Europe lights up Christmas
Ever wanted to have a white Christmas?
Turning to stars for inspiration
Turning to stars for inspiration
People have always looked up at the night sky and wondered. And we should keep on doing it, Jennifer Boland tells Rebecca Fox.
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A few coins of gratitude in the Christmas pudding
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A few coins of gratitude in the Christmas pudding
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart ... and a voucher for tandem paragliding, but it was too windy on the day and you didn’t want to reschedule, so I got a refund and paid the rates instead.
Toitū te whenua: Keeping your enemies close
Toitū te whenua - series 2: Keeping your enemies close
Fighting talk and words of defiance are forever etched into the history of Huriawa Peninsula, Matapura Ellison tells Tom McKinlay and Luke Chapman.
Serving his wee slice of Scotland
Serving his wee slice of Scotland
The monument is not the city’s only reminder of William Cargill, Sean Brosnahan writes.
A quizzical look at wildlife
A quizzical look at wildlife
Ahead of a visit to Orokonui Ecosanctuary this summer, polish up your mātauraka taiao with Madison Kelly and Taylor Davies-Colley.
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Natural decision to follow fashion runway back to Teviot
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Natural decision to follow fashion runway back to Teviot
Coats, throws, pillows and cushions are all on offer in one of Roxburgh’s newest businesses.
Savouring the joys of Christmas Yoghurt bark
Savouring the joys of Christmas Yoghurt bark
Make the most of Christmas, don’t waste it, write the folks at Love Food Hate Waste.
Orion Nebula glows defiantly
Orion Nebula glows defiantly
Out in Middlemarch last week, under what might generously be called a luminous sky — the full moon hanging over the Strath Taieri like an over-keen floodlight — I turned my telescope toward Orion.
Hoverflies may replace honeybees as crop pollinators
Hoverflies may replace honeybees as crop pollinators
Hoverflies may replace honeybees as crop pollinators, as bees decline.
Floor tells an ancient story
Floor tells an ancient story
There are few archaeological discoveries that match unearthing a Roman mosaic. I know this from personal experience at the city of Verulamium, north of London.
One prickly customer
One prickly customer
In the late 1990s we received seed from a United Kingdom botanic garden through the international seed exchange of this interesting bromeliad.
Your garden
Your garden
What to do in your garden this week.
The humble spiderplant: Quiet guardian of indoor air
The humble spiderplant: Quiet guardian of indoor air
The spiderplant is one of the most underrated and rewarding indoor plants you can grow, Alisha Sherriff writes.
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That's the spirit
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That's the spirit
With cocktails riding a wave of popularity right now, how do you pair these drinks with food as the Christmas entertaining season gets into full swing?
Strolling through an Eden
Strolling through an Eden
Travel writer Jacqui Gibson’s unforgettable safari holiday in South Africa.
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Flat out, like a horse on a hillside
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Flat out, like a horse on a hillside
This track starts off seductively easy, a flat, grassy warm up.
Feeling the shift you can sustain
Feeling the shift you can sustain
Resolving to prioritise wellbeing can multiply the benefits.
Charmed, I’m sure
Charmed, I’m sure
Eva Wiseman is beguiled, again.
Boots on the ground
Boots on the ground
When "redcoat" soldiers were brought to Otago to bring order to a gold rush in full flow, the temptation to desert proved too much for some, writes Charlotte Macdonald in this extract from her new book Garrison World.
