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Honouring our animal companions in death

A dog appears to cradle its food bowl in this image used for the cover of the Oxford Handbook of...

Honouring our animal companions in death

In a recent "Faith and Reason" column, David Tombs wrote about Gravedigger Bob, a Brazilian dog that so missed its master that it camped out in his cemetery and was ultimately buried there.

Flowers, suits and a new generation

Flowers, suits and a new generation

At Dior it was floating flower-shaped dresses, while Saint Laurent showed oversize suits as Paris Fashion Week began.

Kicks like a horse

Kicks like a horse

It gets right up your nose. In a good way.

Lunar eclipse glows in South

It's the celestial highlight of the year: a total lunar eclipse - and sky watchers in the South were out to capture it.

Lunar eclipse perfectly placed

Lunar eclipse perfectly placed

On Tuesday evening, as the last light fades over Otago Harbour and the first stars appear, something rather wonderful will begin.

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Dishes to let summer linger

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Dishes to let summer linger

The best way to draw out every precious moment of summertime is to keep cooking summery dishes — ideally cooked over the fire and eaten outdoors.

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Spritzes, rosés, reds — taste of summer that wasn’t

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Spritzes, rosés, reds — taste of summer that wasn’t

Summer's failure to make an appearance this year scuppered my plans for today’s trio of mixed pairs, but all is not lost.

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Tomato, green bean and lentil salad

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Tomato, green bean and lentil salad

This is the sort of salad that earns its place on the table.

Street food a reflection

Street food is fast, hot, endlessly creative and full of personality — a vivid reflection of a city and its people, Yang Liu says.

Luxury brands shut Middle East stores

Luxury stores in Bahrain and other places in the Middle East have been closed. Photo:...

Luxury brands shut Middle East stores

If Middle Eastern shoppers cannot travel to Paris or Milan, that could also hurt luxury sales in Europe.

A stranger to sleep

A restless night might be nothing to lose sleep over, write Charlotte Gupta and Dayna Easton.

Tastes of sunshine

Tastes of sunshine

Celebrate the season’s berries and stone fruits with simple yet elegant blackcurrant jelly, raspberry granita and peach tarts, writes Nigel Slater.

Toitū te whenua - To stop and stay

Te Rūnanga o Moeraki kaiwhakahaere Justin Tipa. PHOTO: LUKE CHAPMAN

Toitū te whenua - To stop and stay

Moeraki has moved with the times while honouring all that is important in its long history, Justin Tipa tells Tom McKinlay and Luke Chapman.

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Property planned to entertain

Visitors are met by a pair of pavilions, arranged in an ‘‘H’’ shape.

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Property planned to entertain

There’s a touch of Mediterranean charm to this new build in Wānaka. Kim Dungey reports.

The language of wearing

Helen Adam’s collection — BLIND, as shown in iD International Emerging Designer Awards 2007....

The language of wearing

Prof Margo Barton, of Otago Polytechnic’s School of Fashion, asks if there are more to clothes than how they look on a person.

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Good as gold?

An employee shows gold bars of various values in a safe deposit room in Germany. Photo: Reuters

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Good as gold?

Once it built Dunedin. But what role will any new gold crushed and sieved from Central Otago’s hills play in our fevered times? Tom McKinlay weighs some possibilities.

Prickly beast deserves care

The Opoho Rd holly hedge at Dunedin Botanic Garden. PHOTO: GERARD O’ BRIEN

Prickly beast deserves care

The holly hedge, Ilex aquifolium, is one of the oldest and longest plantings in the lower botanic garden. An impressive 120m in length, it marks the northern boundary of the garden.