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    Dream home worth the wait

    This sprawling beach house south of Dunedin was a long time coming but worth the wait. Kim Dungey reports. 

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    Elderberry tonic

    Now more than ever before we need to be looking after our wellbeing and Mother Nature has an abundance of elderberries for us to brew.  The method is simple and it costs very little, other...
    • Kale and white miso pesto. Photos: Linda Robertson

      A celebration of abundance

      Autumn is harvest time, and what better way to celebrate the abundance of our fertile earth, than through sharing meals, savouring natural flavours and textures of locally grown vegetables, herbs,...
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      Simple roasts easily done

      In times of turbulence sometimes there is nothing better than a comforting roast dinner.
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      Nichol’s Garden Cafe’s carrot cake

      Ask a Chef reveals the secrets of those superb dishes you ate in cafes and restaurants and wanted to try yourself. With Covid-19 shutting our eateries we have looked to our archives for recipes to...

    Home & Garden

    Mature rhododendrons, hydrangeas and roses feature in the shared garden. Mrs Angelo-Roxborough...

    Right size for a full life

    Dunedin is home to a small but growing number of apartments. Kim Dungey talks to a couple who own one of them and who enjoy living with less.

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    Praising Russell and McPherron

    Since 2016, I have been lucky enough to have been on aircraft flying beneath Earth's southern auroral zone seven times. Five of those trips were as a guest onboard Nasa’s Sofia Observatory, while...

    • Reminder of a far away isle

      One of the many Chatham Island akeake trees scattered throughout the Andersons Bay Cemetery. Some...

      Reminder of a far away isle

      Now and then someone says ‘‘from Cape Reinga to Bluff’’ or ‘‘from Kaitaia to Bluff’’, as if New Zealand ends at Bluff in the South. The 400 or so New Zealanders on Stewart Island/Rakiura would not...

    • Wanting not to waste

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      Wanting not to waste

      Everyone has something that makes them quite annoying to live with. A tiny, wee thing that even you, the person with the least objective opinion in the world, can admit must be mildly irritating,...