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    Budget-friendly savoury oats are worth trying

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    Budget-friendly savoury oats are worth trying

    Oats can be super versatile, high fibre, budget friendly and healthy when made without the adding of dairy or sugar.

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    The son of Isak Andic, founder of fashion group Mango, has been named as a suspect into his father's death in a 2024 cliff-top fall.

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    Taking the plunge

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    Taking the plunge

    Learning te reo Māori has opened profound new possibilities for story-telling, Witi Ihimaera Smiler tells Tom McKinlay. But it is a proficiency hard won.

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    Sorting which came first

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    Emerging grape variety looking promising

    Among the frontrunners for “alternative or emerging varieties” popping up in New Zealand, Albarino might just have snuck its head into the lead, but only by a nose (forgive the pun).

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    Guardians of the pā

    The stories of Kātiki Point and the names associated with it are being given new life, Tom McKinlay and Luke Chapman learn.

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    The glorious mess of Plan B

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    The glorious mess of Plan B

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    The daddy of all dilemmas

    What drives us to bring children into a troubled world, and who decides, Emma Neale asks in her new novel.

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    Rise of the chatbot cook

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