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Going to town
Our biggest arts festivals have announced their line-ups for 2024. The events' creative directors talk about how they've put their own stamp on their programmes and life after Covid.
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November 18-24 2023
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Future imperfect
The Power author delivers busy, confusing, fun read.
2 min |
November 18-24 2023
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Believe in the wolves
Uneven but highly readable novel ponders the randomness of life.
3 min |
November 18-24 2023
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Hail to the chiefs
Historian Mary Beard draws on ancient sources and educated guesswork to define what it took to be a Caesar.
4 min |
November 18-24 2023
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On the run
Health and environmental concerns spell curtains for some waterproof mascara and other cosmetics.
6 min |
November 18-24 2023
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Bird's-eye view
Booker longlisted Anna Smaill’s second novel explores the gaps between the reality we build for ourselves and who we really are.
7 min |
November 18-24 2023
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In from the cold
It is 34 years since the Berlin Wall fell. For Dunedin author Philip Temple, going behind the Iron Curtain was like entering a time warp.
8 min |
November 18-24 2023
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Supplementary evidence
Kiwis are spending a fortune on supplements with little to go on and new rules allowing manufacturers to make evidence-based claims are at least three years away.
8 min |
November 18-24 2023
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Poetic rage
Tusiata Avia’s new collection responds to the furore her award-winning last work belatedly ignited.
4 min |
November 18-24 2023
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Playing the blame game
As various countries around the world go into Covid-management inquiry mode, it's worth remembering the useful things we learned from the crisis admittedly, most of them in the \"what not to do\" category.
2 min |
November 18-24 2023
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Centre of rejection
The blessed suspension of political chatter ended the other day. For three weeks, the country appeared to run itself, no policy was enacted and even the factory that churns out Act Party press releases went quiet. I am willing to lay odds that a poll of New Zealanders would find we were quite keen on this state of affairs. Polling itself had also been retired, of course, and we liked that, too.
2 min |
November 18-24 2023
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Watch and learn
Moree is a farming town on the black-soil plains 630km northwest of Sydney with an ugly past and an elegant presence in the weary struggle to reconcile Aboriginal and white Australia.
2 min |
November 18-24 2023
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The ménage à trois
Expect a clenched-teeth consummation as two leaders with an acrimonious history attempt to be civil to each other, and the PM-elect plays Cupid.
4 min |
November 18-24 2023
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The accent's off migrants
Kiwi English is a different linguistic beast and many new arrivals struggle to understand it.
2 min |
November 18-24 2023
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Be afraid, very afraid
British historian explores how much fear has been - and will continue to be - a fundamental driver in society.
3 min |
November 11 - 17, 2023
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Hope for the best
Celebrated author continues her exploration of loneliness and loss in a novel set in pandemic times.
2 min |
November 11 - 17, 2023
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Ruling the roost
We have a new game at Lush Places. It's called Find the Egg. It takes two people and three chickens, and this is how you play: The game begins when one of your chickens - your lazy, greedy, crap-everywhere chicken - starts singing her \"I've laid a lovely egg!\" song. She will do this very loudly, so loudly you should expect noise complaints from neighbours.
3 min |
November 11 - 17, 2023
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Music to your ears
Songs can cut across cultural and language divides, a NZ study has found.
2 min |
November 11 - 17, 2023
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Risk management
Communication was key when explaining the pros and cons of a Covid vaccine.
2 min |
November 11 - 17, 2023
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Move your body
Ditch the cleaner and mop your own floors it could reduce your risk of getting cancer.
4 min |
November 11 - 17, 2023
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Take note
Birdsong is to the fore in the NZ String Quartet's latest offering.
2 min |
November 11 - 17, 2023
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Apocalypse then
Series highlights past catastrophes to warn about the future.
2 min |
November 11 - 17, 2023
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Di noon
How The Crown's final season navigates the minefield of Princess Diana's last months.
3 min |
November 11 - 17, 2023
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Alice in wonderland
Directing debut for Campion daughter shows initial promise then unravels.
2 min |
November 11 - 17, 2023
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Hits and misses on rights
There is one key arm of government that receives little attention come election time and that is the role of the Attorney-General.
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November 11 - 17, 2023
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Slice of life
There are two bountiful sources of news fodder without which the media would be left scratching to fill schedules: reports about the British royal family and reports from the latest scientific and academic research.
2 min |
November 11 - 17, 2023
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Chain reaction
October was the cruellest month, and November may get nastier. I receive an email from a relative that simply says, \"Gaza is unbearable.\"
2 min |
November 11 - 17, 2023
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Hope is the only choice
I was raised a reluctant Jew. My parents provided the raising and the Judaism, and I supplied an ocean of reluctance. As a child, most things about religion confused me, but there were two questions I held inside for years, firm in my belief that no grown-up was interested in hearing or answering either.
3 min |
November 11 - 17, 2023
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Into the void
A whole lot of fuss about nothing is filling the gap while the new government takes shape behind the scenes.
4 min |
November 11 - 17, 2023
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A tour de Force
Ahead of her NZSO concerts, violin superstar Anne-Sophie Mutter tells of her overture to Star Wars maestro John Williams.
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