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A symptom, not a cause
When Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat sent to explore the New World, arrived in New York in 1831, he found a land with no aristocracy, let alone kings or queens; a place where citizens wrote the rules; a country where a man (yes, always a man) could move up in the world.
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July 4-10, 2026
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Cruellest cuts
The health sector efficiency drive flies in the face of rising demand.
3 min |
July 4-10, 2026
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Heavy hitters
Delaney Davidson comes out swinging; Office Dog bites.
2 min |
July 4-10, 2026
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Return of the King
The rector wanted to see me.
3 min |
July 4-10, 2026
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American pie
As the US marks 250 years of independence, four New Zealanders reflect on the idea of America, things we have in common and bits we'll never understand.
3 min |
July 4-10, 2026
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Fromm appeal
A Marlborough vineyard with a reputation for distinctive wines, is poised for a change of ownership.
2 min |
July 4-10, 2026
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All too human
A story collection from the author of My Year of Meats hits exactly the right key.
3 min |
July 4-10, 2026
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In an uptown funk
The music scene centred on Auckland’s K Road has been rocked by closures. RUSSELL BROWN surveys the damage.
5 min |
July 4-10, 2026
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Low battery
Toy Story is a winning franchise, but it’s running out of power.
1 min |
July 4-10, 2026
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Rain dance
The coalition is committing billions to an LNG terminal to plug gaps in dry-year energy supply. Then it hopes we'll never have to use it.
10+ min |
July 4-10, 2026
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That's all, folk
Nearly 40 years since Solitude Standing, Suzanne Vega has mastered the art of resilience.
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July 4-10, 2026
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Crazy charmer
From my balcony, I catch two views of Los Angeles. Well, three, counting the towers of Downtown looming in the near distance. But on the street, two floors below, it's rubbish day and a huge truck with a front-loaded forklift rumbles down, hoisting enormous bins of garbage up and over its head. Like a lot of things about America, it's loud and slightly terrifying.
3 min |
July 4-10, 2026
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Souless selling
Irredeemable characters make this French saga hard to love.
1 min |
July 4-10, 2026
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Aye, robot
A futurist presents the case for how AI can aid democracy, though she largely overlooks the drawbacks.
4 min |
July 4-10, 2026
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Al's Iron Curtain moment
The US has drawn a new kind of border, not around land but around intelligence itself.
2 min |
July 4-10, 2026
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Hidden dragons
On a hot London morning, I set out with two objectives: to view the King, and to look at an apartment building.
2 min |
July 4-10, 2026
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Earning a crust
Owner of much-missed Wellington fine-dining institution Citron, Wendy Morgan grew up working in the family pie shop.
5 min |
July 4-10, 2026
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Scene stealers
National’s superannuation reversal and the Greens’ wealth tax may have fishhooks but leave Labour in the shadows.
4 min |
July 4-10, 2026
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States of flux
The nation state is history’s most effective and efficient form of society. So why is it collapsing?
4 min |
July 4-10, 2026
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Man or bear
When hikers part company in the wilderness, it doesn’t always end in alpine divorce, writes Danielle Murray.
2 min |
July 4-10, 2026
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Wheat from the chaff
Just because a product is naturally free of gluten doesn't necessarily mean it's safe for coeliac sufferers.
3 min |
July 4-10, 2026
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Stress busting
A cancer diagnosis at 26 forced Nick Petrie to learn ways to manage his anxiety that he’s now applying to reduce workplace burnout.
10+ min |
July 4-10, 2026
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JELLY SMACK
California environmental photojournalist Ralph Pace smeared himself in petroleum jelly to avoid stings to get this startling image of a “smack” of Pacific sea nettles in Monterey Bay in June last year.
1 min |
July 4-10, 2026
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Water music
The National Youth Orchestra sets sail on a theme of perilous voyages
2 min |
July 4-10, 2026
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Our years of magical thinking
I write this from the front line of a Croatian idyll, an aquamarine bay of a beautiful Dalmatian island in the Adriatic.
2 min |
July 4-10, 2026
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Poets’ corner
Nicholas Reid reviews the latest collections of verse from Aotearoa.
4 min |
July 4-10, 2026
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Fresh horizons
A new doco led by ‘Mr Matariki’ explores Antarctica through a mātauranga Māori lens.
3 min |
July 4-10, 2026
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Out of Africa
The African snuffbox tree!
3 min |
July 4-10, 2026
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America needs its captain
One of America’s quintessential contributions to global culture, alongside jazz (and hip-hop), has been the creation of the superhero.
3 min |
July 4-10, 2026
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Calling home
Having launched some of our best-known artists, Massive Theatre Company marks 35 years. Its founder Sam Scott shares her inspirations.
4 min |