Historic home gets new lease of life
This heritage home has been transformed with a sensitive addition that provides for modern, practical living. Kim Dungey reports.
Never a face so pleasingly graced
Never a face so pleasingly graced
China looms large in today’s world. With 18% of the earth’s human population and a similar share of the global GDP, it has the largest land area of any country except Russia.
Wanaka’s wonderful week
Wanaka’s wonderful week
This week I’ve been thinking about festivals again because, as I write, it is five days until the ninth Festival of Colour, which I’ve been involved with now for 10 years, writes Liz Breslin.
Preparation key to successful meeting with teacher
Preparation key to successful meeting with teacher
As the first school term draws to a close, many parents will already have had an invitation to meet the teacher, writes parenting columnist Ian Munro.
Scorpius rising
Scorpius rising
A few weeks ago, I was sitting beside Hoopers Inlet, enjoying the tail end of what had been a rather beautiful auroral display, writes Ian Griffin.
A taste for it
A taste for it
A love of complex smells and flavours gave our ancestors an edge, writes Donna Ferguson.
Perfect puddings
Perfect puddings
These melt-in-your-mouth puddings are to savour, write Angela Casley and Nigel Slater.
Extend autumn colour with careful planning
Extend autumn colour with careful planning
When we think of autumn from a gardener’s point of view we may admire the beautiful autumn foliage of the trees. A gardener’s grim focus, though, can be that it’s time to get out the rake and add leaves to compost.
Window on a harsh existence
Window on a harsh existence
Justine Tyerman revisits childhood haunts and learns the story behind the ruins where she used to play.
Keep up the support
Keep up the support
There’s a school of thought among researchers that holds that parents tend to withdraw their emotional support from their sons much earlier than they do their daughters, writes parenting columnist Ian Munro.
Bewildered by age’s tireless march
Bewildered by age’s tireless march
Do not go gentle into that brain fog; rage, rage against the dying of your hippocampus, writes Lisa Scott.
Getting ahead on the big clean up
Getting ahead on the big clean up
We’ve recently watched floods across the ditch devastate New South Wales communities, with agencies and Government scrambling to assist, writes Scott Willis.
Creating food memories
Creating food memories
Memories of foraging for apples and making apple pie with her grandmother have inspired Naomi Lindsay to help create similar memories for others.
Charging both south and west
Charging both south and west
Peter Dowden overcomes his range anxiety to take in the sights of Southland.
Yes, dogs do get jealous, NZ study shows
Yes, dogs do get jealous, NZ study shows
They're known as our best friends - but do dogs get jealous when we pat another pooch?
People, place inspire plates
People, place inspire plates
Two young Otago chefs made it to the national finals in the Beef + Lamb Young Ambassador Chef Awards and are more inspired than ever, they tell Rebecca Fox.
An important insight
An important insight
A scene from "everyday life" in the Dunedin Public Art Gallery collection provides a missing link, writes Lauren Gutsell.
Peaceful walk at blue lagoon
Peaceful walk at blue lagoon
Half an hour’s drive from Dunedin is our own blue lagoon, Purakaunui Inlet.
Curator of St Paul’s show revels in latest role
Curator of St Paul’s show revels in latest role
NZ opera singer Anna Leese is curator for the 2021 Dunedin Arts Festival show St Paul’s at One. She talks about her busy life as a mother, wife, artist, music teacher and part-time student.
The Lead Balloon’s cinnamon brioche
The Lead Balloon’s cinnamon brioche
Ask a Chef reveals the secrets of those superb dishes you ate in cafes and restaurants and wanted to try yourself.
