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Serving the people
Disillusionment with democracy is understandable, says a Kiwi helping the next generation of world leaders to raise their game.
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April 08-14 2023
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To die by your side
Andrew O'Hagan's novel has inspired a touching drama about life-long mates facing up to mortality.
3 min |
April 01-07 2023
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Family guy
Celebrated Japanese film-maker Hirokazu Kore-eda talks about taking his deft touch with parenthood dramas to South Korea for his latest.
5 min |
April 01-07 2023
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'I am not Mr Bean!'
A photographer's resemblance to a comic character sparked more than an identity crisis.
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April 08-14 2023
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Heat seeker
How screenwriter Scott Z Burns turned the lessons from his previous An Inconvenient Truth and Contagion into the star-studded climate-crisis drama Extrapolations.
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April 01-07 2023
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Double visions
The doppelganger has fascinated for centuries, and many of us have one. Now, there's interest in using lookalikes for medical diagnosis and crime-solving- and for more sinister purposes.
10 min |
April 08-14 2023
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Islands of hope
A pioneer in offshore conservation work shows how ecological decline can be reversed.
2 min |
April 01-07 2023
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Once upon a cloud
The environment, the world of Totoro, and a chicken keeper losing her memory feature in new picture books.
2 min |
April 01-07 2023
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That summer
A debut novel captures the thrill of first love and the melancholy of its departure.
3 min |
April 01-07 2023
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Senses of wonder
Human powers of perception are far more complex than just the famous five of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch.
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April 08-14 2023
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Under the skin
Siblings gather for their comatose mum in this sharp debut.
2 min |
April 01-07 2023
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Dazzled to death
An Auckland doctoral student is exposing the threat to our seabirds posed by bright lights.
3 min |
April 01-07 2023
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Easily swayed
The placebo and nocebo effects are well known in healthcare but they happen in psychological experiments, too.
3 min |
April 01-07 2023
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It's easy being green
London-based nutrition expert AMELIA FREER believes healthy eating needn't involve complicated recipes.
3 min |
April 01-07 2023
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Ukraine is not Iraq
A journalist often meets unhappy people in dire circumstances. Accidents, murders, wars, natural disasters, protests and recessions are not the kind of events that produce much joy, so you tend to remember those rare times when you were a witness to happiness.
2 min |
April 08-14 2023
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The right to be rude
When Massachusetts woman Louise Barron, 71, stood up and, not for the first time, called her local town board members \"Hitlers\" who were \"spending like drunken sailors\", she got zero points for originality or proportionality.
2 min |
April 08-14 2023
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What comes naturally
Rather than superfoods, a diet rich in foods should a variety of unprocessed give us all the nutrients we need.
4 min |
April 01-07 2023
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Biting deep
Genes play a significant role in whether people develop an eating disorder.
4 min |
April 01-07 2023
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Unruly tourist
The noise at Albert Park, central Auckland, was extraordinary – a cacophony of horns, drums, biscuit tins, loudhailers and voices.
3 min |
April 08-14 2023
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Southern exposure
Stewart Island is famed for its kiwi, but when GLENN WOOD visits, it's the human drama that steals the show.
4 min |
April 01-07 2023
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Civil war & peace
Shehan Karunatilaka's Booker Prize-winning novel captures a Sri Lanka in turmoil. But his writing career was sparked in a quiet corner of New Zealand.
8 min |
April 01-07 2023
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The nuclear option
Australia's fast track to acquiring nuclear-powered submarines from the United States and Britain puts a gulf between it and its close security ally, New Zealand.
2 min |
April 08-14 2023
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True to his roots
Renowned plantsman Gordon Collier has always been unafraid to break the rules of traditional landscaping.
5 min |
April 01-07 2023
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Building a new future
Changing the narrative on Māori housing includes recognising the success stories not getting media coverage.
3 min |
April 08-14 2023
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Dying for change
Sean Davison is already well known for his involvement in four assisted suicides. But there have been others, too, he tells CHRIS COOKE, as he prepares to take on a new role that will again thrust him into the international spotlight.
10+ min |
April 01-07 2023
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Sight for sore eyes
Former police minister Stuart Nash may be looking uncomfortable right now, but his boss is also facing a case of bad optics.
4 min |
April 01-07 2023
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Battle of the books
Another friend had his first book published. He is taking his family to McDonald's to spend the royalties.
3 min |
April 01-07 2023
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The online dark ages
All we can offer in our future defence is that showing off is an opioid-grade addiction, as is putting others down.
2 min |
April 01-07 2023
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Acting the ass
As a braying donkey, Hurst happened to bear an eerie resemblance to one of our nation's current mayors.
2 min |
April 01-07 2023
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A walking target
I'd happily share a road filled with idiots if it meant there were fewer maniacs nearby.
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