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All important October

What to do in your garden this week.

FASHION

Food and wine

Raw salad

As we are in the midst of change of seasons regarding produce, we need to use what is easily attainable.

Light, easy and perfect

Spring has arrived, meaning longer leisurely days on the horizon and lighter meals on the menu. However, fresh spring produce still has a long way to go so it can be puzzling as to what to cook.
Sweet As

School holidays are always a tough time to control the junk food intake and with the sugar debate raging it is hard to know what to feed your children, Rebecca Fox finds.
Learning with a book and glass in hand

Mark Henderson shares tips on learning more about wine.

Home & Garden

All important October

What to do in your garden this week.

Trilliums’ triads a point of difference

Trilliums’ triads a point of difference

If you could give a plant personality, then Trillium chloropetalum would be sophisticated.
Planting the seed

Planting the seed

A supermarket promotion gets the thumbs-up from Gillian Vine.
Cultivating knowledge

Garden knowledge to be cultivated

The education season is set to bloom at the Waitaki Community Gardens.

Magazine

Five questions with: Joan McDonald

Joan McDonald, of Dunedin, is one of the country's few remaining members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union.

Filling in the gap year

Filling in the gap year

For the parents of children who want to head off with a backpack on their own or with a mate, it can be an anxious time.
Puff the magic mower

Puff the magic mower

It was a remarkable day when Mike Hamblyn pulled the starter cord on the rest of his life.
A brush with anger and paint

A brush with anger and paint

In a fit of artistic expression, Lisa Scott gets in touch with her angry side.

Wedding of the year