Rebecca Fox

Guided home cooks through revolutionary change

Emeritus Prof Helen Leach with some of her collection of Tui Flower recipe books. Photo: Staff...

Guided home cooks through revolutionary change

Tui Flower was one of New Zealand’s early food writers who helped break the country’s meat and potato mentality. After her death last week Rebecca Fox discovers how much she meant to foodies.

Tripping the light fantastic

Unlimited energy, stamina, a healthy immune system, a love of travel and teaching, and a flair for string music. Rebecca Fox discovers that the New Zealand String Quartet makes all sorts of...

Love of nature reflected in film

Tour guide Gary Kiel talks to Sheila Natusch on Wellington's south coast

Love of nature reflected in film

Writer and illustrator Sheila Natusch died last week at the age of 91. The indomitable spirit with which she approached life shines through in a new film, Rebecca Fox reports.

Family business

Kobi Bosshard is widely known as the grandfather of contemporary New Zealand jewellery and his daughter is a film-maker, so it is no surprise she chose to document her father’s life and works,...

Life-long love of music

Li-Wei Qin has followed in his father’s footsteps by becoming a cellist. He tells Rebecca Fox about playing at the BBC Proms and at two Olympic Games.

Successful night for Otago at 'Cuisine' awards

Three Otago restaurants have been awarded ''two hats'' in national awards, while Moeraki’s Fleur Sullivan has been named a “Food Legend”.

Local landscape inspiration for work

Emma-Kate Moore (33) works at her kitchen table inspired by the views of Kingston from her...

Local landscape inspiration for work

Kingston artist Emma-Kate Moore entered the Parkin Drawing Award for the first time and, much to her surprise, was one of eight artists to have two works selected for the finals.

A passion for musical theatre

From the West End, London, to the Fortune Theatre, Dunedin, Mark Dorrell has been driven by a love of musical theatre, writes Rebecca Fox.

Crooked Spaghetti: it's not just cricket

Marcus Tonga sells his pasta at the Otago Farmers’ Market. Photo: Linda Robertson

Crooked Spaghetti: it's not just cricket

‘‘Innovation’’ and ‘‘flavour’’ are words that Marcus Tonga likes to use to describe his pastas and sauces. Rebecca Fox caught up with the Otago Polytechnic postgraduate student.

Project celebrates independent artists

A series of projects are being held to celebrate the dedicated community of independent artists working in Dunedin, Rebecca Fox discovers.

Emphasising normality

Talking to Auckland artist Marie Shannon is like reminiscing with an old friend about the good times, the bad and the random, finds Rebecca Fox

Cuisine uniquely Dunedin

Food designers seek the unexpected to highlight Dunedin’s underground literary ‘‘cool’’, discovers Rebecca Fox.

The art of storytelling

The story of an Otago farm boy who became famous for his conscientious objection to war has been made into an opera.

A new life and a new step forward

Miranda Parkes takes a break from hanging her exhibtion ‘‘The Merrier’’ at the Hocken Library. Photo: Gerard O'Brien

A new life and a new step forward

An unexpected event may have made life complicated for the 2016 Frances Hodgkins Fellowship artist but Miranda Parkes’ art is all the better for it, she tells Rebecca Fox

Lisa Reihana has wowed audiences at the Venice Biennale with her Emissaries project and its centrepiece video 'In Pursuit of Venus'. Rebecca Fox discovers she has also been working on a exhibition for Dunedin.

The art of pleasing the public

Dunedin’s last public sculpture, the Harbour Mouth Molars. Photo: ODT files

The art of pleasing the public

While public art has sometimes been controversial in Dunedin, people are being urged to have their say on a new framework, finds Rebecca Fox.A ''hunger'' for a renewed public art programme is...

Otago restaurants finalists in national awards

Kika co-owners Francesca Voza and James Stapley. Photo: Supplied

Otago restaurants named as finalists in national awards

More Otago restaurants than ever before have been named in the Cuisine top 100 restaurants for 2017, Rebecca Fox finds.

First love yields to passion

Known for ‘‘virtually dancing on the platform’’ while conducting, Richard Davis will lead the...

First love yields to passion

Just settling into a new life in Melbourne, British conductor Richard Davis is about to visit New Zealand for the first time, he tells Rebecca Fox.

Gift of music received and returned in full

The Kuijken Quartet will be performing Haydn and Mozart string quartets on period instruments for their CMNZ tour. Period musical instruments are either originals or copies of instruments from the time the composers were writing. Photo: Supplied

Gift of music received and returned in full

Watching your children come of age musically is extra special if you are a musician yourself, as Belgians Marleen Thiers and Sigiswald Kuijken discovered. Rebecca Fox talks to the family that...

Seeking hidden Hodgkins

Dunedin Public Art Gallery assistant curator Lauren Gutsell (left), retired academic Roger...

Seeking hidden Hodgkins

A search is on to find as many unknown Frances Hodgkins works as possible for an exhibition at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery later this year, Rebecca Fox discovers.

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