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Louise Frampton and Laine Priestley check out Logitech’s MX Keys Mini and MX Anywhere 3S mouse.

Business can help lead South Dunedin towards a new future.

Womb. One is Always Heading Somewhere.

A humanitarian mission to Afghanistan carried the extra weight of tragedy, Tom McKinlay writes.

Finding out what happened before the existence of written records increasingly relies on a mixture of disciplines.

We all have cycles in our lives.

HASTINGS: A BOY’S OWN ADVENTURE

Queenstown, by day, is breathtaking. From the first golden light spilling over the Remarkables to the deep blue embrace of Lake Wakatipu, this place is a masterpiece. Everywhere, nature’s hand has crafted something extraordinary. Visitors come in their thousands, drawn by a beauty so profound it feels almost sacred.

MINE EMISSIONS HIGHER

I was recently brought an odd-looking insect for identification.

Hagar Ozri enjoys the simple and satisfying pleasures of making a filling meal with vegetables you’ve grown yourself.

MORE OR LESS MADDY

Hana: I roa the weekend at your mahi last week?

Fantails spotted

MERLIN’S TOUR OF THE UNIVERSE

Adam McGrath continues to sing it like he sees it, he tells Tom McKinlay.

A determined effort over many years means that Roy Tuck will not be a forgotten man, Mike Houlahan writes.

Well-bred and born, we’re made of pieces, bits;

Before becoming a writer, Rachael King was a teenage rock musician. She talks to Kim Dungey about her journey.

PĀTAKA KAI: GROWING KAI SOVEREIGNTY

An early illustrator of New Zealand’s birds drew attention to their cause, writes Amy Closs.

HOTTER AND HOTTER

ESCAPE REACTION

Throwing Muses. Moonlight Concessions. ★★★★

Annie and the Caldwells: Can’t Lose My (Soul). ★★★★★

THE NOTE

The Tubs. Cotton Crown. ★★★★★

THE THREE LIVES OF CATE KAY

Mickey 17 (M) ★★★★

Earlier this month, large numbers of adult harlequin ladybirds and their larvae congregated on the Cumberland St wall of the Otago Museum carpark, together with lesser numbers of two-spot ladybirds, having dropped down from the trees above. When I first started at Tūhura Otago Museum in 1975, the deciduous trees on the Museum Reserve harboured a huge number of seven-spot ladybirds (Coccinella...