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    Value the darkness before it goes

    Satellite stitch their lines across a gentle aurora above Middlemarch.  PHOTO: IAN GRIFFIN

    Value the darkness before it goes

    A confession: I am not, by nature, a political animal. I prefer my debates to be settled by photons rather than policy.

    Chaste fish doing fine

    Amazon molly, all clones of each other. PHOTO: DAVID BIERBACH

    Chaste fish doing fine

    Ground-breaking research was recently published on the longevity and genetic integrity of the Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa), a clonal, parthenogenetic fish that defies the expectations of...

    Ancient warning of climate calamity

    Lidar has stripped away the forest to reveal Angkor as it was. In the centre is the city visited...

    Ancient warning of climate calamity

    I always read what Gwynne Dyer has to say. Recently, it was a sobering account of how the Trump regime has decimated the American National Centre for Atmospheric Research.

    A long walk hailed

    ‘‘After 20km of relentless uphill walking, we see the road stretching ahead in an apparently...

    A long walk hailed

    Dunedin-born avid walker Jennifer Andrewes took up long-distance walking when diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s in 2019 and in  2024 walked the 2400km Via Francigena from Canterbury to Rome.

    Your Garden

    Chrysanthemums. Photo: Getty Images

    Your Garden

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    Garden full of character

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    Garden full of character

    A garden which is normally showcased in spring, has plenty of interest year round,  Louise Frampton finds.

    New ways with plums and cucumbers

    PHOTOS: GARETH SAMBIDGE

    New ways with plums and cucumbers

    Helen Graham serves up clever ways to use plums and cucumbers.

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    Laughing matters

    Alan Davies performs his Think Ahead show at Dunedin's Regent Theatre in August. PHOTO: TONY BRIGGS

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    Laughing matters

    Comedy need not limit itself to the funny stuff, Alan Davies tells Tom McKinlay.

    The shared world of our villages

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    The shared world of our villages

    Human connection is what underpins community and a person’s village.

    Community collaboration, creative connection

    Otago Polytechnic fashion graduates photographed at a shared studio in central Dunedin. Photo:...

    Community collaboration, creative connection

    Emerging designers and fashion creatives from across the motu will converge on Auckland this week to celebrate innovation and diversity, through a series of fashion shows and events.

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    Riding out cycle

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    Riding out cycle

    A question I’m asked frequently is "how are things in Marlborough"?

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    Corn fritters with bacon, lime cream & hot honey

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    Corn fritters with bacon, lime cream & hot honey

    This corn fritter recipe is easy to make and jazzed up with all the extras you might find at your local cafe but easily put together at home over a long weekend.

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    Oven-roasted corn with chilli lime butter

    Photo: Simon Lambert

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    Oven-roasted corn with chilli lime butter

    Sweet corn is hitting its stride right now. 

    One-pot wonders

    One-pot wonders

    Beautiful things can be made in one pot, pan or tray, United Kingdom food influencer, chef and author Poppy O’Toole says.

    When you have an itch to scratch

    A pectinate claw visible on a savanna nightjar (formerly the Indian nightjar). Photo: Tūhura...

    When you have an itch to scratch

    Some birds have no problem putting their finger on the source of an irritating problem, Marcus Richards writes.

    Cuddling up to the computer

    Alicia Vikander in the film Ex Machina.

    Cuddling up to the computer

    We are increasingly looking to digital companions to satisfy our emotional needs, James Muldoon writes in his new book Love Machines.

    Two visions of the same aurora

    Two visions of the same aurora

    Autumn has arrived in Middlemarch.

    Gypsum proves to be a remarkable preserver of Roman history

    A gypsum burial from York reveals two adults, buried with an infant lying between them. A family...

    Gypsum proves to be a remarkable preserver of Roman history

    Liquid gypsum is used today to improve the quality of clay soil, but in Roman times, it had a quite different application.

    Richly rustic

    Photo: Gareth Sambidge/The Observer

    Richly rustic

    Helen Graham serves up veg-forward dishes to celebrate textures and contrasts.

    A pinch and a trim - growing incentives

    Mint (Mentha) is an example of a plant that responds well to trimming.

    A pinch and a trim - growing incentives

    Trimming plants while they are in cultivation can have many benefits.
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