Life & Style

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A taste of ‘Brasil’

Dunedin Botanic Garden's plant sale is a great opportunity to green your indoor spaces, writes Alisha Sherriff.

A recuperating ruru

Ruru is New Zealand’s beloved native owl, often heard at dusk and in the still of the night with their distinctive "more-pork" or "ru-ru" call.

Simply delicious

Never mind the long lists of ingredients and hours in the kitchen, keeping it simple can be just as rewarding.

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Building community the key

To the untrained eye, she’s just playing games.

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Restoration a balance of two worlds

A restoration and rear extension have transformed a 1920s villa into a comfortable and efficient...

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Restoration a balance of two worlds

This Dunedin villa addresses the importance of heritage preservation and the need to improve our housing stock to be fit for modern life and future generations.

Finding our first settlers

On one of my cruises as a guest speaker, my wife and I found ourselves on a bus heading for the Kemp House at the Kerikeri Mission station in the Bay of Islands.

A taste of Greece in Crete

This excerpt from Lonely Planet’s 100 Weekends in Europe demonstrates Crete’s combination of cultural and natural spectacles make it a perfect destination for a quick getaway.

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A surgeon at the front

Waimate doctor Herbert Clifford Barclay thought he was heading to England to study. Instead he found himself, scalpel in hand, on World War 1’s Eastern Front, Kim Dungey writes.

Private audience with the cosmos something of a gift

At nearly 60, the body is no longer the reliable companion it once was.

The killing of kindness

President Donald Trump’s actions are irreconcilable with Christian compassion.

Cleaning without the chemicals

Cleaning without the chemicals

We can begin to clean up the environment one cupboard at a time.

Anzac Day has become a day of remembrance for all those who served and died in wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations. Many of us are fortunate to share whakapapa with these people, writes Karyn Paringatai.

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