A voice for peace in any language
It doesn’t feel tika (appropriate) to not acknowledge those who have passed in the Bondi Beach tragedy.
Preparing for anything
Preparing for anything
The big global climate crisis we’re doing our best to ignore, has plans for each of our communities, Paul Gorman writes.
Food systems driving twin crises
Food systems driving twin crises
Healthier lives and a healthier planet rely on us changing what we eat, according to new research.
Up to their new tricks
Up to their new tricks
Over the past week, the media have been reporting on a new discovery — that 450,000 years ago, Neanderthals were generating fire, far earlier than previously known.
Marvels captured moment to moment
Marvels captured moment to moment
As this is the final Skywatch column for the year, it feels like the right moment to look back rather than up — though, of course, I’ve done plenty of both.
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Remodel fosters warmth
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Remodel fosters warmth
The aim when remodelling this Queenstown house was not just to modernise, but to create a warm and thermally efficient home, Kim Dungey reports.
Sir Sam loving life, no plans to retire
Sir Sam loving life and no plans to retire
LISTEN🔉: Sir Sam Neill talks about his long acting career, making fine wine and his love of Central Otago.
Toitū te whenua: Keeping your enemies close
Toitū te whenua - series 2: Keeping your enemies close
Fighting talk and words of defiance are forever etched into the history of Huriawa Peninsula, Matapura Ellison tells Tom McKinlay and Luke Chapman.
‘ODT’ writer recognised
‘ODT’ writer recognised
Long-time Otago Daily Times garden writer Gillian Vine will next year be awarded a Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture’s New Zealand National Award.
Bountiful berries
Bountiful berries
Don’t get fooled into wanting the biggest of strawberries, writes Nigel Slater, the small ones are often the most flavoursome.
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A few coins of gratitude in the Christmas pudding
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A few coins of gratitude in the Christmas pudding
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart ... and a voucher for tandem paragliding, but it was too windy on the day and you didn’t want to reschedule, so I got a refund and paid the rates instead.
Serving his wee slice of Scotland
Serving his wee slice of Scotland
The monument is not the city’s only reminder of William Cargill, Sean Brosnahan writes.
African daisies much like a well-loved resurfacing outfit
African daisies much like a well-loved resurfacing outfit
Cascading plants that flower on the Dunedin Botanic rock garden are like an outfit you buy on the spur of the moment, wear to one event, and then put back in your overflowing wardrobe.
Europe lights up Christmas
Europe lights up Christmas
Ever wanted to have a white Christmas?
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.
