Cooking hacks to save time, boost taste
Cooking hacks to save time, boost taste
Make a splash in the kitchen — top chefs and cooks share easy ways to take your dinner to the next level.
Cook once, eat twice
Cook once, eat twice
With children back in school, the dreaded lunchbox roundabout has begun for another year.
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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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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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.
Something sweet for your Valentine
Something sweet for your Valentine
Penelope Maguire turns to some romantic traditions for inspiration.
Establishing new roots
Establishing new roots
When a Southland couple moved to North Taieri eight years ago, they didn’t just shift their furniture - they shifted their plants as well.
Finches a treasured addition to garden
Finches a treasured addition to garden
With summer happening in fits and starts in Ōtepoti the birds at the aviary are all in the process of moulting, except for our Gouldian finches.
Your garden
Your garden
By now, planting of winter greens broccoli, cauliflowers, silverbeet and celery should be complete.
Naturally stunning
Naturally stunning
There are not many islands to visit off the South Australian coast, but luckily Kangaroo Island — or KI, as its affectionately known to locals — has you covered in every way, writes...
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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.
Alone with our phones
Alone with our phones
There’s a word for people who prefer phones to meeting friends.
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.
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.
Scanning the horizons of our future
Scanning the horizons of our future
A new studies shows where the pathways may lie to our future.
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.
Beets and squash for salad days
Beets and squash for salad days
Nigel Slater’s recipes for baked summer squash, and beetroot with lentils and feta.
