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Gardening: Get your fill of feijoas
I wouldn't know half as much as I do about gardening if it weren't for The Landscaper's clients, who, I'm convinced, get together on a weekly basis to think up difficult questions to keep us on our toes.
Fashion: Colour for warm fuzzies
Summer seems to have come to a rather abrupt end. Last weekend, I was wandering around in shorts. Today, I am sitting at my desk wearing a polar fleece hoodie, with my feet resting on a heater.
Beauty: Relaxing home spa ideas
If you fancy some pampering but don't want to splash out on expensive treatments, you can enjoy some relaxing, indulgent and beautifying treatments all from the comfort of your own home.
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Delight in the fabulous feijoa (+recipes)
Two weeks ago I opened the front door to be...
Q&A with Glenys Woollard - Food
If you have a food question email Glenys at...
15 Minute Meal: Chicken and Tomato Curry
Another quick meal from Jan Bilton for the busy...
Take 4 Ingredients: Quick Meatloaf
Food and finance go hand in hand. Kim McCosker,...
Wine
Wine: Going solo well worth winemaker's dream
Gibbston Valley is about as far from New York City as you can get, yet when Sean Brennan was only 10, he decided there was nowhere else he'd rather be.
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Fishing guru Matt Watson
We talk to TV fishing presenter Matt Watson about...
Home and garden
Gardening
Gardening: It's time to give lawns attention
With one of the driest summers on record you could be forgiven for forgetting about your lawn, but with rains predicted for this month, now is the time to start thinking about preparing your patch for a new lawn.
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To be honest I think it's time to re-think 'the lawn' altogether. It's chemical laden, water guzzling and requires a copious amount of maintenance. Unless it's for specific purposes such as sports fields, get rid of it and put in a low maintenance...
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Travel
Oamaru hooks savvy travellers
IN 2011, Charli Moore and Ben Jones gave everything up to travel the world. They quit their jobs, left their apartment and packed their bags seeking what, exactly, they were not sure.
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Fashion
Designer takes stock as success spreads
Fingerless gloves designer Kate Watts' new styles are a hit in shops around the country, as she continues to pick up new stockists of her hand-printed range.
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Motoring
Motorsport: Family fun the classic way
Todd Forsyth must have shares in a fuel company to run this much-modified 1974 MGBGT, spotted racing at Pukekohe one recent rainy Saturday.
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