Rebecca Fox

Having given his family a taste of New Zealand life, singer Paul Whelan is about to head back to a winter Christmas in New York but not without performing the season’s classic Messiah for Dunedin audiences, he tells Rebecca Fox.

Dunedin is famous for the ‘‘Dunedin Sound’’, its origins, bands and personalities the subject of many an exhibition and documentary. The latest at the Hocken Library is special in its ability to pull together a range of memorabilia from the time, curators Katherine Milburn and Amanda Mills tell Rebecca Fox.

Desiree Reid-Whitaker’s journey to build and run a single malt whisky distillery in Cardrona, near Wanaka, has not been without its challenges. She tells Rebecca Fox why it is important to document her story.

The vandals who damaged Maggie Covell’s art billboards and posters in public parks ensured her message reached larger audiences than it might have done otherwise.

A group of young Maori art practitioners curating an exhibition at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery have created a multilayered journey in pursuit of a greater understanding of matauranga Maori (Maori knowledge).

Bridget Douglas and Al Fraser’s collaboration featuring Western flutes and nga taonga puoro first rang out in Dunedin’s St Paul’s Cathedral earlier this year but has now been recorded. Rebecca Fox talks to them about Silver Stone Wood Bone’s many Dunedin connections.

Former University of Otago theatre student Dan Goodwin will Zoom into Dunedin at the New Zealand Young Writers Festival to pass on some advice on writing about mental health in a safe way.