Watching goes both ways
Too much watching tips over into paranoia, Eva Wiseman writes.
Artist paints new home with curious eye
Artist paints new home with curious eye
Arriving in 19th century Dunedin, a British artist was open to her new surroundings, writes Lucy Hammonds.
A cure for ageing
A cure for ageing
The latest "fountain of youth" pill is working on mice, but the scientists warn humans to approach with caution, David Cox writes.
An accidental moonset
An accidental moonset
For astronomers like me, the period near full moon is an excuse to be anywhere but beneath its glare.
Old names for inequality
Old names for inequality
When the Marsden Fund was established in 1994, the government designed it "to fund excellent fundamental research".
Sleeping [not] like a baby
Sleeping [not] like a baby
There’s no buttering up your baby, write Karleen Gribble, Naomi Hull and Nina Jane Chad.
Less waste is definitely more
Less waste is definitely more
Our food scraps need not be wasted.
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Separating tall tales from true
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Separating tall tales from true
He was notorious for telling tall tales. So who, really, was Otago’s first harbour pilot, Richard Driver? Bruce Munro talks to two of Driver’s descendants.
Box on into the new year
Box on into the new year
This is an ideal exercise to let off steam, release any frustrations and reduce stress.
Retirement gift shows us a moment in time
Retirement gift shows us a moment in time
A parting gift captured a moment in time at Oamaru’s post office, writes Elly Dunckley.
Pride in part in revealing domestic chicken story
Pride in part in revealing domestic chicken story
When a new law was introduced not long ago that banned battery hens, there was a shortage of eggs.
Exploring Gemini
Exploring Gemini
This week, I invite you on a journey through the constellation Gemini, the Twins.
Kāi Tahu holds strong to right to invite PM
Kāi Tahu holds strong to right to invite PM
Dame Naida Glavish had a crack at our iwi for hosting the Prime Minister on Waitangi Day on Banks Peninsula at Ōnuku, saying we were being used so he could avoid going to Waitangi.
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Joining the dance
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Joining the dance
The cover art for Nadia Reid’s new album has the singer-songwriter still dressed in Dunedin black but contemplating a brighter palette.
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Hope endures beyond the honeymoon
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Hope endures beyond the honeymoon
When the honeymoon phase is over, it may feel like a bubble pop.
Traces of her journey
Traces of her journey
On a summer’s day 3395 years ago, a young woman in Denmark died and was interred under a tumulus, in a coffin hewed from a massive oak, wrapped in a blanket and an ox hide.
No easy task to rustle photons from a glowing sky
No easy task to rustle photons from a glowing sky
After a week of cloud-choked nights putting paid to any chance of astronomy, the forecast finally promised clear skies last Sunday.
We must turn the page, together
We must turn the page, together
We’re in 2025, and it’s a brand new year, and yet it all feels rather surreal — as if the pages of a dystopian novel (similar to those I like to read) have suddenly become our reality.
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Mini adventure on the doorstep
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Mini adventure on the doorstep
One of the benefits of spending summer in Dunedin’s climate is having the place to yourself.
Honouring our commitments
Honouring our commitments
It is remembering season for some of the colonies.
