Touring the land of the flat white
Touring the land of the flat white
A new book looks at the world’s best coffee experiences - including New Zealand’s. Rebecca Fox discovers Dunedin misses the cut.
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Open-entry virtuosity
Open-entry virtuosity
Elizabeth Sneyd and Craig Utting had one goal - to make a music education accessible to everyone. Five years on, Liz tells Rebecca Fox about the programme’s success.
Expressing the meaning of Matariki
Expressing the meaning of Matariki
For the first time in Dunedin’s Science Festival, science and dance will collaborate in an exploration of the Matariki constellation.
Audience participation big part of the show
Audience participation big part of the show
The last time Dunedin audiences saw Jack Buchanan in action he was in over his head as Bertie in Jeeves and Wooster at the Fortune Theatre. He tells Rebecca Fox his latest role is even more madcap.
Irish themes a Globe treat
Irish themes a Globe treat
Two very different plays — one classic, one new — hit the stage at the Globe Theatre this month. Rebecca Fox discovers their Irish connection.
Public health brought to light
Public health brought to light
Dunedin’s strong tradition in primary healthcare is being celebrated with an exhibition at the Hocken Library. Curator Andrea Bell tells Rebecca Fox about what she found in the collection’s archives.
Taking it slow in Wanaka in winter
Taking it slow in Wanaka in winter
One of the great things about living in Wanaka is its seasons, celebrity chef Annabel Langbein says.
The luxury of time
The luxury of time
This year's Frances Hodgkins Fellow Louise Menzies works across a variety of mediums. She tells Rebecca Fox about having the luxury of time.
Love for rocks in perfect forms
Love for rocks in perfect forms
A life-long love of rocks has inspired artist Chris Charteris' latest exhibition "Truth, Simplicity and Love". He tells Rebecca Fox about making things simpler.
Dancer has big shoes to fill
Dancer has big shoes to fill
When Royal New Zealand Ballet dancer Loughlan Prior steps out on to the stage in Oamaru, it will be the first time he has danced in one of his own works.
Rising through ballet ranks
Rising through ballet ranks
Francia Russell came half-way around the world to help out a former student and dancer. The American former ballet dancer and stager tells Rebecca Fox about rising through the ranks in ballet.
Dance partners off and onstage
Dance partners off and onstage
From classical to contemporary, Royal New Zealand Ballet dancer Katherine Minor does not miss a beat when changing styles in the company’s latest production Dancing with Mozart. She tells Rebecca...
Icy inspiration
Icy inspiration
Christchurch-born choreographer Corey Baker’s visit to the Antarctic has made climate change a reality for him. He tells Rebecca Fox how the experience influenced his latest work, The Last Dance.
Happy to be back in NZ
Happy to be back in NZ
Dunedin-born and raised international tenor Simon O’Neill returns to the city for his debut orchestral performance of Richard Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder with the NZSO.
Globe to mark Baxter's anniversary
Globe to mark Baxter's anniversary
Celebrated poet and playwright James K. Baxter was often found at the Careys’ dinner table. Chris Carey tells Rebecca Fox he is really pleased Dunedin’sGlobe Theatre is taking the opportunity to re...
A space to create
A space to create
This week Bathgate Park School will be the first New Zealand school to join an international network of pupil-run art studio spaces.
Cast in clay
Cast in clay
As a hyperactive child, throwing pots helped calm him down. Ben Carter talks to Rebecca Fox about being a potter.
Putting music to the words
Putting music to the words
As a critic for The New Yorker magazine, Alex Ross is usually in the audience, taking notes for a review, but on his NZ tour he's part of the show.
Joint exhibition to celebrate 'Landfall'
Joint exhibition to celebrate 'Landfall'
Landfall’s position as New Zealand’s pre-eminent literary and art journal is being celebrated in a unique way by the Otago Arts Society.
Opportunity too good to miss
Opportunity too good to miss
Described as a ‘‘bright light’’ in New Zealand’s music scene, guitarist and composer Dylan Lardelli is settling in to Dunedin as the University of Otago’s 2018 Mozart Fellow.