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    About 237kg of food is thrown away per person, every year. Photo: Supplied

    NZ throwing away 237kg of food per person every year

    More than 120 million tonnes of food is thrown away or wasted in New Zealand every year, a new report has found.

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    Zipping it

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    Zipping it

    Bullies are enforcing a code of silence in our workplaces, according to those pushing back. Paul Gorman looks at the use of non-disclosure agreements to cover their tracks.

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    Sidelined and silenced

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    Sidelined and silenced

    Kate* is among those who say non-disclosure agreements are being used to silence those who have been unfairly treated. She tells Paul Gorman her story.

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    The handiwoman’s other dream

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    The handiwoman’s other dream

    The Yorkshireman and I recently did an insane thing.

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    Winning home a place to gather

    A warm, neutral palette was used inside and out.

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    Winning home a place to gather

    This Wānaka property has been judged one of the best in the country, Kim Dungey reports.

    More settings for elderflowers

    Elderflower liqueur can be served chilled in small glasses. PHOTOS: HILARY ROWLEY

    More settings for elderflowers

    Elderflower will lend its delicate flavour to more than just cordial.

    Personal designer to Princess Diana dies

    Designer Paul Costelloe was appointed as Princess Diana's personal designer in 1983 and worked...

    Personal designer to Princess Diana dies

    Irish fashion designer Paul Costelloe, personal designer to the late Princess Diana, has died aged 80.

    Summer slowdown

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    Summer slowdown

    Summer’s early vegetables are best cooked at a pace in tune with the season, writes Nigel Slater.

    Avid collector introduced new plant species

    Pieris formosa var forrestii, ‘Wakehurst', is named after plant collector George Forrest. PHOTO:...

    Avid collector introduced new plant species

    Dunedin is well known for rhododendrons, and we can be thankful to George Forrest (1873-1932) who was a major contributor, introducing rhododendrons to the Western world.

    Through the paddock veil

    PHOTO: IAN GRIFFIN

    Through the paddock veil

    Some evenings in Middlemarch arrive soft as an old cardigan

    Louvre not alone in losing treasures

    The jade death mask of King K’inich Janaab Pakal. PHOTO: WOLFGANG SAUBER

    Louvre not alone in losing treasures

    The Louvre is the most visited museum in the world and, it seems, one of the most vulnerable as the recent brazen theft of the French crown jewels suggest.

    Your garden

    Gooseberries. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

    Your garden

    What to do in your garden this week.

    Otago projects win praise at awards

    Kākā Pod, a 60sqm, double-height holiday home in Wānaka, won a national housing award.  PHOTO:...

    Otago projects win praise at awards

    Three projects from Otago have been recognised with 2025 New Zealand Architecture Awards in Christchurch.

    Reinventing menswear

    Reinventing menswear

    Fresh takes a closer look at some of the menswear designs on show at the 35th annual Collections fashion runway event at Otago Polytechnic last week.

    Exploring with Fats the cat

    The locals flock to a cowboy and whisky-themed evening at the Vulcan Hotel, built in 1882 to...

    Exploring with Fats the cat

    Jo Simpson enjoys a feline adventure into Central Otago's gold rush past.

    Watching over the land

    Ārai-te-uru crew member Aonui failed to make it back to camp in time and was turned to stone....

    Toitū te Whenua - series 2: Watching over the land

    The names that adorn the southeast coast of Te Waipounamu warm the land, Puketeraki kaumatua Matapura Ellison tells Tom McKinlay and Luke Chapman.

    The great date debate

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    The great date debate

    Love Food Hate Waste wants us to take a minute to think before we doom food to the bin based on a "best before". 

    No outdoor Christmas events for Shein host

    French police secure the area as people queue to enter the the BHV department store earlier this...

    No outdoor Christmas events for Shein host

    The BHV department store in Paris can't host outdoor Christmas events this year, city authorities say, after they identified violations linked to the opening of Shein's first-ever physical shop within BHV.

    Lighting just the way ahead

    Photo: Ian Griffin

    Lighting just the way ahead

    I’ve been spending a lot of evenings lately at my new observatory near Middlemarch.

    Investing in our best future

    Part of the answer is in developing distributed energy resources — solar and batteries for homes...

    Investing in our best future

    We have everything we need to make the transition.
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