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    Carnage at Tuapeka after October’s big blow, one shed down and another smashed by a fallen tree....

    Preparing for anything

    The big global climate crisis we’re doing our best to ignore, has plans for each of our communities, Paul Gorman writes.

    Up to their new tricks

    Image: Craig Williams

    Up to their new tricks

    Over the past week, the media have been reporting on a new discovery — that 450,000 years ago, Neanderthals were generating fire, far earlier than previously known.

    A voice for peace in any language

    Photo: Reuters

    A voice for peace in any language

    It doesn’t feel tika (appropriate) to not acknowledge those who have passed in the Bondi Beach tragedy.

    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.

    Marvels captured moment to moment

    Image: Ian Griffin/Circumnavigation in Time project

    Marvels captured moment to moment

    As this is the final Skywatch column for the year, it feels like the right moment to look back rather than up — though, of course, I’ve done plenty of both.

    Food systems driving twin crises

    Mondelez and Coca-Cola are among those named in a lawsuit that accuses food companies of...

    Food systems driving twin crises

    Healthier lives and a healthier planet rely on us changing what we eat, according to new research.

    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.

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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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    Charmed, I’m sure

    Charmed, I’m sure

    Eva Wiseman is beguiled, again.

    Tempering the power of the machine

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    Tempering the power of the machine

    After reshaping how we think, learn and socialise, the next wave of AI is poised to reach far deeper — into our desires, our relationships and our sense of self

    Exploring the digital tomb of Tutankhamun

    Ankhesenamun anointing her half brother and husband, Pharoah Tutankhamun. Photo: supplied

    Exploring the digital tomb of Tutankhamun

    Inevitably almost, I have to write about Tutankhamun.

    Cosy stargazing from home

    The sky over Middlemarch courtesy of a humble security camera. Image: Ian Griffin

    Cosy stargazing from home

    Occasionally, astronomy presents you with a piece of technology that changes your life.

    Feeling the shift you can sustain

    Zackry Stetler, Simon McKenzie, Jennie Salter and Simon Abel of Wastebusters’ reuse yard team...

    Feeling the shift you can sustain

    Resolving to prioritise wellbeing can multiply the benefits.

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    Flat out, like a horse on a hillside

    Photo: Clare Fraser

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    Flat out, like a horse on a hillside

    This track starts off seductively easy, a flat, grassy warm up.
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