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High cost of convenience
Checking the substance of processed food.
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August 12-18 2023 inactivated
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Getting down to it
Postnatal depression in new mothers is well known, but it can also be an issue for new fathers, particularly those under 30.
3 min |
August 12-18 2023 inactivated
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The muesli ticket to ride
Cereal king, foe of wilding pines and ex-Auckland mayor Dick Hubbard and wife Diana have motorbiked the equivalent of six times around the world.
8 min |
August 12-18 2023 inactivated
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Away with Words’
Advertising campaigns rarely swing elections, but did a psychologist's directive to bin a \"broken promises\" ad change the outcome of our 1993 cliffhanger?
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August 12-18 2023 inactivated
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Bottling the sun
A New Zealand startup has joined the quest to make nuclear fusion a viable alternative to burning fossil fuels.
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August 12-18 2023 inactivated
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FACING THE MUSIC
With one music school already closed and our most prestigious one facing cutbacks,tertiary music education is weathering a perfect storm of post-pandemic deficits, polytech restructuring and a swing away from the arts.
10 min |
August 12-18 2023 inactivated
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A life in stories
Film-maker Holly Morris makes a living out of telling powerful stories. Her latest, Exposure, follows 11 ordinary women to the North Pole, and has brought her to NZ.
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August 12-18 2023 inactivated
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Raining Cheshire Cats
On top of the PM’s other party management crises, he has to fix the fruit and veges GST policy leak revealed by a gleeful Nicola Willis.
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August 12-18 2023 inactivated
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Too much of a good thing
It could be the fridge magnets that get you in the end, or perhaps the aloe vera. Throw in pickled vegetables, bracken ferns or Wi-Fi and you're simply dicing with oblivion.
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August 12-18 2023 inactivated
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All fired up
'Let's do this!\" cheered the Newtown barista in response to the news that I would like a long black and a cheddar scone.
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August 12-18 2023 inactivated
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Summer of our discontent
If you've never witnessed the feverish joys of cognitive dissonance before, then feel free to watch reruns of interviews with the British holidaymakers whose vacations were cut short by wildfires in Greece last month.
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August 12-18 2023 inactivated
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I'm a deceiver
How a Russian-designed parlour game for geeks became a show starring Paul Henry and his big hat.
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August 5-11 2023
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Tenor of the times
Sax supremos John Coltrane & Eric Dolphy at their joint peak.
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August 5-11 2023
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Onto young Nick's head
Nadia Reid and Aldous Harding are among those playing tribute to a much lamented English folkie.
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August 5-11 2023
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Song of love
The maker of Past Lives talks about how her feature debut became the year's most acclaimed film.
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August 5-11 2023
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From boom to bloom
After years of playing a starship trooper in a sci-fi show, Frankie Adams has found time to stop and smell the roses.
4 min |
August 5-11 2023
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Dramatic impulses
The revelation of a long-ago affair ignites an exploration of family truths.
2 min |
August 5-11 2023
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Home truths
In his striking debut, expat Colin Walsh takes stock of modern Irish identity.
2 min |
August 5-11 2023
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A bigger picture
Through stories that jump between characters, points of view and decades, Carl Nixon builds a dark family drama from the outside in.
3 min |
August 5-11 2023
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Down and out
Former Cabinet minister Kiri Allan's fall from grace may well reflect the higher rates of mental ill health among MPs compared with the general populace.
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August 5-11 2023
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Adding insult to injury
The number of known hay fever triggers is already long and it seems some foods can produce similar symptoms.
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August 5-11 2023
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Play to gain
Devices and modern lifestyle pressures threaten the vital role of play in child development.
3 min |
August 5-11 2023
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Portraits of another world
Colourised historical images bring the past to life, highlighting small details and huge differences in New Zealand society.
6 min |
August 5-11 2023
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Your biases are showing
Mainstream media is in the gun. But it's actually your fault. Here, then, is a simple guide to how media cover the news.
4 min |
August 5-11 2023
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Those left behind
New Zealand women are more likely to die from ovarian cancer than those in comparable countries, which diagnose the disease earlier and offer free access to more drugs.
9 min |
August 5-11 2023
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Against the flow
University funding woes threaten not just the security of outspoken researchers, but the specialised courses they teach.
5 min |
August 5-11 2023
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Science challenged
\"If you're not teaching a subject, or not teaching a full programme in it, you're not growing future researchers.\"
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August 5-11 2023
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Whānau up front
Concluding our series, REBECCA MACFIE is in South Auckland, where a community-led approach is bridging the gaps between struggling families and fragmented bureaucracy
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August 5-11 2023
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Meet the superannuant helping over-65s give back
A lightbulb moment led Liz Greive to found an innovative charity that's helping older New Zealanders tackle generational inequity.
2 min |
August 5-11 2023
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Charged up
Wellington-based Shalini Divya is developing lithium-free battery technology as a way to tackle energy poverty.
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