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    Kicks like a horse

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    Kicks like a horse

    It gets right up your nose. In a good way.

    Lunar eclipse glows in South

    Lunar eclipse glows in South

    It's the celestial highlight of the year: a total lunar eclipse - and sky watchers in the South were out to capture it.

    Lunar eclipse perfectly placed

    Photo: Ian Griffin

    Lunar eclipse perfectly placed

    On Tuesday evening, as the last light fades over Otago Harbour and the first stars appear, something rather wonderful will begin.

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    Dishes to let summer linger

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    Dishes to let summer linger

    The best way to draw out every precious moment of summertime is to keep cooking summery dishes — ideally cooked over the fire and eaten outdoors.

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    Spritzes, rosés, reds — taste of summer that wasn’t

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    Spritzes, rosés, reds — taste of summer that wasn’t

    Summer's failure to make an appearance this year scuppered my plans for today’s trio of mixed pairs, but all is not lost.

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    Tomato, green bean and lentil salad

    Photo: Simon Lambert

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    Tomato, green bean and lentil salad

    This is the sort of salad that earns its place on the table. 

    Street food a reflection

    Street food a reflection

    Street food is fast, hot, endlessly creative and full of personality — a vivid reflection of a city and its people, Yang Liu says.

    Luxury brands shut Middle East stores

    Luxury stores in Bahrain and other places in the Middle East have been closed. Photo:...

    Luxury brands shut Middle East stores

    If Middle Eastern shoppers cannot travel to Paris or Milan, that could also hurt luxury sales in Europe.

    A stranger to sleep

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    A stranger to sleep

    A restless night might be nothing to lose sleep over, write Charlotte Gupta and Dayna Easton.

    Tastes of sunshine

    Photo: Jonathan Lovekin, The Observer

    Tastes of sunshine

    Celebrate the season’s berries and stone fruits with simple yet elegant blackcurrant jelly, raspberry granita and peach tarts, writes Nigel Slater.

    Toitū te whenua - To stop and stay

    Te Rūnanga o Moeraki kaiwhakahaere Justin Tipa. PHOTO: LUKE CHAPMAN

    Toitū te whenua - To stop and stay

    Moeraki has moved with the times while honouring all that is important in its long history, Justin Tipa tells Tom McKinlay and Luke Chapman.

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    Property planned to entertain

    Visitors are met by a pair of pavilions, arranged in an ‘‘H’’ shape.

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    Property planned to entertain

    There’s a touch of Mediterranean charm to this new build in Wānaka. Kim Dungey reports.

    The language of wearing

    Helen Adam’s collection — BLIND, as shown in iD International Emerging Designer Awards 2007....

    The language of wearing

    Prof Margo Barton, of Otago Polytechnic’s School of Fashion, asks if there are more to clothes than how they look on a person. 

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    Good as gold?

    An employee shows gold bars of various values in a safe deposit room in Germany. Photo: Reuters

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    Good as gold?

    Once it built Dunedin. But what role will any new gold crushed and sieved from Central Otago’s hills play in our fevered times? Tom McKinlay weighs some possibilities.

    Prickly beast deserves care

    The Opoho Rd holly hedge at Dunedin Botanic Garden. PHOTO: GERARD O’ BRIEN

    Prickly beast deserves care

    The holly hedge, Ilex aquifolium, is one of the oldest and longest plantings in the lower botanic garden. An impressive 120m in length, it marks the northern boundary of the garden.

    Your Garden

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    Your Garden

    What to do in your garden this week.

    Choosing a resilient future

    A cottage in Akaroa surrounded by floodwaters this week. Photo: RNZ

    Choosing a resilient future

    Our "perpetual cycle of response and recovery" requires a renewed focus on resilience.

    Leaving the loch behind

    Pitlochry town centre. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

    Leaving the loch behind

    After 25 years seeing the world, travel writer Annabelle Thorpe finally falls for the majesty of the mountains around Glencoe.

    Toitū te whenua - Māori Place Names Series 2

    Toitū te whenua - Māori Place Names Series 2

    Toitū te whenua - Māori Place Names Series 2

    Matters of wife and death

    Matters of wife and death

    Generosity can echo down the centuries, writes Lucy Hammonds.
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