EIN News: New Zealand Arts & Entertainment News

New Study Finds U.S. Consumers Continue to Amass Valuable Troves of Digital Content

9 Jul 2008 07:34 GMT

... to rise as U.S. consumers amass more music, photos, movies and games, and as they use a ... countries and jurisdictions: Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea and Taiwan. Hitachi Global Storage ...

Hitachi Accelerates the ''Tera Era'' With Delivery of New Power-Efficient Terabyte Hard Drive

9 Jul 2008 07:34 GMT

... for storage capacity. Entire libraries of photos, movies, music and games are increasingly being stored ... and accessed from a variety of digital entertainment devices within the home and a plethora ... countries and jurisdictions: Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea and Taiwan. Hitachi Global Storage ...

Nicole Kidman's dad claims naming rights for baby Sunday Rose

9 Jul 2008 07:30 GMT

... Sunday because of his fascination with 1930s arts patron and party girl Sunday Reed. While ... Keith's brother, told the paper that the New Zealand-born country star had picked Rose in honour ...

Village buys US water park

9 Jul 2008 07:16 GMT

... a water park in Phoenix, Arizona. The entertainment and media group said it has secured ... company also purchased an aquarium in Auckland, New Zealand, and completed its takeover of Sydney Attractions ... Gold Coast with assets including Warner Brothers Movie World, Sea World and Wet n Wild. ...

Not a sharp effort

9 Jul 2008 06:57 GMT

... in Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand, all part of an integrated attempt to ... is the new executive director of the Arts & Business Council of Chicago. Kuntz, 51, ...

Building activity remains steady

9 Jul 2008 06:57 GMT

... has been recognised again, this time as winner of the Excellence in Education and Arts Property Award in the 2008 Property Council New Zealand Awards.

Cricket: Control the key for Broad

9 Jul 2008 06:52 GMT

... South Africa and instead use the traditional arts of line and length to unsettle the ... unit to chat about things. We bowled New Zealand out four times in five Test matches ...

NZ computer design selected for 'hall of fame'

9 Jul 2008 06:36 GMT

... A New Zealand invention for the disabled has been invited ... has been invited to join New York's Museum of Modern Art's "hall of fame" for design. The Lomak, ...

It's no circus

9 Jul 2008 06:19 GMT

... and Melbourne early on Friday morning. In New Zealand, people are already lining up in freezing ... Queen Street in Brisbane. "Vodafone will provide entertainment in the form of a DJ, along ...

Village acquires US water park

9 Jul 2008 06:16 GMT

Kidman's dad claims naming rights for baby Sunday Rose

9 Jul 2008 06:15 GMT

... Sunday because of his fascination with 1930s arts patron and party girl Sunday Reed. While ... Keith's brother, told the paper that the New Zealand-born country star had picked Rose in honour ...

Kevin Pearce Nominated for an ESPY

9 Jul 2008 06:14 GMT

... was a guest coach at High Cascade Snowboard Camp and will be traveling to New Zealand in August to film with sponsor Burton Snowboards. ESPY voting is now online at through July 12th. The ...

Laraine Day, 87, Film Actress and 'First Lady of Baseball'

9 Jul 2008 05:54 GMT

... her first husband in 1947, the Mormon movie starlet married Durocher, the foul-mouthed New York ... after she had success in more ambitious films, for instance Hitchcock's "Foreign Correspondent," MGM determined ... they supported Mormon missions in Hawaii and New Zealand, and also helped bring Maori singers and ...

Gene Pitney, 65, Early Rock 'N' Roll Star

9 Jul 2008 05:54 GMT

... was no. 1 on the American pop charts at the same time that "Only Love ... the soundtrack of the 1961 Kirk Douglas film of the same name, won a Golden ... He did extended tours in Australia and New Zealand, where his popularity was astounding. He wasn't ...

Mary Orr, 94, Playwright and Actress

9 Jul 2008 05:53 GMT

... play is turned into a good film entertainment the people responsible for the transformation deserve ... study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. After a few years appearing in smaller ... Feathers," a book about touring Australia and New Zealand with the play "Never Too Late," directed ...