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    We all have skin in this game

    Timothee Chalamet in Marty Supreme. Photo: supplied

    We all have skin in this game

    We’re not yet ready to look beyond the surface, writes Eva Wiseman.

    Filling, balanced snacks to keep us going between meals

    Filling, balanced snacks to keep us going between meals

    A good, filling but balanced snack to fill our lunch boxes as we head back to work and school is crucial.

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    Keeping that relaxed holiday vibe

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    Keeping that relaxed holiday vibe

    Short and sweet this week because, if we’re not still off work we wish we were.

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    Pinot noir result of 40 years of toil and risk-taking

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    Pinot noir result of 40 years of toil and risk-taking

    When I reflect back on the earliest years of my passion for wine, some 40-odd years ago, pinot noir wasn’t really on the radar.

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    Baked rice with courgettes and tomatoes

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    Baked rice with courgettes and tomatoes

    This is the kind of unfussy, comforting dish Italians excel at and is somewhere between a baked risotto and a vegetable gratin.

    Fast, easy and tasty

    Fast, easy and tasty

    As we settle back into our work routines and the children go back to school, finding quick, easy and tasty evening meals is the aim.

    Pardon the weeds, I’m feeding the bees

    Jenny Jandt’s bare bank presents a suitable home for burrowing solitary native bee species. PHOTO...

    Pardon the weeds, I’m feeding the bees

    You don’t have to work hard to create the perfect home for invertebrates in your garden, writes Maureen Howard.

    Wonders of warrior’s grave revealed

    Wonders of warrior’s grave revealed

    King Nestor features prominently in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, as his drama of the Trojan wars unfolded.

    Warmed by the moon’s smile

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    Warmed by the moon’s smile

    The moon has been keeping me company again this week, lifting itself into the evening sky with a calm, unhurried assurance.

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    Grabbing a nap by a pristine pond

    Photo: Clare Fraser

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    Grabbing a nap by a pristine pond

    There’s a self-indulgent pleasure in a nap, lying on a couch, cold wind blowing outside.

    Bark microbes are climate giants

    Dragon’s blood trees on Socotra Island, Yemen. Photo: Reuters

    Bark microbes are climate giants

    Trees are doing even more to benefit the climate than we thought.

    A menu of kitchen hacks

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    A menu of kitchen hacks

    Begin the new year right with these three kitchen hacks, suggest the folks at Love Food Hate Waste.

    Courgettes, basil and pasta

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    Courgettes, basil and pasta

    Nigel Slater has a suggestion for all those courgettes.

    Bobbing gem adds drama to landscape

    Dierama at the Dunedin Botanic Garden. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    Bobbing gem adds drama to landscape

    Kinetic and colourful, Dierama stops visitors in their tracks at Dunedin's Botanic Garden.

    Taking in city’s history

    The Block Arcade.

    Taking in city’s history

    Eleanor Hughes discovers the joys of Melbourne, from outlaws to laneways and shopping.

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    Best laid plans

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    Best laid plans

    Dunedin’s past is littered with grand schemes that never actually happened. 

    Your garden

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    Your garden

    What to do in your garden this week.

    'Emperor' Valentino, who painted fashion red, dies

    Valentino Garavani at the opening of his exhibition at the Ara Pacis Museum in Rome featuring his...

    'Emperor' Valentino, who painted fashion red, dies

    Valentino, one of Italy's leading fashion designers, has died in Rome at the age of 93.

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    In fine spirits

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    In fine spirits

    Wine columnist Mark Henderson searches out the emerging makers of brandy or fine in Otago.

    Up close and mesmerised

    Photographer Steve Zhao has been able to get up really close to take images of each terracotta...

    Up close and mesmerised

    The Shanghai Archaeological Forum is held biannually and I have been fortunate to have attended all six.
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