Pre-dinner drinks
Pre-dinner drinks
Cocktails are riding a wave of popularity at the moment.
Too much ain’t enough love
Too much ain’t enough love
Jane and Jimmy Barnes’ Christmas recipes come from very different times - one is a treasured family recipe, the other learnt from a Kiwi a few years ago.
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Christmas roast - with a twist
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Asian-style stuffed pork belly with miso mash and sesame slaw
Crackling... need I say more? This Asian-style pork belly is your “with a twist” recipe for your Christmas roast.
Feeding the soul with flowers and food
Feeding the soul with flowers and food
The festive season is a time when author, photographer and illustrator Kate Williams finds herself leaning into the textures and tones of a more traditional, northern-style Christmas.
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Turning over a new leaf
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Turning over a new leaf
Fancy trying something new? Perhaps it’s time to delve into Blanc de Noir.
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From Christmas table to Boxing Day brunch
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From Christmas table to Boxing Day brunch
This is a Christmas table designed for flavour, flexibility and ease, keeping the good food and good times rolling.
Chewy ginger & peanut caramel brittle cookies
Chewy ginger & peanut caramel brittle cookies
These Chewy Ginger & Peanut Caramel Brittle Cookies would make a great handmade Christmas gift.
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Winning home a place to gather
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Winning home a place to gather
This Wānaka property has been judged one of the best in the country, Kim Dungey reports.
NZ throwing away 237kg of food per person every year
NZ throwing away 237kg of food per person every year
More than 120 million tonnes of food is thrown away or wasted in New Zealand every year, a new report has found.
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Sidelined and silenced
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Sidelined and silenced
Kate* is among those who say non-disclosure agreements are being used to silence those who have been unfairly treated. She tells Paul Gorman her story.
Personal designer to Princess Diana dies
Personal designer to Princess Diana dies
Irish fashion designer Paul Costelloe, personal designer to the late Princess Diana, has died aged 80.
Summer slowdown
Summer slowdown
Summer’s early vegetables are best cooked at a pace in tune with the season, writes Nigel Slater.
Avid collector introduced new plant species
Avid collector introduced new plant species
Dunedin is well known for rhododendrons, and we can be thankful to George Forrest (1873-1932) who was a major contributor, introducing rhododendrons to the Western world.
Louvre not alone in losing treasures
Louvre not alone in losing treasures
The Louvre is the most visited museum in the world and, it seems, one of the most vulnerable as the recent brazen theft of the French crown jewels suggest.
Your garden
Your garden
What to do in your garden this week.
Otago projects win praise at awards
Otago projects win praise at awards
Three projects from Otago have been recognised with 2025 New Zealand Architecture Awards in Christchurch.
Reinventing menswear
Reinventing menswear
Fresh takes a closer look at some of the menswear designs on show at the 35th annual Collections fashion runway event at Otago Polytechnic last week.
Exploring with Fats the cat
Exploring with Fats the cat
Jo Simpson enjoys a feline adventure into Central Otago's gold rush past.
Watching over the land
Toitū te Whenua - series 2: Watching over the land
The names that adorn the southeast coast of Te Waipounamu warm the land, Puketeraki kaumatua Matapura Ellison tells Tom McKinlay and Luke Chapman.
The great date debate
The great date debate
Love Food Hate Waste wants us to take a minute to think before we doom food to the bin based on a "best before".
