Faces turned to the horizon

In a public library in Wellington, I said to the librarian, \"I'm losing my mind.\" He was a kindly young man, unfazed as he showed me what to do. He was so helpful my spirits began to rise.

Money down the drain

At the end of last month, the annual Oxford-Cambridge boat race took place on the River Thames.

All stuffed up

New Zealand requires more than a strong decongestant to clear the circuitous routes to effective change.

A recipe for life

On the shelves here at Lush Places are fusty-smelling two old books. One is a green contacts book. Its cover is faded and the edges battered. The other is an equally faded maroon recipe book. It has a chunk out of the spine.

Walking the plank

On November 19, 2023, a helicopter operated by the Houthi-controlled Yemeni navy hovered over the vehicle carrier Galaxy Leader, passing through the Red Sea.

Familiar faces into the fray

The government’s new consultants and advisers have decades of experience between them, but do they also come with vested interests?

In tune with the times

What's a tune worth? Not as much as previously anticipated for Hipgnosis Songs Fund, the Guernsey-registered company that launched in 2018 on the promise of the song as an unbeatable financial asset.

Advance Australia, without NZ

At nearly 70, Don Farrell is the oldest minister in the Australian government-a wily backroom tactician who has spent 16 mostly invisible years in Parliament.

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.

Shots in the mist

Early photography was regarded as magic when it arrived in New Zealand. But soon, everyone was doing it.

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.

My great admirer

Narcissism is characterised by a deeply ingrained sense of deserving respect - yet some narcissists lack self-esteem.

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.

A country with no borders

Guest reviewer TAMI NEILSON gets to grips with the sound and significance of Beyonceé’s country album Cowboy Carter.

Off the gravel

The new album and tour by Delaney Davidson takes the Christchurch artist down a smoother road.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Don't worry, be happy

If you want to attain a greater level of happiness, you have to work at it.

Another tiny tyrant

Scientists are sharpening tools as bird flu draws closer.

Listen to your heart

NZ researchers aim to improve understanding of a dangerous form of irregular heartbeat that often goes undetected.

Upping sticks

US percussionist Jacob Nissly guest stars with the NZSO on a custom-made concerto.

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.

Sons of a preacher man

New local drama Testify pits an Auckland evangelical church against the LGBTQ+ community.

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

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.

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.