producer, has flown to the top of the charts this week. The song Mother and Father by New Zealand siblings Georgia and Caleb Nott – also known as Broods – took out top Kiwi single.

Mark Ruffalo is absolutely lovely. Let’s just get that out of the way from the off.

Choreographer Malia Johnston has been in charge of the moves at the whacky-but-sophisticated World of Wearable Art (WOW) show since 2002 and it has absorbed the bulk of her talent and time.

While her Shortland Street character Sarah Potts faces the biggest challenge of her career – an infectious virus that she cannot diagnose – Amanda Billing ponders how she would handle such a crisis.

Hey Girl, a sushi restaurant-cum-dance club (um, because plain sashimi is just so lacklustre without heavy beats), has dreamed up an ingenious way to entice the ladies through its doors – make its female bathroom look like a teenage girl’s bedroom by covering every inch of it in Ryan Gosling posters. Yes, San Diego’s