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The last of the Wailers

3 March 2021

Opinion: Bunny Wailer, the last of Jamaican trio the Wailers to die, was considered one of the senior statesmen of reggae and Rastafarianism, writes Graham Reid.
Michele Leggott's tribute to Derek Challis, son of Robin Hyde

2 March 2021

Derek Challis, son of writer Robin Hyde, died in January 2021 aged 90. Professor Michele Leggott paid tribute to a man who overcame a tough start.
The seizure of Ata Khatab: we cannot remain silent

1 March 2021

Opinion: The seizing and jailing of a Palestinian dancer is part of the silencing of cultural critics in Israel, writes Nicholas Rowe.
The democratisation of nautical battles

22 February 2021

Opinion: Diane Brand looks at how an exclusive yacht race between world superpowers became a 20th century media phenomenon, accessible in ways never thought possible.
Ecological decline can no longer prop our economy

22 February 2021

Opinion: The fundamental nature of our economic system is to benefit from ecological decline. Stephen Knight-Lenihan makes the case for another way.
NZ’s car ownership culture can’t be our future

18 February 2021

Opinion: We have the technology to take on the deeply-entrenched Kiwi idea that we all need to own our own car. So what's stopping us, asks Mohsen Mohammadzadeh.
Choir collaboration a cause for celebration

11 February 2021

Composer Ben Fernandez was so inspired by a piano performance he did for the CeleBRation Choir that he composed a song for them during lockdown—complete with vocals for the choir to sing.
Scholarship seeks to push indigenous voice to the forefront of NZ architecture

25 January 2021

With New Zealand architecture at a turning point, the Jasmax Scholarship for Māori and Pacific students could contribute real cultural rewards for the country.
Make things better, not ‘less worse’

20 January 2021

Opinion: New Zealand needs to be bold in making developers enhance the environment - not just limit its degradation, writes Stephen Knight-Lenihan.
Little regard for Māori heritage

30 November 2020

Opinion: There is an ongoing struggle to address Te Āo Māori in how we see, understand and protect our past and land-based heritage. Nicola Short explains.
New UNESCO Chair brings dance to the table

26 November 2020

UNESCO has established the world’s first Chair on Dance and Social Inclusion, a partnership between the University and UNESCO with inaugural co-chairs, Associate Professors Ralph Buck and Nicholas Rowe of the Dance Studies Programme.
Top voices from sheer hard work and a Pacific culture of song

18 November 2020

Opinion: Dr Te Oti Rakena explains how Pacific nations produce performers with such great voices and why diluting their success as ‘natural ability’ is wrong.

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