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Lurching to the right
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Lurching to the right

It's starting to get scary out there. People with really weird hairdos and wild, right-wing politics are getting elected all over the place.

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2 mins  |
January 2 - 12, 2024
Quackers about festivities
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Quackers about festivities

Just Stop Oil, Extinction Rebellion and the like have remained strangely silent about one of the world's most recalcitrant climate offenders. Nicholas of Bari started out as a nice old clergyman, beloved for his habit of giving secret gifts.

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2 mins  |
January 2 - 12, 2024
The antisocial media
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The antisocial media

The dominant online platforms became more toxic than ever in 2023. Is there a way out?

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2 mins  |
December 16-22, 2023
Animal magic
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Animal magic

The long-held view that pets make us happier and healthier is being challenged.

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3 mins  |
December 16-22, 2023
Not the Messiah
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Not the Messiah

Had enough Hallelujah Chorus? Try these picks for other seasonal classical options.

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2 mins  |
December 16-22, 2023
The last round
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The last round

Veteran director Ken Loach says goodbye to a lifetime of political cinema with a story of hope in an English mining town.

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3 mins  |
December 16-22, 2023
Sharp as a knife
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Sharp as a knife

Memoir of a girl growing up across two hemispheres is a sly and delicious peepshow.

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4 mins  |
December 16-22, 2023
A kaleidoscopic crème brûlée
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A kaleidoscopic crème brûlée

David Cohen taste-tests what's coming to the boil and what's so last year to help home kitchens and top-end diners stay on trend in 2024.

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3 mins  |
December 16-22, 2023
Cooking by the book
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Cooking by the book

What cookbooks do chefs and foodies reach for? Alana Rae asks some of our culinary leaders about their favourite tomes.

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8 mins  |
December 16-22, 2023
It's a celebration
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It's a celebration

Turkey is the main event, bookended by refreshing watermelon to start and raspberries to finish, with sourdough stuffings and a potato pie in between.

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10 mins  |
December 16-22, 2023
Performance pressure
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Performance pressure

Young women are weighed down by feelings of being judged by their peers, and social media mores are making it worse.

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9 mins  |
December 16-22, 2023
The Ardern enigma
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The Ardern enigma

Why did many New Zealanders turn so quickly on our most popular leader of recent times? And will the politics of compassion ultimately be her legacy?

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9 mins  |
December 16-22, 2023
An untimely delay
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An untimely delay

An unnecessary operation delayed appropriate treatment for prostate cancer patient Paul Catmur. One year on, he's still waiting for his surgeon's actions to be investigated.

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8 mins  |
December 16-22, 2023
Equal measures
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Equal measures

Living behind her parents' dairy taught Vanisa Dhiru all about being helpful. Now, she puts that into practice in her advocacy roles.

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5 mins  |
December 16-22, 2023
Jibes across the Tasman
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Jibes across the Tasman

Scott Morrison, the self-confessed bulldozer prone to mansplaining, exasperated Ardern.

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2 mins  |
December 16-22, 2023
Let the brawling begin
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Let the brawling begin

We've had a government for barely a week and already the insults are flying thick and fast.

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4 mins  |
December 16-22, 2023
Enhanced memoirs
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Enhanced memoirs

An awful suspicion is dawning that rather than just replacing humans by being more efficient, artificial intelligence (AI) might also show them up for the wretched, self-deluding egomaniacs they so often are.

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2 mins  |
December 16-22, 2023
One fine day
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One fine day

There are perfect moments in the garden in spring. My favourite bit of the garden is one that I had no part in making. This is the gravel garden, on the drive in front of the house. I didn't know I wanted a gravel garden. I certainly didn't plan to grow a gravel garden. It grows itself. A gravel garden is a marvellous thing. You don't have to feed it, you scarcely have to weed it or water it, and the best thing about it is that it hasn't cost you a cent. It is perfect for miserly gardeners.

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2 mins  |
December 02-08, 2023
An AI leap for robots
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An AI leap for robots

The same tech underpinning ChatGPT is set to finally make the general-use robot a reality.

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2 mins  |
December 02-08, 2023
Great expectations
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Great expectations

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, so keep your stresses at bay.

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3 mins  |
December 02-08, 2023
Sweet talking
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Sweet talking

A common artificial sweetener has for the first time been classed as possibly carcinogenic.

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2 mins  |
December 02-08, 2023
On a high note
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On a high note

Countertenor Stephen Diaz explains why JS Bach presents such a challenge to singers.

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2 mins  |
December 02-08, 2023
Sunday bloody Sunday
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Sunday bloody Sunday

Outback noir's smallscreen adaptation has big-screen aspirations.

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2 mins  |
December 02-08, 2023
Titillating takedown
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Titillating takedown

Mr Ripley meets Brideshead in this black comedy, an outlandish dissection of the British upper classes.

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2 mins  |
December 02-08, 2023
The cannonball run
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The cannonball run

French leader biopic is hardly revolutionary, but it sure is fast.

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2 mins  |
December 02-08, 2023
Folky valentines
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Folky valentines

Erny Belle confirms her early promise and Cat Power plugs and unplugs Dylan.

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2 mins  |
December 02-08, 2023
Her plucky stars
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Her plucky stars

How touring harpist Mary Lattimore has found a niche among pop’s left field.

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3 mins  |
December 02-08, 2023
Man of the match
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Man of the match

As his football comedy Next Goal Wins finally arrives, Taika Waititi talks about ego, money and having nothing left to prove.

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8 mins  |
December 02-08, 2023
P for panic stations
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P for panic stations

A drug once regularly doled out for weight loss is now a terror of the modern age but crackdowns so far have failed. Is it time for a different approach?

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5 mins  |
December 02-08, 2023
Airbn' bust
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Airbn' bust

Short-term lets have shaken up the tourism industry and housing markets. Now, authorities are clamping down but that’s far from the only issue confronting travellers and hosts.

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7 mins  |
December 02-08, 2023