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Grey area
A trained neuroscientist looks inwards to find the origins of his sexual orientation.
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November 05, 2022
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November 05, 2022
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Change of 'Seasons’
A touring show hopes to change attitudes towards people with intellectual disabilities.
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November 05, 2022
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A tale of two kitties
The Cat is completely in love with me, and me alone. This has always got Michele’s goat.
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November 05, 2022
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A different direction
How a screen-to-stage adaptation of classic thriller North by Northwest challenged the cast and creators behind the new Auckland Theatre Company production. b
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October 29, 2022
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Battle lines
The nuclear brinkmanship of 1962 has clear parallels with Vladimir Putin’s reckless behaviour in Ukraine 60 years on.
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October 29, 2022
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Booker’s Kiwi link
After a New Zealand education and accolades for his sport-themed first novel, Shehan Karunatilaka has won the big one.
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October 29, 2022
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Finding our feet
Will Mark Zuckerberg's huge gamble on the mass appeal of virtual-reality working and socialising have legs?
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October 29, 2022
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Covid aftershocks
Survivors of the disease are at increased risk of lingering impacts on both heart and brain health, follow-up studies suggest.
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October 29, 2022
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Master of his craft
Comedian Chris Parker has juggled stand-up, online videos, movies, TV shows and even a foray into fun with felt. Now he’s added a book to his CV.
7 min |
October 29, 2022
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Into the abyss
Anew local documentary claims that hundreds of thousands of Kiwis have been sucked into a vortex of disinformation.
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October 29, 2022
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Great Dane
Due to tour here in December, the formidably clever comedian, broadcaster and political activist Sandi Toksvig wears her brightness lightly.
7 min |
October 29, 2022
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10 billion reasons to be cheerful
What will the world be like in 20502 Compared with our own gloomy times, it could be better than we think
10 min |
October 29, 2022
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The chains that grind
Auckand’s mayor has barely donned his official garb and he’s already thrown a spanner in the government’s Three Waters works.
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October 29, 2022
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Dark mirrors
George Saunders' new collection of short fiction blends the real and the absurd as it reflects the horrors of the Trump era.
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October 22, 2022
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Beyond recall
Ian McEwan's 18th, and perhaps last, novel surveys society's progress in recent decades - and shares parallels with his own life.
3 min |
October 22, 2022
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Healing stage
Why actor Richard E Grant is bringing his one-man show based on the memoir of his wife's death to New Zealand.
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October 22, 2022
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Steering through
Fun but pointed debut about being an Asian-American woman in US academia.
2 min |
October 22, 2022
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Beyond belief
Is religion on the path towards extinction in New Zealand?
3 min |
October 22, 2022
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Blocked passages
Dairy products have long been accused of increasing nasal and lung congestion. So should you drink milk if you're feeling bunged up?
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October 22, 2022
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Uneasy atmosphere
Rethinking urban planting and better air monitoring for pollen and spores could help reduce symptoms for seasonal hay fever sufferers.
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October 22, 2022
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What the magpie says
CATHERINE CHIDGEY'S new novel, The Axeman's Carnival, takes a bird's-eye view - literally - of the lives of an unhappily married couple on a sheep farm in Central Otago
9 min |
October 22, 2022
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Berthing behemoths
For 23 years, master mariner Joanne Farmer was the only female port pilot in New Zealand.
4 min |
October 22, 2022
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Master of mayhem
The West has appeased Russian dictator Vladimir Putin for far too long, argues UK war reporter John Sweeney in his latest book.
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October 22, 2022
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Spreading the joy of words
Poet and children's author Paula Green has produced two new books while coping with a rare blood cancer, and now a bone marrow transplant.
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October 22, 2022
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Keeping up appearances
Our obsession with body image is a serious public health issue for both men and women, says a Cambridge philosopher.
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October 22, 2022
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Clash of cultures
A bleak tale of religious violence in India possesses an underlying optimism.
2 min |
September 17 - 23, 2022
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King Kremlin
Does a new biography of Vladimir Putin go too easy on the Russian leader?
4 min |
September 17 - 23, 2022
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Game on
New Zealand researchers are expanding our understanding of the connection between gaming and wellbeing.
2 min |
September 17 - 23, 2022
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Outside the box
Vodafone TV is closing down, and finding a good replacement may be costly.
3 min |