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    The right start

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    The right start

    I have never been much of a breakfast eater but believe in food for medicinal purposes as much as pleasure, writes

    Your garden

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    Your garden

    What to do in your garden this week.

    Warming winter bowls

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    Warming winter bowls

    Scarf ’n’ gloves weather demands something to warm us, soup or stew or both, Nigel Slater writes.

    Begonia wild at heart

    Begonia bowerae is sometimes called “Eyelash Begonia” or “Tiger Paw Begonia”.  PHOTOS: ALISHA...

    Begonia wild at heart

    Originating from the wilds of Mexico, this captivating begonia is rewarding to grow, Alisha Sherriff finds.

    New four-season garden festival launched; gardens wanted

    Magnolia "Star Wars". PHOTO: LINDA WILSON

    New four-season garden festival launched; gardens wanted

    Dunedin is soon to enjoy its first official garden festival, Garden Ōtepoti Dunedin — Four Seasons of the South.

    Ideal time for transplanting dormant roses

    Roses are best transplanted over winter. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

    Ideal time for transplanting dormant roses

    The winter months are a suitable time of year to plant new trees and shrubs and roses, along with transplanting existing plants to a new location.

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    Great response to food co-operative pilot

    Community Kai Maps are available on Our Food Network’s website.  PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSON

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    Great response to food co-operative pilot

    The future of food in Otago is front and centre at Dunedin’s Our Food Network, Rebecca Fox finds.

    Visiting ‘Japan’s Niagara’

    Choshi Falls in Oirase Gorge. PHOTOS: DENISE STEPHENS

    Visiting ‘Japan’s Niagara’

    Denise Stephens follows a trail through a mossy green forest in the north of Japan.

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    Making good humans

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    Making good humans

    If we want to reduce the prison population, it’s about starting 15 to 20 years earlier than we do at present, Nathan Wallis tells Kim Dungey.

    Fuel with flavour

    Fuel with flavour

    So many “free from’’ products contain more ultra-processed foods (UPFs), but the “queen of gluten free’’ hopes to show how to dodge them in her latest book.

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    Silverbeet, white beans and lemon

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    Silverbeet, white beans and lemon

    Silverbeet has to be one of winter’s hardest-working vegetables.

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    Central Otago organic wine success

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    Central Otago organic wine success

    Recent years have seen ongoing growth in the number of vineyards across the country that are farmed organically and biodynamically.

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    A time to enjoy with whānau

    Bluff chef Haylee Simeon. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    A time to enjoy with whānau

    As we celebrate Matariki this weekend, Haylee Simeon from Bluff’s Hayz at the Anchorage tells us about what it means to her.

    Her time and place

    Green Valley, Carmarthenshire, by Frances Hodgkins, 1942, gouache. Collection of Dunedin Public...

    Her time and place

    Francis Hodgkins’ contemporaries provide insights into her work, Lauren Gutsell writes.

    A genius scheme worth bottling

    Under a container return scheme, each of these bottles would have returned a refund when they...

    A genius scheme worth bottling

    Plastic Free July would be the perfect time to introduce a container return scheme, Ruth Blunt writes.

    The voice of the women

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    The voice of the women

    I choose to begin and end my kōrero with the words of Linda Tuhiwai Smith.

    For those who look longer

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    For those who look longer

    These evenings, you can hardly miss the brightest planet in the sky.

    Wheat fields hid goddess

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    Wheat fields hid goddess

    Ashwell is a small village with a deep history.

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    Trees true to their calling

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    Trees true to their calling

    The Exchange area was the centre of early Dunedin.

    A sweeter winter

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    A sweeter winter

    Seasonal produce can help save money and make food fit to share, write the folks at Love Food Hate Waste.
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