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    Sir Sam loving life, no plans to retire

    Sir Sam Neill on acting: "I've always felt I've never actually gone to work. I go to play." Photo...

    Sir Sam loving life and no plans to retire

    LISTEN🔉: Sir Sam Neill talks about his long acting career, making fine wine and his love of Central Otago.

    Toitū te whenua: Keeping your enemies close

    Huriawa Peninsula’s sheer cliffs helped protect Te Pā-a-Te-Wera from the long siege laid by Taoka...

    Toitū te whenua - series 2: Keeping your enemies close

    Fighting talk and words of defiance are forever etched into the history of Huriawa Peninsula, Matapura Ellison tells Tom McKinlay and Luke Chapman.

    ‘ODT’ writer recognised

    ‘ODT’ writer recognised

    Long-time Otago Daily Times garden writer Gillian Vine will next year be awarded a Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture’s New Zealand National Award.

    Bountiful berries

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    Bountiful berries

    Don’t get fooled into wanting the biggest of strawberries, writes Nigel Slater, the small ones are often the most flavoursome.

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    A few coins of gratitude in the Christmas pudding

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    A few coins of gratitude in the Christmas pudding

    Last Christmas, I gave you my heart ... and a voucher for tandem paragliding, but it was too windy on the day and you didn’t want to reschedule, so I got a refund and paid the rates instead.

    Serving his wee slice of Scotland

    Serving his wee slice of Scotland

    The monument is not the city’s only reminder of William Cargill, Sean Brosnahan writes.

    African daisies much like a well-loved resurfacing outfit

    An Arctotis cultivar, otherwise known as African daisy, in bloom at Dunedin Botanic Garden. PHOTO...

    African daisies much like a well-loved resurfacing outfit

    Cascading plants that flower on the Dunedin Botanic rock garden are like an outfit you buy on the spur of the moment, wear to one event, and then put back in your overflowing wardrobe.

    Europe lights up Christmas

    People visit the EU’s highest Christmas market, located in the 49th floor of Warsaw’s Varso Tower...

    Europe lights up Christmas

    Ever wanted to have a white Christmas?

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    What to do in your garden this week.

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    Natural decision to follow fashion runway back to Teviot

    Roxburgh fashion designer and tailor Elaine Booth prepares her shop The Fashion Booth for its...

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    Natural decision to follow fashion runway back to Teviot

    Coats, throws, pillows and cushions are all on offer in one of Roxburgh’s newest businesses.

    AI do: Woman weds her perfect partner

    AI do: Woman weds her perfect partner

    Music played in a wedding hall in Japan as Yurina Noguchi, wearing a white gown and tiara, 'married' an AI-generated persona gazing out from a smartphone screen.

    Turning to stars for inspiration

    Jennifer Boland is hoping ‘‘Over the Moon’’ will encourage young and old to dream. PHOTO: PETER...

    Turning to stars for inspiration

    People have always looked up at the night sky and wondered. And we should keep on doing it, Jennifer Boland tells Rebecca Fox.

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    Party predicament

    This holiday season Jo Elwin shares three of her tried and true recipes she knows guests love to enjoy again... and again.
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