After a tough few years in hospitality, Otago restaurants are still holding their own at a national level, finds Rebecca Fox.
Being able to concentrate full-time on art has led to a creative and personal journey for Cora-Allan Lafaiki Twiss.
Bev Moon has worked with art all her working life but never produced her own until recently.
Internships have provided Theresa Woessner with some life-changing opportunities over the years, including the opportunity to learn about wine judging at the New World Wine Awards.
Opera movies might not be new on the world scene but they are for New Zealand.
With a passion for indigenous storytelling, Christchurch writer and director Juanita Hepi has been excited to help create Chamber Music New Zealand’s first multidisciplinary production.
Having lived in the North Island for seven years, Alby Hailes, a winner of the The Great Kiwi Bake Off, is enjoying being back in Dunedin and taking it easier for a change, he tells Rebecca Fox.
Four new solo shows from five Dunedin artists have been brought together in the latest Dunedin Public Art Gallery "Suite" exhibition celebrating local contemporary art. Rebecca Fox talks...
Tony Adamson likes to keep a low profile.
Artist Taloi Havini has built a practice around safeguarding the natural habitat of her family’s home, Bougainville, continuing the activism of her parents in her own way.
Recent damage to North Island food crops because of adverse weather events and the impact of the Covid pandemic on supply chains has shone a light on the fragility of New Zealand’s food system.
Rolling in piles of paper, cardboard and soft furnishings people no longer want might sound like lots of fun, but for Caroline Plummer Fellow in Community Dance Daisy Sanders "A Resting...
Tim Jackson is a world-renowned ecological economist, but he is also an award-winning radio playwright.
Singing teachers from around the country are in Dunedin this week for their national conference.
Dunedin food scientist Dominic Agyei tells Rebecca Fox why you'd put insects in ice cream.
Playwright Emily Duncan has been on a treasure hunt but her gold is a bit different from the hard, shiny stuff most miners are after.
Isaac Martyn cut his theatre teeth in Dunedin and while he's making waves in Wellington’s theatre scene these days, he's back in the city for a special Matariki show he created for the NZ International Science Festival.
The latest special publication of Fresh is all about comfort - nourishing foods, treats and the good ole Kiwi pie.
Having made significant contributions to the culture of Dunedin, jeweller David McLeod and his librarian wife Anne Jackman are making a new start in the North Island.
On a whistle-stop visit back home to NZ, mezzo-soprano Wendy Dawn Thompson's looking forward to performing for her parents in their hometown of Dunedin.