A life good enough
A life good enough
Ever said "I’m trying to get my work-life balance sorted"?
The Titans back from obscurity
The Titans back from obscurity
Local music histories are marked with stories of lost bands, forgotten songs and musicians that nearly made it.
A good week for early risers
A good week for early risers
If you do anything this week, get up early and enjoy the sight of Venus and Matariki in the pre-dawn sky, writes Ian Griffin.
Matters arising
Matters arising
Black Lives Matter has profoundly affected many in New Zealand. The solution emerging for this country is something called decolonisation, writes Tom McKinlay.
Action now for a flurry later
Action now for a flurry later
Prospects for the ski season are looking good. Longer term, the future is still in our hands.
A garden designed to cure
A garden designed to cure
Twenty-five kilometres north of Dunedin is a quirky little reserve that, if it was in town, might be better known.
Right calls
Right calls
Last week, I came across a great idea for introducing the decision-making process. A teacher friend has been taking his Year 9 class through the process using our Government’s response to the...
Just horsing around
Just horsing around
Childhood memories are a patchwork; random snatches of scenes mostly hidden, but suddenly surfacing when jolted to consciousness by the smell of sunscreen, or the feeling of flannelette sheet...
An idea worth bottling
An idea worth bottling
Those bottles in the recycling bin could be the currency that supports a network of community hubs, writes Gina Dempster.
Take it from me, this is a racist country
Take it from me, this is a racist country
At the end of a fortnight during which the cause of black lives went around the globe, Hadley Tamati writes about his experience of Aotearoa.
Grandparents’ love constant
Grandparents’ love constant
One of the side effects of our lockdown, here and across the world, has been the enforced separation of grandparents and grandchildren in an effort to keep grandparents safe, writes Ian Munro.
5 questions with: Kris Faafoi
5 questions with: Kris Faafoi
Kris Faafoi is Minister of Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media; Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; Minister of Government Digital Services; and, Associate Minister of Housing.
Rediscovering the town belt
Rediscovering the town belt
It’s quite fun to imagine a Dunedin so small that the town belt ringed the outer urban edge. Nowadays, the town belt’s almost "outer inner city", writes Clare Fraser.
Crescent moon meets Venus and Matariki
Crescent moon meets Venus and Matariki
As we head towards winter solstice on June 21, sunrise is steadily getting later each day, writes Ian Griffin in Skywatch
Barking up a very tall tree
Barking up a very tall tree
Finally there’s something like an answer to one of the great questions of contemporary music, writes Tom McKinlay.
On the offensive: Otago Uni's fight against Covid-19
On the offensive: Otago Uni's fight against Covid-19
Two researchers and a high-containment lab stood in the breach as the Covid-19 pandemic reached our shores. Bruce Munro talks to Otago professors James Ussher and Miguel Quinones-Mateu about their life-saving work.
University research focused on pandemic
University research focused on pandemic
Research throughout the University of Otago, and across its five national campuses, has refocused in response to the global pandemic. Bruce Munro has collated a small sampler of what else is going on.
Deserting for the goldfields
Deserting for the goldfields
The story of the Dunedin detachment is an important part of the 70th Regiment’s history, writes Paul Gorman.
A window on the world
A window on the world
While in lockdown for weeks, Lisa Scott seized the opportunity for a good old clear-out.
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