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    Cosy winter wool paraded during celebration

    Cosy winter wool paraded during celebration

    With winter approaching we all crave the warm and toasty feeling wool provides.

    Spring in Shenzhen

    An LED-illuminated pharaoh leads space aliens through their dance moves at Window of the World in...

    Spring in Shenzhen

    For the Spring Festival, hundreds of millions head home to welcome the lunar new year in Shenzhen, China. Oscar Francis paid a visit as it welcomed the Year of the Horse.

    Your garden: Autumn time to take stock

    Raised beds they enable the gardener to add a layer of clean soil and/or compost each year to...

    Your garden: Autumn time to take stock

    Autumn is a good time to assess the limitations of your garden.

    A whip’s circuitous journey

    The stock whip presented to the Duke of Edinburgh. The leather thong is a modern replacement....

    A whip’s circuitous journey

    Excitement at Dunedin’s first royal visit was capped by gift-giving. But after one gift was given, it began a journey of its own, writes Seán Brosnahan.

    Windbreaks beneficial for more than plants

    Shelter belt at Dunedin Botanic Garden. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

    Windbreaks beneficial for more than plants

    Strong winds can play problematic for plants - increasing transpiration, and knocking flowers, fruit and foliage about.

    Floral design takes holistic approach

    Floral design takes holistic approach

    Melanie Cecila Stapleton started her floristry career in NZ in the 1990s, before moving to London and freelancing for some of the UK’s most sought-after event florists.

    Ways to wear your moko

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    Ways to wear your moko

    My youngest son puts a fairly low key pressure on me about getting my moko kauae.

    Machine-knitted puffer like no other

    Machine-knitted puffer like no other

    Just in time for winter, up-and-coming designer Alberta Bucciarelli has created a puffer like no other.

    Passion for cakes

    Passion for cakes

    For Emelia Jackson, baking is meditative - the repetition of measuring, creaming, folding, scraping brings her calm.

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    The importance of acid to a good wine

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    The importance of acid to a good wine

    Acidity is an integral part of grapes and wine.

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    Courgette and carrot fritters

    PHOTO: SIMON LAMBERT

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    Courgette and carrot fritters

    This is the kind of recipe you turn to when there’s a courgette or two needing to be used up.

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    Turning to Spain as the cold comes

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    Turning to Spain as the cold comes

    Annabel and Rose draw  inspiration from Spain and  its vibrant and fun cuisine.

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    Relaxed Anzac weekend eating

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    Relaxed Anzac weekend eating

    Three things I frequent on restaurant menus: ceviche, anything Greek and, for breakfast, baked eggs.

    Your garden

    Cut any grass around walnut trees to make nut collection easier. Photo: Getty Images

    Your garden

    What to do in your garden for the week.

    This is no mug’s game

    The zucchini mug bread works well under eggs.

    This is no mug’s game

    Any way you slice it, the pressure is on the food budget.

    The great escape

    The SS Erlangen under sail at Carnley Harbour. The ship's crew had to fashion sails to give the...

    The great escape

    The remarkable story of a German ship’s desperate flight from Dunedin in the early days of World War 2, has now been revealed.

    In search of sprites

    A picket fence aurora captured by Ian Griffin last weekend. PHOTOS: IAN GRIFFIN

    In search of sprites

    Last weekend, I ran into sprites. Two sorts, though only one gets to keep the name according to the rulebook.

    Sew long to paper patterns?

    Simplicity and McCall Pattern Service Australia has been responsible for supplying big-name paper...

    Sew long to paper patterns?

    Dunedin-based designer Tara Viggo abandoned paper patterns a few years ago due to rising printing and shipping costs.

    Our forebears dressed with flair

    The Huldremose woman. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    Our forebears dressed with flair

    On April 11, the Otago Daily Times covered an exhibition of Queen Elizabeth II’s clothes.

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    Local food products get praise at national level

    Three generations of Frasers are involved in producing gold medal Miele Apiaries honey (from left...

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    Local food products get praise at national level

    Otago and Southland food producers are in the medals at the Outstanding Food Producer Awards, finds Rebecca Fox.
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