The whare that travelled the globe
The little-known story of the Mataatua Whare will be brought to life by the music of Dame Gillian Whitehead, the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra and soloists Tomairangi Henare, Paul Whelan and Rebecca Ryan this weekend.
Rebecca Fox
Storytelling gets technical
Storytelling gets technical
A residency in Dunedin provided the breakthrough for writer and technical storyteller Karen Wrigglesworth, so she is hoping that another visit to write will prove to be equally successful.
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Finding the spark of art and science
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Finding the spark of art and science
Visiting for the first time, Australian science explainer Rachel Rayner is bringing her quantum physics stage shows to the New Zealand International Science Festival in Dunedin.
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Firing things up
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Firing things up
One of New Zealand’s top ceramicists, Chris Weaver, has been working on his latest collection at the Dunedin School of Art.
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Exploration key for artists
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Exploration key for artists
A collaboration between digital artist Kereama Taepa (Te Arawa, Te Āti Awa), and musician Tiki Taane (Ngāti Maniapoto), Mai Te Uira explores the spirit of creativity.
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Artist welded to his dream
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Artist welded to his dream
Ben Pearce has known since he was 4 years old that he was going to be an artist.
Comforting food for winter
Comforting food for winter
As the days get chilly, there's plenty of delicious recipes to make and enjoy in our Fresh Winter Edition.
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Women at new intersection
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Women at new intersection
New Dunedin art collective Women’s Work Art Collective aims to give voice to older female artists and the importance of feminism in today’s world, its members tell Rebecca Fox.
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Invasion of the red tide
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Invasion of the red tide
As climate change is the big issue of the day, there is plenty of scope for Dr Octavia Cade's brand of science fiction writing.
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'Brutally honest' book shares food journey
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Changing relationships with food, compassionately
Reducing her mum to tears was not the aim of Claire Turnbull’s latest book but the Queenstown-based nutritionist felt she had to lay it all on the line.
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Exhibition hoped to foster connection
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Exhibition hoped to foster connection
In a first for the Hocken Collections a waka has been installed in its foyer as part of the exhibition ‘‘Ruruku: An exhibition by Hauteruruku ki Puketeraki waka club’’...
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Exposing truth of the beautiful green
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Exposing the truth of the beautiful green
Twenty-five years after an exhibition at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, leading NZ photographer Anne Noble returns with a collaborative exhibition depicting the degraded state of fresh water across Kāi Tahu tribal lands.
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Art provides an emotional link
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Art provides an emotional link
Two artists from Dunedin, Māia Hetariki and Megan Brady, have been selected as finalists in the 2025 Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award.
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Youth choir hitting all the right notes
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Youth choir hitting all the right notes
From standing ovations to high praise from critics, Dunedin’s Southern Youth Choir is going from strength to strength.
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Passion, dedication, simplicity keep top chef going
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Passion, dedication, simplicity keep top chef going
Top New Zealand chef Michael Meredith is visiting Queenstown this month to cook with Sherwood chef Chris Scott.
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Spotlight on emerging stars
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Spotlight on emerging stars
Three young Dunedin musicians will this weekend compete for the title of Dunedin Concerto Competition winner at the Dunedin Town Hall.
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Choreographer has a way with ‘words’
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Choreographer has a way with ‘words’
Storytelling ballets may not have been fashionable when Cathy Marston first began choreographing them, but they are becoming so now.
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Role ‘real treasure, delight and honour’
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Role ‘real treasure, delight and honour’
He may be Australian, but violinist Peter Clark is enthusiastic about representing his homeland’s smaller rival as part of the NZ String Quartet.
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'This is the missing bit'
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'This is the missing bit'
Best-selling Irish author Dervla McTiernan still finds it ‘‘crazy’’ that hundreds of people turn up to her book events.
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Coffee became a career
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Coffee became a career
Celeste Wong caught the coffee bug working after school at Strictly Coffee in Dunedin. Two decades later, she just released her first book Coffee Creations.