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Luring visions behind resin
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Luring visions behind resin
Bryn Jones’ mermaid will float over the Peter Nicholls Sculpture Plinth on the Knox lawn for the next four months.
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A different perspective
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A different perspective
United States master printmaker, painter and teacher Dan Welden is back in Dunedin as the 2024 Caselberg InPrint Resident — 20 years after another residency first brought him to the city.
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New take on classic NZ family staple
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New take on classic NZ family staple
Thursday is national lamb day. Rebecca Fox talks to Dunedin chef Michael Coughlin and butcher James Biggs about the role of the meat in cooking.
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All the Bard’s a play in summer series
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All the Bard’s a play in summer series
Performing in this year’s Dunedin Summer Shakespeare is one of many firsts for New Zealand actor, writer and director Gregory Cooper. He and director Lara Macgregor talk to Rebecca Fox.
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Indian and Irish fusion
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Indian and Irish fusion
Father and daughter relationships can sometimes be complicated, even troublesome, but not for this quartet who are about to embark on a musical tour celebrating both their cultures.
Reunion dinner at heart of New Year celebrations
Reunion dinner at heart of New Year celebrations
As Dunedin gets ready to celebrate the Chinese New Year, Rebecca Fox gets some tips from Dunedin woman Jean Lai about the food and traditions surrounding the annual festival.
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Rediscovering true passion
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Rediscovering true passion
Winning the Craigs Aspiring Art Prize came as a surprise for Wellington-based, English artist Zoe Marsden who has only recently begun dedicating herself to her art practice again.
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Love for old music rekindled
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Love for old music rekindled
Since her days singing in Nelson’s cathedral choir, Pepe Becker has had a love of early music.
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Swapping Auckland for Arrowtown
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Swapping Auckland for Arrowtown
Chef Richard Highnam has swapped Auckland's fast lane for the wide, open spaces of Queenstown as the head chef in the new Ayrburn development near Arrowtown.
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A taste of the arts in 2024
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A taste of the arts in 2024
Dunedin’s arts calendar for 2024 is starting to fill up. Rebecca Fox takes a look at some of what has been programmed so far.
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South brewed fair share of beer history
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South brewed fair share of beer history
Historian Prof Greg Ryan’s history of beer and brewing in New Zealand, Continuous Ferment, paints an interesting picture of the South’s role in the process and the country's drinking habits.
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La vie d'ecrivaine
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La vie d'ecrivaine
Dunedin writer Sue Wootton has spent the last few months in France on the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship.
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Delighting in gift of happiness
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Delighting in gift of happiness
After the sell-out success of Promise and Promiscuity in Dunedin earlier this year, Penny Ashton tells Rebecca Fox how she has swapped Austen for Dickens and the small stage for the large.
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Making her voice heard
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Making her voice heard
In the first major retrospective of the late Dunedin artist Marilynn Webb’s work, curators take a look at her print-making practice, her love of the environment in which she lived and the...
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Timely exhibition takes look back
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Timely exhibition takes look back
With a major retrospective of the late artist Marilynn Webb’s works being held at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, nearby Olga Gallery has chosen to show a selection of her late son Ben’s works.
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Pianist goes with the flow
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Pianist goes with the flow
It has been more than 20 years since the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra performed Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No 1.
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Carving out a 60-year career
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Carving out a 60-year career
Sculptor, silversmith and jeweller Tanya Ashken is looking forward to returning to Dunedin for the latest exhibition of her work.
Christmas menus: Adding flair to classic fare
Christmas menus: Adding flair to classic fare
FRESH CHRISTMAS ONLINE: There's a reason things are considered classics - they just work, every time.
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New Zealand shares its grief
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New Zealand shares its grief
Going against the tide of keeping grief private, former Dunedin writer Iona Winter is providing an outlet for people’s grief in a new almanac.
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The past is present
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The past is present
Three Dunedin artists, Ilish Thomas, Madison Kelly and Megan Brady, are featuring in the biggest exhibition of contemporary art ever held at Christchurch Art Gallery.