An idyllic adventure
Wide-eyed in Zambia: Anne Z. Cooke visits Africa’s last great place, Zambia.
Life & Style
I love to go a-wandering
I love to go a-wandering
Justine Tyerman goes tramping in her sleep...
The top job
The top job
Bruce Munro takes Aaron Hawkins for a ride to find out what makes the mayor-elect tick and get a feel for what it will be like living in Dunedin under his youthful leadership.
Hart showed 'the power of protest'
Hart showed 'the power of protest'
Established 50 years ago to end New Zealand sporting contact with apartheid South Africa, the Halt All Racist Tours movement (Hart) became one of the country’s more influential protest groups. Hart...
I'm in the dark over mushrooms
I'm in the dark over mushrooms
Turns out there is much room for improvement in my appreciation of one of Poland's proud culinary/cultural traditions. Mushrooms. (Much room. See what I did there!?), writes columnist Liz Breslin....
A tale of a head
A tale of a head
Money has historically been understood to mean coins and banknotes used as a medium of exchange for goods and services. In our present world this definition still applies, although electronic ...
A city of architecture
A city of architecture
The city Charles Rennie Mackintosh helped to build is full of marvels, writes Julie Orr-Wilson.
Racism leads to poor health
Racism leads to poor health
Do people trust the health system? Whose fault might that be?
Many paths to reading
Many paths to reading
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the importance of youngsters getting an early start with their reading. They're more likely to become lifetime readers and not struggle with their reading later,...
Entirely made up
Entirely made up
John Hunter was New Zealand’s most feted female impersonator in the late 1940s and early ’50s, writes Chris Brickell in this extract from Queer Objects.
Cutting it fine
Cutting it fine
His knives are used by cooks around the world, including some of NZ's top chefs. Peter Lorimer tells Rebecca Fox about his journey from working in IT in the city to knife-maker in rural Otago.
Fathoming the last of the deniers
Fathoming the last of the deniers
Climate change denial doesn’t necessarily mean people don’t understand the science. It might just not suit them, writes David Hall.
Working to conserve rhododendrons
Working to conserve rhododendrons
The "Red List of Rhododendrons", a study by international conservation groups, shows three species are now extinct and 25% of rhododendron species are "under threat of extinction".
The calm between the storms
The calm between the storms
In its moments of calm, Lake Hauroko invites adventure, writes Alina Suchanski.
What are you missing?
What are you missing?
Identify what brings you joy and go with it, writes life coach Jan Aitken.
A parade of naked-eye planets
A parade of naked-eye planets
As the sun rises on November 12, skywatchers across NZ will view a tiny black dot transiting the face of our nearest star.That's Mercury.
Booker's Dozen: The long and short of it
Booker's Dozen: The long and short of it
There were hits and misses among this years ‘‘Booker’s Dozen’’, not to mention a book with a 1000-page sentence. ODT fiction fanatics Rob Kidd, Jessie Neilson and Cushla McKinney scrutinise this year’s Booker Prize finalists.
Up, up and... off to the kitchen
Up, up and... off to the kitchen
Gillian Vine looks for edibles that rise above the crowd.
Your garden: October 18
Your garden: October 18
What's happening in your garden this week?
Don't be offended
Don't be offended
As the Government looks to tighten hate speech laws and students call for universities to silence racists, Prof Jim Flynn tells Bruce Munro why intent is more important than offence.
