Skip to main content
  • Subscribe
  • ...
Home
Thursday, Thu, 26 JuneJun 2025
Subscribe
Send us news & photos

Search form

  • News
    • Dunedin
      • DCC
      • Crime
      • Campus
      • Health
      • The Star
    • The South Today
    • National
    • The Star
    • International
    • Opinion
      • Editorial
      • Opinion
      • 100 years ago
      • Southern Say
    • Australia
    • Politics
    • ODTtv
    • Your News
    • Slideshow Section
  • Sport
    • Rugby
    • Cricket
    • Basketball
    • Racing
    • Football
    • Netball
    • League
    • Golf
    • Motorsport
    • Hockey
    • Other Sport
  • Life & Style
    • Food & Wine
      • Fresh Winter
      • Ask a Chef
      • News & Features
      • Chef's Garden
      • Recipes
      • Wine Reviews
    • Home & Garden
    • Magazine
    • Toitū te whenua
    • Resilient
    • Travel
    • Fashion
    • Design for Living
  • Entertainment
    • ODT Quiz
    • Film
    • Music
    • Theatre
    • Books
    • Arts
    • Gaming
    • Dance
    • Television
  • Business
  • Regions
    • Queenstown
    • Wānaka
    • Central Otago
    • North Otago
    • South Otago
    • Southland
    • Canterbury
    • West Coast
  • Features
    • Build Buy Renovate
    • NZIA Southern Series
    • SOREC
    • Explore Dunedin
    • Drivesouth Reviews
    • Design for Living
    • Education Guide
    • Healthcare Providers
    • Conferences and Venues
    • Sponsored content
    • Southern Television
    • Health and Beauty
  • Video
  • Rural life

Search form

  • Subscribe
  • Send Us Your News
  • ...
  • Contact Us
  • Email
  • Facebook

Plus

  • Jobs
  • Wedding Guide
  • Death Notices
  • Privacy Policy
  • Drive South
  • Weather
  • Media Council Complaints

    • Food & Wine
      • Fresh Winter
      • Ask a Chef
      • News & Features
      • Chef's Garden
      • Recipes
      • Wine Reviews
    • Home & Garden
    • Magazine
    • Toitū te whenua
    • Resilient
    • Travel
    • Fashion
    • Design for Living
    The Emancipation memorial. PHOTOS: STEPHEN DAVIS

    SUBSCRIBER

    Heading to Texas in trying times

    Is it all right to visit the United States right now? Writer and editor Stephen Davis investigates.

    SUBSCRIBER

    Shining a light: Richard Blaikie's brilliant career

    Prof Richard Blaikie is retiring from the University of Otago. Photo: Peter McIntosh

    SUBSCRIBER

    Shining a light: Richard Blaikie's brilliant career

    Throughout his career, Prof Richard Blaikie has championed the light of science.

    The leadership clearing the air

    MP Tariana Turia speaks at Arai Te Uru Whare Hauora in 2004. File photo: Peter McIntosh

    The leadership clearing the air

    A new documentary shows what leadership can look like.

    Undoing ‘the Great Rewiring’

    Jonathan Haidt says smartphones and the algorithms that run on them are rewiring the brains of...

    Undoing ‘the Great Rewiring’

    Smartphones are turning our young people into the anxious generation, Jonathan Haidt tells Tom Faber.

    SUBSCRIBER

    Artful mix of sensuality and absurdity

    Jimmy D's James Dobson wears the Fortress shirt and Drab long sleeve tee. Photo: David James

    SUBSCRIBER

    Artful mix of sensuality and absurdity

    Dedicated followers of local fashion and creativity can wear their art on their sleeves via a striking new collaboration between Dunedin artist Priscilla Rose Howe and much-loved New Zealand...

    At home with flavour

    At home with flavour

    Vietnamese in name, born in a Malaysian refugee camp and raised in suburban Australia, Thi Le has struggled with identity issues all her life.

    SUBSCRIBER

    NZ chardonnay going from strength to strength

    SUBSCRIBER

    NZ chardonnay going from strength to strength

    I can’t but help feeling (after tasting these wines amidst a bigger grouping) that Chardonnay in New Zealand is going from strength to strength.

    SUBSCRIBER

    Crispy roasted Brussels sprouts and toasted wheat salad

    Photo: Simon Lambert

    SUBSCRIBER

    Crispy roasted Brussels sprouts and toasted wheat salad

    This is such a tasty salad packed with fantastic textures and flavours. 

    The universe doesn’t run on our clocks

    The sun rises over Papanui Inlet. Photo: Ian Griffin

    The universe doesn’t run on our clocks

    Some things in life just don’t line up the way you’d expect.

    Back from oblivion

    Back from oblivion

    Archaeology can be both deadly dull and, if you are fortunate, incredibly exciting.

    Relax, and think of your skin

    Photo: Getty Images

    Relax, and think of your skin

    Yes, a hot bath feels lovely, but there are things you need to watch, write Amanda Meyer and Monika Zimanyi.

    Another year in the life

    Paku and Quammen together in 2019. Photo: Giverny Forbes

    Another year in the life

    Orokonui’s takahē whānau is spreading its wings, Madison Kelly writes.

    Winter made easy

    Moroccan chicken stew is full of warming spices, tender chicken, and hearty winter veges. Photo:...

    Winter made easy

    Winter doesn’t have to mean higher bills or food waste, write the folks at Love Food Hate Waste.

    ‘Father of gardening’ puts away his trowel

    Nichol’s Garden Centre Dunedin senior shop assistant Davie Dijker holds a garden mum plant at the...

    ‘Father of gardening’ puts away his trowel

    Dunedin's "father of gardening" is hanging up his gloves after almost 50 years.

    Living symbols of peace

    A gingko bilboa tree grown from a seed from a "hibaku tree" - a tree that survived the atomic...

    Living symbols of peace

    In 2017, the Rotary Club of Dunedin Central approached the Dunedin Botanic Garden to be a partner in a Green Legacy Hiroshima, Ceremonial Peace Trees project. The garden was asked to grow 25 ginkgo...

    Your garden

    PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

    Your garden

    Although the weather may be cold, every opportunity should be taken over the next few weeks to dig and manure the vegetable garden, leaving the ground exposed to the ongoing winter weather, a...

    SUBSCRIBER

    Continuing a legacy

    John Dodd and Marianne Groothuis stand beside the European beech (Fagus sylvatica). PHOTOS:...

    SUBSCRIBER

    Continuing a legacy

    Providing a green space in suburbia where birds and insects can flourish is the aim of an Opoho couple, Louise Frampton writes.

    Natural wonders abound

    Icelandic glacier.

    Natural wonders abound

    Australian travel writer Sandip Hor discovers there is more to Iceland than the Northern Lights.

    Removing the grit

    Photo: Observer

    Removing the grit

    AI, Botox, weight-loss drugs ... are we in danger of losing the wrinkles that give life its grit? asks Eva Wiseman.

    Ingredients for a cooking classic

    Above: St Andrew’s Church, postcard by Muir and Moodie. Top: St Andrew’s Cookery Book, 12th...

    Ingredients for a cooking classic

    An early Dunedin recipe book told a story about the city’s inhabitants, Peter Read writes.
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • next ›
    • last »

    Connect with us

    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Email

    Life & Style

    • SUBSCRIBER

      Heading to Texas in trying times

    • SUBSCRIBER

      Shining a light: Richard Blaikie's brilliant career

    • The leadership clearing the air

    • Undoing ‘the Great Rewiring’

    • SUBSCRIBER

      Artful mix of sensuality and absurdity

    Latest News

    • Children who had parents in prison form new panel
    • Paedophile has sentence extended as new victim comes forward
    • NZ pulls out of global coalition for phasing out fossil fuels
    • UK to buy fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons
    • Woman jailed for stealing more than $200k from charitable health trust
    • Prison fuel leak leaves surrounding properties unable to drink water

    sport

    • Photo: Getty Images

      South Island Supercars dates locked in

    • Auckland City players celebrate after the match. Photo: Reuters

      Auckland City pull off stunning draw against Boca Juniors

    • The University Oval. Photo: Gerard O'Brien

      SUBSCRIBER

      Windies returning to University Oval

    • Victoria Esson. Photo: supplied

      NZ keeper signs with Phoenix

    Home
    • Contact Us
    • Contribute
    • Facebook

    Subscribe

    • Subscriber Benefits
    • ODT Subscriptions
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Stops, Starts & Redirects
    • FAQs

    About us

    • Contact us
    • Site feedback
    • Send us your news
    • About us
    • Privacy Policy
    • Media Council Complaints
    • AI use
    • Removals policy

    Our Websites

    • Allied Productions

    Newspapers

    • ODT E-edition
    • The Star - Christchurch
    • Oamaru Mail
    • The Star - Dunedin
    • The News - Central Otago
    • The Ensign - Gore
    • Ashburton Courier
    • North Canterbury News
    • Southland Express - Invercargill
    • Southern Rural Life
    • Central Rural Life
    • The Courier - Timaru
    • Mountain Scene - Queenstown
    • Property Times South Canterbury
    • Extra! School Publication
    • Clutha Leader
    • Bay Harbour News
    • Selwyn Times
    • The Wanaka Sun

    Classifieds

    • Death notices
    • Drivesouth
    • Jobs
    • Classified Advertising

    Advertise

    • Upload print advertising
    • Advertising Terms
    • Advertise with us

    Services

    • Allied Productions
    • ODT Store
    • Otago Images
    • Corporate Logos

    Magazines

    • Classic Driver
    • Dunedin Guide
    • Drivesouth Best Motor Buys
    • Explore Dunedin
    • Home & Leisure
    • Kiwi Gardener
    • Kiwi Gardener Quarterly
    • Rugby News
    • South
    • 03 Magazine
    • With this Ring
    © Copyright Allied Press Limited 2025. All rights reserved.