$31K spent on '$200' painting thought to be by McCahon
A painting thought to be worth about $200 has instead sold for over $31,000 in the United Kingdom, after it was identified as a work by famed Dunedin artist Colin McCahon.
Life & Style
Rum jewel of Inner Hebrides
Rum jewel of Inner Hebrides
Julie Orr-Wilson discovers another Scottish island full of quirky history and nature.
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Raising AI
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Raising AI
Your fears about artificial intelligence (AI) might be well-founded, Assoc Prof David Rozado says.
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All that glisters is not always Gold
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All that glisters is not always Gold
After you’ve seen a hundred rainbows you start to think maybe you’ve found your pot of gold.
Typical wedding $87,000, wedding planner says
Typical wedding $87,000, wedding planner says
When Nichole Croasdale married her husband, David, at the end of last year, she had to increase the budget from what she initially planned to spend.
Special meadows need protection
Special meadows need protection
A marine reserve off Pukekura/Taiaroa Head would protect some remarkable collaborations.
Veils across the light
Veils across the light
The move to Middlemarch has been great for skywatching, writes Ian Griffin.
Prince of prints
Prince of prints
A printmaking movement in the early part of last century was about moving the medium forward, Lauren Gutsell writes.
DNA of Roman legion will fascinate
DNA of Roman legion will fascinate
In the summer of 1959, I found myself excavating at the Roman city of Verulamium, southwest of the modern city of St Albans in Hertfordshire, England.
Antarctica’s sole native insect
Antarctica’s sole native insect
Antarctica’s climate is so extreme, a small black wingless true fly is its only native insect.
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A life and love of sharing food
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A life and love of sharing food
For nearly four decades Joan Bishop has shared her recipes with Otago Daily Times’ readers.
Networked trees’ cosmic connection
Networked trees’ cosmic connection
Trees are monitoring the heavens and sharing what they know, Monica Gagliano and Prudence Gibson write.
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A taste of ‘Brasil’
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A taste of ‘Brasil’
Dunedin Botanic Garden's plant sale is a great opportunity to green your indoor spaces, writes Alisha Sherriff.
A recuperating ruru
A recuperating ruru
Ruru is New Zealand’s beloved native owl, often heard at dusk and in the still of the night with their distinctive "more-pork" or "ru-ru" call.
Simply delicious
Simply delicious
Never mind the long lists of ingredients and hours in the kitchen, keeping it simple can be just as rewarding.
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Building community the key
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Building community the key
To the untrained eye, she’s just playing games.
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Restoration a balance of two worlds
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Restoration a balance of two worlds
This Dunedin villa addresses the importance of heritage preservation and the need to improve our housing stock to be fit for modern life and future generations.
Finding our first settlers
Finding our first settlers
On one of my cruises as a guest speaker, my wife and I found ourselves on a bus heading for the Kemp House at the Kerikeri Mission station in the Bay of Islands.
A taste of Greece in Crete
A taste of Greece in Crete
This excerpt from Lonely Planet’s 100 Weekends in Europe demonstrates Crete’s combination of cultural and natural spectacles make it a perfect destination for a quick getaway.
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A surgeon at the front
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A surgeon at the front
Waimate doctor Herbert Clifford Barclay thought he was heading to England to study. Instead he found himself, scalpel in hand, on World War 1’s Eastern Front, Kim Dungey writes.
