Life & Style

Tow Rock, which sits just outside the the southern boundary of the proposed Ōrau Marine Reserve...

In a trailblazer’s wake

A new name for the South’s marine reserves carries a legacy of charting new horizons, Tom McKinlay and Luke Chapman report.

Embracing textures of nature

This compact home was designed to integrate into the surrounding garden. It’s one of two houses...

Embracing textures of nature

Bigger doesn’t necessarily mean better, as this award-winning home demonstrates.

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Suet? Dripping? Stuff that

The lidded pot went into the oven at 150°C as I thought our stove wouldn’t run slowly enough....

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Suet? Dripping? Stuff that

A century ago, we did things differently - which extended to cooking. Peter Dowden decided to get a taste.

Heat beneath the glass

New heating systems are keeping plants nice and warm in the Dunedin Botanic Garden's Winter...

Heat beneath the glass

How do you keep warm in a more sustainable and environmentally friendly way when your house is made of glass with no insulation?

Arizona: attractions and Americana

Heading out on Route 66. Photo: Supplied.

Arizona: attractions and Americana

Getting his kicks on Route 66, Mike Yardley recommends the Arizona section of the fabled road as it celebrates a major milestone.

Climate remains the crisis of our times

We are becoming all too familiar with headlines about slips, floods, power outages, damaged homes...

Climate remains the crisis of our times

The urgency of the climate crisis demands we remain focused on solutions, despite all the distractions, writes Prof Janet Stephenson.

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Tasty ways to celebrate the longest night

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Tasty ways to celebrate the longest night

The longest night of the year later this month provides a perfect opportunity for a winter feast.

Your garden

Rhubarb roots can be planted now in rich soil. PHOTO: ODT FILES

Your garden

What to do in your garden this week.

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Shining light on autumn colours

The vibrant red of Acer palmatum ‘"Ōsakazuki" shine in the Hadlands’ garden.

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Shining light on autumn colours

A Mosgiel garden has plenty of colour in late autumn, and not just during the day, Louise Frampton discovers.

A tentacle’s tender embrace

A tentacle’s tender embrace

The documentary My Octopus Teacher is a true account of a common South African octopus with which the documentary film-maker and naturalist Craig Foster formed a close acquaintance.

Weaving a welcome

Artist Ana Teofilo with the carpet she designed for the Tangata Moana gallery at the Otago Museum.

Weaving a welcome

Ana Teofilo’s design for a new carpet at Tūhura Otago Museum draws from the rich visual language of Pacific cultures, she tells Kim Dungey.

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Students give oats a 21st-century makeover

Otago Polytechnic Culinary Arts students’ oat creme stacks on sale at Otago Farmers Market....

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Students give oats a 21st-century makeover

As NZ food production is threatened, Dunedin culinary students are looking at ways to support and change perceptions of locally produced products like oats, Rebecca Fox finds.

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Kimchi and tofu cabbage rolls

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Kimchi and tofu cabbage rolls

There’s something satisfying about wrapping a simple filling in cabbage and letting it cook gently in broth.

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Richer chardonnays pair well with autumn food

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Richer chardonnays pair well with autumn food

Today’s line-up revolves around a quintet of Central Otago offerings along with a interloper from Hawke’s Bay.

Welcoming treats with Southeast Asian twist

Homesickness and reality TV led Raymond Tan to baking - to make celebratory foods he missed from home and to see if doing so was as hard as the programmes made out.