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Hormonally charged
Endocrinologist Eric Espiner, who undertook his first medical exploration on a cat, at age 91 remains fascinated by how the body works.
9 min |
June 14-20, 2025
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With or without you
It's Bono as you've never seen him before. Yes, the U2 frontman sings a bit. But where Stories of Surrender really becomes a true test of tolerance for the man is when he is acting selected stories from his hefty 2022 memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, on a darkened stage as if he were auditioning for the role of himself in his own biopic. He gives it his all. It's occasionally entertaining, but it's mostly cloyingly awful.
1 min |
June 14-20, 2025
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Electric dreams
New biography charts Elon Musk's road trip from brilliant but benign tech bro to right-wing political influencer.
3 min |
June 14-20, 2025
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Hart to Hart
The latest actors to play one of playwright Sir Roger Hall's most enduring characters compare notes on being men alone, on stage.
5 min |
June 14-20, 2025
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Life less ordinary
Sarah Watt reviews a selection of titles from the French Film Festival Aotearoa.
3 min |
June 14-20, 2025
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Just asking...
In my May 17 column, I took a crack at Te Pāti Māori for being big on theatre but not backing it up with being an effective opposition party.
3 min |
June 14-20, 2025
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Happy birthday, Mr President
Traditional resistance seems futile in the face of Trump Mark II. But a loose coalition within the US is beginning to gain traction - and a gauge of opposition will come on June 14.
10+ min |
June 14-20, 2025
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Age-old problem
Superannuation has been a hot potato for more than 50 years. Why do we never get it right?
4 min |
June 14-20, 2025
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By way of insanity
There's just one specialist court in New Zealand assessing whether a defendant is mentally fit to enter a plea.
8 min |
June 14-20, 2025
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Point and press
Photography can have psychological benefits.
3 min |
May 24-30, 2025
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I'll be there for you
The problem with using a legion of AI bots to cure loneliness.
3 min |
May 24-30, 2025
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Bohemian baritone
Playing destitute artist in Puccini's classic rings true for rising Aussie opera star.
2 min |
May 24-30, 2025
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Foreign flair
An increasing presence on our shelves, there are plenty of affordably priced international wines worth trying.
8 min |
May 24-30, 2025
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Don't tell me
Political scientist Mark Lilla tries to get to the bottom of why we prefer not to know.
3 min |
May 24-30, 2025
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Hokianga rebellion
How the intervention of a great-nephew of Hōne Heke and the advent of the telephone defused the last armed resistance by Māori against the British crown.
7 min |
May 24-30, 2025
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Trump appeasement
The UK hopes to mask its powerlessness by massaging the ego of the US President.
3 min |
May 24-30, 2025
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Coconut shy
The much-hyped health benefits of coconut products do not extend to Western diets – but you needn't shun them altogether.
3 min |
May 24-30, 2025
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Level best
Patience pays dividends for big winners in Ockhams.
1 min |
May 24-30, 2025
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Deputy Dave
He suffered years of poor poll results and jibes about his dancing, but Act leader David Seymour is on the cusp of becoming Deputy Prime Minister.
10+ min |
May 24-30, 2025
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Seasoned in the sun
Memoir adaptation peppered with inspirational moments.
1 min |
May 24-30, 2025
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Dancing to my own tune
Sefa Enari has been forging a path in contemporary Pacific choreography and theatre over the past four decades.
5 min |
May 24-30, 2025
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To Paris, via Austen
This year's French film festival delivers a movie bringing a Gallic sensibility to that most English of novelists.
5 min |
May 24-30, 2025
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Enslaved by big tech
'Addiction is a big word,\" said one commentator, grandly dismissing the proposal that we follow Australia's ban on social media for children under 16. Hearing this, I reached for some of my own big words. Addiction is certainly relevant in this context. If you accept that users get hooked on gambling machines, I don't know why you'd scoff at the notion of addiction to social media.
2 min |
May 24-30, 2025
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What's left unspoken
Place and identity are central to American Dirt author's latest.
3 min |
May 24-30, 2025
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WHITI TE RĀ
Fred Graham (Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, Tainui), who died on May 9 aged 96, was a founding figure in what became the contemporary Māori art movement.
1 min |
May 24-30, 2025
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Undercover creep
Hundreds of women and children are likely to be the victims of sex offenders without knowing it because of the increasing sophistication of hidden spy cameras
10 min |
May 24-30, 2025
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Voom in bloom
Auckland band's third album was 19 years in the making.
2 min |
May 24-30, 2025
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Swirling seas
Philosophy, science and history swirl together in engrossing latest from Canadian author.
2 min |
May 24-30, 2025
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Rearming Germany
Berliners are maintaining customary freedoms but geopolitical shifts have upended their country's post-war self-image.
3 min |
May 24-30, 2025
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The gift of joy
She arrived at Lush Places with tight curly wool and a sweet tiny face on September 12, 2018, the day before my birthday. She was the smallest lamb born that season.
3 min |