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    HORL German knife sharpener. Photos: Markus Edgar Ruf.

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    Knife sharpener lives up to promises

    Lifestyle Editor Rebecca Fox tests out a new to New Zealand knife sharpener.

    Food, fashion and floating

    Alex Hannagan was blown away to see Carrie Bradshaw's Vivienne Westwood wedding dress in real life.

    Food, fashion and floating

    Alex Hannagan relishes quiet luxury in Melbourne and on the high seas with a touch of “wow” fashion on the side.

    The uncomfortable truth behind deepfakes

    People protest against sexual violence and in support of actor Collien Fernandes in Berlin in...

    The uncomfortable truth behind deepfakes

    AI-facilitated fakery can do real damage, but it also exposes the existing structures and attitudes that degrade women, writes Eva Wiseman.

    Leading nature-based learning

    Orokonui lead educator Craig Beer with students in the cloud forest. Photo: Taylor Davies-Colley

    Leading nature-based learning

    The pace of learning at Orokonui only hots up as the cooler months arrive, Madison Kelly writes.

    New shoppers flocking to Chanel

    Designer Matthieu Blazy has reinvigorated Chanel with modern twists on the French fashion house's...

    New shoppers flocking to Chanel

    Chanel has drawn in shoppers who had never bought the French brand before, as new creative director Matthieu Blazy reinvents the classic bags, shoes and jackets.

    Mango tycoon's son a suspect in father's death

    Jonathan Andic (left) arrives at court escorted by police. Photo: Reuters

    Mango tycoon's son a suspect in father's death

    The son of Isak Andic, founder of fashion group Mango, has been named as a suspect into his father's death in a 2024 cliff-top fall.

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    Taking the plunge

    Witi Ihimaera has detailed his experience of a full-immersion te reo Māori class in new book Te...

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    Taking the plunge

    Learning te reo Māori has opened profound new possibilities for story-telling, Witi Ihimaera Smiler tells Tom McKinlay. But it is a proficiency hard won.

    Off the chain

    Markarian’s Chain. Photo: Ian Griffin

    Off the chain

    It strikes me as quietly ridiculous, sitting in Middlemarch with a telescope barely bigger than a coffee mug, peering 60 million light-years into the dark.

    Leafing an impression

    Popular houseplant Scindapsus pictus, commonly known as satin pothos, is a climbing plant whose...

    Leafing an impression

    There is more to the remarkably well adapted satin pothos than we commonly see, Alisha Sherriff writes.

    Sorting which came first

    Tom Higham and Sir David Attenborough with the dated elephant bird egg. Photo: supplied

    Sorting which came first

    The world has saluted Sir David Attenborough on his 100th birthday.

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    Heart and belly fillers

    Roasted, spice-rubbed beef sirloin. PHOTOS: JO ELWIN

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    Heart and belly fillers

    Jo Elvin shares some winter recipes from her pop-up lunches at Bannockburn’s Desert Heart vineyard with owner Jane Gill.

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    Budget-friendly savoury oats are worth trying

    PHOTO: SAM SINCLAIR

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    Budget-friendly savoury oats are worth trying

    Oats can be super versatile, high fibre, budget friendly and healthy when made without the adding of dairy or sugar.

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    Leek and feta pie

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    Leek and feta pie

    A simple pie with memories of the flavours of Greece.

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    Emerging grape variety looking promising

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    Emerging grape variety looking promising

    Among the frontrunners for “alternative or emerging varieties” popping up in New Zealand, Albarino might just have snuck its head into the lead, but only by a nose (forgive the pun).

    Autumn yearnings

    Photo: Jonathan Lovekin, The Observer

    Autumn yearnings

    These tarts are a rhapsody in blue cheese and dry-cured deli delights, writes Nigel Slater.

    Guardians of the pā

    Te Raka-a-Hineātea, the pā site at Katiki Point, Moeraki. Photos: Luke Chapman

    Guardians of the pā

    The stories of Kātiki Point and the names associated with it are being given new life, Tom McKinlay and Luke Chapman learn.

    Toitū te whenua - Māori Place Names Series 2

    Toitū te whenua - Māori Place Names Series 2

    Toitū te whenua - Māori Place Names Series 2

    A German in hospital

    An injured little owl being rehabilitated at the Dunedin Botanic Garden aviary. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    A German in hospital

    The Dunedin Botanic Garden aviary team is caring for this little "German owl", found to have fractured both its wings.

    A stitch in time saves society

    There’s often a story behind the clothes we mend. Photo: Wastebusters

    A stitch in time saves society

    There are problems we can fix with a needle and thread, Ruth Blunt writes.

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    Our window on the world

    Ross Wilson is retiring from his role with TVNZ after almost half a century behind the camera....

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    Our window on the world

    Because TVNZ camera operator Ross Wilson has seen it all, so have we, Paul Gorman writes.
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