Profiles

Tiny Ruins

Posted 3:44am Wednesday 6th July 2011 by Georgie Fenwicke

Tiny Ruins is the artistic pseudonym of Hollie Fullbrook, an English-born/New Zealand-raised up-and-comer. Her eerie, haunting melodies have an insistence that renders one both relaxed and pensive at the same time. Eat your heart out Runga and Moa! Her album Some Were Meant For Sea is released this Read more...

Lawrence Arabia

Posted 11:44pm Monday 30th May 2011 by Georgie Fenwicke

Lawrence Arabia is not Arabic. He's more of the European Caucasian variety, hailing from that most shaky of South Island centres, Christchurch. In fact, his name isn't even Lawrence. It's James. James Milne. He produces some pretty kick-ass beats though, and is putting some more together for our Read more...

Michael Woodhouse

Posted 5:58am Thursday 26th May 2011 by Georgie Fenwicke

He recounted tales of his working days. He left school and worked for a bank on George St, flatted where the National Bank is now and played professional rugby on his O.E in Scotland. Returning to Dunedin at 25, he studied for a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting. Following on from that, he did his Read more...

Robert Patman

Posted 4:53am Thursday 12th May 2011 by Georgie Fenwicke

What a week! Wills and Kate got married, the Breakers won the Australasian Basketball League, NATO killed Ghaddafi's son, Trump got roasted by Obama, Syria took out some more of its citizens and the US killed their number one enemy, Osama Bin Laden. Robert Patman is the Professor of International Read more...

Stuart White

Posted 5:47am Thursday 5th May 2011 by Georgie Fenwicke

The Legal Services Bill is now law. On April 11, 2011 it passed through the final hurdle of New Zealand's legislative process, the granting of royal assent by our Governor General, Sir Anand Satyanand. The act aims to provide legal services to those with insufficient means, and to deliver these Read more...

Fonterra

Posted 4:07am Wednesday 27th April 2011 by Georgie Fenwicke

Is there a method to this madness? John Campbell has been raging against high dairy and milk prices for weeks. We pay too much, says he. Why should Australians get cheaper milk and cheese than we do? We make the stuff, after all. Fonterra, the country's largest dairy producer, responded by freezing Read more...

Dave Clark:

Posted 7:13am Thursday 14th April 2011 by Georgie Fenwicke

Introducing Dr David Clark, the next Labour Party candidate for Dunedin North. Taking over from Pete Hodgson, his is a face you will probably become quite familiar with come November. For, together with the Rugby World Cup, 2011 is also an election year. Originally from Auckland but having lived in Read more...

Annabel Langbein

Posted 4:19am Monday 11th April 2011 by Georgie Fenwicke

Annabel Langbein has had a busy year so far, travelling through the Europe and the US over the past few months to launch her TV series (now syndicated in 74 markets around the world) and cookbook, The Free Range Cook. You may know her as a friendly face on television or perhaps as the woman on your Read more...

Profile: Alison Shanks

Posted 11:28pm Sunday 25th July 2010 by Georgie Fenwicke

Forget the Olympics: the Commonwealth Games are where it’s at (or for this year at least). Kicking off in October in Delhi, India, one of those representing New Zealand is Otago’s own Alison Shanks. A budding ball sports star by trade, Shanks made the switch to cycling a few years ago and hasn’t Read more...

Profile: Andrew Boyens

Posted 10:27pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Georgie Fenwicke

A Geography and Economics graduate from the University of Otago, Andy Boyens is currently in Austria preparing for the upcoming Football World Cup in South Africa. The tallest defender in the squad, he has a wealth of experience having played professionally in the States for the last few years. Read more...