Waiting for the frost to fall
In Siberia they like it to be a regular feature, Tom McKinlay would settle for an appearance.
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From the outside in
From the outside in
Singer-songwriter Jackie Bristow’s career has carried her from the outside in, an experience she uses to maximum effect on her latest album, writes Tom McKinlay.
Signature sounds for our times
Signature sounds for our times
Die!Die!Die!’s new album spotlights some of what they don’t like, but they love the way it sounds, writes Tom McKinlay.
Pop and Parihaka
Pop and Parihaka
There are plenty of hooks and there is plenty to think about in Don McGlashan’s new album. He tells Tom McKinlay about writing songs remembering Parihaka, Shackleton and parenting, and downsizing...
A return to the scene of the crime
A return to the scene of the crime
Dunedin crime writer Liam McIlvanney is back in Scotland for his new novel, dealing justice with an old friend, writes Tom McKinlay.
Counting them in
Counting them in
The man behind the success of the Dunedin Jazz Club is finally tonight stepping into its spotlight himself, reports Tom McKinlay.
Love and other considerations
Love and other considerations
Dunedin film-maker Ollie Lucks bares all and shares pretty much everything in his new film, writes Tom McKinlay.
Charmaine Reveley’s broad church
Charmaine Reveley’s broad church
Dunedin designer Charmaine Reveley makes feminine fashion, but she’s not interested in stereotypes, she tells Tom McKinlay.
Dipping her toes in
Dipping her toes in
There were lessons lurking just below the surface, during the making of Anya Tate- Manning’s Show Me Shorts entry, she tells Tom McKinlay.
A wonderful difficulty
A wonderful difficulty
While it seems to have been shuffled sideways for now, the weight of history and the reality of the present both support a view that we haven’t heard the last of He Puapua, Tom McKinlay reports.
The words that sparkle
The words that sparkle
The new poetry editor of the Weekend Poem plans to champion the diverse, she tells Tom McKinlay.
Distinctly in harmony
Distinctly in harmony
The spirit of song and the wairua of waiata flow together in the music of Aro. Tom McKinlay talked to the two halves of the musical partnership about their new EP.
A heart of darkness
A heart of darkness
One of Owen Marshall’s darker tales is about the hit the big screen. He tells Tom McKinlay how it came to be.
A heart of darkness
A heart of darkness
One of Owen Marshall’s darker tales is about the hit the big screen. He tells Tom McKinlay how it came to be.
Nation’s PM wrapped up in Carlson
Nation’s PM wrapped up in Carlson
Tanya Carlson’s piece in an Otago Museum exhibition has done national service, writes Tom McKinlay.
Still off track
Still off track
For those at the eye of the storm, the latest chapter in the effort to address climate change risks more compromise and failure, writes Tom McKinlay.
Vive le cinema!
Vive le cinema!
The French Film Festival is back. Tom McKinlay gets some pointers from Alliance Francaise president Kim Cousins.
Gilding with brass
Gilding with brass
Polished brass will lift Nadia Reid’s sound on her latest tour, Tom McKinlay writes.
Kyle Mewburn no longer faking it
Her story
For years, decades, award-winning author Kyle Mewburn felt like a fraud. But it wasn’t your usual imposter syndrome, she tells Tom McKinlay.
Acts of creation
Acts of creation
Tane, Maui and Hine-nui-te-po are back, reclaimed and recast for new generations by master story teller Witi Ihimaera, writes Tom McKinlay.