King's gift to city lost or stolen
King's gift to city lost or stolen
A royal gift, century-old photographic clues, an international art detective and Dunedin's missing statue. Or is that two statues?
Ask a chef: Vogel Street Kitchen's Corn, Bacon & Polenta Soup
Ask a chef: Vogel Street Kitchen's Corn, Bacon & Polenta Soup
Ask a Chef reveals the secrets of those superb dishes you ate in cafes and restaurants and wanted to try yourself.
Your garden: May 13
Your garden: May 13
As winter comes closer, the opportunities for growing vegetables are reduced, but garlic and shallots should go in from now until early spring.
Awakening the tokenism
Awakening the tokenism
Kia ora and welcome to the latest newsletter from Te Tokenism, writes Liz Breslin.
Black gold for the garden
Black gold for the garden
It feels counterintuitive, but some charred remains might be the best thing for our gardens, writes Hilary Rowley.
Wedding of two cultures
Wedding of two cultures
Their great big Chinese wedding helped create new traditions in the South, writes Sean Brosnahan.
World-first recreation of ancient Egyptian garden opens
World-first recreation of ancient Egyptian garden opens
A world-first recreation of a 4000-year-old garden has been opened in Hamilton on Monday.
How to love your kitchen
How to love your kitchen
Looking forward to getting into the kitchen is just as important as the food people cook, British personal trainer and author Joe Wicks says.
Pear and banana loaf
Pear and banana loaf
I thought combining these two ingredients for a loaf was a great idea as I seem to have both ripening up in my fruit bowl frequently at present.
Baking that evokes or makes memories
Baking that evokes or makes memories
Sticky date anything always seems to be a winner and this simple luscious cake is no exception.
Why understate tastiness?
Why understate tastiness?
Inflation is very much in the news currently, but Mark Henderson also ponders ‘‘score inflation’’, with ever more wine scoring compressed into a 90-100-point band.
Saving energy this winter
Saving energy this winter
With rising food and fuel costs hitting Kiwis in the back pocket, many are looking for ways to save money in their weekly budget.
All that glitters
All that glitters
Ian Griffin loves observing the night sky from the back bays of Otago Peninsula.
Checking in on the corpse plant
Checking in on the corpse plant
In early 2018, the curtain rose to reveal the Botanic Garden’s impressive corpse plant, which saw thousands of people flocking to experience the sight and smell of this exotic plant.
Nuts in May
Nuts in May
Mellow autumn is the season for toasting nuts to use in sweet and savoury dishes, writes Nigel Slater.
Off its trolley: NZ's supermarket duopoly and rising food costs
Off its trolley: NZ's supermarket duopoly and rising food costs
Imagine a cash cow, standing on the tip of an iceberg, looking down at a choking canary in a miner’s helmet. That is New Zealand’s supermarkets atop the crumbling national and global food system.
Waiting for the frost to fall
Waiting for the frost to fall
In Siberia they like it to be a regular feature, Tom McKinlay would settle for an appearance.
Mystery megafauna and its legacies
Mystery megafauna and its legacies
Missing pieces of our ecological puzzle make for mysteries, writes Alyth Grant.
Your garden: May 6
Your garden: May 6
Lettuces are thought of as a summer vegetable, but the seed of some hardy types, such as the old French variety Merveille des Quatre Saisons, can be sown under cloches or under glass to make slow growth until longer days and more sunshine return.
Positively negative
Positively negative
Leaning into difficult feelings can help you find the way forward, according to a refreshing new wave of books, says Jamie Waters.
