Virtual reality finding its place in architecture
Virtual reality technologies are shaping an inclusive future for architecture, writes Farzam Sepanta
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Trending towards timber
Trending towards timber
Soft neutrals and a lighter palette are on the menu for kitchen and bathroom designs this year.
Your garden, January 17th
Your garden, January 17th
What's happening in your garden?
Mass plantings welcome visitors
Mass plantings welcome visitors
A mass of godetias can be seen in full bloom at the Dunedin Railway Station during a rare sunny day earlier this week.
Intro to teacher training never tasted so sweet
Intro to teacher training never tasted so sweet
Add a little sugar to a young mind, and an ordinary kitchen can quickly escalate into a mad scientist’s experimental laboratory.
'Unreal day': de Groot marries long-time girlfriend
'Unreal day': de Groot marries long-time girlfriend
Few can match Ethan de Groot in the scrum but he has met his match off the field.
Chasing the local waves
Chasing the local waves
Surf photographer Rambo Estrada has always been drawn to the back roads of Aotearoa. He talks to surfer and student Finn Vette while checking out Dunedin and the south coast's waves.
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2025: the start we’ve made
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2025: the start we’ve made
We’ve all but accounted for the first quarter of the 21st century, so how have we done?
A plethora of planets graces evening sky
A plethora of planets graces evening sky
If the sky is clear over the next few nights and you have a pair of binoculars handy, you can enjoy viewing six of the solar system’s eight major planets after sunset.
Tracing red ochre’s roots
Tracing red ochre’s roots
Four years ago, a graduate student of mine asked if she could analyse the use of red ochre in the human burials from one of my excavations.
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Setting a table for presence and absence
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Setting a table for presence and absence
The widower who has a second chance at love is a romantic cultural trope.
Top start to the day
Top start to the day
People who drink coffee in the morning have a lower risk of dying from heart disease and a lower overall risk of dying compared with all-day coffee drinkers, according to international research.
Call out to ‘citizen scientists’
Call out to ‘citizen scientists’
Scientists need help to work out why monarch butterfly populations in Australasia seem to be declining, writes Myron Zalucki.
Powering up with plants
Powering up with plants
Plant-based wholefood chef Tracey Bennett loves nothing more than throwing on a pinnie, cranking up some sounds, and getting settled into her kitchen groove to see what’s in her to create that day.
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Dishes that bring summer to the table
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Dishes that bring summer to the table
As summer is now in full swing, we’re sharing some fabulous flavourful recipes that encapsulate that easy summer feeling, best enjoyed by the beach or out in nature.
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Roasted red pepper, chickpea and parsley salad
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Roasted red pepper, chickpea and parsley salad
This salad is packed with delicious summer flavours and wonderful textures.
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Wine tasting will top a holiday
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Wine tasting will top a holiday
January is that time of year when a holiday break is on the agenda.
Photographer behind Benetton's shock ads dies
Photographer behind Benetton's shock ads dies
Oliviero Toscani, the man behind the shock advertising campaigns that helped make Italy's Benetton one of the world's biggest clothing brands, has died. He was 82.
Savouring fresh for longer
Savouring fresh for longer
For the folks at Love Food Hate Waste, summer is the time to celebrate with fresh, in-season produce.
Carrot and cucumber pickle
Carrot and cucumber pickle
All those laid-back summer lunches, the salads and cold cuts, smoked fish and simple tarts seem to cry out for a crisp, sharp accompaniment, writes Nigel Slater.
