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.
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.
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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.
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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.
The man behind the collection
The man behind the collection
What we leave behind provides pathways for connection, writes Chloe Searle.
Scanning the horizons of our future
Scanning the horizons of our future
A new studies shows where the pathways may lie to our future.
Alone with our phones
Alone with our phones
There’s a word for people who prefer phones to meeting friends.
Juggling life and the farm
Juggling life and the farm
The worldwide circus sensation, Cirque Alfonse, is finally on its way to NZ. Bruce Munro talks to co-founder Antoine Carabinier-Lepin.
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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.
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.
