Life & Style

Plant-based meals to sustain health

Make more good choices, more of the time is something everyone can do, plant-based foodie, writer and photographer Amber Bremner says.

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Wānaka home ‘a standout little nest’

Kākā Pod is a small cabin on a difficult site in Wānaka, designed by Rafe Maclean Architects....

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Wānaka home ‘a standout little nest’

This small holiday home was built on what has been described as an "awkward sliver of land".

Cosy as a cake

Penelope Maguire pulls out some spice-kissed cakes for the holiday.

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Rock up and be mesmerised

If your inner child pines to play on the mountain at Dunedin’s Marlow Park, there’s an adult version up the Waitaki Valley.

Holistic fitness: Kick boxing

Kick boxing is a sport that ticks many boxes, says Gary Dawkins.

The right people for a crisis

People need to take back the power to address climate change, Benjamin McKean tells Tom McKinlay.

Getting back to nature with natural landscaping

The plantings of red tussocks will soon be extended in the native plant area at the Dunedin...

Getting back to nature with natural landscaping

Three years ago, landscapers with diggers were busy sculpting earth and moving rocks in the heart of the Botanic Garden’s native plant area.

Your garden

What to do in your garden this week.

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Feeling less than neighbourly

Is peace, quiet and privacy at your property too much to ask?

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Tasty bakes for Easter

For Jo Lewin, Easter is a time to spend happy hours on cooking projects.

Time to get comfy

Vanya Insull shares some of her favourite easy comfort foods as well as an Easter treat - Snickers cheesecake.

New and traditional offerings

The Easter and Anzac long-weekend picnics and walks might require a few more layers and warmth, and possibly swapping those end-of-season barbecues for slow-cooked casseroles or roasts.

Sri Lanka simply stunning

Sri Lanka’s famed cultural triangle serves up a bevy of World Heritage ancient treasures in the heart of the island, writes Mike Yardley.

A new beginning

For more than a decade, I have called Portobello home.

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Working class-inspired outfit a cut above

iD International Emerging Designer winner Ciaran Naylor (right) poses with a model during last...

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Working class-inspired outfit a cut above

A collection inspired by 20th-century workwear has netted a Dunedin designer two awards, including the top prize, at this year’s iD Dunedin Fashion Show.

Winging it with souvenirs

There is more to Tūhura Otago Museum’s butterfly collection than the Tropical Forest, writes On Lee Lau.

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ODT illustrations editor Stephen Jaquiery recently travelled to the subantarctic islands aboard the Navy ship Canterbury as part of a multi-agency conservation effort. On Campbell Island he searched for and found a link to a bygone era.