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5 days ago | 
odt.co.nz | Tom McKinlay
You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. Life & StyleMagazinePalestinian scholars and the knowledge they hold must be saved, academics tell Tom McKinlay. Every day during the war in Gaza Prof Alison Phipps has messaged a colleague in the besieged territory, to record their final words. Because any moment might be their colleague’s last.
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3 weeks ago | 
odt.co.nz | Tom McKinlay
There was a story on RNZ last weekend about dogs’ eyebrows; apparently, they’ve evolved to facilitate the manipulation of humans. To us, it looks like the canine is having a melancholic moment so we rush in with the affection and chewy treats. It’s all projection. A similar sort of thing plays out in The Penguin Lessons, a simultaneously charming and timely film, wherein various of the human characters project an empathy for their issues on to the inscrutable bird of the title.
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1 month ago | 
odt.co.nz | Tom McKinlay
You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. Life & StyleMagazineDunedin based group He Waka Kōtuia had no hesitation when asked to back Marlon Williams in his latest project, they tell Tom McKinlay.
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1 month ago | 
odt.co.nz | Tom McKinlay
You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. Life & StyleMagazinePeople need to take back the power to address climate change, Benjamin McKean tells Tom McKinlay. If the dial is going to shift on climate change action, we’ll need to re-engage with politics.
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1 month ago | 
odt.co.nz | Tom McKinlay
Saturday, 29 March 2025 You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. EntertainmentFilmA humanitarian mission to Afghanistan carried the extra weight of tragedy, Tom McKinlay writes. There is a saying of The Prophet, Bariz Shah says, that he and his partner Saba Afrasyabi hold close. "The best of you are those who are of the most benefit to others," he says, quoting the well-known hadith.
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1 month ago | 
odt.co.nz | Tom McKinlay
Saturday, 29 March 2025 You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. EntertainmentMusicAdam McGrath continues to sing it like he sees it, he tells Tom McKinlay. At the first attempt to talk to Adam McGrath, the musician makes his apologies, sincerely, but he has to fly. Literally. The flight was delayed but now it’s departing. So, the call is rescheduled.
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2 months ago | 
odt.co.nz | Tom McKinlay
You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. EntertainmentMusicPolitics and hope sit side by side on Jay Clarkson’s new album, she tells Tom McKinlay. "I hadn’t had a band for yonks," Jay Clarkson says on the phone from that other rock and roll capital, Waikouaiti. Home these days.
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2 months ago | 
odt.co.nz | Tom McKinlay
There’s an agenda at play in the Treaty Principles Bill that stretches well beyond that document, Dame Anne Salmond tells Tom McKinlay. Those with ears to hear, heard the Waimatā speak in 2023, when the river roared down from the hills of Te Tairāwhiti carrying its destructive cargo of slash to litter the beaches of Tūranga/Gisborne. All is not well, it said. Dame Anne Salmond heard, and saw, what was going on. For, among other reasons, she knows that waterway better than most.
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Feb 8, 2025 | 
odt.co.nz | Tom McKinlay
The cover art for Nadia Reid’s new album has the singer-songwriter still dressed in Dunedin black but contemplating a brighter palette. It illustrates nicely the bigger picture, Tom McKinlay discovers. An unscripted smile plays round Nadia Reid’s mouth in the video for new single Hold It Up, as the camera creeps in for a closer view of the singer. She might well smile.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
odt.co.nz | Tom McKinlay
Saturday, 1 February 2025 You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. Life & StyleMagazineAlan Matchett has been keeper of something close to a sacred trust these past several decades. He talks to Tom McKinlay about moving on from Dunedin Botanic Garden. In the lower Dunedin Botanic Garden the park benches are full. Those in shadow are a particular prize.
