'Sometimes things go bad': Boot-riders leave cops in disbelief
Timaru's top policeman says he does not know what it will take to get the message through to young people after a woman was injured riding in the boot of a car in Dunedin.
News
Colonoscopy critics told to back off
Colonoscopy critics told to back off
"Obsessive" critics of the Southern District Health Board’s colonoscopy service need to back off, board chairman Pete Hodgson says.
‘Completely charmed’ by keen crowds
‘Completely charmed’ by keen crowds
The success of this year’s Dunedin Arts Festival has been "encouraging" for an industry hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, organisers say.
Following the threads
Following the threads
Arielle Walker is dedicated to preserving and learning the traditions of storytelling and textiles. On her first visit to Dunedin she tells Rebecca Fox about the importance of family and making.
Have dog, will travel a basis for play
Have dog, will travel a basis for play
When the "Kerikeri old girls network" hooked Barnaby Olson up with a job in Turkey, little did he know it would provide him with a perfect traveller’s tale.
Remote raw effects of consumer appetites examined
Remote raw effects of consumer appetites examined
What at times was confronting and heart-wrenching work has resulted in a thought-provoking art piece exploring the disconnect between manufacturing and consumerism.
'Love letter to trees'
'Love letter to trees'
Rehearsing in a tree at the Otago Museum Reserve ahead of her first performance of The Arboreal Aerialist for the Dunedin Arts Festival 2021 tonight is aerial dancer Chloe Loftus.
Creativity gets physical theatre touch
Creativity gets physical theatre touch
A creative show about the creative process is set to have Dunedin audiences cackling.
Hotel room acts as stage for clever production
Hotel room acts as stage for clever, introspective production
REVIEW: Jean Cocteau’s carefully spun drama evolves via a one-sided-conversation.
‘Meremere’ to tell of ‘turmoil’
‘Meremere’ to tell of ‘turmoil’
A story of magical and not so magical moments.
Vibrant storytelling shared and celebrated
Vibrant storytelling shared and celebrated
Natyaloka is the only Indian dance school in Otago that teaches Bharatanatyam, a major form of Indian classical dance.
Up close and personal
Up close and personal
The chance to work on an opera she loves was enough to send Fiona McAndrew back to bed, reports Rebecca Fox.
New legacies
New legacies: The Chills' late harvest
Three albums into The Chills’ comeback, Martin Phillipps says he feels like he can finally relax a bit. Tom McKinlay reports.
Celebration of Beethoven in biggest way possible
Celebration of Beethoven in biggest way possible
A Dunedin Arts Festival show is set to celebrate the man who turned "wallpaper music" into a true and significant art form. DSO arts administrator Feby Idrus tells reporter Molly Houseman what the audience can expect from Beethoven’s Big Bash.
Touring ‘Owls Do Cry’ show ‘poetic, engaging’ theatre
Touring ‘Owls Do Cry’ show ‘poetic, engaging’ theatre
More than a year after it was created in the South, the theatre show Owls Do Cry is on tour again, this time including a performance in the city.
Confronting Samoan identity
Confronting Samoan identity
REVIEW: Fierce, colourful, loud and explosive, Wild Dogs under My Skirt mercilessly attacks the “Pacific princess’’ image.
Power of women celebrated in style
Power of women celebrated in style
REVIEW: The F Word is a history lesson in feminism, women’s liberation and ultimately a celebration of female empowerment.
Exploration of Chinese identity and experience
![OTHER [chinese] director Alice Canton (front) during a group workshop with members of the Dunedin...](https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_square_2col/public/story/2021/04/chinese_060421.jpg?itok=zTaEXpqe)
Exploration of Chinese identity and experience
A documentary theatre project coming to Dunedin will bring into focus the many forms of cultural misrepresentation, discrimination and invisibility that exists around Chinese identity.
A burning desire to perform
A burning desire to perform
Performer Lizzie Tollemache stumbled into circus performing and became addicted to fire-eating.
Children enjoy enriching musical encounter
Children enjoy enriching musical encounter
Babies and pre-schoolers were entertained with arrangements of well-known classical music excerpts at a fun festival event at St Paul's Cathedral.