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Smart move
Freeview makes a bid to stay in the picture.
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January 14-20 2023
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Top of the pile
Do you think the social world naturally falls into a hierarchy or has society just evolved that way?
3 min |
January 14-20 2023
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Taken as red
River Cottage head chef GELF ALDERSON creates knockout salads using simple, seasonal ingredients.
5 min |
January 14-20 2023
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Trigger effect
The Covid vaccine can cause short-term changes in period timing and heaviness, but this is probably just the immune system doing its job, researchers say.
4 min |
January 14-20 2023
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Drink this
For most amateur athletes, plain water is sufficient for hydration - high-sugar/highsodium sports drinks just aren't necessary, say researchers.
4 min |
January 14-20 2023
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Zoom
Lucinda sat high in her neighbour's plum tree and practised kissing with her friend Trudi. They ate plums and kissed once, a peck on the lips. They laughed, ate more plums, and dropped wet red stones to the earth. The almond-shaped pits bounced, tap tap tap on the branches, leaving bloodred marks drying in the summer heat. A light wind riffled the mass of leaves shading Lucinda and Trudi from the view of their neighbour Mr Bock, or so they thought. They spied him through gaps in the branches walking past his kitchen window. What they didn't know was that Adam Bock had seen them alright. He'd watched them every day for the past week stealing in through the broken fence after school, climbing his tree, eating the plums, kissing each other. Every day they kissed, just the once, a glance. \"Girls will be girls,\" he told himself, remembering his own childhood summers.
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January 14-20 2023
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The yoga teacher
Your posture is not your fault,\" he told me, his hand below mine.
5 min |
January 14-20 2023
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Not for resuscitation
The dinner trolley rattled past Maud's cubicle without stopping.
5 min |
January 14-20 2023
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Occupied
The peg bag's missing from the inside back left corner of the tent. Which is where Bryan always puts it, because the thing about camping is that it all turns to custard if you don't maintain strict order around routine and storage.
4 min |
January 14-20 2023
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Coming up roses
The US city of Portland has suffered its share of blights but keeps the faith in its crowning glory.
4 min |
January 14-20 2023
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Make room on your shelves
MARK BROATCH previews what's coming in books in 2023.
3 min |
January 14-20 2023
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Taste the history
Celebrating \"the great mumble jumble\" that is Middle Eastern food is what Israeli-born restaurateur Yotam Ottolenghi has in mind for his upcoming trip down under.
9 min |
January 14-20 2023
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How to cut the road toll
It's time we stopped making excuses for the appalling deaths on our roads. It's not because of bad weather, bad roads, old cars, \"bloody tourists\" or the Covid vaccine turning drivers blind. If we drove well, the previous factors would be taken care of, but instead we choose to drive badly. (Not you and me, of course; our driving is exemplary. It's the other couple of million who are the problem.)
2 min |
January 14-20 2023
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All very well
From ice baths to mindfulness retreats, the wellness industry is booming. Maybe it's time we started to question why that might be.
10+ min |
January 14-20 2023
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That was the year that was
The year 2023, like 2020, 2021 and 2022 before it, was a strange one for humanity. That there would be no relief became evident in the early hours of the New Year, when Twitter owner and chief executive Elon Musk banned all other Twitter users from the platform after the 16th poll asking whether he should step down as CEO concluded that, yes, he actually should.
2 min |
January 14-20 2023
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A cut above
In the second of a series on artefacts that tell the story of Aotearoa's past, historian JOCK PHILLIPS explains the relevance of these killing knives.
5 min |
January 14-20 2023
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Man of actions
It was more than 30 years ago that, as a recruit at the Sydney Morning Herald, I was told a wild story by a knockabout, cocky bloke in a faded jean jacket and lefty T-shirt from inside the central Sydney headquarters of the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
2 min |
January 14-20 2023
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Happy ever after
Romance fiction sales are booming internationally, and a Kiwi author is among those cashing in.
5 min |
January 14-20 2023
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Year in, year out
THE GOOD LIFE
3 min |
January 3-13 2023
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On thinning ice
The second series of Frozen Planet is visually dramatic and stunning, but it also comes with a warning about climate change.
3 min |
January 3-13 2023
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Crypt to script
Veteran British director Stephen Frears is taking another dig at royalty in The Lost King, his film about the search for Richard III.
4 min |
January 3-13 2023
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Bursting our bubbles
The microbial cocktail in kombucha can go a little wild.
3 min |
January 3-13 2023
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Taken as read
Yes, I do read your feedback and take it on board.
3 min |
January 3-13 2023
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Hunger gains
Reconnecting with our body's signals is a way to reduce overeating and maximise health.
3 min |
January 3-13 2023
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True stripes
Canterbury may soon be as well known for its reds and whites as it is for rugby.
2 min |
January 3-13 2023
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Big flavours
North London chef HASAN \"BIG HAS\" SEMAY, a former Jamie Oliver protégé, lends his trademark informality to his debut cookbook.
6 min |
January 3-13 2023
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Jungle juice
A hallucinogenic brew with awful side effects is being investigated for its potential to relieve mental illness.
4 min |
January 3-13 2023
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Happy
Linda arrived at my school at the start of fifth form...
5 min |
January 3-13 2023
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The Ukrainian dentist
Rhonda and Nick are having a picnic in Podilskyy Park. It is late summer and the leaves on the birch, black alder and hornbeam oaks are beginning to turn. The grass between them is soft and sweet. The air carries a faint scent of vanilla.
4 min |
January 3-13 2023
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The listeners
Each summer, we commission 12 of Aotearoa’s finest writers to tell us a short tale. This year’s theme is ‘the joy of friendship’. Here are the first four.
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