In this issue

Breathe bette, how the right techniques could change your life
Slick work, the kiwi scientist cleaning up WWII shipwreck is the pacific
Sweet treats, delicious recipes for some good old-fashioned baking

Cooler runnings Tl d hadharid

There are simple steps owners of electric and hybrid cars can take to avoid batteries catching fire, writes RALPH COONEY.

2 mins

Welcome to the fatherland

It might be nice for beer-guzzling, a lederhosen-clad holiday, but nobody wants to come to Germany to work. At least, that's what recent research published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development appears to indicate.

2 mins

Tune in, drop out

We don't trust the news like we used W to. That much was evident in the recently published \"Trust in News in Aotearoa New Zealand 2023\", the fourth such survey from the AUT Research Centre for Journalism, Media and Democracy.

2 mins

Waxing and waning

Political attack  jobs being in the news just now, it's worth noting that some of the best ones are inadvertent.

2 mins

The royal wave

Former PM Jacinda Ardern departs with dignity while the mean Greens scrap among themselves.

4 mins

Underwater rescue

Dr Matt Carter is diving for the sake of seas in jeopardy from oil-leaching shipwrecks, writes CAITLIN SYKES.

5 mins

Learning to breathe

For something so basic to health, good breathing doesn't come naturally to most of us. NIKI BEZZANT finds out where we're going wrong.

10 mins

Force for good

Born in 1930s Austria, Inge Woolf devoted much of her later life to fostering tolerance in her adopted country of New Zealand.

8 mins

The unfortunate consequence

In an extract from her new book, Demonising a Good Doctor, former GP DR HELEN OVERTON revisits the 1988 Cartwright Inquiry into the treatment of cervical cancer at National Women's Hospital, and argues that it profoundly changed the way the health system is managed.

8 mins

An all-inclusive holiday?

Three public holidays claim to define our identity as New Zealanders. So which one should be our national day?

9 mins

The enigma of the flying boot

A curious WWII badge left to ANN CHAPMAN by her mother turned out to be the insignia of a club dubbed the 'most exclusive in the world'.

5 mins

Error message

Scientists have a better understanding of how the gut-brain link causes irritable bowel syndrome.

3 mins

Calories that count

Older people unintentionally losing weight are particularly at risk of becoming malnourished. Here are some tips for maintaining the kilos.

3 mins

Watch this space

Cyclone Gabrielle exposed telco vulnerabilities but now a satellite-to-mobile service is on the horizon.

3 mins

Critical thinker

In questioning the wisdom of his forebears, a Greek philosopher laid the foundations for the modern scientific method.

4 mins

Survival tactics

Pandemic satire delivers pacy plot and much food for thought.

2 mins

High spirits

Mountaineer overcomes a life altering accident to find contentment away from the alps.

3 mins

Breaking the silence

First-hand stories from both the victims and perpetrators of China's brutal Cultural Revolution make for a gripping history.

3 mins

Bearing up

Stefania LaVie Owen is ready for grown-up roles but on her own terms.

4 mins

Home truths

Eviscerating lyrics draped in melodic indie rock.

2 mins

Coming home to roost

Britain's greatest living nature broadcaster charts a lifetime of decline in his own backyard.

3 mins

Razzas on parade

A tour of our RSAS is an amiable Anzac Day excursion, barring some uncomfortable history.

2 mins

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