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The Pacific
Dance Festival is now in its second year bringing workshops,
conferences and community events - and showcasing some of New Zealand's
most exciting contemporary Pacific dance choreographers. Andrew
Robertson spoke to photographer and choreographer Pati Solomona Tyrell
to find out more.
Jun 11, 2017 02:49
pm
Troubled
teenager Rebecca is lonely after her family moves from Dunedin to
Auckland...that's until she meets Corey. Writer Eileen Merriman's
stories have been published in national and international journals and
one of them formed the basis for her Young Adults novel, Pieces of You.
An award winning short story writer and full time consultant
haematoligist at North Shore Hospital, she talks to Lynn Freeman about
her first novel.
Jun 11, 2017 02:40
pm
International
conductors usually have only a few days to work with an orchestra
before a performance - but in demand American conductor James Feddeck
has a reputation for stepping onto the podium at the very last moment.
When other conductors are indisposed, James steps in. The New Yorker
prefers more notice though, and is heading our way soon to work with
the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra to conduct its Schuman & Barber
tour. Lynn Freeman finds out how he manages to earn an orchestra's
trust so quickly.
Jun 11, 2017 02:25
pm
Intrepid
travel is a tourist slogan you hear a lot these days... but a new
exhibition in Dunedin reminds us what 'intrepid' truly means. Intrepid
Journeys: Traveling with the Hakluyt Society tells the stories of
hundreds of adventurers, those who failed and who succeeded in their
quests to venture into uncharted and dangerous territory over hundreds
of years. The University of Otago's Special Collections Librarian, Dr.
Donald Kerr tells Lynn Freeman more.
Jun 11, 2017 01:45
pm
Around the
country hundreds of thousands of toanga are stored in vaults and
warehouses. Our museums, art galleries and libraries simply don't have
enough room to have every treasure on display at all times. Nelson
artist Josephine Cachemaille has been fossicking through the storage
area of the city's Suter Art Gallery, to create an exhibition featuring
some of her favourite finds and work she's created to complement them.
To Josephine, inanimate objects have a secret life. Lynn Freeman talks
hidden treasures with her.
Jun 11, 2017 01:30
pm
12:15 Piecing
Together Past Lives No caption Photo: supplied For the past seven years
archeologists have been sifting through two and a half tonnes of
artefacts uncovered during the excavation of a site in Whanganui. And
there's still more to learn. Otago University archeology PhD student
Naomi Woods has been involved in the Whanganui project since 2013 and
has pieced together the story of a family who lived on the site, which
now hosts a shopping mall. Naomi's research extends beyond the
bric-a-brac to searching out newspaper and stories and council
documents to flesh out the stories of the people who lived here. Lynn
Freeman finds out what attracted her to archeology. In the current age
of Internet celebrity, when Full Disclosure seems to be the default
position of everyone, it's interesting looking back to the early years
of Hollywood. Part of the allure of stars like Greta Garbo, Humphrey
Bogart, Bette Davis and Marilyn Monroe, was that we seemed to know so
little about them. And none were bigger than Hitchcock's favourite star,
Cary Grant. Simon Morris picks up the story with Mark Kidel, director
of the new documentary Becoming Cary Grant.
Jun 11, 2017 12:30
pm
For the past seven years archeologists
have been sifting through two and a half tonnes of artefacts uncovered
during the excavation of a site in Whanganui. And there's still more to
learn. Otago University archeology PhD student Naomi Woods has been
involved in the Whanganui project since 2013 and has pieced together
the story of a family who lived on the site, which now hosts a shopping
mall. Naomi's research extends beyond the bric-a-brac to searching out
newspaper and stories and council documents to flesh out the stories of
the people who lived here. Lynn Freeman finds out what attracted her to
archeology.
Jun 11, 2017 12:15
pm
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