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Puddling along
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Puddling along

Our daily traffic has created big patches of brown ooze into which gumboots, chickens and hearts sink.

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3 mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023
Music with pictures
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Music with pictures

The APO's Opera in Concert brings together two underappreciated artists.

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2 mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023
Following the rainbow
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Following the rainbow

Queerness is a major feature of a series being made especially for Kiwi kids.

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2 mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023
A need to talk
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A need to talk

Rock raconteur Henry Rollins returns to NZ, where fans have given him magic memories in a past encounter.

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3 mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023
A final bow
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A final bow

A posthumous release offers a hint of the diverse and prolific work of New York underground figure and cellist Arthur Russell.

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2 mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023
Sweet, smart & funny
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Sweet, smart & funny

An older woman stages a meet-cute with a shy teen.

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2 mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023
Ford knocks it out of the ark
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Ford knocks it out of the ark

Indiana Jones' fifth instalment is back to form as its ageing star hangs up his fedora.

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3 mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023
Galaxy quest
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Galaxy quest

How the stars have aligned for Tamati Rimene-Sproat after he turned his back on TVNZ current affairs.

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5 mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023
War of the Wager
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War of the Wager

Where does duty end and survival begin, asks David Grann in his rip-roaring account of an 18th-century mission gone wrong.

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3 mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023
Heart's desire
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Heart's desire

Ambitious debut explores murky line dividing fan and fanatic.

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3 mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023
Humanity's darker side
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Humanity's darker side

Expertly crafted stories make for more demanding reading.

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2 mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023
Building bridges
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Building bridges

Even if it's selective, a new history of world culture is still enriching and educational.

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3 mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023
Hard knocks
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Hard knocks

Searing honesty is a mark of ex-All Black Carl Hayman's bleak story of a superstar whose life has gone tragically wrong.

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3 mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023
Sky's the limit
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Sky's the limit

As aviation heads for a new boom, flying's CO₂-emission facts are stark.

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3 mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023
Dachau days
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Dachau days

A concentration camp memorial is a powerful reminder of our vulnerability to psychological manipulation.

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3 mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023
Let them eat cake
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Let them eat cake

TILLY PAMMENT has cakes and sweets to soothe the emotionally wrung out and those craving a tropical escape.

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4 mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023
Buyer beware
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Buyer beware

Ultra-processed foods make up an astonishing proportion of average daily energy intake, and they are harmful. Yet they meet food safety standards.

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4 mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023
Back on track
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Back on track

Back pain is the No 1 cause of physical disability worldwide, and the bad news is, rest is no cure.

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4 mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023
Gotcha!
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Gotcha!

Psychologist and TV presenter NIGEL LATTA writes about what he learned from diving into the world of scams for his latest series.

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4 mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023
Given a golden ticket
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Given a golden ticket

Taranaki author Emma Pearl has writing in her blood via a relative famous for his classic kids' books.

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4 mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023
Trapped in a dream
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Trapped in a dream

After a less-than-idyllic childhood on the oceans, Suzanne Heywood and her younger brother were put ashore in New Zealand to fend for themselves. She was 16.

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8 mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023
Another country
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Another country

Norman Kirk's death in office drew a veil over a fevered period of reform. How differently might New Zealand have evolved had he lived longer?

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9 mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023
The bigger picture
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The bigger picture

Seoul-based Kiwi businessman and avid art collector Adam Ballin plans to share some of his vast collection in a dedicated NZ gallery.

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8 mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023
On life support
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On life support

Doctors fear 10 years of lifesaving advances are being put at risk by the absorption of the National Trauma Network into Te Whatu Ora.

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10+ mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023
Balancing act
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Balancing act

With her first novel since 2012 due for release, Emily Perkins talks to ELISABETH EASTHER about the benefits of risk-taking, letting go and finding imaginative space.

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5 mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023
What the hang
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What the hang

Election year? Must be time for the Opposition to proclaim itself tough on crime.

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4 mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023
Just beastly
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Just beastly

\"We're having pizza, but you enjoy your Whiskas, sweetie.\"

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2 mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023
Locked and loaded
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Locked and loaded

Conditions favoured the demagogue opportunist who harnessed the rage.

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2 mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023
It's a set-up
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It's a set-up

Volatility is produced by two key factors: the overproduction of elites and the immiseration of the poor.

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2 mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023
Fragility of hope
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Fragility of hope

US author Cormac McCarthy was a seer who foretold the destruction of our natural world in his novels, writes PATRICK MULLIGAN.

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2 mins  |
July 8 - 14, 2023