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Busting a gut
IBD is escalating, seemingly thanks to the Western lifestyle, and New Zealand has one of the highest rates in the world.
10 min |
June - 1-7 2024
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The point of Peters
There's been much to admire about the NZ First leader's politics over the years, but where has it got him?
5 min |
June - 1-7 2024
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Don't call us ...
Finland's ingenuity galvanised the rapid global uptake of cellphones, so it's paradoxical the country's latest claim to fame should be the elevation of no-speakies to a new commercial opportunity.
2 min |
June - 1-7 2024
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He is here
In the week my brother died, there was a storm in the universe.
2 min |
June - 1-7 2024
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Ditch the rich
A neighbour recently told me he's going Jeff Bezos-free, a decision that resonated with me immediately, as I have long resented the cone-headed tycoon for stealing the name of the world's mightiest river to drown the rest of us in his lucre lust.
3 min |
June - 1-7 2024
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Lifting the lid
NZ First's bid to regulate toilet use should be flushed away, but adolescents' access to transgender medicine deserves serious attention.
4 min |
June - 1-7 2024
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A big noise
Scott Kara pays tribute to alternative rock figurehead Steve Albini.
3 min |
May 25-31 2024
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Fiddling on the roof
After the doco recut by Peter Jackson, the original Let It Be returns as odd as ever.
2 min |
May 25-31 2024
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Get with the pilgrim
Australian film-maker Bill Bennett thought turning his Camino de Santiago experience into a movie would be a good walk ruined. But he did it anyway.
2 min |
May 25-31 2024
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The real queen of Bridgerton
Regency women would have a ball if they were transported from 'the Ton' to the present day, author Julia Quinn says.
6 min |
May 25-31 2024
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Setting boundaries
A giant in the philosophy of gender seems unwilling to engage with alternative points of view or the reality of biological sex.
4 min |
May 25-31 2024
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Affair of the heart
Miranda July's second novel, a wild ride through an unconventional relationship, is not for the faint-hearted.
2 min |
May 25-31 2024
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A continent of no laws
A Kiwi investigative journalist has spent 21 years trying to get to the bottom of what many believe is the suspicious death of an Australian scientist in Antarctica.
6 min |
May 25-31 2024
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I'm Jo Peck again
Four weeks after her 60th birthday, Jo Peck's husband of 25 years told her he was seeing someone else. In a new book, she details how shock and disbelief made way for happiness and contentment.
8 min |
May 25-31 2024
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A mayor for everyone
The Far North's first Māori mayor is one of an emerging political generation bringing equity to the forefront. But a government reversal on Māori wards looms as a stumbling block.
10+ min |
May 25-31 2024
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We need to talk about dying
Whether by choice or weight of numbers, more of us will die at home in future. And with pressure to ease assisted dying restrictions, the gaps in community-based care need fixing - before time runs out.
10+ min |
May 25-31 2024
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Taking the state out of broadcasting
The news media has been the focus of attention recently.
2 min |
May 25-31 2024
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Shock and awe at Eurovision
Every May, when the Northern Hemisphere ticks off the Eurovision Song Contest from its calendar, the meaning of the word \"shocking\" takes a further devaluation. In more than 30 different languages.
2 min |
May 25-31 2024
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On the brink, yet again
As the story is told in part five of Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War, Netflix's epic nine-part history of the Cold War and its weapons, the world was on edge in September 1983.
2 min |
May 25-31 2024
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Felds of dreams
Last month, Berlin city councillors sent letters to 20,000 residents inviting them to discuss what happens next to one of the city's best-known parks.
2 min |
May 25-31 2024
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Schools for thought
The government believes our educational decline will be reversed by returning to policies of six years ago. Will it work?
4 min |
May 25-31 2024
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Roman scandals
Sarah Watt reviews two major titles at this year's Italian Film Festival.
3 min |
May 18-24, 2024
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Rising tide
Twenty years on from the foreshore and seabed hikoi, the issues behind it have not subsided.
3 min |
May 18-24, 2024
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The balance of Powers
The Naked and Famous star is unashamedly indulgent in his new solo album.
3 min |
May 18-24, 2024
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Love, love me Who
New Doctor Who Ncuti Gatwa and producer Russell T Davies talk about getting by with a little help from their friends.
4 min |
May 18-24, 2024
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Raising the barre
Why acclaimed Kiwi director James Napier Robertson-took on the bruising true story of an American ballerina in Russia.
4 min |
May 18-24, 2024
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A dickens of a novel
Historical novel is rich in women characters from all levels of Victorian society - including some from real life.
3 min |
May 18-24, 2024
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Parental advisory
A vibrant collection of essays sets out to answer one less-than-simple question: what makes a mother?
3 min |
May 18-24, 2024
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Unhappy endings
Leslie Jamison anatomises her broken marriage in a candid new memoir - but who or what was really to blame?
5 min |
May 18-24, 2024
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'I am still quite overwhelmed'
Ginette McDonald is good with voices. Now, a new anthology celebrates the long and varied career of the actor who brought us Lynn of Tawa. Just don't call it a valedictory.
8 min |