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Slice of the action
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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.

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2 mins  |
April 13-19, 2024
A country with no borders
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A country with no borders

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

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2 mins  |
April 13-19, 2024
Off the gravel
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Off the gravel

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

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5 mins  |
April 13-19, 2024
At the top of his game
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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.

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7 mins  |
April 13-19, 2024
Now where did I put my keys?
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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.

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7 mins  |
April 13-19, 2024
The quiet wave
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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.

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9 mins  |
April 13-19, 2024
Bedtime stories
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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.

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8 mins  |
April 13-19, 2024
Pillow talk
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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.

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5 mins  |
April 13-19, 2024
Peters thumps the tub
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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.

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2 mins  |
April 6-11, 2024
Don't worry, be happy
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Don't worry, be happy

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

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2 mins  |
April 6-11, 2024
Another tiny tyrant
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Another tiny tyrant

Scientists are sharpening tools as bird flu draws closer.

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2 mins  |
April 6-11, 2024
Listen to your heart
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Listen to your heart

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

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3 mins  |
April 6-11, 2024
Upping sticks
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Upping sticks

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

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2 mins  |
April 6-11, 2024
Putting his stamp on it
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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.

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4 mins  |
April 6-11, 2024
Sons of a preacher man
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Sons of a preacher man

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

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3 mins  |
April 6-11, 2024
Somewhere down the lilac river
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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

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2 mins  |
April 6-11, 2024
Chemical romance
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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.

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8 mins  |
April 6-11, 2024
More dread than hope
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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.

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4 mins  |
April 6-11, 2024
Apocalypse? No
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Apocalypse? No

Data scientist Hannah Ritchie takes a mostly untravelled path between climate scepticism and climate doomerism.

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3 mins  |
April 6-11, 2024
Setting out for the summit
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Setting out for the summit

Airini Beautrais' original and far-reaching personal essays place her at the top of the field.

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2 mins  |
April 6-11, 2024
A kind of magic
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A kind of magic

With upcoming roles in The White Lotus and local production Friends Like Her, Morgana O’Reilly no longer feels the need to prove herself. But her unpedicured feet remain firmly on the ground.

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8 mins  |
April 6-11, 2024
Naked ambition
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Naked ambition

Harsh treatment has sent strip club workers on to the streets to campaign for legislative and workforce rights.

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8 mins  |
April 6-11, 2024
Webb of intrigue
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Webb of intrigue

A retrospective of artist Marilynn Webb argues for her place as one of Aotearoa's most important and innovative landscape artists.

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8 mins  |
April 6-11, 2024
Go north for a while
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Go north for a while

Acclaimed poet and GP Glenn Colquhoun has some sage words for Act leader David Seymour: taihoa on your Treaty of Waitangi referendum stuff.

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9 mins  |
April 6-11, 2024
Betting the house
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Betting the house

Retirement villages rely on a business model that deters many prospective buyers. With demand increasing as the population ages, clamour for reform is building.

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10+ mins  |
April 6-11, 2024
The big dry
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The big dry

All we know is that here at Lush Places, our pasture and gardens are gasping. The pasture is the worry. The garden is a luxury but if you move to the country to buy a garden, the lack of rain is distressing.

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2 mins  |
March 30 - April 5, 2024
Digital disruption or disaster?
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Digital disruption or disaster?

If the news media is left to sink or swim, who will hold the powerful to account?

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2 mins  |
March 30 - April 5, 2024
Fair's fair
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Fair's fair

Are we kidding ourselves that the world is a fair and just place?

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2 mins  |
March 30 - April 5, 2024
Fortify yourself
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Fortify yourself

Iodine is an essential mineral for our metabolism but opt for bread and milk rather than salt to get an adequate dose.

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2 mins  |
March 30 - April 5, 2024
Flautist’s flight
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Flautist’s flight

A United Nations of styles mark Tessa Brinckman’s collection of flute pieces.

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2 mins  |
March 30 - April 5, 2024