Many of New Zealand's talented young people are heading overseas in search of money and adventure. Kim Dungey asks those recognised by Otago Daily Times Class Act awards in 2004 if there is any incentive to stay.
Studying at Cambridge is magical. A bit like Harry Potter, Andrew Haines tells Kim Dungey.
When a Dunedin couple traded their listed inner-city property for a place in the suburbs, they wanted a home that was simple and easy to live in. Kim Dungey views the result.
Cold, damp houses have been linked to everything from asthma to depression. Yet many of us will spend this winter in them, perhaps wondering how - with rising petrol and food costs - we will ever afford improvements.
Most people renovate or move when their house no longer meet their needs, but some find other solutions. Kim Dungey talks to a couple who liked the views from their section so much, they decided to demolish their home and rebuild.
Planting days are the public face of revegetation projects. But that's when the hard work really begins. Kim Dungey reports.
Is recent public concern about the care provided in rest-homes justified, and is the Government doing enough to ensure our elderly are well looked after? Kim Dungey reports.
The number of people in New Zealand aged 65 and older will surpass one million by the late 2020s, but what will become of the frail elderly? Kim Dungey reports.
Sums involved in moving into aged-care can be substantial and the accounting complex, Kim Dungey reports.
Contemporary in design and robust in character, this Dunedin house sits high above an expanse of protected forest. Kim Dungey reports.Step inside this Dunedin home and it feels as if you are floating on a raised platform among the treetops.
For some people, university degrees are a way of "buying themselves" a high-income job but not something they actually use, says student Dan Bregmen. The 24-year-old is pondering which...
Making the most of the river view was the main requirement for a Dunedin woman when she built a holiday home at Albert Town. The house is on an elevated, north-facing site directly above the...
Glazed on three sides, this home near Cromwell has an open, relaxed feel and is full of natural light. Built on a large site adjoining Lake Dunstan at Northburn Point, the house offers good...
A Wanaka house recognised in the recent Southern Architecture Awards was seen as tracing the low, linear "Kiwi modern" style of the 1940s while dealing directly to new expression. The...
House sizes might have steadily expanded over the years but when an Arrowtown couple were planning their new home, they were determined that it be small. The couple knew a large house would have...
The former Logan Park art gallery is a good example of how heritage significance is not just about pretty buildings, says Jackie Gillies, the architect who has prepared plans for the building's...
The 1950s wonder drug, thalidomide, turned out to be a prescription for disaster, producing thousands of deformed babies, and survivors like Barry de Geest now have their sights turned on the German company that developed it.
Tony Murrell has good news and bad news for gardeners. There are no such things as low-maintenance gardens. But there are ways to make them manageable. The garden designer from TV...
Picking up a paintbrush can have its pitfalls. Thousands of chemical compounds are used in paint products as pigments, extenders, binders, solvents and additives. The World Health...
With spring officially here, many of us are thinking about painting the outside of our houses. "Now is the time when the phones start to ring," confirms Gavin Mead, president of the...
