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    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

    A pakake or sea lion. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

    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

    PHOTOS: PENELOPE MAQUIRE

    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.

    Your Garden

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    Your Garden

    What to do in your garden this week.

    Hearty houseplant

    PHOTO: CC 3.0 / ALEKSANDRS BALODI

    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

    Legislation now recognises some of the Māori ancestral embodiments in nature, for example,...

    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". 

    Honouring our animal companions in death

    A dog appears to cradle its food bowl in this image used for the cover of the Oxford Handbook of...

    Honouring our animal companions in death

    In a recent "Faith and Reason" column, David Tombs wrote about Gravedigger Bob, a Brazilian dog that so missed its master that it camped out in his cemetery and was ultimately buried there.

    Flowers, suits and a new generation

    Dior A/W 2026-7. Photo: Getty Images

    Flowers, suits and a new generation

    At Dior it was floating flower-shaped dresses, while Saint Laurent showed oversize suits as Paris Fashion Week began.

    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.
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