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Artist picking up the threads
Inspired by his grandmother’s struggle with Alzheimer's and dementia, artist and musician Benjamin Sargeant has created a series of embroidered artworks focused on the forget-me-not...
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AI generates well-endowed issues
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AI generates well-endowed issues
The finishing touches are going on, the work spaces are being cleaned out and the countdown is on for Dunedin School of Art’s final-year students as they work towards "Site 2024".
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Ready to rise up, embrace challenge
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Ready to rise up, embrace challenge
Somi Kim has always been a good multi-tasker but those skills have been put to the test with an 8-month-old baby and a career to juggle. Rebecca Fox talks to the NZTrio pianist.
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Abba a classical bit of pop
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Abba a classical bit of pop
Waterloo, Mamma Mia, Dancing Queen, Thank You For The Music - these are just some of Abba’s greatest hits that the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra will perform in its latest crossover concert.
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Recognition of wine ‘real kudos to the whole team’
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Recognition of wine ‘real kudos to the whole team’
Central Otago winemaker Matt Connell is having a great year with his wines, winning national and international awards. Rebecca Fox catches up with him.
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A book for all seasons
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A book for all seasons
Fresh contributor Alison Lambert celebrates the launch of her very first cookbook Seasons. She talks to Rebecca Fox about her food journey.
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All fired up about popcorn
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All fired up about popcorn
Established Dunedin artist Madeleine Child is a finalist in the 2024 Portage Ceramics Award - for the ninth time.
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Shedding light on ‘invisibility’
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Shedding light on ‘invisibility’
Hearing people talk about feeling invisible in society because of their age, race, gender, appearance or sexual orientation has led Blaise Barham to seek out what it means to be seen or unseen.
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Combining skills, knowledge to create edible art
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Combining skills, knowledge to create edible art
Cake decorators from around New Zealand descended on Dunedin recently for a national conference to share ideas, compete and learn. Rebecca Fox discovered the dedication and hours that go into...
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‘A beautiful, natural sound’
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‘A beautiful, natural sound’
With influences such as Bjork and Kate Bush, Scottish harpist Esther Swift has forged her own way in the music world.
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Roles stretch artistes
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Roles stretch artistes
The Royal NZ Ballet is bringing Liam Scarlett’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream back to Dunedin after about a decade. Rebecca Fox talks to lead dancers Jake Gisby, Zacharie Dun and Katherine Minor.
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Turning the tide
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Turning the tide
International award-winning play Prima Facie, which is changing the way the law deals with sexual assault cases in some countries, is coming to a Dunedin stage. Rebecca Fox talks to Australian...
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Stepping into jurors’ shoes
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Stepping into jurors’ shoes
Like Suzie Miller in Prima Facie, New Zealand author Claire Baylis is also seeking to highlight the issues facing sexual violence cases in the justice system but from the angle of a jury rather than the complainant.
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Champion rose captures the essence of Te Kano
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Champion rose captures the essence of Te Kano
He may have grown up a city boy, but winemaker Dave Sutton knows how to make a good rose.
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Music with a message
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Music with a message
British-born jazz pianist and composer Dan Costa is returning to Dunedin next month before embarking on a nationwide tour of regional towns.
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Artists and friends connect
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Artists and friends connect
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa’s "Rita Angus: New Zealand Modernist" exhibition has finally found its way to Dunedin’s Hocken Gallery.
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Keeping her language live through dance
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Keeping her language live through dance
The "heiress" of Mohiniyattam, a classical Indian dance form, is visiting Dunedin for the first time this month to perform and teach.
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Exhibition a family affair
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Exhibition a family affair
Dunedin artist Philip Madill can trace his creativity back to his grandfather David Gilmore, author of illustrated children’s books and an amateur artist. Madill and his mother, Helen Gilmore, talk to Rebecca Fox about showcasing their family history.
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Cellist set for NZ debut
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Cellist set for NZ debut
At the World’s Edge Festival attracts some of the world’s top and up-and-coming classical musicians to the Queenstown Lakes District.
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Science integral in Taweel’s art
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Science integral in Taweel’s art
From extensive research as an artist, Shireen Taweel has created her own navigation devices and found her way across Australian deserts and New Zealand’s Southern Alps navigating by the...