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    Eating more fibre ‘becoming sexy’

    In a rare occurrence social media messaging and science are promoting the same message when it comes to fibre — eat more. 

    Cooking that sparks the feeling of home

    Home Food author Elizabeth Hewson.

    Cooking that sparks the feeling of home

    Elizabeth Hewson decries perfection when it comes to simple, comforting family cooking.

    Radish butter with toast

    Radish butter with toast

    Peppery radishes don’t need much. Grated and folded through good butter with lemon and a whisper of anchovy, they turn into something unexpectedly good. Serve at room temperature, thickly spread on...

    Gathering on the well-trodden path to Central Otago

    Gathering on the well-trodden path to Central Otago

    Later than some vintages it may be, but Central has been a hive of activity with the grape harvest getting into full swing. Across the region people have been gathering: backpackers, retirees,...

    In the land of GIANTS

    It’s OK (and even encouraged) to sit on the Giants of Mandurah for a photo. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

    In the land of GIANTS

    This is an edited extract from Ultimate Family Holidays: Australia by Catherine Best, published by Hardie Grant Explore

    As told by The Clean

    Clockwise from top left: Playground, Woodhaugh Gardens, Dunedin, 1980. Photograph: Craig McNab,...

    As told by The Clean

    Journalist and poet Richard Langston had loved Dunedin band The Clean for decades and knew there should be a book. But having realised it would be him writing it, he had to work out how.

    Season's eatings

    PHOTO: MISFIT GRADEN

    Season's eatings

    Autumn is the perfect season to focus on a fresh approach to eating, write the folks at Love Food Hate Waste.

    Cancer link stronger than ever

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    Cancer link stronger than ever

    The evidence is mounting that vaping causes cancer, Bernard Stewart writes.

    When mozzies sniffed blood

    Old enemies head to head: a mosquito and the skull of  Homo erectus from Yunxian. PHOTOS: GETTY...

    When mozzies sniffed blood

    Last month, a new genetic study of mosquitoes in Southeast Asia led by Catherine Walton, of the University of Manchester, came to a remarkable conclusion. It found that about 1.8million years ago,...

    Hype here second time around

    The path of the total solar eclipse over Dunedin calculations tell us it happened on December 27,...

    Hype here second time around

    Dunedin is preparing itself for a magnificent celestial event. Committees are forming. Plans are being drawn up. Accommodation, one suspects, will soon be priced as if the Sun itself were staying...

    Warning signals loud and clear

    IMAGE: DANIEL KINGSTON AFTER ED HAWKINS

    Warning signals loud and clear

    The climate stripes (shown here for Dunedin) are a compelling way to look at how temperature has changed over the past 100 years or so. They show how average annual temperature has changed, with...

    Decisions made in distant rooms

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    Decisions made in distant rooms

    Conversations about war, conflict, and global instability are no longer distant.

    An intimate point of view

    Image One, from the Illustration of Government Series (1995), by Di ffrench. Collection of the...

    An intimate point of view

    A Di ffrench work in the Forrester collection tells a tale of evolution, Ella McLean writes.

    Pushing back against constant comfort

    Pushing back against constant comfort

    Feel like you just can’t win? The world is a dumpster fire. Your flights got cancelled and the refund won’t cover new ones; petrol prices are scuppering your long-distance relationship. Some days...

    Past winners’ wool creations on display

    Alexandra designer, and winner of five awards, Daphne Randle handknitted garments and hats using...

    Past winners’ wool creations on display

    Close up views and the chance to own an entry from WoolOn Creative Fashion Event shows will be possible as work by three past winners go on display this month.

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    Harnessing the feel-good factor

    Nel Vincencio, of Mind Your Temper, works on creating his trademark colourful dairy-free bon bons...

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    Harnessing the feel-good factor

    On the eve of Easter, award-winning bon bon maker Nel Vincencio returned to Dunedin to show how he makes his dairy-free chocolates.

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    A shelter and a sanctuary

    Dark Colorsteel blends with timber and concrete in this sculptural Orokonui house by Gary Todd...

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    A shelter and a sanctuary

    The owners of this Orokonui house feel like they are living within a forest canopy. Kim Dungey has the details.

    The ABCs of getting Zs

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    The ABCs of getting Zs

    Sleep makes our waking lives possible, but for many that formula is anything but straightforward, Paul Gorman writes.

    Cultural legacy permeates life

    Chinatown Buddhist Tooth Temple.

    Cultural legacy permeates life

    Australian travel writer Sandip Hor dives into Singapore’s harmonious cultural tapestry.

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    Feasting with your eyes

    PHOTO: ANNABEL LANGBEIN MEDIA

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    Feasting with your eyes

    After Christmas, Easter is Annabel and Rose Langbein's favourite food holiday.
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