It’s all in the eyes
It’s all in the eyes
Two Wanaka artists have again made the list of finalists for the country’s top portraiture award.
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Facing the challenge
Facing the challenge
As the duck shooting season begins on Saturday, "Game Chef" Angelo Georgalli tells Rebecca Fox about the challenge of cooking the perfect duck.
Recognition for city textile artists
Recognition for city textile artists
Two Dunedin artists have been selected as finalists in Changing Threads, the country’s premiere textile awards.
The art of the city
The art of the city
Dunedin artist Simon Kaan has been selected as one of 18 Asian-New Zealanders to be featured in a new series highlighting the achievements of top pan-Asian creatives.
Long road to Venice for artist
Long road to Venice for artist
Dunedin’s Milford Galleries is again at the forefront of New Zealand’s representation at the "Olympics of the art world", the La Biennale di Venezi.
Taonga puoro not typecast
Taonga puoro not typecast
Whakatipu Music Festival brings professional musicians, emerging performers, local talent and backstage professionals together in a long weekend of music.
Wide variety of styles on offer at awards impress beer judge
Wide variety of styles on offer at awards impress beer judge
Judging New Zealand’s top beers is a tough job but someone has to to do it.
Whitestone wins more medals
Whitestone wins more medals
Oamaru cheesemaker Whitestone Cheese Co won a mass of medals at the recent New Zealand Champions of Cheese Awards.
International fare at artisan bakery
International fare at artisan bakery
Before coming to New Zealand Tomer Weisshof had never heard of, let alone made, an Easter bun. Now he's making them in the hundreds for his burgeoning artisan bakery business in Dunedin.
Knitted sculpture a lament
Knitted sculpture a lament
While most people knit socks, or sweaters, Dunedin artist Michele Beevors knits memorials to elephants, gorillas and giraffes.
The show must go on — to acclaim
The show must go on — to acclaim
Winning a Dunedin Fringe Touring Award is a fitting end to Faumuina Felolini Maria Tafu‘na’i very first play and its tumultuous beginnings finds Rebecca Fox.
Respect for a wreck
Respect for a wreck
Discovering the remains of the schooner Don Juan grounded at Deborah Bay was a pivotal moment for artist Jasmine Togo-Brisby, her family and community’s heritage and culture, she tells Rebecca Fox.
Make the most of your heritage
Make the most of your heritage
We all have a heritage, some of us celebrate it, others just accept it. However we look at it though, it can enrich our lives and open our eyes in many different ways.
Song quest gateway to new world
Song quest gateway to new world
Many of New Zealand’s top opera singers have come out of Dunedin and part of their journey has been competing in the country’s top singing prize now known as the Lexus Song Quest.
Meeting Covid’s challenge
Meeting Covid’s challenge
Art curator Ruth Harvey was so blown away by an American community arts organisation she moved to the US to work there. Now home in Dunedin, Harvey talks to Rebecca Fox about running the organisation in Covid times.
Worth the risk
Worth the risk
Former Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School director Annie Ruth shares her passion for books and life in a one-woman show at the Dunedin Fringe Festival. She talks to Rebecca Fox about her latest...
Composing with taonga puoro
Composing with taonga puoro
Gillian Whitehead featuring taonga puoro and Western string instruments, a new performance will feature as part of the Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Art.
Neighbours Day cupcake contest
Neighbours Day cupcake contest
Human beings are social animals so Neighbours Day is a perfect opportunity even during a pandemic to make connections, Dunedin’s community activator Martine Darrou says.
Connection with the land recipe for happiness
Connection with the land recipe for happiness
One of New Zealand’s top chefs, Ben Bayly, has a soft spot for Central Otago and dreams of moving south one day.
Bowling through with time
Bowling through with time
The founder of Dunedin chocolate company Ocho has returned to her original love of clay.