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    AI do: Woman weds her perfect partner

    Music played in a wedding hall in Japan as Yurina Noguchi, wearing a white gown and tiara, 'married' an AI-generated persona gazing out from a smartphone screen.

    Turning to stars for inspiration

    Jennifer Boland is hoping ‘‘Over the Moon’’ will encourage young and old to dream. PHOTO: PETER...

    Turning to stars for inspiration

    People have always looked up at the night sky and wondered. And we should keep on doing it, Jennifer Boland tells Rebecca Fox.

    Serving his wee slice of Scotland

    Serving his wee slice of Scotland

    The monument is not the city’s only reminder of William Cargill, Sean Brosnahan writes.

    Europe lights up Christmas

    People visit the EU’s highest Christmas market, located in the 49th floor of Warsaw’s Varso Tower...

    Europe lights up Christmas

    Ever wanted to have a white Christmas?

    Toitū te whenua: Keeping your enemies close

    Huriawa Peninsula’s sheer cliffs helped protect Te Pā-a-Te-Wera from the long siege laid by Taoka...

    Toitū te whenua - series 2: Keeping your enemies close

    Fighting talk and words of defiance are forever etched into the history of Huriawa Peninsula, Matapura Ellison tells Tom McKinlay and Luke Chapman.

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    A few coins of gratitude in the Christmas pudding

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    A few coins of gratitude in the Christmas pudding

    Last Christmas, I gave you my heart ... and a voucher for tandem paragliding, but it was too windy on the day and you didn’t want to reschedule, so I got a refund and paid the rates instead.

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    Party predicament

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    Party predicament

    We all have friends who entertain effortlessly.

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    The wine to take into that (fleeting) sun on the deck

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    The wine to take into that (fleeting) sun on the deck

    Welcome to the final column before the short Christmas-New Year break for Fresh.

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    Strawberry loaf

    Photo: Simon Lambert

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    Strawberry loaf

    This loaf is fresh, moist and tastes like strawberries.

    Christmas in the old countries

    Christmas in the old countries

    Many of our Christmas traditions come from the northern hemisphere where temperatures plummet in the festive season. 

    A quizzical look at wildlife

    A quizzical look at wildlife

    Ahead of a visit to Orokonui Ecosanctuary this summer, polish up your mātauraka taiao with Madison Kelly and Taylor Davies-Colley.

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    Natural decision to follow fashion runway back to Teviot

    Roxburgh fashion designer and tailor Elaine Booth prepares her shop The Fashion Booth for its...

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    Natural decision to follow fashion runway back to Teviot

    Coats, throws, pillows and cushions are all on offer in one of Roxburgh’s newest businesses.

    Savouring the joys of Christmas Yoghurt bark

    Yoghurt bark. PHOTO: ODT FILES

    Savouring the joys of Christmas Yoghurt bark

    Make the most of Christmas, don’t waste it, write the folks at Love Food Hate Waste.

    Orion Nebula glows defiantly

    PHOTO: IAN GRIFFIN

    Orion Nebula glows defiantly

    Out in Middlemarch last week, under what might generously be called a luminous sky — the full moon hanging over the Strath Taieri like an over-keen floodlight — I turned my telescope toward Orion.

    Hoverflies may replace honeybees as crop pollinators

    Native rat-tailed hoverfly (Helophilus trilineatus). PHOTOS: ODT FILES

    Hoverflies may replace honeybees as crop pollinators

    Hoverflies may replace honeybees as crop pollinators, as bees decline.

    Floor tells an ancient story

    The corpse of Hector is weighed against gold to pay for his return to his father King Priam....

    Floor tells an ancient story

    There are few archaeological discoveries that match unearthing a Roman mosaic. I know this from personal experience at the city of Verulamium, north of London.

    One prickly customer

    Puya chilensis in flower at Dunedin Botanic Garden. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

    One prickly customer

    In the late 1990s we received seed from a United Kingdom botanic garden through the international seed exchange of this interesting bromeliad.

    Your garden

    A small white butterfly. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

    Your garden

    What to do in your garden this week.

    The humble spiderplant: Quiet guardian of indoor air

    The spiderplant. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

    The humble spiderplant: Quiet guardian of indoor air

    The spiderplant is one of the most underrated and rewarding indoor plants you can grow, Alisha Sherriff writes.

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    That's the spirit

    Jack Foster is a master at pairing spirits with tasty morsels at Cardrona Distillery. Photos:...

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    That's the spirit

    With cocktails riding a wave of popularity right now, how do you pair these drinks with food as the Christmas entertaining season gets into full swing?
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