Giving Hoiho best chance
Giving Hoiho best chance
The yellow-eyed penguin (hoiho) is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most distinctive seabirds — and one of our most threatened.
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Dahlia renaissance helping grow funds for charities
Dahlia renaissance helping grow funds for charities
Louise Frampton finds a flower variety that was once deemed old-fashioned is now a fundraising success.
Your Garden
Your Garden
What to do in your garden this week.
Ex-Highlander's home sells for $3.75m
Ex-Highlander's home sells for $3.75m
Former All Blacks, Crusaders and Highlanders fullback Israel Dagg and his wife Daisy have sold their Canterbury home for $1.21m above its RV.
How hard do you negotiate when buying a home?
How hard do you negotiate when buying a home?
If you're in the market for a new house, you might be wondering what to offer.
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Renovation no, redesign yes
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Renovation no, redesign yes
One thing led to another when a Dunedin couple thought about gaining more living space. Kim Dungey reports.
Pardon the weeds, I’m feeding the bees
Pardon the weeds, I’m feeding the bees
You don’t have to work hard to create the perfect home for invertebrates in your garden, writes Maureen Howard.
'Mini mountain' a challenge
'Mini mountain' a challenge
It's been four years since the Dunedin Botanic Garden developed the “mini mountain” in the upper garden.
Bobbing gem adds drama to landscape
Bobbing gem adds drama to landscape
Kinetic and colourful, Dierama stops visitors in their tracks at Dunedin's Botanic Garden.
Is it still worth doing up a property to make money?
Is it still worth doing up a property to make money?
Can you still make money buying a property and doing it up to resell?
Your garden
Your garden
What to do in your garden this week.
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Monster lily steals the show
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Monster lily steals the show
A self-proclaimed "bit of a gardener" managed to swoop first place in her category, and second overall, in a lily show after growing a massive flower that towered over the competition.
Tips for painting
Tips for painting
Summer’s longer days and warmer weather motivates many of us to think about freshening up the outside of our homes.
Your garden
Your garden
What to do in your garden this week.
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Wilderness tamed to become five-star garden
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Wilderness tamed to become five-star garden
A Doctors Point garden has been turned from broom, gorse and pine trees into a five-star property, planted with 1400 species from all over the world.
Restoring a piece of history
Restoring a piece of history
A historic Dunedin harbourside cottage that belonged to the same family for nearly 120 years will be restored to its original state, its new owners say.
African daisies much like a well-loved resurfacing outfit
African daisies much like a well-loved resurfacing outfit
Cascading plants that flower on the Dunedin Botanic rock garden are like an outfit you buy on the spur of the moment, wear to one event, and then put back in your overflowing wardrobe.
‘ODT’ writer recognised
‘ODT’ writer recognised
Long-time Otago Daily Times garden writer Gillian Vine will next year be awarded a Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture’s New Zealand National Award.
Your garden
Your garden
What to do in your garden this week.
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Bloom well worth the 22-year wait: owner
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Bloom well worth the 22-year wait: owner
It was touch and go, but an agave is about to have its day in the sun.
