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: Friday Apr 19, 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: Thursday Apr 18, 2024

Tale of famous Baldwin St updated

The Steepest Street in the World, Ian Dougherty Saddle Hill Press - reviewed by Jim Sullivan

Posted: Monday Apr 08, 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 Mar 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 Mar 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: Monday Mar 18, 2024

City’s theatre scene celebrated

Huge congratulations to all the winners of the 12th Dunedin Theatre Awards

Posted: Thursday Feb 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: Thursday Feb 15, 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: Monday Feb 12, 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: Friday Feb 09, 2024

Awards finalists announced

The Dunedin Theatre Reviewers Collective has announced the finalists for this month’s 12th Dunedin Theatre Awards.

Posted: Thursday Feb 08, 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: Wednesday Jan 31, 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: Thursday Jan 25, 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: Wednesday Jan 24, 2024

Recent works of poetry

Hamesh Wyatt reviews recent works of poetr

Posted: Friday Jan 19, 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: Thursday Jan 18, 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: Wednesday Jan 17, 2024

Xmas: the best poetry books of 2023

Erena Shingade selects the 10 best poetry collections of 2023

Posted: Monday Dec 18, 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: Friday Dec 15, 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: Friday Dec 15, 2023

Celebration of writers, readers

Listen to the 2023 Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival Podcasts

Posted: Monday Dec 04, 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 Dec 04, 2023