Toitū te whenua - To stop and stay
Moeraki has moved with the times while honouring all that is important in its long history, Justin Tipa tells Tom McKinlay and Luke Chapman.
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Unlocking our identity
Unlocking our identity
It’s hard to be sure of anything these days, the author of a Dunedin Fringe Festival play tells Tom McKinlay.
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Good as gold?
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Good as gold?
Once it built Dunedin. But what role will any new gold crushed and sieved from Central Otago’s hills play in our fevered times? Tom McKinlay weighs some possibilities.
The war on forgetting
The war on forgetting
Dunedin musician Tane Cotton has turned his attention to broadcasting the work of others.
Toitū te whenua - A precious cargo
Toitū te whenua - A precious cargo
A record of the heroic deeds of early voyagers lives on in the Otago landscape, David Higgins tells Luke Chapman and Tom McKinlay.
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Boots and all
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Boots and all
John Clarke probably had to leave town, but it wasn’t our fault, his daughter, documentary maker Lorin Clarke, tells Tom McKinlay.
Composing possibilities
Composing possibilities
Still mixing it up
Still mixing it up
Her very many musical influences continue to help her say what needs to be said, Santi White tells Tom McKinlay.
Caring for the memories
Caring for the memories
So, I was searching in Te Aka, the Māori dictionary for the word "waha".
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The forest defenders
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The forest defenders
The cause of West Papua has become a pressing issue for humanity, Tom McKinlay reports.
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Lessons in the key of music
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Lessons in the key of music
A new take on a Kiwi classic is helping a group of tamariki to find their voice.
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All together now
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All together now
Dave Dobbyn is in town next week to create a little togetherness, he tells Tom McKinlay.
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Man of mana
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Man of mana
Tāme Iti has spent a lifetime building mana back into the lives of the people around him.
Behind the scenes with the PM
Behind the scenes with the PM
Obituaries for Jacindamania were a little premature it seems
Pulling back the shades
Pulling back the shades
A new biography of Chris Knox underlines the importance of the creative communities of which he was a part, author Craig Robertson tells Tom McKinlay.
Holding firm for Gaza in Ōtepoti
Holding firm for Gaza in Ōtepoti
As the first steps appear to be underway to end the war in Gaza, those in Dunedin supporting a just peace are clear what needs to happen. Tom McKinlay reports.
Music in the key of hope
Music in the key of hope
Eva Maria Ghannam will sing on Sunday for the mothers and children of Gaza, for the brave souls of the flotilla and all who hold out hope, she tells Tom McKinlay.
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Horses for Curses
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Horses for Curses
Angry shouting seems the appropriate response to the world as it is, Tane Cotton tells Tom McKinlay. But that doesn’t mean it’s all he has.
Album review
Album review
Shaky Hollows is that band in the background of the Gothic western.
Through a different lens
Through a different lens
You can take a journalist off the television, but he’ll just find other ways to share the stories, Rob Harley tells Tom McKinlay.