Outstanding architecture
Twenty-seven projects, ranging in scale from a small house to a multi-level carpark building, were recognised in the 2026 southern architecture awards in Dunedin last night.
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Epic new epoch
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Epic new epoch
Four young Dunedin bands are drawing on the city’s rock ’n’ roll heritage to create new possibilities, Tom McKinlay writes.
The genius of metal
The genius of metal
Sometimes we can take technological breakthroughs by genius ancestors for granted.
Fungus behind growths that can fell trees
Fungus behind growths that can fell trees
An Acacia dealbata branch bearing large, brown, lobed, and inflated galls on the mature seed pods was brought to the museum for identification.
The universe we don’t see
The universe we don’t see
The night sky we share online is not quite the one we actually stand beneath.
Seaweed washes up at museum
Seaweed washes up at museum
Mystery surrounds the origin of a seaweed collection at Tūhura Otago Museum, writes On Le Lau.
We’re still subsidising emissions
We’re still subsidising emissions
Farmers should be supported to take climate action, not shielded from it, Sean Connelly writes.
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Recreating an idyllic lifestyle
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Recreating an idyllic lifestyle
Life is sweet on this Dunedin berry farm. Kim Dungey pays a visit.
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Heart and belly fillers
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Heart and belly fillers
Jo Elvin shares some winter recipes from her pop-up lunches at Bannockburn’s Desert Heart vineyard with owner Jane Gill.
Food, fashion and floating
Food, fashion and floating
Alex Hannagan relishes quiet luxury in Melbourne and on the high seas with a touch of “wow” fashion on the side.
Boosting the population
Boosting the population
At the botanic garden propagation building over the past few years there’s been some amazing work by propagators Kat Lord, Alice Lloyd-Fitt and their trainees.
Your garden
Your garden
What to do in your garden this week.
Leading nature-based learning
Leading nature-based learning
The pace of learning at Orokonui only hots up as the cooler months arrive, Madison Kelly writes.
The uncomfortable truth behind deepfakes
The uncomfortable truth behind deepfakes
AI-facilitated fakery can do real damage, but it also exposes the existing structures and attitudes that degrade women, writes Eva Wiseman.
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Knife sharpener lives up to promises
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Knife sharpener lives up to promises
Lifestyle Editor Rebecca Fox tests out a new to New Zealand knife sharpener.
New shoppers flocking to Chanel
New shoppers flocking to Chanel
Chanel has drawn in shoppers who had never bought the French brand before, as new creative director Matthieu Blazy reinvents the classic bags, shoes and jackets.
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Budget-friendly savoury oats are worth trying
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Budget-friendly savoury oats are worth trying
Oats can be super versatile, high fibre, budget friendly and healthy when made without the adding of dairy or sugar.
Mango tycoon's son a suspect in father's death
Mango tycoon's son a suspect in father's death
The son of Isak Andic, founder of fashion group Mango, has been named as a suspect into his father's death in a 2024 cliff-top fall.
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Taking the plunge
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Taking the plunge
Learning te reo Māori has opened profound new possibilities for story-telling, Witi Ihimaera Smiler tells Tom McKinlay. But it is a proficiency hard won.
Off the chain
Off the chain
It strikes me as quietly ridiculous, sitting in Middlemarch with a telescope barely bigger than a coffee mug, peering 60 million light-years into the dark.
