Plant sale takes year-round preparation
Every year in May, the Friends of the Botanic Garden group holds its annual autumn plant sale. Work for the next sale begins again as soon as one sale is finished.
Your garden
Your garden
What to do in your garden this week.
Halle Berry forced to rethink festival frock
Halle Berry forced to rethink festival frock
Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry was caught off-guard by the Cannes Film Festival's updated dress code and had to switch her outfit choice last minute.
Cut the noise, put ambience back on the menu
Cut the noise, put ambience back on the menu
Bare concrete walls, open kitchens and tinny speakers mean it is harder than ever to hear your fellow diners.
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The origins of us
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The origins of us
Creating New Zealand was a novel experiment, informed as it was by time and place, Emeritus Prof Erik Olssen tells Paul Gorman.
Growing for our own needs
Growing for our own needs
Near-urban agriculture and prior planning will help our cities survive global catastrophes, say Matt Boyd and Nick Wilson.
Nebula becomes the star of the show
Nebula becomes the star of the show
The other day, my favourite astronomy image-processing software updated itself — as these things tend to do without so much as a by-your-leave — and presented me with a shiny new feature: "Remove...
Cultural wellness in Bali
Cultural wellness in Bali
Heading to Bali? Travel writer Jacqui Gibson finds five top-notch experiences worth adding to any wellness-themed itinerary.
An expression of conscience
An expression of conscience
An academic boycott can help Palestine, say some at the University of Otago.
Carla Zampatti launches new-look Fashion Week
Carla Zampatti launches new-look Fashion Week
The timeless elegance of Carla Zampatti seems a solid bet to begin Australian Fashion Week's new era.
Turning bounty into magic
Turning bounty into magic
May marks the season of mixed emotions, when hunters proudly offer up their bounty of wild ducks like they are doing you a favour.
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Focusing on Central Otago pinots from ‘old hands’
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Focusing on Central Otago pinots from ‘old hands’
When putting together tasting lineups, I may focus on a single vintage.
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Feijoa galette
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Feijoa galette
This pie is simply delicious.
‘Nanna’ Anna shares her skills
‘Nanna’ Anna shares her skills
With bread one of the most common food items people waste Anna Matilda suggests seven ways to use those scraps that are too old to make sandwiches with.
A taxi with complimentary advice
A taxi with complimentary advice
The teen party phase, and parenting in general, is all about communication, writes Megan Ellison.
A war on the future
A war on the future
Palestinian scholars and the knowledge they hold must be saved, academics tell Tom McKinlay.
The search for Orson Welles' lost masterpiece
The search for Orson Welles' lost masterpiece
Josh Grossberg, a New York-based documentarian and journalist, has been on exhaustive search to find the “Holy Grail of cinema.”
Electrifying machines could help save millions — and the planet
Electrifying machines could help save millions — and the planet
The first complete inventory of all the fossil fuel machines in New Zealand has found there are over 10 million of them and 84% could be feasibly replaced with electric machines that are available...
Scans unravel the mystery of scrolls
Scans unravel the mystery of scrolls
The eruption of Mt Vesuvius in 79AD is one of the best-known human catastrophes and Pompeii is regularly thronged with visitors who can walk down the Roman streets.
Late autumn leeks
Late autumn leeks
There are so many delicious ways to cook with leeks.
