The quiet wave

Maori and Pasifika artists are at the heart of a new movement that is having its moment, and one gallery is leading the charge.

Bedtime stories

In this extract from his new book, Dr Michael Mosley traverses learning to live with insomnia and the links between snoring, sleep apnoea and being overweight.

Pillow talk

A quarter of all Kiwis have trouble sleeping, unable to find solutions to this age-old problem. And researcher Dr Michael Mosley says it can be fatal.

Peters thumps the tub

When Winston Peters referred to Nazi Germany in a speech and got into a fight with a British punk band, he generated a miasma of ironies.

Don't worry, be happy

If you want to attain a greater level of happiness, you have to work at it.

Another tiny tyrant

Scientists are sharpening tools as bird flu draws closer.

Listen to your heart

NZ researchers aim to improve understanding of a dangerous form of irregular heartbeat that often goes undetected.

Upping sticks

US percussionist Jacob Nissly guest stars with the NZSO on a custom-made concerto.

Putting his stamp on it

Toby Jones on helping bring the British Post Office scandal to life in the hit drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office.

Sons of a preacher man

New local drama Testify pits an Auckland evangelical church against the LGBTQ+ community.

Somewhere down the lilac river

Big Thief's Adrianne Lenker offers a solo take on weird Americana while Laetitia Sadier embraces nuanced art-pop and electronica

Chemical romance

A play about treating depression and medical ethics, The Effect reunites Zoë Robins with acting mentor Sara Wiseman in a production that marks both women's return to the NZ stage after major screen roles overseas.

More dread than hope

A Pulitzer Prize-winning critic looks at whether the current surge of the outsider is smashing old norms for the worse.

Apocalypse? No

Data scientist Hannah Ritchie takes a mostly untravelled path between climate scepticism and climate doomerism.

Setting out for the summit

Airini Beautrais' original and far-reaching personal essays place her at the top of the field.

A kind of magic

With upcoming roles in The White Lotus and local production Friends Like Her, Morgana O’Reilly no longer feels the need to prove herself. But her unpedicured feet remain firmly on the ground.

Naked ambition

Harsh treatment has sent strip club workers on to the streets to campaign for legislative and workforce rights.

Webb of intrigue

A retrospective of artist Marilynn Webb argues for her place as one of Aotearoa's most important and innovative landscape artists.

Go north for a while

Acclaimed poet and GP Glenn Colquhoun has some sage words for Act leader David Seymour: taihoa on your Treaty of Waitangi referendum stuff.

Betting the house

Retirement villages rely on a business model that deters many prospective buyers. With demand increasing as the population ages, clamour for reform is building.

The big dry

All we know is that here at Lush Places, our pasture and gardens are gasping. The pasture is the worry. The garden is a luxury but if you move to the country to buy a garden, the lack of rain is distressing.

Digital disruption or disaster?

If the news media is left to sink or swim, who will hold the powerful to account?

Fair's fair

Are we kidding ourselves that the world is a fair and just place?

Fortify yourself

Iodine is an essential mineral for our metabolism but opt for bread and milk rather than salt to get an adequate dose.

Flautist’s flight

A United Nations of styles mark Tessa Brinckman’s collection of flute pieces.

Characters with a back story

A new local comedy drama set in a spinal unit is based on the lives of two of its writers, one of whom stars in the show.

On the slopes of whakapapa

Kids go bush in Taranaki in a family flick with some familiar touches.

Southern belles

Kaylee Bell embraces Nashville, while Amiria Grenell heads to Americana.

Flying colours

Look Blue Go Purple, a group which stood out among the many in 1980s Dunedin, is being honoured at the Taite Music Prize. RUSSELL BROWN tracked down the op shop-raiding politest band in rock'n'roll”.

Critters for life's jitters

A talking fox offers solace to a struggling man in this moving story about the redemptive power of nature.