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Little wonders
NZ research confirms most very-low-birthweight babies go on to lead healthy lives - though they could benefit from extra monitoring.
3 min |
October 4-10, 2025
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The nuclear option
A well-researched biography of our first Nobel laureate explores Ernest Rutherford's achievements in plain language.
4 min |
October 4-10, 2025
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The perils of grey literature
In 2024, the Court of Appeal in Kyle v R confronted a deceptively simple question: can expert witnesses rely on “grey literature”?
2 min |
October 4-10, 2025
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Clipping the ticket
A visitor levy intended to fund services that overseas visitors use and conservation projects has become a cash cow for the government, with little money spent on tourism infrastructure.
10+ min |
October 4-10, 2025
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Floating in and out of comfort zones
Local albums offer smooth sailing and nightmares in space.
2 min |
October 4-10, 2025
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Murrr-durrr, they wrote
Even before Jim Taggart first snarled, \"Thuz bin a murrr-durrr\" in the early 80s in his long-running eponymous TV drama, Scotland was known for a particularly gritty form of crime fiction.
2 min |
October 4-10, 2025
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Paint by numbers
Through people's stories and data, new four-part series Counting the Beat portrays how New Zealanders are really living.
2 min |
October 4-10, 2025
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Headless chooks
As Luxon talks up a glorious future, his ministers are introducing disconnected policies while sectors collapse al around them.
4 min |
October 4-10, 2025
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Cook this way
Jamie Oliver's latest book is his first dedicated to healthy eating and is packed with tasty recipes.
4 min |
October 4-10, 2025
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When dogma trumps science
The US administration's health and science funding cuts challenge NZ's role in global research in areas such as vaccines and climate change.
10 min |
October 4-10, 2025
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Taking up the challenge
More than 30 years ago, Australia's then-Labor prime minister Paul Keating was silently captivated as Māori warriors crept out of the drizzle over West Auckland's Hoani Waititi Marae to issue the challenge.
2 min |
October 4-10, 2025
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Into the limelight
A chance encounter with a scene from Shakespeare reveals a celebrated moment in 19th-century stagecraft.
8 min |
October 4-10, 2025
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Different school of thought
NCEA's replacement should reinforce a student-centred approach to learning rather than bring back an outdated system
2 min |
October 4-10, 2025
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A broad church
A Hawke's Bay label caters for a diverse congregation.
1 min |
September 27 - October 3, 2025
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His premier premiere
Clarke Gayford on being the behind-the-scenes cameraman for the new US-NZ documentary about Jacinda Ardern's time as prime minister, and their lives then and since.
9 min |
September 27 - October 3, 2025
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After the golden years
Take a journey through five very different songs from the last set in David Bowie's career-overview series.
3 min |
September 27 - October 3, 2025
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Instagram ready
US social media star Alix Traeger's first cookbook punches up the flavours on old classics.
5 min |
September 27 - October 3, 2025
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Kōrero mai
D Upton (Letters, September 20) writes we should avoid using te reo because international communication requires “plain English”.
6 min |
September 27 - October 3, 2025
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Making a scene
Acclaimed set and costume designer Tracy Grant Lord is sprinkling more than fairy dust on the Royal NZ Ballet's reimagining of a Christmas classic.
3 min |
September 27 - October 3, 2025
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Flying blind
When I told my London-based son I was flying home to write a speech (the homework of Damocles), he immediately labelled it my “Merrie England” lecture.
2 min |
September 27 - October 3, 2025
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Stockholm syndrome
While organisations such as QAnon are doing a cracking job of seeding cultural dislocation, Sweden has hit upon a much more efficient way of disrupting social cohesion.
2 min |
September 27 - October 3, 2025
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In hot pursuit
Honest to a fault about the difficulty of determining the truth of events, Chris Kraus produces a page-turner.
3 min |
September 27 - October 3, 2025
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High society
The history and majesty of Dunedin's Olveston is celebrated in a new book
2 min |
September 27 - October 3, 2025
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Justice for Julie
A dramatisation of a courageous mother's fight to bring her daughter's killer to trial.
1 min |
September 27 - October 3, 2025
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Still flying
34 years after Wild Swans took the world by storm, Jung Chang resumes her story, detailing the backlash from Beijing.
8 min |
September 27 - October 3, 2025
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No vaccine for viral weirdness
The daily default assault on our democracy has become so comprehensive that it’s tough for any single reality to stand out. But a recent NBC poll got my attention when it revealed only 49% of US adults surveyed “strongly support the use of vaccines”.
3 min |
September 27 - October 3, 2025
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Virgin territory
Victoria Kelly's new magnum opus reinterprets Mary's response to the crucifixion.
2 min |
September 27 - October 3, 2025
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New horizons are looming
The six million-plus Americans who believe the Earth is flat are clearly just seeing things.
5 min |
September 27 - October 3, 2025
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Know it alls
There's more to common knowledge than meets the eye. Steven Pinker sets out to enlighten us.
3 min |
September 27 - October 3, 2025
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TV Films
The big movies on TV this week
3 min |