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    Otago Polytechnic Culinary Arts students’ oat creme stacks on sale at Otago Farmers Market....

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    Students give oats a 21st-century makeover

    As NZ food production is threatened, Dunedin culinary students are looking at ways to support and change perceptions of locally produced products like oats, Rebecca Fox finds.

    Arizona: attractions and Americana

    Heading out on Route 66. Photo: Supplied.

    Arizona: attractions and Americana

    Getting his kicks on Route 66, Mike Yardley recommends the Arizona section of the fabled road as it celebrates a major milestone.

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    Shining light on autumn colours

    The vibrant red of Acer palmatum ‘"Ōsakazuki" shine in the Hadlands’ garden.

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    Shining light on autumn colours

    A Mosgiel garden has plenty of colour in late autumn, and not just during the day, Louise Frampton discovers.

    Climate remains the crisis of our times

    We are becoming all too familiar with headlines about slips, floods, power outages, damaged homes...

    Climate remains the crisis of our times

    The urgency of the climate crisis demands we remain focused on solutions, despite all the distractions, writes Prof Janet Stephenson. 

    Weaving a welcome

    Artist Ana Teofilo with the carpet she designed for the Tangata Moana gallery at the Otago Museum.

    Weaving a welcome

    Ana Teofilo’s design for a new carpet at Tūhura Otago Museum draws from the rich visual language of Pacific cultures, she tells Kim Dungey.

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    Tasty ways to celebrate the longest night

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    Tasty ways to celebrate the longest night

    The longest night of the year later this month provides a perfect opportunity for a winter feast.

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    Kimchi and tofu cabbage rolls

    PHOTO: SIMON LAMBERT

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    Kimchi and tofu cabbage rolls

    There’s something satisfying about wrapping a simple filling in cabbage and letting it cook gently in broth.

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    Richer chardonnays pair well with autumn food

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    Richer chardonnays pair well with autumn food

    Today’s line-up revolves around a quintet of Central Otago offerings along with a interloper from Hawke’s Bay.

    A tentacle’s tender embrace

    Octopus maorum PHOTO: MYRA KELLY

    A tentacle’s tender embrace

    The documentary My Octopus Teacher is a true account of a common South African octopus with which the documentary film-maker and naturalist Craig Foster formed a close acquaintance.

    Welcoming treats with Southeast Asian twist

    Raymond Tan with Audrey Payne authors of You're Welcome! PHOTO: LOUISE HAGGER

    Welcoming treats with Southeast Asian twist

    Homesickness and reality television led Raymond Tan to baking — to make the celebratory foods he missed from home and to see if doing so was as hard as the programmes made out.

    A moon to watch with pumpkin soup

    The moon looms huge and gold behind Kapukataumahaka Mt Cargill. PHOTO: IAN GRIFFIN

    A moon to watch with pumpkin soup

    A reporter called to ask me about the strawberry moon. That’s what they’re calling Sunday night’s full moon.

    Perfect pairing

    Perfect pairing

    Lovely pears with succulent pork and crisp, crunchy crackling captures the turn of the season, writes Nigel Slater.

    Be it ever so humble

    The model of a 7500-year-old house from Zarkou, in Greece. The model is 19cm wide. Notice the...

    Be it ever so humble

    Entering someone’s house uninvited is not to be taken lightly.

    7  Weight-loss myths exposed

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    7  Weight-loss myths exposed

    Gary Dawkins dispels some myths about losing weight. 

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    Pieces from the past

    Chinese jacket, coat and trouser shapes, layering and colour were referenced in this College of...

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    Pieces from the past

    On a recent tour of China following the Silk Road, Dunedin dress historian Dr Jane Malthus was intrigued by the changes in dress practices.

    We’re still subsidising emissions

    Regenerative agriculture is now being employed on a number of farms. PHOTO: LAURA SMITH

    We’re still subsidising emissions

    Farmers should be supported to take climate action, not shielded from it, Sean Connelly writes.

    New life for felled tree

    Artist Tavita Faafoi is pictured with his sculpture ‘Kāwhai — New Beginnings'. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    New life for felled tree

    A long-anticipated sculpture, created by artist Tavita Faafoi, was unveiled in the grounds of Olveston Historic Home earlier this month.

    Abundance of white bloomers

    Linum monogynum at the Dunedin Botanic Garden. PHOTO: NICEDA CHAVEZ ATENCIA

    Abundance of white bloomers

    Aotearoa New Zealand is renowned for having an exceptionally high proportion of white-flowering plant species.

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    Epic new epoch

    The 4EPs bands U-No Juno, Sivle Talk, Vagina Dry and Sogg. Photo: Ethan Montaner

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    Epic new epoch

    Four young Dunedin bands are drawing on the city’s rock ’n’ roll heritage to create new possibilities, Tom McKinlay writes.

    Sense of belonging grows

    Historic buildings in Naseby's main street. PHOTOS: SANTIAGO BONHOMME

    Sense of belonging grows

    Writer Santiago Bonhomme searches out the poetry in the landscape of the Maniototo on a short trip with his family.
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