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Flights of fancy
Peter Walker cleverly weaves Arabian tales, early Chinese and Persian voyages, eccentric amateur fossil hunters and a colonialist hardman” into one intriguing story.
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April 13-19, 2024
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Shots in the mist
Early photography was regarded as magic when it arrived in New Zealand. But soon, everyone was doing it.
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April 13-19, 2024
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A sight for Sora eyes
OpenAl’s latest text-to-video tool takes AI to a new level but raises some troubling questions in the process.
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April 13-19, 2024
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My great admirer
Narcissism is characterised by a deeply ingrained sense of deserving respect - yet some narcissists lack self-esteem.
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April 13-19, 2024
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Slice of the action
As a good source of meatless protein, mushrooms are hard to beat but be careful where you get them from, as not all wild varieties are edible.
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April 13-19, 2024
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A country with no borders
Guest reviewer TAMI NEILSON gets to grips with the sound and significance of Beyonceé’s country album Cowboy Carter.
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April 13-19, 2024
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Off the gravel
The new album and tour by Delaney Davidson takes the Christchurch artist down a smoother road.
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April 13-19, 2024
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At the top of his game
After his big brother’s atomic bomb movie, Jonah Nolan blows up the world in Fallout, another milestone ina screen career he says he owes to reading the classics while living in New Zealand.
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April 13-19, 2024
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Now where did I put my keys?
Improving your memory is not about remembering more, it’s about remembering better, says neuroscientist Charan Ranganath. And sometimes, less is more.
7 min |
April 13-19, 2024
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The quiet wave
Maori and Pasifika artists are at the heart of a new movement that is having its moment, and one gallery is leading the charge.
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April 13-19, 2024
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Bedtime stories
In this extract from his new book, Dr Michael Mosley traverses learning to live with insomnia and the links between snoring, sleep apnoea and being overweight.
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April 13-19, 2024
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Pillow talk
A quarter of all Kiwis have trouble sleeping, unable to find solutions to this age-old problem. And researcher Dr Michael Mosley says it can be fatal.
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April 13-19, 2024
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Peters thumps the tub
When Winston Peters referred to Nazi Germany in a speech and got into a fight with a British punk band, he generated a miasma of ironies.
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April 6-11, 2024
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Don't worry, be happy
If you want to attain a greater level of happiness, you have to work at it.
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April 6-11, 2024
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Another tiny tyrant
Scientists are sharpening tools as bird flu draws closer.
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April 6-11, 2024
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Listen to your heart
NZ researchers aim to improve understanding of a dangerous form of irregular heartbeat that often goes undetected.
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April 6-11, 2024
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Upping sticks
US percussionist Jacob Nissly guest stars with the NZSO on a custom-made concerto.
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April 6-11, 2024
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Putting his stamp on it
Toby Jones on helping bring the British Post Office scandal to life in the hit drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office.
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April 6-11, 2024
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Sons of a preacher man
New local drama Testify pits an Auckland evangelical church against the LGBTQ+ community.
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April 6-11, 2024
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Somewhere down the lilac river
Big Thief's Adrianne Lenker offers a solo take on weird Americana while Laetitia Sadier embraces nuanced art-pop and electronica
2 min |
April 6-11, 2024
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Chemical romance
A play about treating depression and medical ethics, The Effect reunites Zoë Robins with acting mentor Sara Wiseman in a production that marks both women's return to the NZ stage after major screen roles overseas.
8 min |
April 6-11, 2024
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More dread than hope
A Pulitzer Prize-winning critic looks at whether the current surge of the outsider is smashing old norms for the worse.
4 min |
April 6-11, 2024
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Apocalypse? No
Data scientist Hannah Ritchie takes a mostly untravelled path between climate scepticism and climate doomerism.
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April 6-11, 2024
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Setting out for the summit
Airini Beautrais' original and far-reaching personal essays place her at the top of the field.
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April 6-11, 2024
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A kind of magic
With upcoming roles in The White Lotus and local production Friends Like Her, Morgana O’Reilly no longer feels the need to prove herself. But her unpedicured feet remain firmly on the ground.
8 min |
April 6-11, 2024
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Naked ambition
Harsh treatment has sent strip club workers on to the streets to campaign for legislative and workforce rights.
8 min |
April 6-11, 2024
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Webb of intrigue
A retrospective of artist Marilynn Webb argues for her place as one of Aotearoa's most important and innovative landscape artists.
8 min |
April 6-11, 2024
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Go north for a while
Acclaimed poet and GP Glenn Colquhoun has some sage words for Act leader David Seymour: taihoa on your Treaty of Waitangi referendum stuff.
9 min |
April 6-11, 2024
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Betting the house
Retirement villages rely on a business model that deters many prospective buyers. With demand increasing as the population ages, clamour for reform is building.
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April 6-11, 2024
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The big dry
All we know is that here at Lush Places, our pasture and gardens are gasping. The pasture is the worry. The garden is a luxury but if you move to the country to buy a garden, the lack of rain is distressing.
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