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All the time in the world
A thought-provoking novel set on a sentient, planet-like spacecraft as humanity roams the interstellar void.
3 min |
June 13-19, 2026
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Reaching Fifa pitch
Everything you need to know about where to watch the football World Cup and follow the All Whites.
2 min |
June 13-19, 2026
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Say the truth faster
Comedian Chris Parker on the Topps’ legacy
1 min |
June 13-19, 2026
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Gimme shelter
Kurt Vile goes home to escape America
2 min |
June 13-19, 2026
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Silent minds
Some people have a complete absence of an inner monologue. My daughter is one of them.
3 min |
June 13-19, 2026
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What the cat brought in
I keep thinking he'll be there when I come out of the bedroom in the mornings, or that he's sitting just out of my eyeline.
2 min |
June 13-19, 2026
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Untouchable girls, impossible songs
DON MCGLASHAN, who produced the Topp Twins in the studio and wrestled with their songs on stage, pays tribute to the late Jools Topp, the one, he says, who did the musical heavy lifting in the duo.
6 min |
June 13-19, 2026
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The kids deserve better
Most grandparents would do anything to protect their grandchildren, writes Anna Kenna, but how many will step up to demand a better world?
2 min |
June 13-19, 2026
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Sink or swim
Janet, who lives just around the bend with Blokesy Stokesy, sent a text: “Guess what’s on our kitchen bench at the moment.”
2 min |
June 13-19, 2026
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Casting off the past
A coming of age tale set among a family of storytellers in Italy unfolds into an alluring love story.
3 min |
June 13-19, 2026
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Beethoven on speed
One of the world’s great violinists comes to New Zealand for one concert only.
2 min |
June 13-19, 2026
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Artful codger
Ian McKellen shines in a portrait of the artist as an old man.
1 min |
June 13-19, 2026
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Going places
THE ARRIVAL by Robin ROBIN BROOKES Brookes (Harvill, $38) Leo and Viv, two Americans living in London, go to bed one night after watching American Psycho and drinking a bottle of 0% Malbec with dinner.
1 min |
June 13-19, 2026
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A real banger
Smart comedy from the director of Once about a stolen song.
1 min |
June 13-19, 2026
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Wild at heart
A haunting story of children exploited by their mother for literary fame.
2 min |
June 13-19, 2026
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Extra time
If there’s not enough drama and comedy on the field, there are more World Cup-inspired shows on the sidelines.
2 min |
June 13-19, 2026
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COURTING GOLD
Naomi Osaka's arrival on centre court has become an anticipatory event, not just for the smashing tennis that will follow but for what she will wear to do said smashing.
1 min |
June 13-19, 2026
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Safety, all the costs
There is a word that has quietly colonised modern life.
2 min |
June 13-19, 2026
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Hasta la pasta
Recipes from chefs of the Northern Pasta Company, which makes spelt varieties in the English countryside.
5 min |
June 13-19, 2026
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A healthy measure
A one-size-fits-all bias in healthcare can worsen symptoms in patients who are overweight.
3 min |
June 13-19, 2026
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Something whiffy
In a nation once prized for its lack of corruption, parliamentarians are finding legislative remedies to please the corporate sector.
4 min |
June 13-19, 2026
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Relics of democracy
A century or more into the future, when your great-grandchildren take their great-grandchildren to Europe on holiday, there will be one cultural institute that’s an absolute must-see.
2 min |
June 13-19, 2026
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A little bit famous
Hamnet author Maggie O’Farrell on her night at the Oscars, writing in a Wendy house, and giving Paul Mescal Elizabethan hardware.
8 min |
June 13-19, 2026
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Big sink
Scientists are dipping toes into techniques that could one day enhance the ocean’s ability to remove carbon from the atmosphere.
2 min |
June 13-19, 2026
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Intervening in the world
A new video exhibition goes political, while sculptures get pranked: just some of the visual arts highlights around the motu.
4 min |
June 13-19, 2026
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Days of plunder
An American lawyer describes his torrid time inside Russia’s crooked judicial system.
3 min |
June 13-19, 2026
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Triggering
The problem we all have, the one without remedy, is other people.
3 min |
June 13-19, 2026
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Gondolas everywhere
Venice has the original gondolas, but in the 19th century the name migrated to open-air railway wagons and the baskets beneath hot-air balloons.
2 min |
June 13-19, 2026
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Life sentence
When a boatie with a past docks at a small bay, the locals prove surprisingly standoffish.
6 min |
June 13-19, 2026
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Both ends burning
Working parents are increasingly juggling childcare with caring for elderly relatives who are living longer in poorer health. And it’s women shouldering the burden.
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