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Navigating school journey never easy

Navigating school journey never easy

My mātaamua, my girl finished school this week forever and what a journey it has been! She steps in to her next journey with trepidation and nerves, but I am pretty sure she will be OK. However, let me tell you, it hasn’t been easy.

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Planets in the western sky

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Planets in the western sky

In ancient mythology, the constellations of Scorpio and Orion are depicted as eternal opposites in the sky, locked in a perpetual celestial chase.

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Take on a ‘new to you’ bike

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Take on a ‘new to you’ bike

Your next new bike need not be new at all, reckons Sara Walton.

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Stripping away the climate denial

Bruce Mahalski draws a Change in the Weather cartoon at his kitchen table. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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Stripping away the climate denial

After running for two years in The Weekend Mix, Bruce Mahalski’s climate crisis cartoon strip is now a book. He tells Tom McKinlay about letting the animals have their say.

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Sydney calls

Traffic makes the bridge shake underfoot and overhead.

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Sydney calls

It’s possible to take Sydney in your stride, Clare Fraser finds.

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Something to believe in

Illusionist and escapologist Cosentino is bringing his magic to Dunedin later this month.&nbsp...

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Something to believe in

Magic was meant to have gone the way of superstition. Cosentino tells Tom McKinlay why our rational modern minds continue to believe.

Odd shape points to true purpose

The old label on the ‘‘trough’’, now thought to be a waka, in Tūhura Otago Museum’s Tangata...

Odd shape points to true purpose

When is a trough actually a waka? It’s a puzzle Te Atarau Cassidy and Gerard O’Regan have been working on at Tūhura Otago Museum.

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Lakeside excavations reveal horse hunters

The recreated head of Shanidar Z Neanderthal, made by the Kennis brothers for the Netflix...

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Lakeside excavations reveal horse hunters

In the rise of humans, it is often the most basic changes that are somehow overlooked.

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Leading NZ's energy transformation

Jack O’Leary, pictured at the Karāpiro Dam, near Cambridge, is researching ways to reduce New...

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Leading NZ's energy transformation

CLASS ACT: Engineering studies and a rowing dream took Jack O’Leary to Cambridge. Now he’s working on creating a sustainable energy future for NZ, Kim Dungey writes.

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About belief

Anna Grimaldi celebrates winning gold in the Women's 200m - T47 Final at the Paralympic Games....

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About belief

CLASS ACT: Anna Grimaldi felt like an imposter after winning gold at her first Paralympics but she’s been on a journey to self-belief, Kim Dungey writes.

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Class Act: Lessons outside the classroom

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Class Act: Lessons outside the classroom

As the ODT Class Act awards celebrate 25 years, we check in with the class of 2014 and find many have concerns about the economy and the cost of living. Kim Dungey reports.

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Class Act of 2014 - Where are they now?

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Class Act of 2014 - Where are they now?

The ODT checks in with the class of 2014 to see what they are doing 10 years on.

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Verdant valley nature's offering

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Verdant valley nature's offering

Rewilding is growing in popularity. Maureen Howard and Bruce Munro visit the largest piece of regenerating forest on Otago Peninsula.

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Benefits of a handy man

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Benefits of a handy man

I’ve always had to get a man in.

A remarkable bird by any name

A muttonbird, tītī or sooty shearwater prepares to take flight. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

A remarkable bird by any name

The tītī is a bird with many cousins, the science tells us.

A tale of two auroras

The aurora from Otago Peninsula on Tuesday, October 8. Photo: Ian Griffin

A tale of two auroras

It was the best of times, and it was undoubtedly the epoch of incredulity last Friday night when I found myself perched beside one of the Otago Peninsula's back bays.

Medical studies expand

The WHO has said Botswana, Cape Verde, Comoros and Swaziland are on track to eliminate malaria by...

Medical studies expand

Mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue and malaria will become a bigger part of the curriculum at medical schools across Europe in the face of the climate crisis.