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    Endometriosis in the spotlight

    Sending You Happiness Project fundraising gala co-founders Lichelle Guyan (left) and Becky...

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    Endometriosis in the spotlight

    A display of fashion, creativity and a community is hoped to spark a conversation about a painful disease that affects one in 10 women.

    Steam dreams roll out at scale

    Model traction engine made by Albert Oldman. PHOTO: COLLECTION OF TOITŪ OTAGO SETTLERS MUSEUM...

    Steam dreams roll out at scale

    Steam didn’t get the traction in the South that some expected, Peter Read writes. But for some it was still the very model of progress.

    Working together to learn more

    The Auroreye camera is on duty at Ian Griffin’s property at Middlemarch.

    Working together to learn more

    On calm nights in Middlemarch, when the wind drops and the paddocks fall quiet, my usual practice is to step outside before bed and gaze upwards.

    Days of the pioneers

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    Days of the pioneers

    Long before the likes of Lord of the Rings and The Power of the Dog discovered the stunning backdrops of Otago’s outback, there was a locally made TV drama that set the benchmark of what was to follow.

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    Real Mexican at home

    Growing up in Mexico City was the best food education that money could not buy, Daniella Guevara Munoz says.

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    Holidays call for indulgence

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    Holidays call for indulgence

    With a spate of long weekends on the horizon, and the lack of a proper summer holiday, I am focused on getting away on a series of short breaks where I don’t do a lot of cooking.

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    Don't talk rot

    Botrytis cinerea, or "Noble Rot". Photo: Getty Images

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    Don't talk rot

    On the international stage, sales of some of the most famous sweet and fortified wine styles such as Sauternes and Port have seen a significant drop-off.

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    Aubergine schnitzel with lemon and yoghurt

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    Aubergine schnitzel with lemon and yoghurt

    Aubergine holds its own beautifully when treated like this.

    Virtual museums make finds more accessible

    House foundations at Hemudu are 7000 years old and you can enter the prehistoric village now...

    Virtual museums make finds more accessible

    When I began studying archaeology nearly 70 years ago, my professor illustrated his lectures with the aid of glass slides projected through an antediluvian machine known as an epidiascope.

    Toitū te whenua - A precious cargo

    Te Kaihīnaki, permanent reminders of the waka atua Āraiteuru’s epic voyage. Photo: Craig Baxter

    Toitū te whenua - A precious cargo

    A record of the heroic deeds of early voyagers lives on in the Otago landscape, David Higgins tells Luke Chapman and Tom McKinlay.

    Parasitic wasps make it a bad day to be a spider

    Bright red spider wasp Sphictostethus nitidus, which has captured and stung to paralysis a large...

    Parasitic wasps make it a bad day to be a spider

    Dr Keith Probert took this excellent photograph of a bright red female spider wasp.

    Setting suffrage story straight

    William Blomfield’s 1892 cartoon in the New Zealand Observer and Free Lance, ‘‘The Sweating...

    Setting suffrage story straight

    The role of leading Dunedin suffrage campaigner Harriet Morison has been cancelled, Jane Tolerton argues. It is past time the fervent unionist and feminist was given her due.

    Splashing out of the gene pool

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    Splashing out of the gene pool

    Whenever we have out of town visitors staying, I take them on an expedition to the Aramoana mole, at the mouth of Otago Harbour. There, without fail, we can see New Zealand fur-seals on the rocks...

    Ripe for the eating

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    Ripe for the eating

    Summer’s sweetest sunshine can brighten our lives well into autumn, Penelope Maguire writes.

    Seed exchange growing global connections

    Rudbeckia laciniata growing in the North American plant collection at the Dunedin Botanic Garden....

    Seed exchange growing global connections

    Each year, many botanic gardens around the world exchange small packets of seed.

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    Your Garden

    What to do in your garden this week.

    Hearty houseplant

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    Hearty houseplant

    Ceropegia woodii variegated is cute as a heart-shaped button, writes Alisha Sherriff.

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    Eccentric Otago fashion collector’s relics on tour

    Feinerman’s General Store co-owner Sally Feinerman co-ordinates with the Eden Hore Collection...

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    Eccentric Otago fashion collector’s relics on tour

    Garments belonging to Naseby farmer Eden Hore have started to pop up around Central Otago, bringing the glamour of the 1970s and ’80s high fashion to small towns and public spaces.

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    History lives on in ‘heel’ of Italy

    Matera, in southern Italy, is one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities, renown for...

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    History lives on in ‘heel’ of Italy

    Southern Italy is a path less travelled by many fans of the country. Rebecca Fox discovers its charms on a recent visit to the Puglia region.

    Embracing indigenous leadership

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    Embracing indigenous leadership

    In a new collection of essays penned by a wide range of New Zealanders, Kiwis in Climate, Prof Jacinta Ruru writes about "Giving voice to iwi in caring for lands and waters". 
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