Everything is sweeter in Kandy
Nature meets nurture in Sri Lanka’s Central Highlands. It’s an uplifting adventure to relish, Mike Yardley writes.
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Hope endures beyond the honeymoon
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Hope endures beyond the honeymoon
When the honeymoon phase is over, it may feel like a bubble pop.
Traces of her journey
Traces of her journey
On a summer’s day 3395 years ago, a young woman in Denmark died and was interred under a tumulus, in a coffin hewed from a massive oak, wrapped in a blanket and an ox hide.
No easy task to rustle photons from a glowing sky
No easy task to rustle photons from a glowing sky
After a week of cloud-choked nights putting paid to any chance of astronomy, the forecast finally promised clear skies last Sunday.
Cooked with love
Cooked with love
Once I’d rolled my eyes and thought beyond the schmaltz, I was inspired by the idea of food cooked with love for this week’s Valentine’s Day-themed recipe.
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Courgette soda bread
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Courgette soda bread
Soda bread has to be one of the fastest breads to whip up.
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Refreshing whites ticking the box
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Refreshing whites ticking the box
On a recent family holiday road trip I found myself drinking either white wine or beer: the reds just didn’t get a look in.
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. Louise Frampton takes a look around the now 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.
