Growing up on a King Country farm, John Davies had no concept of theatre, ballet or opera but he did have an active imagination.
Driving from Christchurch to Dunedin, artist Nicola Farquhar has been struck by the sheer size and scale of the South Island.
Dunedin sound designer Matt Morgan’s work can often go unnoticed, yet without it a theatre production would not have the same impact.
On her last tour with the New Zealand String Quartet second violinist Monique Lapins is finding the experience bittersweet.
For the first time in 50 years of theatre involvement, John Davies is hitting the boards alone in a solo show that incorporates his two loves — the Japanese theatre...
Rebecca Fox asks Otago-Southland chefs Haylee-Chanel Simeon, Hannes Barieter and Cameron Davies about the influence their mothers and grandmothers have had on their love of food.
Three southern artists have made the finals of New Zealand’s most prestigious portrait award, the Adams Portraiture Awards.
Wellington artist Anna Stichbury likens her colour choices to trying to decide what lollies she wanted in her pick’n’mix as a child.
Cardrona beekeeper Jess Curtis has been named one of 17 New Zealand Outstanding Food Producers for her raw clover blend honey.
The portraits now hanging in the Eastern Southland Gallery highlight not only the eclectic nature of its collection but also the generosity of benefactors over the past 40 years
Like all fellows, having a year to dedicate solely to his art is an unbelievable luxury and one Mozart Fellow, Dr Simon Eastwood, hopes to use to advance his composition skills.
A group of young Auckland artists are keen to show you can have some fun and have a message in their first exhibition outside the big city, discovers Rebecca Fox.
At 81 years old, world-renowned conductor Matthias Bamert has become a freelancer.
Young Christchurch artist Jamie Te Heuheu has had many "pinch me" moments in recent times. He talks to Rebecca Fox about staying steady as his star rises.
Daniel Verstappen’s first love is the piano but coming a close second is his love of nature. A visit to NZ has been inevitable for the Belgian musician who likes to mix things up, Rebecca Fox finds.
For Alice Taylor her time in Dunedin provided an invaluable base for her experience on MasterChef and becoming a pastry chef and food writer, she tells Rebecca Fox, as her first cookbook...
Chinese-Kiwi playwright and performance poet Nathan Joe is looking forward to bringing his sell-out Dirty Passports show to Wānaka.
Like Batman and Robin, Abbott and Costello or Tom and Jerry, Alex Wright and Phil Grainger, of Orpheus and The Gods, The Gods, The Gods have always come as a duo — until now.
Sometimes finding the positive in the stories about New Zealand food is difficult especially in times of rising costs.
For the first time, a series of works artists Jeffrey Harris and his wife, the late Joanna Margaret Paul, did of each other in the first years of their relationship are being exhibited.