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    Not even in the bidding

    You’d think not getting married in white would make things easier.

    Zapped in space

    A view of Earth, partially hidden behind the Moon, captured through the Orion spacecraft window....

    Zapped in space

    The most important data from Nasa’s first crewed Artemis II mission may not be its photographs.

    Powering on beyond the crisis

    Photo: ODT files

    Powering on beyond the crisis

    We must use this moment to address our fossil fuel dependence.

    Teeth hold diet secrets

    The rugged Wairarapa coast. Prehistoric fields are located on the narrow coastal strip. Photo:...

    Teeth hold diet secrets

    How do you reconstruct the diet of prehistoric people?

    Guardians of the pā

    Te Raka-a-Hineātea, the pā site at Katiki Point, Moeraki. Photos: Luke Chapman

    Guardians of the pā

    The stories of Kātiki Point and the names associated with it are being given new life, Tom McKinlay and Luke Chapman learn.

    Astonishment still growing

    The Leo Triplet galaxies captured by Seestar. Photo: Ian Griffin

    Astonishment still growing

    Tiny telescope, big discoveries.

    Apple season

    Photo: The Observer

    Apple season

    Celebrate apple season with puff pastry dumplings, writes Nigel Slater.

    Toitū te whenua - Māori Place Names Series 2

    Toitū te whenua - Māori Place Names Series 2

    Toitū te whenua - Māori Place Names Series 2

    It’s a jungle out there

    An iNaturalist observation of a New Zealand grass skink (Oligosoma polychroma) John Barkla saw...

    It’s a jungle out there

    The urban garden is a rich source of wildlife once you know what you are looking at, writes Maureen Howard.

    Your Garden

    Some of the large bulbs to be auctioned by the Otago Lily Society tomorrow. Photos by Gillian Vine.

    Your Garden

    What to do in your garden this week.

    Plant extremists put on the map

    Plants in the Dunedin Botanic Garden rock garden feature interesting adaptations needed to...

    Plant extremists put on the map

    As part of this year’s sustainability-focused Wild Dunedin festival, we will have a family-friendly, self-directed plant trail set up in the lower Dunedin Botanic Garden called ‘‘Plants that...

    Eating more fibre ‘becoming sexy’

    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

    PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

    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,...
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