Alone with our phones
There’s a word for people who prefer phones to meeting friends.
Honouring our commitments
Honouring our commitments
It is remembering season for some of the colonies
The man behind the collection
The man behind the collection
What we leave behind provides pathways for connection, writes Chloe Searle.
Juggling life and the farm
Juggling life and the farm
The worldwide circus sensation, Cirque Alfonse, is finally on its way to New Zealand.
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For plants and people: Alan Matchett's botanic calling
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For plants and people: Alan Matchett's botanic calling
Alan Matchett has been keeper of something close to a sacred trust these past several decades.
Scanning the horizons of our future
Scanning the horizons of our future
A new studies shows where the pathways may lie to our future.
Also at the Dunedin Arts Festival 2025
Also at the Dunedin Arts Festival 2025
March 26 to April 6
Whistling up the tune to which we still dance
Whistling up the tune to which we still dance
Towards the end of last year, the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra put on an evening of music from ABBA.
Moon meets Matariki
Moon meets Matariki
The moon reaches its first quarter on Wednesday at 9.02pm.
Beets and squash for salad days
Beets and squash for salad days
Nigel Slater’s recipes for baked summer squash, and beetroot with lentils and feta.
Green dragons alive and well at Dunedin Botanic Garden
Green dragons alive and well at Dunedin Botanic Garden
Pinellia tripartita is an interesting and somewhat peculiar herbaceous perennial belonging to the arum family.
Less is more when it comes to eco-gardening
Less is more when it comes to eco-gardening
Doing your bit for the planet just too much effort? Then good news: there are several simple things in the garden that, if you just stop doing them, will help the environment and wildlife...
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Angling for ‘something different’
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Angling for ‘something different’
A character-filled new build has all the right angles. Kim Dungey reports.
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These boots are made for walkin’...
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These boots are made for walkin’...
From cutting her shoemaking teeth in Dunedin, to finding her niche crafting cowboy boots in Oklahoma, Flora Knight is emerging as a force in the slow fashion industry.
A virtual personal stylist
A virtual personal stylist
Would you let AI choose your outfits?
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When the circus came to town
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When the circus came to town
What do bears, tigers and mountainous southwest France have to do with the sheep, cows and windswept slopes of Dunedin’s Mount Cargill?
Cold war, hot spot
Cold war, hot spot
South Korea’s top tourist attraction divides two war zones, Gillian Vine discovers.
A thinning of the bald
A thinning of the bald
As hair-loss treatments improve, one wonders if we’ll start to get nostalgic for a good comb-over, writes Eva Wiseman.
Trip often outshines the destination
Trip often outshines the destination
With his 59th birthday looming large, and after weeks of unrelenting clouds, Ian Griffin was itching for an astronomical challenge.
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Channelling that summer vibe
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Channelling that summer vibe
Even before I sat down to sample this selection with my tasting colleague Mr Collins, the aromas as I uncapped the bottles had me salivating and channelling a summer vibe.
