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1 week ago | 
odt.co.nz | Rebecca Fox
You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. EntertainmentMusicFor Reuben Brown the Whakatipu Music Festival is a rare chance these days to make music in his home region. The Southland born and bred musician and conductor talks to Rebecca Fox about brass bands and stepping up to the podium. While he will always be a brass bandie at heart, Reuben Brown’s curiosity and love of exploring has led him to immerse himself in orchestral music.
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1 week ago | 
odt.co.nz | Rebecca Fox
You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. EntertainmentArtsWhether designing advertisements, projecting films or delivering the mail, Dean Raybould has always made space for painting around his day job. Rebecca Fox talks to the recent Cleveland Art Award supreme winner. Rubbish dump shops are Dean Raybould’s favourite places.
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2 weeks ago | 
odt.co.nz | Rebecca Fox
You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. EntertainmentArtsAs many of Dunedin artist Simon Richardson’s portraits are held in private collections it is not often the public, or the artist, get to see them. Rebecca Fox talks to the artist about the rare opportunity to see his work hanging together in a solo show. What Simon Richardson loves the most about being a painter is painting.
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2 weeks ago | 
odt.co.nz | Rebecca Fox
Winning the Michael Hill International Violin Competition in 2017 jump-started Ioana Cristina Goicea’s career. This month she returns to Queenstown to share her experiences since, not only with the audiences at the Whakatipu Music Festival, but with the next generation of performers, finds Rebecca Fox. Profesionally Ioana Cristina Goicea loves to tackle some of the most challenging music for the violin but personally likes nothing better than hitting the dance floor when she gets the opportunity.
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2 weeks ago | 
odt.co.nz | Rebecca Fox |Alison Lambert
Wednesday, 9 April 2025 You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. Life & StyleFood & WineFresh Easter EditionDunedin has been alive with music, theatre and comedy these past weeks, adding a cool vibe to the city.
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3 weeks ago | 
odt.co.nz | Rebecca Fox
You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. EntertainmentTheatreActor and director Fasitua Amosa had never come across poetry until he was asked to help turn a piece of poetry into theatre. Now he is one of the forces behind a group highlighting Oceania poetry and championing Pacifika arts, he tells Rebecca Fox. As an actor Fasitua Amosa knows what all actors seek — "really good text to perform".
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3 weeks ago | 
odt.co.nz | Rebecca Fox
You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. EntertainmentArtsA family trip to the South Island during breaks in Covid-19 lockdowns has inspired the work of Wellington artist Juliet Best being shown in her first solo exhibition in Dunedin. Best tells Rebecca Fox about respecting and honouring the land. The way golden light lands on the hills in the morning or evening is reflected in actual gold in Juliet Best’s work.
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4 weeks ago | 
odt.co.nz | Rebecca Fox
Thursday, 27 March 2025 You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. EntertainmentTheatreCurious about the many different ways people engage with Kate Bush’s music even though she does not often perform live, Sarah-Louise Young has created a tribute show with a difference. She talks to Rebecca Fox about fandom and the stigma of voice surgery.
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4 weeks ago | 
odt.co.nz | Rebecca Fox
You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. EntertainmentDanceMusic always comes first for London-based New Zealand choreographer Cameron McMillan. Rebecca Fox talks to McMillan about his work Helix, which features former Dunedin dancer James Burchell. Listening to a piece of music Cameron McMillan knows straight away if it is something that "needs to be danced to".
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1 month ago | 
odt.co.nz | Rebecca Fox
You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. Life & StyleFashionA retrospective exhibition of NOM*d, one of New Zealand’s top fashion brands, shows that it has been just as much about the people who have collaborated with it as it is the brand itself, creative director Margarita Roberston believes. She talks to Rebecca Fox about nearly four decades of memories and achievements. Dunedin is home.
