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Liguria's flavoursome legacy
The art of making perfect pesto relies on sweet, fragrant, fresh basil combined with the best olive oil. Elizabeth Latham has some great recipe ideas.Fest provides brewer catchup
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If you know us at all by now, you know we love a beer festival. Marchfest has become a seasonal staple, and this year we are excited to explore a few new ones.
Living in the circle of life
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A yurt is a perfect example of vernacular architecture because they were designed with the environment in mind, writes Jude Ritchie.
A good drink for juicy fruit
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Despite the December deluge which hit the region, our gardens are still in need of water.
Comforts of cottage life
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A skiing holiday in New Zealand started an enduring love affair with the country for an Austrian native who now calls Tasman home. Lynda Papesch found out more.
What makes a woman stylish?
As Sonya's weekly Style column nears an end, she reflects on some of the definitive rules of stylishness.
Fashion adds beauty and romance to life
After more than five years of sharing her thoughts on the essence of style with Nelson Mail readers, Sonya signs off with some reflections on her personal lessons from the experience.
Glamour dressing is back in style
It's the how, not the what
What to do about waste?
Waste is an issue for all of us. I have to admit that I didn't really care or think about it very much when I was growing up, and for a long time afterwards.
Red welcome for green fan
German Jakob Goeb has had his hands full since volunteering to help out at the Nelson Environment Centre.
I'm dreaming of a green Christmas
Voting for what we care about
Beautiful plot on the landscape
Nick Kiddey reflects on more than two years spent creating a thriving environment in Nelson.
Just peachy
Jude Gillies shares her secrets on how to get the best from these seasonal gems.
The simple season
Gather up some friends, set up a table and take your time over a picnic this summer.
A perfect pav promise
Time to bring out a Kiwi slant
Liguria's flavoursome legacy
The art of making perfect pesto relies on sweet, fragrant, fresh basil combined with the best olive oil. Elizabeth Latham has some great recipe ideas.
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Weta house a fun hobby, and practical too
Do wetas watch television? Absurd as it sounds, I can't help but wonder where they got their notions of polygamy and if, by chance, they have seen that dubious TV show featuring polygamous marriages in the southern United States.
Surviving on own harvest
Excuse me while I have a bit of a brag about my vege garden. Small as it is, it's a veritable Garden of Eden at the moment. Apart from a few toms and peppers, I haven't bought any vegetables or fruit since Christmas. Even then, we celebrated the big day with home-grown goodies.
Attractive plants that are also a menace
Critters wait for holiday's end
The spiritual and the historic
Water is the essence of life and of the ideal summer garden, writes Jude Gillies.
Disease big threat now
While the heavy rains and flooding in Nelson that destroyed homes and land just before Christmas was headline news, the impact on the wine grape growing sector has yet to be fully determined.
Rain on wineries' parade
We know the sun always shines in Nelson, but if you are on holiday at the moment you must be wondering.
Wines to see the year off
Champagne the star of the show
Revelling in the riesling revolution
It started in New York and has now reached New Zealand – the Summer of Riesling is a bold initiative to engage the consumer with the many delights the variety has to offer.
Beer-making always a woman's domain
A good while back, we wrote a column about women drinking beer, looking at how the context of women and beer is changing in New Zealand.
Coast is all things to everyone
We've been wanting to get to the West Coast Brewery for quite a while. Some might not consider it part of our top-of-the-south beat, but if they aren't top of the south, then where are they?
Pilsner, from classic lager to today's 'larger'
A visit from a celebrity of the craft-brewing scene
Fest provides brewer catchup
If you know us at all by now, you know we love a beer festival. Marchfest has become a seasonal staple, and this year we are excited to explore a few new ones.
Tension high as lethal log pile is cleared
Usshers make it his and hers at Coast to Coast
Victim was holding bat, says witness
Boatie seen lying hurt on beach
Lack of signs, barriers slated
Accused 'shut eyes and pulled trigger'
Doctor's views offend family of cancer boy
Bouterey's closing but game's not over
Tourism group wary of charging
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