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Beer can tabs and rubbish recycled into fashion

It's fashion week in Dunedin, and designers are putting the finishing touches on their collections for the Emerging Designer Awards and the Railway Station runway shows.

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Google Maps begins adding cycling routes

Google spent the past six months tweaking its mapping service so it could recommend routes that would steer bicyclists away from big hills and heavily congested streets.

Omega 3 - fish or pills?

Many of us now take fish oil tablets. We take them because they contain that fatty acid that has all sorts of health benefits, omega 3.

Girl Guide biscuit time, but has the recipe changed?

The Girl Guides are knocking again - it's biscuit time.

Beer can tabs and rubbish recycled into fashion

It's fashion week in Dunedin, and designers are putting the finishing touches on their collections for the Emerging Designer Awards and the Railway Station runway shows.

Family lost 15 from smoking, campaign around country

The Whiu family says the deaths prompted them to travel the country educating students about the risks.

Fish oil and vitamins reduce violence in prison inmates

One of the secrets of controlling violent young offenders in prison is being unlocked.

Climate change chic at Chanel with fur skirt suits

With global warming, the icebergs are melting, the seas are rising and global catastrophe looms.

Muslim fashion label conquers streets of Europe

T-shirts and hoodies declare "Terrorism has no religion." A head-covering tunic bears the message: "Hijab. My right. My choice. My life."

Castelbajac gives the Middle Ages a sexy makeover

French madcap Jean-Charles de Castelbajac turned his ironic eye to that apparently least sexy of epochs, the Middle Ages