Downsizing, not downgrading
Gillian Vine talks to a Mosgiel couple about downsizing, roses and the fate of a giant cactus.
Roses offer wide versatility for your garden
Roses offer wide versatility for your garden
Roses offer you a lot of options in how they can fit into your garden situation.
Your garden
Your garden
What to do in you garden this week.
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Festive snacks with (easy) star power
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Festive snacks with (easy) star power
Year-end gives us reason to celebrate, and it has been a year so yes, please, pour me a drink. And let’s splash out on accompanying snacks.
Festive fare: Our writers share their best Christmas recipes
Festive fare: Our writers share their best Christmas recipes
Keeping it simple, using the best produce you can afford and a little imagination is all that's needed to create a special time for friends and family.
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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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The handiwoman’s other dream
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The handiwoman’s other dream
The Yorkshireman and I recently did an insane thing.
More settings for elderflowers
More settings for elderflowers
Elderflower will lend its delicate flavour to more than just cordial.
Treatment hope for migraine research
Treatment hope for migraine research
Often dismissed as a minor ailment, migraine headaches are a debilitating neurological disorder which affects about 640,000 New Zealanders.
Lower-alcohol beers gaining favour
Beer consumption steady; lower-alcohol options gaining favour
Kiwis have been knocking back more lower-alcohol beers, but it's less about the alcohol and more about their waistlines, one expert says.
Through the paddock veil
Through the paddock veil
Some evenings in Middlemarch arrive soft as an old cardigan
Too much ain’t enough love
Too much ain’t enough love
Jane and Jimmy Barnes’ Christmas recipes come from very different times - one is a treasured family recipe, the other learnt from a Kiwi a few years ago.
Pre-dinner drinks
Pre-dinner drinks
Cocktails are riding a wave of popularity at the moment.
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Christmas roast - with a twist
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Asian-style stuffed pork belly with miso mash and sesame slaw
Crackling... need I say more? This Asian-style pork belly is your “with a twist” recipe for your Christmas roast.
Feeding the soul with flowers and food
Feeding the soul with flowers and food
The festive season is a time when author, photographer and illustrator Kate Williams finds herself leaning into the textures and tones of a more traditional, northern-style Christmas.
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Turning over a new leaf
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Turning over a new leaf
Fancy trying something new? Perhaps it’s time to delve into Blanc de Noir.
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From Christmas table to Boxing Day brunch
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From Christmas table to Boxing Day brunch
This is a Christmas table designed for flavour, flexibility and ease, keeping the good food and good times rolling.
Chewy ginger & peanut caramel brittle cookies
Chewy ginger & peanut caramel brittle cookies
These Chewy Ginger & Peanut Caramel Brittle Cookies would make a great handmade Christmas gift.
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Winning home a place to gather
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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.
NZ throwing away 237kg of food per person every year
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.
