Your garden
Your garden
What to do in your garden this week.
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Natural decision to follow fashion runway back to Teviot
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Natural decision to follow fashion runway back to Teviot
Coats, throws, pillows and cushions are all on offer in one of Roxburgh’s newest businesses.
AI do: Woman weds her perfect partner
AI do: Woman weds her perfect partner
Music played in a wedding hall in Japan as Yurina Noguchi, wearing a white gown and tiara, 'married' an AI-generated persona gazing out from a smartphone screen.
Turning to stars for inspiration
Turning to stars for inspiration
People have always looked up at the night sky and wondered. And we should keep on doing it, Jennifer Boland tells Rebecca Fox.
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Party predicament
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Party predicament
Jo Elwin shares three of her tried and true recipes she knows guests love to enjoy again... and again.
Floor tells an ancient story
Floor tells an ancient story
There are few archaeological discoveries that match unearthing a Roman mosaic. I know this from personal experience at the city of Verulamium, north of London.
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The wine to take into that (fleeting) sun on the deck
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The wine to take into that (fleeting) sun on the deck
Welcome to the final column before the short Christmas-New Year break for Fresh.
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Strawberry loaf
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Strawberry loaf
This loaf is fresh, moist and tastes like strawberries.
Christmas in the old countries
Christmas in the old countries
Many of our Christmas traditions come from the northern hemisphere where temperatures plummet in the festive season.
A quizzical look at wildlife
A quizzical look at wildlife
Ahead of a visit to Orokonui Ecosanctuary this summer, polish up your mātauraka taiao with Madison Kelly and Taylor Davies-Colley.
Savouring the joys of Christmas Yoghurt bark
Savouring the joys of Christmas Yoghurt bark
Make the most of Christmas, don’t waste it, write the folks at Love Food Hate Waste.
Orion Nebula glows defiantly
Orion Nebula glows defiantly
Out in Middlemarch last week, under what might generously be called a luminous sky — the full moon hanging over the Strath Taieri like an over-keen floodlight — I turned my telescope toward Orion.
Hoverflies may replace honeybees as crop pollinators
Hoverflies may replace honeybees as crop pollinators
Hoverflies may replace honeybees as crop pollinators, as bees decline.
One prickly customer
One prickly customer
In the late 1990s we received seed from a United Kingdom botanic garden through the international seed exchange of this interesting bromeliad.
Your garden
Your garden
What to do in your garden this week.
The humble spiderplant: Quiet guardian of indoor air
The humble spiderplant: Quiet guardian of indoor air
The spiderplant is one of the most underrated and rewarding indoor plants you can grow, Alisha Sherriff writes.
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That's the spirit
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That's the spirit
With cocktails riding a wave of popularity right now, how do you pair these drinks with food as the Christmas entertaining season gets into full swing?
Strolling through an Eden
Strolling through an Eden
Travel writer Jacqui Gibson’s unforgettable safari holiday in South Africa.
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Flat out, like a horse on a hillside
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Flat out, like a horse on a hillside
This track starts off seductively easy, a flat, grassy warm up.
Feeling the shift you can sustain
Feeling the shift you can sustain
Resolving to prioritise wellbeing can multiply the benefits.
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Celebrating the relief of Mafeking
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Fandom started with an amazing catch
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Waitangi Day, but not as we know it
