Kyle Mewburn no longer faking it
Her story
For years, decades, award-winning author Kyle Mewburn felt like a fraud. But it wasn’t your usual imposter syndrome, she tells Tom McKinlay.
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Acts of creation
Acts of creation
Tane, Maui and Hine-nui-te-po are back, reclaimed and recast for new generations by master story teller Witi Ihimaera, writes Tom McKinlay.
Company of collaborators
Company of collaborators
Sara Munro is playing favourites, Tom McKinlay reports.
Elton’s still in his element
Elton’s still in his element
Ben Elton made Thatcher’s Britain and the trenches of World War 1 the stuff of comedy, but can he wring a laugh from climate collapse and plague? Tom McKinlay asks the touring comedian.
Playing it cool
Playing it cool
Dunedin’s new jazz club is taking on one of the great albums, writes Tom McKinlay.
New legacies
New legacies: The Chills' late harvest
Three albums into The Chills’ comeback, Martin Phillipps says he feels like he can finally relax a bit. Tom McKinlay reports.
Lies and ill will
Lies and ill will
A new play to debut at the Dunedin Arts Festival is not about telling the truth, but might have truths to tell, writes Tom McKinlay.
Small town boy
Small town boy
Michael Metzger’s Dunedin Fringe Festival play examines rural masculinity through the lens of his own story, he tells Tom McKinlay.
Words from a world apart
Words from a world apart
A play streaming into the Dunedin Fringe Festival tells a story of homelessness in the words of those shut out, writes Tom McKinlay.
Lens on human bonds
Lens on human bonds
A Kiwi film about separation and connection has arrived at just the right moment, its co-director tells Tom McKinlay.
Ways of knowing
Ways of knowing
Opportunities are going begging as we fail to recognise the potential of matauranga Maori, Prof Jacinta Ruru tells Tom McKinlay.
A story of heart and home
A story of heart and home
Director Max Currie’s classically Kiwi feel-good film is for everyone, he tells Tom McKinlay.
Cool head
Cool head
There is now no avoiding what needs to be done on climate change, writes Tom McKinlay.
Clauses for optimism
Clauses for optimism
As Waitangi Day looms, one of the country’s foremost chroniclers of the Treaty's history finds cause for optimism. Dame Claudia Orange tells Tom McKinlay why she hopes change will be good for everyone.
Appetite for recovery
Appetite for recovery
Eating disorders are on the rise and delays in treatment are proving deadly, say those calling for action. Tom McKinlay reports.
Solo duo
Solo duo
Hollie Fullbrook and Nadia Reid brought forward plans to tour together, by several decades, writes Tom McKinlay.
Lives of best fit
Lives of best fit
The game is on, an app to help us cut our carbon footprints, Tom McKinlay reports.
Comforts of home
Comforts of home
Clever reuse and an emphasis on energy efficiency are features of an ongoing restoration of an augmented villa, Tom McKinlay writes.
Sharing stacks up
Sharing stacks up
Electric car-sharing really stacks up in a new housing development, writes Tom McKinlay.
Seeing the land
Seeing the land
We can see new possibilities for our farming landscapes, Prof Hugh Campbell tells Tom McKinlay.