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Build it and we'll come
The tow truck was laden as it turned the corner: a silver Toyota anchored to its deck and a bright blue Mazda trailing off the back. Somehow, in the midst of a thunderstorm, it all went very wrong. The truck clipped a power pole, which broke at the base and fell between it and the trailing car and the whole lot ended in a mess of smashed windscreens and tangled cables in the middle of the road.
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August 26, September 1 2023
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Show of force
Major General Jered P Helwig's chiselled American features sharpened in the Sydney sun, his array of insignia blinking like a ship's signals as he stood upon a Royal Australian Navy vessel to proclaim his nation's military alliance with the country.
2 min |
August 26, September 1 2023
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The kids are all right
A simple thank-you note was all it took for THOMAS MCLEAN to realise his students were on the right course.
3 min |
August 26, September 1 2023
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Coming to the party
Greg said, \"What do you want to do for your 60th?\" I looked at him as though he had gone gaga
3 min |
August 12-18 2023
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Back to the drawing board
Matthew Ridge returns with his show celebrating NZ architects and their work
2 min |
August 12-18 2023
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In and out of theatre
Playwright GARY HENDERSON writes about adapting David Galler's acclaimed medical memoir Things That Matter and his patient wait for it to hit the stage
3 min |
August 12-18 2023
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Pushing the boat out
The true story of meth smugglers being caught out by folk in a small Northland town comes to television
4 min |
August 12-18 2023
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Acting up over AI
Creativity is at the sharp end of the AI revolution. But other professions are sure to follow.
3 min |
August 12-18 2023
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Don't worry, be happy
For all the misery Covid has caused, it provides an interesting of the moot case study \"ignorance is bliss\"
3 min |
August 12-18 2023
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High cost of convenience
Checking the substance of processed food
2 min |
August 12-18 2023
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Getting down to it
Postnatal depression in new mothers is well known, but it can also be an issue for new fathers, particularly those under 30
3 min |
August 12-18 2023
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The muesli ticket to ride
Cereal king, foe of wilding pines and ex-Auckland mayor Dick Hubbard and wife Diana have motorbiked the equivalent of six times around the world
8 min |
August 12-18 2023
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Away with 'Words'
Advertising campaigns rarely swing elections, but did a psychologist's directive to bin a \"broken promises\" ad change the outcome of our 1993 cliffhanger?
10+ min |
August 12-18 2023
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Bottling the sun
A New Zealand startup has joined the quest to make nuclear fusion a viable alternative to burning fossil fuels
9 min |
August 12-18 2023
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A life in stories
Film-maker Holly Morris makes a living out of telling powerful stories. Her latest, Exposure, follows 11 ordinary women to the North Pole, and has brought her to NZ
5 min |
August 12-18 2023
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Facing the music
With one music school already closed and our most prestigious one facing cutbacks, tertiary music education is weathering a perfect storm of post-pandemic defi cits, polytech restructuring and a swing away from the arts
10+ min |
August 12-18 2023
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Joining the club
A master and two debut authors deliver entertaining, action-packed tales
4 min |
August 19-25 2023
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Dodge a bullet
The much-touted benefits of adding butter and oil to black coffee are not backed by evidence
2 min |
August 19-25 2023
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Brain busters
Keeping the brain active may be just as important as drugs in the fight against Alzheimer's
3 min |
August 19-25 2023
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Brothers in arms
What began as an exploration of the relationship between a boy and his father morphed into a story about two brothers surviving in the underclass of Aotearoa
4 min |
August 19-25 2023
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Creating chemistry
With her hotline to the PM, Juliet Gerrard kept science at the heart of government decision-making throughout the pandemic. Where to from here?
9 min |
August 19-25 2023
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Rocky wonderland
Some would say it has taken 25 million years, but Waitaki has finally been declared New Zealand's first Unesco Global Geopark
8 min |
August 19-25 2023
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Missing pieces
Labour's aborted wealth tax and mooted GST exemptions on food are just the latest chapters in the quixotic political quest to make tax fairer without being run out of town
10+ min |
August 19-25 2023
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The mother I loved
She was ill this year, and I thought of myself as on call. We lived five minutes S apart by car
2 min |
August 19-25 2023
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An immoral status quo
Sometimes, though nowhere near often enough, I volunteer at Shepherd's Table, a services facility for homeless people about a mile and a half from where I am fortunate to be housed
2 min |
August 19-25 2023
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Remembering Eve
This month marks 30 years since the introduction of the Human Rights Act. CHRIS FARRELLY recalls the men and women who helped make it happen, including a young girl with Aids
2 min |
August 19-25 2023
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Back to the drawing board
Matthew Ridge returns with his show celebrating NZ architects and their work.
2 min |
August 12-18 2023 inactivated
New Zealand Listener
Coming to the party
Greg said, \"What do you want to do for your 60th?\" I looked at him as though he had gone gaga. He looked back at me as though I had gone gaga. I was about to turn 59.
2 min |
August 12-18 2023 inactivated
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Blur's sharp focus
Britpop stars deliver great reunion album embracing the doubts of middle age.
2 min |
August 12-18 2023 inactivated
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In and out of theatre
Playwright GARY HENDERSON writes about adapting David Galler's acclaimed medical memoir Things That Matter and his patient wait for it to hit the stage.
4 min |