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Community collaboration, creative connection

Otago Polytechnic fashion graduates photographed at a shared studio in central Dunedin. Photo:...

Community collaboration, creative connection

Emerging designers and fashion creatives from across the motu will converge on Auckland this week to celebrate innovation and diversity, through a series of fashion shows and events.

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Riding out cycle

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Riding out cycle

A question I’m asked frequently is "how are things in Marlborough"?

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Corn fritters with bacon, lime cream & hot honey

Photo: supplied

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Corn fritters with bacon, lime cream & hot honey

This corn fritter recipe is easy to make and jazzed up with all the extras you might find at your local cafe but easily put together at home over a long weekend.

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Oven-roasted corn with chilli lime butter

Photo: Simon Lambert

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Oven-roasted corn with chilli lime butter

Sweet corn is hitting its stride right now.

One-pot wonders

One-pot wonders

Beautiful things can be made in one pot, pan or tray, United Kingdom food influencer, chef and author Poppy O’Toole says.

When you have an itch to scratch

A pectinate claw visible on a savanna nightjar (formerly the Indian nightjar). Photo: Tūhura...

When you have an itch to scratch

Some birds have no problem putting their finger on the source of an irritating problem, Marcus Richards writes.

Cuddling up to the computer

Alicia Vikander in the film Ex Machina.

Cuddling up to the computer

We are increasingly looking to digital companions to satisfy our emotional needs, James Muldoon writes in his new book Love Machines.

Two visions of the same aurora

Two visions of the same aurora

Autumn has arrived in Middlemarch.

Gypsum proves to be a remarkable preserver of Roman history

A gypsum burial from York reveals two adults, buried with an infant lying between them. A family...

Gypsum proves to be a remarkable preserver of Roman history

Liquid gypsum is used today to improve the quality of clay soil, but in Roman times, it had a quite different application.

Richly rustic

Photo: Gareth Sambidge/The Observer

Richly rustic

Helen Graham serves up veg-forward dishes to celebrate textures and contrasts.

A pinch and a trim - growing incentives

Mint (Mentha) is an example of a plant that responds well to trimming.

A pinch and a trim - growing incentives

Trimming plants while they are in cultivation can have many benefits.

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Burn time

TikTok will tell you that nothing beats the UV at a New Zealand beach. It’s messaging that public...

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Burn time

Another summer has left its legacy of sunburn as skin cancer warnings lose a battle with online influencers.

Slow down for secondhand style

Wastebusters mending club is a place of connection, fixing and skill sharing. From left are Zack...

Slow down for secondhand style

There is a pair of jeans in my wardrobe I have worn and patched and worn again more times than I can count.

Your Garden

Humans have been gathering blackberries (left) for thousands of years.

Your Garden

What to do in your garden this week.

Scrolling in a sewer

Photo: Getty Images

Scrolling in a sewer

What do teenage boys see on TikTok?

Sun and culture intersect

Isola Bella, known as the pearl of the Ionian Sea, is a small island near Taormina, on the east...

Sun and culture intersect

Lifestyle editor Rebecca Fox discovers Sicily lives up to the hype and more.

Island-hopping in tropical Fiji

Sunrise walk, Wayalailai Eco-Resort. PHOTO: JACQUI GIBSON

Island-hopping in tropical Fiji

A new high-speed catamaran that cruises into Fiji’s Yasawa Islands offers affordable access to remote resorts and villages, finds Jacqui Gibson.

Visitors among us

Photo: Ian Griffin

Visitors among us

Every now and then an astronomer finds themselves asking a question that sounds faintly ridiculous but is, in fact, perfectly reasonable.

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For the love of bread

Andrea Dudding in her Owaka home where her artisan baking business 2Birds has been born. PHOTO:...

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For the love of bread

After travelling the world, Auckland born-and-bred chef Andrea Dudding settled in the small Otago town of Owaka about 10 years ago.

Home kitchen where it all begins

Home kitchen where it all begins

After a failed attempt at becoming a graphic designer, Anais Ca Dao van Manen realised her passion and focus lay in cooking.

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Past winners’ wool creations on display
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Harnessing the feel-good factor
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A shelter and a sanctuary
The ABCs of getting Zs
Cultural legacy permeates life

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