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Hail to the Chief
How Matu Ngaropo has survived and thrived as George Washington in the musical phenomenon Hamilton.
4 min |
June 3-9 2023
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History in the making
Bustling novel packs in 100 years of life and action in NZ and abroad.
2 min |
June 3-9 2023
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Death takes a toll
A woman who comforts the dying struggles to connect with the living.
2 min |
June 3-9 2023
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A wing & a prayer
A child convict crosses boundaries amid the birth throes of colonial Auckland.
2 min |
June 3-9 2023
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The city as a stage
A young acting troupe fights to stay alive in a fantastical Elizabethan London.
2 min |
June 3-9 2023
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Out of the shadows
How two spooks and a chip shop owner helped broker peace in Northern Ireland.
4 min |
June 3-9 2023
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Going viral
An engaging examination of microbial diseases and their far-reaching impacts on human history.
3 min |
June 3-9 2023
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Mission control
The need to regulate artificial intelligence is becoming urgent and Europe is well out in front on this.
3 min |
June 3-9 2023
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Mental block
Our vulnerabilities to disease and death can provoke reactions of “Eww!”
2 min |
June 3-9 2023
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Tried & true
Greek grandmothers take food writer Anastasia Miari into their homes and share their time-perfected recipes.
5 min |
June 3-9 2023
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Kevin Ireland 1933-2023
Graeme Lay remembers his long-time friend and colleague Kevin Ireland, writer, poet, translator and wit.
6 min |
June 3-9 2023
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'Nowhere else to go'
In 2012, Max Rashbrooke spent three weeks living in a Wellington boarding house, writing about the experience for the Listener. The place he chose, Malcolm’s, has since closed and Healthy Homes legislation has come into effect mandating insulation and heating standards for all residential properties including boarding houses and hostels. We are republishing Rashbrooke’s story from 2012 in light of the Loafers Lodge fire that killed at least five people on May 16. Loafers Lodge is not Malcolm’s, but it also housed a community of vulnerable people. A decade on, Rashbrooke’s experience still resonates
9 min |
June 3-9 2023
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State of inertia
It’s the time of the Great Centrist Drift, writes Danyl McLauchlan, an era of “lost opportunities and gradual failure driven not by ideology but a lack of it”.
10+ min |
June 3-9 2023
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Arts & minds
Pressure on students to qualify for careers has seen the BA degree take a battering – but the results may not be as intended.
10+ min |
June 3-9 2023
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Matters of the heart
Igor Felippe’s groundbreaking research into blood pressure has meant sacrifices and challenges
5 min |
June 3-9 2023
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Bloom of youth
The director of Oscar-nominated coming-of-age drama Close talks about how his own adolescence inspired the film.
5 min |
May 20-26 2023
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Hostile territory:
Single women trying to forge new lives are at the heart of two trans-Tasman crime debuts.
3 min |
May 20-26 2023
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Home truths
The harrowing history of a Jewish town continues to haunt modern Ukraine.
2 min |
May 20-26 2023
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A saint for the ages
Finely woven stories spanning a thousand years revisit the eventful afterlife of an English bishop.
2 min |
May 20-26 2023
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Running her race
A young woman’s athletic talent leads her through obstacles in sport and life.
2 min |
May 20-26 2023
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Flipping the script
A sketch writer’s dig at double standards gets complicated.
2 min |
May 20-26 2023
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Double trouble
Deborah Levy returns with another atmospheric novel, about a concert pianist who loses her way.
2 min |
May 20-26 2023
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Pulled up short
Heavy exercise can cause painful muscle cramps but there are some solutions worth considering.
4 min |
May 20-26 2023
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Desperate for remedies
New Zealand’s chronic shortage of oestrogen patches has left women scrambling to get the HRT they need to manage menopausal symptoms.
4 min |
May 20-26 2023
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Shackles to spare
Amid the royal razzmatazz in London, the PM didn’t quite manage to kick into touch some own goals occurring at home.
5 min |
May 20-26 2023
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Body of work
A new edition does greater justice to Mark Adams’ renowned photos of the art of Samoan tattooing.
1 min |
May 20-26 2023
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The write stuff
Columnist and author Joe Bennett turns his observational powers and sharp sense of humour onto his younger self in a memoir of his first three decades.
8 min |
May 20-26 2023
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Powder to the people
Like the radiant sun of its logo, Edmonds Baking Powder seemed sure to rise.
1 min |
May 20-26 2023
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Take a closer look
Sustainability scientist Maja Göpel sees nothing radical in the actions of climate protesters and says we can all help to save the planet
5 min |
May 20-26 2023
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Lost in translation
A trailblazing critique of the Treaty of Waitangi has proved, like the treaty itself, open to interpretation – affecting NZ law, policy and culture ever since
9 min |