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Central Otago Young Viticulturist winner announced

Carrick vineyard manager Damon Lovell. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Central Otago Young Viticulturist winner announced

Every year I bring attention to both the Young Viticulturist and Young Winemaker competitions as these young men and women are the future of our wine industry.

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Winter vege salad with green tahini dressing

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Winter vege salad with green tahini dressing

This vibrant winter salad brings together golden roasted cauliflower and crisp Brussels sprouts, paired with smashed chickpeas, tender kale and toasted almonds.

Tribute to culture

Carolina Doriti has travelled the Greek Islands, exploring each island’s unique culinary traditions and meeting local cooks and producers.

Making the cut for colourful growth

Garden staff member Tom Myers looks at Cotinus Coggygria 'Royal Purple' at the Dunedin Botanic...

Making the cut for colourful growth

There's been a lot of pruning at Dunedin's Botanic Garden recently.

Beauty and strength forged from home

Beauty and strength forged from home

What does being from Otago mean to you?

Getting a medical certificate without a doctor

Part time and full-time employees are entitled to 10 days sick leave for themselves or to look...

Getting a medical certificate without a doctor

Employers can legally ask you for a medical certificate - even for one day. It can be a long wait to see a GP, but there are other ways to get a sick note.

A deception in the heavens

Skywatching is often about seeing new things, but just as often, it’s about humility, Ian Griffin writes.

Women left their mark on prehistoric society

The reconstructed face of the Cap Blanc woman who carved the heads of deer, bison and horses....

Women left their mark on prehistoric society

Prehistoric women were socially very prominent and this is seen in how they were honoured in death, writes Charles Higham.

Aloud and in full colour

It might sound like Carol Hirschfeld but it’s Shayne Carter’s story, film-maker Margaret Gordon tells Tom McKinlay.

A gathered history of occupation

The Lee Island (Te Ana-au) rock shelter site as envisaged in use by the artist Chris Gaskin. The...

A gathered history of occupation

In this extract from a new edition of archaeologist Atholl Anderson’s book The Welcome of Strangers, A History of Southern Māori, he details the vast extent of māhika kai.

The fascist position on yoga

For more than a century, elements of the far right have been attracted by yoga’s rigours, the author of a new book tells Miles Ellingham.

No humble pie for award winner

Fat Bastard pie owner James Owen won a bronze medal for his mince and gravy pie at the 2025 New...

No humble pie for award winner

Being able to prove his doubters wrong is what drove one hopeful Invercargill pie maker to win an award at New Zealand’s national pie competition.

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A Theory of Conspiracies

Conspiracy theories are theories too, M Dentith tells Tom McKinlay, and we should judge them on their merits.

Stitched into position

Embroidery once defined someone’s standing in China, writes Moira White.

After months of preparation, trips to the hardware store, more than a few late-night YouTube tutorials and a memorable encounter with a Middlemarch nor’wester, Ian Griffin is now the proud owner of an observatory.