Life & Style

Peppery radishes don’t need much. Grated and folded through good butter with lemon and a whisper of anchovy, they turn into something unexpectedly good. Serve at room temperature, thickly spread on...

Gathering on the well-trodden path to Central Otago

Later than some vintages it may be, but Central has been a hive of activity with the grape harvest getting into full swing. Across the region people have been gathering: backpackers, retirees,...

In the land of GIANTS

It’s OK (and even encouraged) to sit on the Giants of Mandurah for a photo. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

In the land of GIANTS

This is an edited extract from Ultimate Family Holidays: Australia by Catherine Best, published by Hardie Grant Explore

As told by The Clean

Clockwise from top left: Playground, Woodhaugh Gardens, Dunedin, 1980. Photograph: Craig McNab,...

As told by The Clean

Journalist and poet Richard Langston had loved Dunedin band The Clean for decades and knew there should be a book. But having realised it would be him writing it, he had to work out how.

Season's eatings

Season's eatings

Autumn is the perfect season to focus on a fresh approach to eating, write the folks at Love Food Hate Waste.

Cancer link stronger than ever

Cancer link stronger than ever

The evidence is mounting that vaping causes cancer, Bernard Stewart writes.

When mozzies sniffed blood

Old enemies head to head: a mosquito and the skull of Homo erectus from Yunxian. PHOTOS: GETTY...

When mozzies sniffed blood

Last month, a new genetic study of mosquitoes in Southeast Asia led by Catherine Walton, of the University of Manchester, came to a remarkable conclusion. It found that about 1.8million years ago,...

Hype here second time around

The path of the total solar eclipse over Dunedin calculations tell us it happened on December 27,...

Hype here second time around

Dunedin is preparing itself for a magnificent celestial event. Committees are forming. Plans are being drawn up. Accommodation, one suspects, will soon be priced as if the Sun itself were staying...

Warning signals loud and clear

Warning signals loud and clear

The climate stripes (shown here for Dunedin) are a compelling way to look at how temperature has changed over the past 100 years or so. They show how average annual temperature has changed, with...

Decisions made in distant rooms

Conversations about war, conflict, and global instability are no longer distant.

An intimate point of view

Image One, from the Illustration of Government Series (1995), by Di ffrench. Collection of the...

An intimate point of view

A Di ffrench work in the Forrester collection tells a tale of evolution, Ella McLean writes.

Pushing back against constant comfort

Feel like you just can’t win? The world is a dumpster fire. Your flights got cancelled and the refund won’t cover new ones; petrol prices are scuppering your long-distance relationship. Some days...

Past winners’ wool creations on display

Alexandra designer, and winner of five awards, Daphne Randle handknitted garments and hats using...

Past winners’ wool creations on display

Close up views and the chance to own an entry from WoolOn Creative Fashion Event shows will be possible as work by three past winners go on display this month.

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