Life & Style

Your garden

Your garden

What to do in your garden this week.

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How we got to here

Prof Brad Gregory delivers the second in his Thomas Burns Memorial series of lectures. Photo:...

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How we got to here

The myriad problems at civilisation’s gate have been millennia in the making, visiting professor Brad Gregory tells Tom McKinlay.

Threatened plant gets a helping hand

Craspedia argentea flowers at Dunedin Botanic Garden. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Threatened plant gets a helping hand

Craspedia argentea is a real trooper of a herb, holding on for dear life in Otago.

Boning up on the past’s futures

Boning up on the past’s futures

In 1899 Wang Yi-yung was feeling unwell.

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Native treasures collected

Aciphylla aurea, also known as golden spaniard or golden speargrass. PHOTOS: KATE CALDWELL/JESS...

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Native treasures collected

Dunedin Botanic Garden apprentice Jess Freeman was part of a recent plant collection trip in Central Otago.

Costs not just financial

Born and raised in a small town in South Waikato, I first moved to Dunedin to attend the University of Otago as a student.

Cherishing the taste of home

Whenever Anastasia Zolotarev eats a sour cherry, and closes her eyes she is back at her late babushka Lida’s summerhouse in western Belarus.

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Cavolo nero pasta

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Cavolo nero pasta

This dish is packed with so much goodness that it really does make you feel stronger.

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Good to add variety to your wine flavour palette

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Good to add variety to your wine flavour palette

I’m taking artistic licence with a biblical quote here when I say that ‘‘man cannot live on pinot noir alone’’!

Cottage cheese - does it live up to the hype?

Cottage cheese is often overshadowed by trendier options like Greek yoghurt or plant-based alternatives. But this humble dairy food is enjoying a resurgence.

The Sun, a pinhole, and a hefty price tag

The Sun, a pinhole, and a hefty price tag

Very keen-eyed visitors to the recent Cleveland National Art Awards show in Dunedin might have noticed a small, unassuming 4-by-5-inch photograph tucked away on a gallery wall - entry number 71.