The wisdom of the season
The wisdom of the season
Like many in Ōtepoti Dunedin, I’m finally coming up for air after a whirlwind season celebrating Matariki and the Māori New Year.
History provides solid foundation
History provides solid foundation
Access to Dunedin’s past has never been easier, Paul Gorman writes.
Field of a soldier’s dreams
Field of a soldier’s dreams
In 334BC, Alexander the Great reviewed his army and made sacrifices to Zeus at Dion, in the shadow of Mount Olympus.
Dawn-lit dance of moon, stars
Dawn-lit dance of moon, stars
If you’re up early on Monday wrap up warm and step outside. Look northeast just before 6.30am and you’ll see something quietly beautiful: the crescent moon drifting close to Matariki, the star...
Focused on his joy
Focused on his joy
If you stand your ground, people come around, Delaney Davidson tells Seren Stevens.
Good and funny, if not definitive
Good and funny, if not definitive
Former prime minister Dame Jacinda Ardern has a book out that certainly reads like her authentic voice, writes Mike Houlahan.
A joined-up response to climate crisis
A joined-up response to climate crisis
Academics from across the University of Otago continue to offer solutions to the climate crisis.
The modern lives of wives
The modern lives of wives
The choices facing married women in 2025 don’t change the contradiction at the heart of a marriage, writes Eva Wiseman.
Uncovering a twisted path
Uncovering a twisted path
The couple behind the bestseller The Salt Path left a trail of debt and deceit, writes Chloe Hadjimatheou.
Music sheets speak volumes
Music sheets speak volumes
The lives of many early colonists were bound up in their music collections, Amanda Mills writes.
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On thin ice: Science at the end of the world
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On thin ice: Science at the end of the world
A new documentary following climate scientists to Antarctica, explains the physics of our predicament, Tom McKinlay writes.
Archaeological nirvana found in chance stop
Archaeological nirvana found in chance stop
We are staying in our Greek whānau’s villa on the shore of the Aegean.
A tale of two planets in the evening glow
A tale of two planets in the evening glow
There’s something quietly marvellous about stepping outside just after sunset in midwinter.
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DIY funerals - a big undertaking
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DIY funerals - a big undertaking
Funeral debt is an unwelcome, extra burden at a time of grief for a significant number of people. Should the solution lie with funeral directors, the govt or mourning families?
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In Arrowtown’s isolation you’re seldom alone
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In Arrowtown’s isolation you’re seldom alone
"Getting away from it all" suggests a rest from people.
All Black Tamaiti Williams on anxiety and fatherhood
All Black Tamaiti Williams on anxiety and fatherhood
All Blacks prop Tamaiti Williams is opening up about his anxiety after his partner’s difficult pregnancy and the premature birth of his now 15-month-old daughter.
Mana means everything
Mana means everything
I was talking to one of my work colleagues about "mana" and what it means to me and my whānau and she suggested I write about it in an article, so here we go.
Despite cloud cover the sun shines through
Despite cloud cover the sun still shines through
What does an astronomer do when the skies are cloudy, and the moon is full? Ian Griffin has found a new way to watch the sky - and it's not what you might expect.
Salt mine has long history
Salt mine has long history
I have always wanted to visit Hallstatt, a prehistoric site that his given its name to the early Iron Age in Europe.
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Our timeless companion: Michelle Thaller's starry-eyed gaze
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Our timeless companion: Michelle Thaller's starry-eyed gaze
Astrophysicist Dr Michelle Thaller has spent a lifetime with her head in the stars, she tells Paul Gorman.
