News and Opportunities
Otago cancer researchers win PM's Science Award
When Parry Guilford is asked why he has spent nearly 30 years looking for the genetic cause of stomach cancer, he loves ...
Posted: Thursday May 2, 2024
‘Sheer glitter ringing about’: Emma Neale remembers Vincent O’Sullivan
News that the great writer Vincent O’Sullivan has died has spurred a wave of tributes. Here, fellow writer Emma Neale re...
Posted: Thursday May 2, 2024
Edible delights all year
At the Dunedin City Library from 6pm on Tuesday, Jason Ross, Rory Harding and Sue Novell will talk about how to grow foo...
Posted: Thursday April 18, 2024
Dunedin history brought to life in a novel centred around Larnach's Castle
Dunedin's history is front and centre of a new book by Karen McMillan
Posted: Wednesday April 17, 2024
Tale of famous Baldwin St updated
The Steepest Street in the World, Ian Dougherty Saddle Hill Press - reviewed by Jim Sullivan
Posted: Sunday April 7, 2024
Thousands expected to attend Pacific festival
A Dunedin festival which brings the Pacific "to people's backyards" is expected to continue its rapid growth and attract...
Posted: Thursday March 21, 2024
Women play men in caricature of toxic masculinity
Five Dunedin women are tackling toxic masculinity by stepping into the shoes of white men.
Posted: Wednesday March 20, 2024
Far away city, but also close to home
Far away they may be but Dunedin and Edinburgh share a special bond, Sarah Boyack writes.
Posted: Sunday March 17, 2024
City’s theatre scene celebrated
Huge congratulations to all the winners of the 12th Dunedin Theatre Awards
Posted: Thursday February 15, 2024
Taranaki author wins international award for poetry
Wonderful recognition for the 2024 University of Otago Robert Burns Fellow, Mikaela Nyman. Congratulations Mikaela.
Posted: Wednesday February 14, 2024
University appoints first deputy vice-chancellor Māori
Distinguished Māori legal scholar Prof Jacinta Ruru is ready to start her new role as the first deputy vice-chancellor M...
Posted: Sunday February 11, 2024
Actors prepare to take on complete works of Shakespeare
Actors prepare to take on the entire works of William Shakespeare in their 90 minute performance in Chingford Park over ...
Posted: Thursday February 8, 2024
Awards finalists announced
The Dunedin Theatre Reviewers Collective has announced the finalists for this month’s 12th Dunedin Theatre Awards.
Posted: Wednesday February 7, 2024
Quicksand in Portobello
Today is the last day of the novelist Kathryn van Beek’s year-long tenure as Dunedin’s Robert Burns Fellow
Posted: Tuesday January 30, 2024
Freedom in ‘high speed’ Bard play
Three actors, 37 plays, 100 props and hundreds of characters will come together in a high-energy mashup, as Dunedin Summ...
Posted: Wednesday January 24, 2024
Gentlemen, gentlewomen and scholars — the Burns Fellows
As Kathryn van Beek’s time as the University of Otago’s Robert Burns Fellow comes to an end, she contemplates the litera...
Posted: Tuesday January 23, 2024
Theatre awards to celebrate past two years
The best of local theatre from the past two years will be celebrated at next month’s Dunedin Theatre Awards, which retur...
Posted: Wednesday January 17, 2024
Art seen: Marilynn Webb
The Dunedin Public Art Gallery is celebrating the life of Bay of Plenty-born Otago artist Marilynn Webb with a comprehen...
Posted: Tuesday January 16, 2024
Xmas: the best poetry books of 2023
Erena Shingade selects the 10 best poetry collections of 2023
Posted: Sunday December 17, 2023
Psychological thriller wins inaugural Phoenix Prize
A pacy psychological thriller set in contemporary Sydney has won the inaugural Phoenix Prize for its author Rachel Paris...
Posted: Thursday December 14, 2023
Bringing Pacific’s artists to the world
Pacific Arts Aotearoa brings together the stories of more than 120 artists, curators and community voices spanning six d...
Posted: Thursday December 14, 2023
Celebration of writers, readers
Listen to the 2023 Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival Podcasts
Posted: Monday December 4, 2023
Plaque added for Gaelic bard
The Otago Scottish Heritage Council, Dunedin Public Libraries and the Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature celebrated the u...
Posted: Monday December 4, 2023