Back to the drawing board

Matthew Ridge returns with his show celebrating NZ architects and their work

In and out of theatre

Playwright GARY HENDERSON writes about adapting David Galler's acclaimed medical memoir Things That Matter and his patient wait for it to hit the stage

Pushing the boat out

The true story of meth smugglers being caught out by folk in a small Northland town comes to television

Acting up over AI

Creativity is at the sharp end of the AI revolution. But other professions are sure to follow.

Don't worry, be happy

For all the misery Covid has caused, it provides an interesting of the moot case study \"ignorance is bliss\"

High cost of convenience

Checking the substance of processed food

Getting down to it

Postnatal depression in new mothers is well known, but it can also be an issue for new fathers, particularly those under 30

The muesli ticket to ride

Cereal king, foe of wilding pines and ex-Auckland mayor Dick Hubbard and wife Diana have motorbiked the equivalent of six times around the world

Away with 'Words'

Advertising campaigns rarely swing elections, but did a psychologist's directive to bin a \"broken promises\" ad change the outcome of our 1993 cliffhanger?

Bottling the sun

A New Zealand startup has joined the quest to make nuclear fusion a viable alternative to burning fossil fuels

A life in stories

Film-maker Holly Morris makes a living out of telling powerful stories. Her latest, Exposure, follows 11 ordinary women to the North Pole, and has brought her to NZ

Facing the music

With one music school already closed and our most prestigious one facing cutbacks, tertiary music education is weathering a perfect storm of post-pandemic defi cits, polytech restructuring and a swing away from the arts

Joining the club

A master and two debut authors deliver entertaining, action-packed tales

Dodge a bullet

The much-touted benefits of adding butter and oil to black coffee are not backed by evidence

Brain busters

Keeping the brain active may be just as important as drugs in the fight against Alzheimer's

Brothers in arms

What began as an exploration of the relationship between a boy and his father morphed into a story about two brothers surviving in the underclass of Aotearoa

Creating chemistry

With her hotline to the PM, Juliet Gerrard kept science at the heart of government decision-making throughout the pandemic. Where to from here?

Rocky wonderland

Some would say it has taken 25 million years, but Waitaki has finally been declared New Zealand's first Unesco Global Geopark

Missing pieces

Labour's aborted wealth tax and mooted GST exemptions on food are just the latest chapters in the quixotic political quest to make tax fairer without being run out of town

The mother I loved

She was ill this year, and I thought of myself as on call. We lived five minutes S apart by car

An immoral status quo

Sometimes, though nowhere near often enough, I volunteer at Shepherd's Table, a services facility for homeless people about a mile and a half from where I am fortunate to be housed

Remembering Eve

This month marks 30 years since the introduction of the Human Rights Act. CHRIS FARRELLY recalls the men and women who helped make it happen, including a young girl with Aids

Back to the drawing board

Matthew Ridge returns with his show celebrating NZ architects and their work.

Coming to the party

Greg said, \"What do you want to do for your 60th?\" I looked at him as though he had gone gaga. He looked back at me as though I had gone gaga. I was about to turn 59.

Blur's sharp focus

Britpop stars deliver great reunion album embracing the doubts of middle age.

In and out of theatre

Playwright GARY HENDERSON writes about adapting David Galler's acclaimed medical memoir Things That Matter and his patient wait for it to hit the stage.

Pushing the boat out

The true story of meth smugglers being caught out by folk in a small Northland town comes to television.

Sleep no more

An insomniac novelist examines the causes, consequences and chaos of sleeplessness.

Hard labour

The results of penal servitude are hidden in plain sight after nearly two centuries of public works, farms and forests.

Close to home

In her keenly awaited first novel in 14 years, Lorrie Moore braids two strange tales linked by coincidence and conspiratorial imagination.