Karoline Bjune is a direct descendant of one of the Norwegian whalers who set up base on Rakiura-Stewart Island 100 years ago. Living in Tønsberg, she talks to Bruce Munro about visiting Paterson’s Inlet whalers’ base.
Inspired by the NZ String Quartet’s "Sounds of the Sanctuary" concert at Orokonui Ecosanctuary, Alyth Grant went into the bush to listen to the concert given daily by the birds.
From lunchbox leftovers to the lost courgette at the bottom of the fridge: everyone has a wicked little food waste secret. Now there’s a new programme to help, writes Gina...
The chat-free salon session is now a thing, but is it really that hard to feign a bit of interest in your stylist’s love life and holiday plans? asks Barbara Ellen.
The writings of a man once disdained by academics are now lauded for helping southern Māori rebuild lost knowledge and mana. Bruce Munro looks at the legacy of Herries Beattie.
When Benno Scherek moved to Dunedin in 1880 it was great news for the city’s music connoisseurs, reports Toitū Otago Settlers Museum curator Peter Read.