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    Only the land divides them

    A change in the direction of the Nevis River’s flow, changed the trajectory of the Nevis Galaxias.

    Only the land divides them

    Our native fish are proof of an earth-shattering hypothesis.

    There’s a strange moon on the rise

    There’s a strange moon on the rise

    On Friday, local skywatchers will be treated (or possibly tricked) by a rather peculiar celestial event: a sunset lunar eclipse as the moon rises.

    Tracing Cook’s footsteps

    A zodiac skimmed across Dusky Sound to bring us to Pickersgill Harbour. Photo: Charles Higham

    Tracing Cook’s footsteps

    Just before Covid-19 struck, my wife Polly and I boarded the Caledonian Sky, a small cruise ship with a maximum of 120 passengers, in Milford Sound.

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    Poor excuses for poverty

    Poverty and democracy researcher Max Rashbrooke says seeing New Zealand children’s futures stolen...

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    Poor excuses for poverty

    One child in eight lives in poverty in this country. Bruce Munro asks Max Rashbrooke how this happened, why middle NZ is key to changing it and how a kid from a wealthy suburb became the go-to guy on poverty.

    Of planets and lunations

    Of planets and lunations

    The moon was new at 1.44pm on Friday. That moment marked the commencement of lunation number 1264.

    Parting the waters

    Parting the waters

    Reed waka were essential for life in the south, writes Seán Brosnahan.

    The world in its best light

    Capturing images for Te Whare Tū Taua o Aotearoa requires a sound knowledge of tīkanga. PHOTOS:...

    The world in its best light

    Photography is a colonial art form, historically feared by Māori people.

    Mainland island welcomes tīeke

    Until recently, opportunities to share habitat with tīeke on the mainland have been extremely...

    Mainland island welcomes tīeke

    Māui’s fingerprints are all over Orokonui’s newest inhabitants, Madison Kelly writes.

    Less waste is definitely more

    Ben Elms, AKA Dr Compost, with a Bokashi bucket and some Zing activator. Photo: Ruth Blunt

    Less waste is definitely more

    Our food scraps need not be wasted.

    A cure for ageing

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    A cure for ageing

    The latest "fountain of youth" pill is working on mice, but the scientists warn humans to approach with caution, David Cox writes.

    Watching goes both ways

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    Watching goes both ways

    Too much watching tips over into paranoia, Eva Wiseman writes.

    Old names for inequality

    This elite man was interred about 1800 years ago with a great weight of bronze ornaments, fine...

    Old names for inequality

    When the Marsden Fund was established in 1994, the government designed it "to fund excellent fundamental research".

    An accidental moonset

    Photo: Ian Griffin

    An accidental moonset

    For astronomers like me, the period near full moon is an excuse to be anywhere but beneath its glare.

    Artist paints new home with curious eye

    Jenny Wimperis, Dunedin from the Hill 1885, watercolour on paper. Photo: collection of the...

    Artist paints new home with curious eye

    Arriving in 19th century Dunedin, a British artist was open to her new surroundings, writes Lucy Hammonds.

    Sleeping [not] like a baby

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    Sleeping [not] like a baby

    There’s no buttering up your baby, write Karleen Gribble, Naomi Hull and Nina Jane Chad.

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    Separating tall tales from true

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    Separating tall tales from true

    He was notorious for telling tall tales. So who, really, was Otago’s first harbour pilot, Richard Driver? Bruce Munro talks to two of Driver’s descendants.

    Box on into the new year  

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    Box on into the new year  

    This is an ideal exercise to let off steam, release any frustrations and reduce stress.  

    Retirement gift shows us a moment in time

    How the Oamaru post and telegraph offices looked at the turn of the century. Photo: photograph...

    Retirement gift shows us a moment in time

    A parting gift captured a moment in time at Oamaru’s post office, writes Elly Dunckley.

    Pride in part in revealing domestic chicken story

    Pride in part in revealing domestic chicken story

    When a new law was introduced not long ago that banned battery hens, there was a shortage of eggs.

    Exploring Gemini

    Exploring Gemini

    This week, I invite you on a journey through the constellation Gemini, the Twins.
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