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Tried & true
Greek grandmothers take food writer Anastasia Miari into their homes and share their time-perfected recipes.
Kevin Ireland 1933-2023
Graeme Lay remembers his long-time friend and colleague Kevin Ireland, writer, poet, translator and wit.
'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
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”.
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.
Matters of the heart
Igor Felippe’s groundbreaking research into blood pressure has meant sacrifices and challenges
Bloom of youth
The director of Oscar-nominated coming-of-age drama Close talks about how his own adolescence inspired the film.
Hostile territory:
Single women trying to forge new lives are at the heart of two trans-Tasman crime debuts.
Home truths
The harrowing history of a Jewish town continues to haunt modern Ukraine.
A saint for the ages
Finely woven stories spanning a thousand years revisit the eventful afterlife of an English bishop.
Running her race
A young woman’s athletic talent leads her through obstacles in sport and life.
Flipping the script
A sketch writer’s dig at double standards gets complicated.
Double trouble
Deborah Levy returns with another atmospheric novel, about a concert pianist who loses her way.
Pulled up short
Heavy exercise can cause painful muscle cramps but there are some solutions worth considering.
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.
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.
Body of work
A new edition does greater justice to Mark Adams’ renowned photos of the art of Samoan tattooing.
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.
Powder to the people
Like the radiant sun of its logo, Edmonds Baking Powder seemed sure to rise.
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
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
Red flag
Halving our red meat consumption in favour of plant-based alternatives would be good for our health, our wallets and the planet, New Zealand research reveals.
Root of goodness
A Wellington woman’s dream of turning plant remedies into approved medicines grew from experience
Full-throttle love
The unthinkable has happened: I have fallen out of love. This is a tragedy, but inevitable, I suppose. If you spend enough time together, the fizz of infatuation is bound to go as flat as a possum under a truck.
Wild & witty
Classical accordionist James Crabb brings a concerto home.
Relationship repair shop
Psychotherapist Amanda Cox explains why she agreed to counsel couples on TV.
Behind the absolute scenes
The most popular stories on NZ music history website AudioCulture during its first decade haven't always been about our biggest stars.
All in your head
Three Kiwi artists take a meander down a road less travelled, luxuriating in rich influences.
Illicit love
Moroccan film uses familiar tropes to great effect.
Lear bender
Actor and director Michael Hurst tells PAUL LITTLE why he has no qualms about making Shakespeare's epic tragedy more accessible for a 21st-century audience.