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    Nourish and flourish this spring

    Yes, we made it through another winter!

    Celebrating a new season with Fresh recipes

    Celebrating a new season with Fresh recipes

    Fresh Spring has some delicious new recipes to try as the weather finally gets warmer. From the Mediterranean to Middle East, savoury to sweet, and healthy, easy meals for the family, there's something for everyone.

    Sleep, diet, exercise key to lifting wellbeing: research

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    Sleep, diet, exercise key to lifting wellbeing: research

    Leaving home, educational pressures, financial stress and social tensions — they are all unique strains that can lower "happiness levels" in young adults.

    Sowing the seeds of a healthier economy

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    Sowing the seeds of a healthier economy

    Cultivating a taste for the local would leave us all better off.

    Following in family’s footsteps

    Following in family’s footsteps

    Anne Cameron shares some nice and easy family recipes from her new book Just a Mum’s Kitchen.

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    Street fighter

    David Benson-Pope in George St this week, one of the streetscape developments of which he is most...

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    Street fighter: Benson-Pope's years in our corner

    For almost 40 years, David Benson-Pope has been an advocate for his Labour-leaning city. He tells Paul Gorman about the work he’s most proud of and concerns for the new politics of council.

    Get your kicks on Route 66

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    Get your kicks on Route 66

    In a series covering some of the most popular world trips, Lonely Planet travel writers take us on a journey along the United States' Route 66.

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    Mediterranean mindset

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    Mediterranean mindset

    While we wait for spring to do its thing, Jo Elwin's off to the Mediterranean; no long-haul flights required, just a change of mindset and some new ingredients.

    Te mana o te kaikaranga

    A group of five galaxies that appear close to each other in the sky: two in the middle, one...

    Te mana o te kaikaranga

    The kaikaranga is a pou of te ao Māori, calling still despite everything.

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    Message to reuse, not rebuild

    Ian Moore studied engineering in New Zealand before becoming an architect: ‘‘A lot of architects...

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    Message to reuse, not rebuild

    People around the world need to "stop knocking down and rebuilding buildings all the time" architect Ian Moore tells Kim Dungey.

    Oh, the horror

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    Oh, the horror

    Horror movies provide important insights about ourselves, director Alexandre O. Philippe tells Amasio Jutel.

    Monument a link to Scottish past

    The Glengarry Monument in the Southern Cemetery, about 1900. PHOTOS: TOITŪ OTAGO SETTLERS MUSEUM

    Monument a link to Scottish past

    There’s a complicated history of loyalty and loss mixed up in a Dunedin graveyard monument, Will McKee writes.

    Long exposure reveals beauty

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    Long exposure reveals beauty

    The Tarantula Nebula is a gaudy show-off, even by cosmic standards. A city of stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud, 170,000 light-years from Earth, its clouds of gas writhe and billow like smoke...

    Henge your bets on site similarity in pre-history

    The reconstructed prehistoric ritual site at Pömmelte, Central Germany, attracts 40,000 visitors...

    Henge your bets on site similarity in pre-history

    Stonehenge is one of the most mysterious of monuments. It has puzzled visitors for centuries and has a prominent place in folklore. To this day, it attracts thousands to celebrate the summer solstice.

    It’s not what it seems

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    It’s not what it seems

    Social media would have you believe a cortisol cocktail can reduce stress and boost energy. Theresa Larkin examines the evidence.

    Eat like an Italian ... but exercise too

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    Eat like an Italian ... but exercise too

    Research shows adhering to a Mediterranean diet filled with fruit and vegetables, whole grains and olive oil can help reduce diabetes risk, but international researchers have found it’s more...

    One pan is all it takes

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    One pan is all it takes

    Lentils and crispy shallots can take a kedgeree to somewhere new, writes Kelly Gibney.

    Casting for laughs

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    Casting for laughs

    Will the movies learn to laugh again? asks Samantha Masunaga.

    Mystery of bamboo flowering, dieback

    Bamboo in the Clive Lister Garden at the Dunedin Botanic Garden. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN

    Mystery of bamboo flowering, dieback

    If you are wandering through Dunedin Botanic Garden’s Clive Lister Garden over the next couple of months, you may notice the bamboo that forms the backbone of this area is disappearing. Why is this happening?

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    500th anniversary has come and gone

    Wine tasters, from left, Mark Henderson, Alastair McLaren and Ricky Collins. PHOTO: GREGOR...

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    500th anniversary has come and gone

    Mark Henderson, along with two buddies, has fallen on his sword to do more than 500 wine tastings for his weekly column since he joined Fresh in 2015.
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