Behind the scenes with the PM
Obituaries for Jacindamania were a little premature it seems
Tom McKinlay
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.
Aloud and in full colour
Aloud and in full colour
It might sound like Carol Hirschfeld but it’s Shayne Carter’s story, film-maker Margaret Gordon tells Tom McKinlay.
Raising their voices
Raising their voices
A benefit show to support Palestine is an opportunity to show solidarity, Harriet Moir tells Tom McKinlay.
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A Theory of Conspiracies
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A Theory of Conspiracies
Conspiracy theories are theories too, M Dentith tells Tom McKinlay, and we should judge them on their merits.
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On thin ice: Science at the end of the world
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On thin ice: Science at the end of the world
A new documentary following climate scientists to Antarctica, explains the physics of our predicament, Tom McKinlay writes.
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Never again
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Never again
Dunedin man Emir Hodzic survived a genocide.
A house full of music
A house full of music
For her latest album, Jenny Mitchell filled a Wairarapa house with music and family, to tell the stories of everything that happens in a home, she tells Tom...
A war on the future
A war on the future
Palestinian scholars and the knowledge they hold must be saved, academics tell Tom McKinlay.
Encounter with scene-stealing penguin
Encounter with scene-stealing penguin
THE PENGUIN LESSONSDirector: Peter Cattaneo(M) ★★★+ There was a story on RNZ last weekend about dogs’ eyebrows; apparently, they’ve evolved to facilitate the manipulation of humans.
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Backing the reo
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Backing the reo
Dunedin based group He Waka Kōtuia had no hesitation when asked to back Marlon Williams in his latest project, they tell Tom McKinlay.
The right people for a crisis
The right people for a crisis
People need to take back the power to address climate change, Benjamin McKean tells Tom McKinlay.
Songs of substance
Songs of substance
Adam McGrath continues to sing it like he sees it, he tells Tom McKinlay.
Fifty-one reasons to hope
Fifty-one reasons to hope
A humanitarian mission to Afghanistan carried the extra weight of tragedy, Tom McKinlay writes.
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Global influence falls through to album
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Global influence falls through to album
Politics and hope sit side by side on Jay Clarkson’s new album, she tells Tom McKinlay.