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Genie in the bottle
Stalling the gene technology bill won't slow cell therapy research.
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November 1-7, 2025
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Detained and desperate
A Kiwi imprisoned after Israeli forces intercepted the Gaza aid flotilla sent an unusual message home.
7 min |
November 1-7, 2025
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Truth seeking
The brilliant light and terrible shadow of Katherine Mansfield's life is related afresh in a new biography.
5 min |
November 1-7, 2025
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On a mission
Peter Beck's ascent from launching a company able to put small satellites in space to sending a spacecraft to the moon is tracked in a new book
9 min |
November 1-7, 2025
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Ticket to the past
Conspiracy, fear and raucous humour pepper the pages of the 10th novel from the famously reclusive Thomas Pynchon.
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November 1-7, 2025
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Those were the (Aunt Daisy) days
Who knew that chewing dried tea cures onion breath? Robert Philip Bolton found this and other gems in a collection from the revered broadcaster.
3 min |
November 1-7, 2025
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Saints preserved
The Aussie band that predated The Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned is about to tour.
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November 1-7, 2025
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Better luck next time
There's a surprising issue that rivals European concerns over remilitarisation, China's true global intentions, American tariff aggression and even how to bring peace to the Middle East: the time. It's immutable outside of theoretical quantum physics - at least as far as we know. But the furore over the European Union's proposal to stop its members using two-stage Daylight Saving Time suggests otherwise.
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November 1-7, 2025
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Steady as she goes
The neoliberal agenda didn't sit comfortably with our 1990s leader whose true colours were always a paler shade of blue.
7 min |
November 1-7, 2025
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Hitting home
Robyn Malcolm and Melanie Lynskey are outstanding as the women who fought for Pike River justice.
2 min |
November 1-7, 2025
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True evergreens
Albums from Christchurch-bred acts with 40-plus years of recording behind them.
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November 1-7, 2025
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Exclusions and transparency
Have we really left behind the secret courts of the Inquisition, the Star Chamber, and the High Commission? In theory, yes. In practice, shadows of secrecy still fall across the justice system.
2 min |
November 1-7, 2025
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People power
Forget the idea of an overpopulated world: plummeting fertility rates mean we should be having more children.
5 min |
November 1-7, 2025
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Sanity prevails
Wikipedia founder offers hope to those who fear social media has destroyed our access to truth.
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November 1-7, 2025
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Hastie by name rather than nature
Until early October, Andrew Hastie, a 43-year-old former SAS captain with an honours degree in history, was a frontrunner to ascend to the leadership of Australia's opposition Liberal Party and become the nation's alternative prime minister.
2 min |
November 1-7, 2025
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A foreseeable future
Labour's decision to focus on economic development rather than tax as its first election policy is a shrewd move, despite the lack of detail.
4 min |
November 1-7, 2025
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A thoroughly decent bloke
After the ongoing political debacles of the past year it's heartening to be reminded that politics can be something constructive and politicians can actually be capable of being leaders. That reminder came with the death of former prime minister Jim Bolger.
3 min |
November 1-7, 2025
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To a fine art
New series takes a close-up look at the the imagination, rigor and skill required in Māori arts practice.
3 min |
November 1-7, 2025
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Funkytown on a shoestring
On a recent Friday night, my friend and I were standing outside a door on Karangahape Rd, waiting for a return text to give us a security code. It felt a bit mysterious.
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November 1-7, 2025
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Doing the spadework
Temuera Morrison talked and ate his way from the Jordan desert to the Yucatán Peninsula in a new show exploring hāngī-like cooking methods around the world.
4 min |
November 1-7, 2025
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MAIS NON!
Call Maigret! Putain, call Clouseau!
1 min |
November 1-7, 2025
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Home comforts
Nadia Lim's latest collection is a celebration of the seasons at the family's farm, Royalburn Station.
5 min |
November 1-7, 2025
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Shooting for the moon
In an edited extract from The Launch of Rocket Lab, PETER GRIFFIN outlines the high-risk solution that kept a lunar mission on track.
7 min |
November 1-7, 2025
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Move or lose
Active play is important not just for physical wellbeing but things like balance, focus and attention.
2 min |
November 1-7, 2025
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The art of war
Ross Harris's latest symphony is a response to contemporary horrors, particularly in Ukraine.
2 min |
November 1-7, 2025
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Kicking the habit
As the numbers struggling with addictions continue to rise, stigma and funding shortages thwart efforts to stem the tide.
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November 1-7, 2025
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Taking the biscuit
Buying an old book at the Masterton hospice shop is not unlike adopting a cat from the SPCA: you know you shouldn't take it because you already have enough of them, but you can't help feeling sorry for the poor thing and can't help believing you really ought to give it a good home.
2 min |
November 1-7, 2025
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Fright night
Tradition is increasingly rubbing up against commercialisation when it comes to recognising Halloween.
3 min |
November 1-7, 2025
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Simply irrepressible
Penny Ashton is a little bit bossy, a little bit bawdy and talks so much it's impossible to get a word in edgeways.
8 min |
November 1-7, 2025
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Taking stock
On the day our dear, old sheep Speri'ment lay down and died, our lone apple tree burst into leaf.
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