Toitū te whenua - To stop and stay
Toitū te whenua - To stop and stay
Moeraki has moved with the times while honouring all that is important in its long history, Justin Tipa tells Tom McKinlay and Luke Chapman.
SUBSCRIBER
Good as gold?
SUBSCRIBER
Good as gold?
Once it built Dunedin. But what role will any new gold crushed and sieved from Central Otago’s hills play in our fevered times? Tom McKinlay weighs some possibilities.
Matters of wife and death
Matters of wife and death
Generosity can echo down the centuries, writes Lucy Hammonds.
The Dian are cast
The Dian are cast
When I tell colleagues I am involved in a research project at Shangri-La, they think I am teasing.
Tuesday’s triangle in Taurus
Tuesday’s triangle in Taurus
On Tuesday night, just after dinner, step outside and look east.
SUBSCRIBER
Straying from our lane
SUBSCRIBER
Straying from our lane
Queens Drive: Should we be driving it or using the road for more leisurely pursuits?
Choosing a resilient future
Choosing a resilient future
Our "perpetual cycle of response and recovery" requires a renewed focus on resilience.
SUBSCRIBER
From the ashes
SUBSCRIBER
From the ashes
New Zealand firefighters are called to almost 3000 dwelling fires a year but the fallout doesn’t end when they roll up their hoses and leave the scene.
SUBSCRIBER
Taking a stand
SUBSCRIBER
Taking a stand
First things first: I was right.
Time for evidence of action
Time for evidence of action
From sustainability promises to substantial change: what we might expect from businesses in 2026 and what we need to happen.
Tempestuous travels
Tempestuous travels
The recent Waitangi Day celebrations remind me of how a copy of the Treaty came to Otago.
Sky’s chemistry creates jewel
Sky’s chemistry creates jewel
Out here in the Strath Taieri, the nights have started to feel like autumn again — colder, steadier: the sort of air that makes the stars look as though someone has polished them.
Not a cope in hell
Not a cope in hell
Middle-aged and in the middle of a meltdown?
Thinking big 50 years on
Thinking big 50 years on
Gold is in the news, with opinion divided over the proposed Bendigo mine near Tarras.
Te tirohanga o te kāhu
Te tirohanga o te kāhu
Tūpuna Māori lived in a world where ngā manu (birds) were kin, messengers, and spiritual guides.
Capturing the architectural evolution
Capturing the architectural evolution
Colin Wheeler’s work gave time a permanence, Anna McLean writes.
SUBSCRIBER
Testing times for science
SUBSCRIBER
Testing times for science
Is science’s contribution to a brighter future dying the death of a thousand reorganisations?
Sweating the small stuff
Sweating the small stuff
When the heat is on, we’re not the only ones frying.
A fleeting visit
A fleeting visit
Out at Middlemarch, the night has a way of settling in properly.
Our very own killer quality
Our very own killer quality
Cancer’s great chronicler and adversary, Siddhartha Mukherjee, tells survivor Chris Power why it will always be part of who we are.
Magazine
Latest News
SUBSCRIBER
Pouring oil on troubled watersSUBSCRIBER
McCaw statue plan revivedSUBSCRIBER
Business doing well but no buyersSUBSCRIBER
‘Nothing funny’ about play-fighting
