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Staying ahead of the game
Will the brave new world of bipartisanship that seems to be on offer with an Infrastructure Commission come to fruition?
4 min |
September 9, 2024
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Grasping the nettle
Broccoli is horrible. It smells, when being cooked, like cat pee.
3 min |
September 9, 2024
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Hangry? Eat breakfast
People who don't break their fast first thing in the morning report the least life satisfaction.
3 min |
September 9, 2024
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Chemical reaction
Nitrates in processed meats are well known to cause harm, but consumed from plant sources, their effect is quite different.
4 min |
September 9, 2024
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Me and my guitar
Australian guitarist Karin Schaupp sticks to the familiar for her Dunedin concerts.
2 min |
September 9, 2024
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Time is on my side
Age does not weary some of our much-loved musicians but what keeps them on the road?
7 min |
September 9, 2024
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The kids are not alright
Nuanced account details how China's blessed generation has been replaced by one consumed by fear and hopelessness.
4 min |
September 9, 2024
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Kava chameleons
A drink that is a revered part of Pacific culture is under threat from US-grown crops and heady new mixes.
8 min |
September 9, 2024
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Word blender
What happens to identity when our language becomes a hybrid? The answer lies with the people.
5 min |
September 9, 2024
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Overwhelming evidence
For the head of the inquiry into abuse in care, doing justice to the survivors' stories fully vindicates the six-year process.
10+ min |
September 9, 2024
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'Just be Māori, all day, every day'
In calling iwi to a hui in January, the Kiingitanga leader sent a powerful message to the new government. Aaron Smale looks at the legacy of the truck driver who ascended the throne.
9 min |
September 9, 2024
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Charting success
In the second coming of charter schools, Act leader David Seymour plans a much bigger roll-out. But what evidence is there that they do any better than state schools?
10+ min |
September 9, 2024
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Seeds of hope
A team of botanists is saving one of our most threatened orchids and reintroducing it into the wild.
2 min |
August 10-16, 2024
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The Clinton factor
Kamala Harris is battling a double whammy of racism and sexism in her presidential quest.
2 min |
August 10-16, 2024
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Stuff & nonsense
The gutsy woman who took on ownership of media company Stuff for $1 scoffs at the idea that she's a mogul.
9 min |
August 10-16, 2024
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Pop goes the union
It's a wee, thin piece of plastic, barely a centimetre long, but it's as good as a whole new referendum to reaffirm that the Brexit spirit is alive and in grumbling good health.
2 min |
August 10-16, 2024
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Delusions of grandeur
In life, and therefore in politics, when things become difficult at home we tend to look at problems elsewhere, either for distraction or reassurance.
2 min |
August 10-16, 2024
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A virtuoso on display
Artand music combine across the centuries ina new album from Somi Kim.
2 min |
August 10-16, 2024
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Cold, hard facts
In his latest documentary, Patrick Gower examines climate change and its repercussions.
2 min |
August 10-16, 2024
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The selfish giant
Violin great Maxim Vengerov was a child prodigy in Siberia. Now, he is coming to NZ to play the instrument's greatest concerto.
4 min |
August 10-16, 2024
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Kindred souls
A love for the sound of British Northern soul leads to an unlikely alliance in this big-hearted novel.
2 min |
August 10-16, 2024
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Hungry for history
Irish chefs are taking the best of the country's traditional ingredients and giving them a top-class 21st-century spin.
8 min |
August 10-16, 2024
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Tummy tracking
Auckland researchers have helped develop a non-invasive technique to investigate gastric problems.
3 min |
August 10-16, 2024
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Waters of life
Renowned environmental activist Mike Joy's eventful life is laid out in this smartly written memoir.
3 min |
August 10-16, 2024
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Out with the old
One of the best ways to get more economic growth is by narrowing inequality, says UK economist and author Daniel Susskind
6 min |
August 10-16, 2024
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A whakapapa of trauma
Ministers have referenced the 28th Māori Battalion in the government's military-style academy for youth offenders. But that legacy has seen many of the soldiers' mokopuna abused in state care.
8 min |
August 10-16, 2024
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Goodbye, boy genius
Russell Brown, a close observer of Martin Phillipps and his band The Chills across decades, looks back at his musical life and times.
6 min |
August 10-16, 2024
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Boon or bust
Taking our foot off the regulatory pedal means shifting risks to the most vulnerable, say observers across industries targeted in new legislation.
10+ min |
August 10-16, 2024
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Ewes know it
'It has been my life's work,\" I announced grandly and quite possibly pompously the other day to Greg, no other audience being available, \"to advocate for the advancement of sheep.\" He pointed out that this was patently untrue. If it was true, he said annoyingly, although quite possibly reasonably, I'd have started my life's work a bit earlier, given that I had taken up this selfless work only seven years ago, the length of time we have been at Lush Places.
3 min |
July 6-12 2024
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A moral panic
America's top doctor wants smoking-style warning labels for social media platforms.
2 min |