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    Marcelle Garden admires Trillium grandiflorum in her Millers Flat garden. PHOTOS: JULIE ASHER

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    Good things come in threes

    Trilliums are aptly named - they have three of everything - three bracts, three petals and three sepals - so it's only to be expected the annual gathering of the NZ Trillium Group takes three days.

    There yesterday, gone today?

    There yesterday, gone today?

    On November 17 it will be 100 years since the NZ and South Seas International Exhibition opened at Logan Park, showcasing achievements of Dunedin, the province and Aotearoa - but also the Empire and world.

    Changes in life, changes in food

    Nadia Lim in her kitchen at Royalburn Station. Photo: supplied

    Changes in life, changes in food

    Rebecca Fox talks to Nadia Lim about how her new cookbook, Nadia’s Farm Kitchen, reflects changes in her life.

    Track tours through tea country

    Famous Nine arch bridge in Ella, Demodara, Sri Lanka. PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK

    Track tours through tea country

    Train travel has had a resurgence in popularity recently. In this Lonely Planet series, travel writers look at some of the most "epic" train adventures available.

    ‘Sophisticated’ plant makes a point

    Trillium Chloropetalum at the Dunedin Botanic Garden. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

    ‘Sophisticated’ plant makes a point

    If you could give a plant personality then Trillium chloropetalum would be sophisticated.

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    Class Act of 2015 - Where are they now?

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    Class Act of 2015 - Where are they now?

    The ODT checks in with the class of 2015 to see what they are doing 10 years on. 

    Your garden

    Marigold flowers in bloom. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

    Your garden

    What to do in your garden this week.

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    Design hits a hole-in-one

    This home, located in a new development on Gibbston Valley Station, consists of three schist-clad...

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    Design hits a hole-in-one

    The owner of this property kept his eye on the ball while planning a luxurious holiday home. Kim Dungey reports.

    Trapped in a garden centre

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    Trapped in a garden centre

    The Observer's columnist Charlotte Mendelson writes of a hazard for the gardening enthusiast: becoming trapped in a garden centre.

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    Career works in harmony

    Ihlara McIndoe misses her family, the beach and Whittaker’s chocolate but is loving life in the...

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    Career works in harmony

    A ‘‘downgrading of creativity’’ is bad for anyone who believes art of any kind is important for society, former Class Act recipient Ihlara McIndoe tells Kim Dungey.

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    Quick and easy go-to dinners

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    Quick and easy go-to dinners

    A conversation with chef Andy Mackintosh about what he cooked at home after a double shift when a "proper" meal was required got me thinking that chefs are a good source of inspiration

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    Always popular new release tasting nears

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    Always popular new release tasting nears

    Labour Weekend means only one thing for many wine lovers, and that is the annual Alexandra Basin Winegrowers New Release Tasting at the Clyde Railway Station Reserve on Sunday, October 26

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    A tasty Turkish dish

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    Turkish roasted cauliflower with coconut raita, fresh herbs and chilli oil

    Cauliflower is a versatile, available-all-year-round vegetable.

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    Asparagus with miso butter

    Photo: Simon Lambert

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    Asparagus with miso butter

    Asparagus is at its best right now, and this is one of the easiest ways to let it shine.

    Hawaii, Dunedin link

    The Veronica border at Dunedin Botanic Garden. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

    Hawaii, Dunedin link

    In the far-off herbarium of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Hawaii, are a set of specimens collected in New Zealand just on a hundred years ago. About 80 are from the botanic garden in Dunedin.

    Tackling a big topic one page at a time

    Photo: Matt Ross

    Tackling a big topic one page at a time

    Historian Ryan Bodman is doing a one-time session at the Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival on his social history epic Rugby League in New Zealand — A People’s History. 

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    Class Act: The big disconnect

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    Class Act: The big disconnect

    Class Act: The class of 2015 talks about the importance of human connection in the age of AI. Kim Dungey reports.

    Ride while soaking up scenery

    Crossing the Nevis on the Lake Dunstan Trail. PHOTOS: LINDY DAVIS

    Ride while soaking up scenery

    Northerner Lindy Davis discovers Otago’s Lake Dunstan and Roxburgh cycling trails.

    Ready for the berries

    Photo: Penelope Maguire

    Ready for the berries

    We need not wait to give our tastebuds a slice of summer, Penelope Maguire writes.

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    Your garden

    What to do in your garden this week.
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