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    Sunday afternoon in St Paul’s Cathedral was a time of celebration and reflection for the Royal Dunedin Male Choir.

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    Surviving Topp Twin, Dame Lynda, has delivered a blistering impassioned volley at the government for overlooking the arts in this year's Budget.

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    Memories bring violinist back

    2009 Michael Hill International Violin Competition winner Josef Spacek will help judge the 25th competition. He talks to Rebecca Fox about how it very nearly did not happen.

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    Dame Jools’ ‘humour, generosity, talent’ will be missed

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    Epic new epoch

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