DAYLIGHT ROBBERY?

Many countries are now deciding to ditch the twice-yearly ritual of changing their clocks in spring and autumn. So is it time New Zealand looked at it, too?

LABOUR PAINS

More than 250,000 low-paid workers are the focus of the most far-reaching workplace reform in 30 years. The business sector has vowed to fight it.

GREAT DIVIDES

The author of Shuggie Bain delivers a gritty but tender story of young love in a city where sexual and religious boundaries are set in stone.

Father figure

A copycat killer is on the prowl and suspicion falls close to home for a traumatised therapist.

'I know how tough it is at the bottom'

She may live a privileged lifestyle but Lady Deborah Chambers knows what it's like on struggle street.

We're already in a world war

A new world war has already begun. It is not yet, thankfully, a war of bombs and bullets, but of information.

PARTY CENTRAL

Two books tell how China built its movie business and sold its own - Communist Party-approved – stories to the world while neutering Hollywood and its Western democratic ideals.

RIGHT of RETURN

If New Zealand continues to call out the human rights abuses of Turkey's increasingly autocratic and paranoid leader, it faces the threat of being banned from staging official Anzac commemorations in Gallipoli.

MAKE IT TILL YOU FAKE IT

The world is continuing to experiment with lab-grown meat and dairy. But will consumers embrace the trend?

LINE IN THE SAND

The threat China poses in the Pacific is real, and NZ must act, says ex-Australian PM and China expert Kevin Rudd.

ON THE WARPATH

A new series aims for a true history of iwi conflict in the pre-European Bay of Plenty.

ON THE OFFENCE

Stephen Merchant's new comedy-thriller gathers a gang of petty crims in a story inspired by his parents and hometown.

HER DIZZY HEIGHTS

With her fourth album, UK-based New Zealand singer-songwriter Aldous Harding confirms her place as a singular artist and an international star in music's left field.

Dark connection

Christchurch researchers have discovered a ground-breaking link between childhood sexual abuse and early menopause.

Bones to pick

Taking calcium supplements has no benefits unless you have a diagnosed deficiency. They could even potentially pose a real risk.

A tour de Norse

Kiwi prog-rock is rare, but the 1975 self-titled album by Auckland group Ragnarok is among the best.

Under the knife

I was making the phone call I had been putting off making.

WHAT'S UP, DOC?

Modern medicine is out of control, argue the authors of a new book. It’s time, they say, for patients to start asking some tougher questions.

The SECOND COMING

He may be a very naughty boy y, but British comedian Ricky Gervais may also be the messiah, writes Stan Stew wart.

Nut a problem

Exposing children to allergenic food at a very early age may help them avoid developing dietary intolerances that can be a lifetime scourge.

MAMMY DEAREST

Writer and broadcaster Noelle McCarthy’s memoir is the story of a mother-daughter relationship that is biting – literally – fiery, funny, toxic, boozy and ultimately redemptive.

SWIMMING UPSTREAM

Acclaimed author Lloyd Jones explores ideas of alienation, othering and familial shame in his latest novel.

Sweet sorrows

A continent-hopping debut novel explores the lives of a Caribbean-American family.

Nashville lifeline

Jamie McDell takes on the US capital of country in an impressive career reinvention.

MORAL HAZARDS

A friendship unravels with devastating consequences in a thoughtprovoking drama that takes on both sides of the vaccination debate.

Mirror, mirror

Positive thinking and self-affirmations are good strategies at times, but striving for happiness is a doomed enterprise.

Bigger than our bellies

Sharing those supersized cafe meals or taking surplus food home will help avoid food waste – but make sure you store any leftovers safely.

Hear, hear

Personalised treatments and “switched-on” tech promise to help bring relief to tinnitus sufferers.

LIVING OUT LOUD

Kiwi comedian Rose Matafeo has compiled a remarkable résumé, culminating in her hit British TV show Starstruck. So where does she go from here?

A measure of happiness

Celebrated inventor Grant Ryan has come up with a way to gauge how well we’re doing that takes GDP off the chart.