Rebecca Fox

A major milestone, new name, and moving premises; there is not much the Southern Sinfonia is not doing this year. Rebecca Fox discovers why all the changes.

A poetry competition marking poet Robert Burns' birthday has shown his legacy is still alive and well, writes Rebecca Fox.

Ensuring there is a next generation of organ players with the skills of their forefathers is the aim of an international academy being held in Dunedin during the next few days, Rebecca Fox discovers.

Dunedin's Bracken Restaurant has been selected to take part in a national "Plate of Origin'' competition at this year's New Zealand Agri Investment Week.

Australian music teacher John Colwill talks about getting children hooked on music. On a recent visit to Dunedin for a holiday, he told Rebecca Fox learning the piano should not be intimidating.

Next month Wellington's New Zealand Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary with old favourites and some acts bound to become new favourites. Rebecca Fox discovers a a surprising number of Otago connections among the mix.

After nearly 50 years making jewellery Tony Williams is looking forward to semiretirement. Rebecca Fox discovers the rich history of the craftsman.

While mystery still surrounds some of the acts coming to Dunedin next year, there is still plenty to put in your new diary, Rebecca Fox discovers.

Young Dunedin jeweller Rebecca Scarlett dedicates her spare time to learning her craft. She tells Rebecca Fox about her work.

Silver spoons, old metal cheese graters and grandma knickers all form part of Dunedin contemporary jeweller Victoria McIntosh's work. She tells Rebecca Fox about the work which has been selected to be shown on the international stage.

Lifestyle editor REBECCA FOX looks back on 2015 and provides a quick guide to the latest cookbook releases. 

Not worried about descriptions of his work as ‘‘old school'', Euan Macleod is looking forward to visiting Oamaru, the first stop on a national tour of his work. He tells Rebecca Fox why he likes to be called Australasian.

At the end of the Caroline Plummer Community Dance Fellowship, Uzo Nwankpa does not know where time has gone. She talks to Rebecca Fox about her ‘‘Kiwi'' experience.

Artistic director Neil Ieremia is just as comfortable teaching movement to a group of elderly people as he is choreographing a major work. He tells Rebecca Fox about going back to grass roots for Black Grace's 20th anniversary tour.

She won New Zealand's Got Talent after wowing the audience with her amazing voice, and now Renee Maurice tells Rebecca Fox she hopes to do the same with her very own musical about the fatal fire at Seacliff Mental Hospital in 1942.

As winter arrives, there is nothing better than reaching for a bottle of preserved fruit to make your favourite crumble or add to your morning porridge. A Wanaka man is tapping into the renewed appreciation for the old craft of preserving and continuing love of fresh Central Otago produce. Rebecca Fox finds out how Gus Hayden is turning a favourite Central Otago fruit into a boutique, luxury product.

Traditional styles of poetry are being revived and there is no better time to celebrate that than through the annual Robert Burns Poetry Competition, its judges tell Rebecca Fox.

Dr Jonathan Stalling is using ancient and now obscure poetics to help Chinese speakers to teach and learn spoken English more quickly and efficiently. Rebecca Fox talks to the American specialist in Chinese-English poetry and language.

For two decades a St Clair street regularly filled up with cars and people traipsed down the path into a house, to reappear hours later inspired and refreshed. REBECCA FOX talks to Judith Cullen about a tradition about to end.

''SITE 15'' is a chance to celebrate the work and accomplishments of Dunedin School of Art students. Rebecca Fox talks to two artists whose works' features could not be more different.