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Otago Daily Times
odt.co.nz > news > dunedin > cultural-future-of-dunedin-showcase-musical-skills-on-stage-rrc64cft

‘Cultural future of Dunedin’ showcase musical skills on stage

23+ hour, 17+ min ago   (10+ words) ODT...

Otago Daily Times
odt.co.nz > otago > queenstown > violinists-career-highlight-vx1zhy5k

Violinist’s career highlight

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (384+ words) With Scottish music being her passion, Queenstown violinist Erica Hastie can’t think of anything bigger than what she got up to last month. The Scottish expat, who teaches violin and performs in local Irish band, Ceol, successfully auditioned for the…...

Otago Daily Times
odt.co.nz > canterbury > south-canterbury > long-running-student-exhibition-highlighting-that-creativity-matters-rq8dux4y

Long-running student exhibition highlighting that ‘creativity matters’

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (585+ words) South Canterbury’s budding young artists have once again had their creativity rewarded as another edition of Artarama goes into the books. The long-running exhibition returned to Aigantighe Art Gallery this year and featured more than 400 works from year 1-13 students across…...

Otago Daily Times
odt.co.nz > news > dunedin > the-star > dunedin-writers-encouraged-to-enter-the-robert-burns-poetry-competition-hk74u7r1

Dunedin writers encouraged to enter the Robert Burns poetry competition

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (333+ words) Talented bards can begin battling for top honours in an annual poetry prize. Dunedin writers can now submit their poetry on the theme of land, people and belonging to the 2026 Robert Burns International Poetry Competition. The annual contest celebrates the…...

Otago Daily Times
odt.co.nz > canterbury > north-canterbury > memories-flow-at-town-hall-centenary-celebrations-b8ry8wxe

Memories flow at town hall centenary celebrations

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (358+ words) The memories flowed onstage and backstage during the Rangiora Town Hall’s centenary celebrations at the weekend. Dancers and musicians from around the district took centre stage in two shows on Saturday, while the doors were opened for a backstage tour…...

Otago Daily Times
odt.co.nz > news > dunedin > social-media-ban-costs-dunedin-influencer-lucrative-rap-collaboration-clothing-deals-kjx3eojy

Social media ban costs Dunedin influencer lucrative rap collaboration, clothing deals

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (11+ words) Social-media ban costs Dunedin influencer lucrative rap collaboration, clothing deals ODT...

Otago Daily Times
odt.co.nz > news > dunedin > the-star > prehistoric-passion-pioneering-amateurs-fossil-discovery-still-inspires-scientists-today-s7ivdy1y

Prehistoric passion: Pioneering amateur's fossil discovery still inspires scientists today

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (523+ words) A new exhibition taking people back to the dinosaur age holds special meaning for a museum staff member whose early fossil fascination sparked her love of science. “Dinosaurs: Surviving Extinction” opens at Tūhura Otago Museum on Saturday. The exhibition will…...

Otago Daily Times
odt.co.nz > otago > queenstown > kweenstown-rolls-out-the-rehab-rainbow-lcs1a3xn

Kweenstown rolls out the Rehab rainbow

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (305+ words) It’s in honour of drag artist Kween Kong, who was runner-up in the second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under and later competed on RuPaul’s Drag Race Global All Stars, who is winging her way to the resort for…...

Otago Daily Times
odt.co.nz > life-and-style > the-mix > feeling-quite-spritely-gi7a06x4

Feeling quite spritely

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (308+ words) As an astronomer, I like to imagine I know what the sky is doing. The sky, however, regularly produces evidence to the contrary. A little after midnight last Sunday, Middlemarch lay under a bright nearly full moon, some untidy cloud…...

Otago Daily Times
odt.co.nz > news > dunedin > music-department-to-sing-for-their-supper-k10gvsz3

Music department to set up endowment fund

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (8+ words) ODT...