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, he tells...
Season's eatings
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
Cancer link stronger than ever
The evidence is mounting that vaping causes cancer, Bernard Stewart writes.
When mozzies sniffed blood
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,...
Hype here second time around
Hype here second time around
Dunedin is preparing itself for a magnificent celestial event. Committees are forming. Plans are being drawn up. Accommodation, one suspects, will soon be priced as if the Sun itself were staying...
Warning signals loud and clear
Warning signals loud and clear
The climate stripes (shown here for Dunedin) are a compelling way to look at how temperature has changed over the past 100 years or so. They show how average annual temperature has changed, with...
Decisions made in distant rooms
Decisions made in distant rooms
Conversations about war, conflict, and global instability are no longer distant.
An intimate point of view
An intimate point of view
A Di ffrench work in the Forrester collection tells a tale of evolution, Elly Dunckley writes.
Pushing back against constant comfort
Pushing back against constant comfort
Feel like you just can’t win? The world is a dumpster fire. Your flights got cancelled and the refund won’t cover new ones; petrol prices are scuppering your long-distance relationship. Some days...
Past winners’ wool creations on display
Past winners’ wool creations on display
Close up views and the chance to own an entry from WoolOn Creative Fashion Event shows will be possible as work by three past winners go on display this month.
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Harnessing the feel-good factor
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Harnessing the feel-good factor
On the eve of Easter, award-winning bon bon maker Nel Vincencio returned to Dunedin to show how he makes his dairy-free chocolates.
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A shelter and a sanctuary
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A shelter and a sanctuary
The owners of this Orokonui house feel like they are living within a forest canopy. Kim Dungey has the details.
The ABCs of getting Zs
The ABCs of getting Zs
Sleep makes our waking lives possible, but for many that formula is anything but straightforward, Paul Gorman writes.
Cultural legacy permeates life
Cultural legacy permeates life
Australian travel writer Sandip Hor dives into Singapore’s harmonious cultural tapestry.
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Feasting with your eyes
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Feasting with your eyes
After Christmas, Easter is Annabel and Rose Langbein's favourite food holiday.
A bite-sized hit
A bite-sized hit
A madeleine is a small French pastry, instantly recognisable by its delicate shell shape, its golden edges and soft buttery inside.
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Home-made tomato passata
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Home-made tomato passata
There’s something deeply satisfying about lining up jars of your own passata, simple, honest and ready to carry you through the cooler months.
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Savouring in preparation for grape-picking season
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Savouring in preparation for grape-picking season
I hope to get in a couple of tastings of Central Pinot Noir in the next few weeks as a sort of precursor to heading up to Bannockburn for harvest myself for a few days.
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The view from up there
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The view from up there
Saddle Hill normally just sits there, taunting us, playing hard to get. It seems to find it more comfortable to be pined after and unattainable, than to deign to the indignity of openness.
Fountain once part of South Seas exhibition
Fountain once part of South Seas exhibition
The 1925-1926 New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition was a major event for Dunedin and the Dunedin Botanic Garden.
