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Boon or bust
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Boon or bust

Taking our foot off the regulatory pedal means shifting risks to the most vulnerable, say observers across industries targeted in new legislation.

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10+ mins  |
August 10-16, 2024
Ewes know it
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Ewes know it

'It has been my life's work,\" I announced grandly and quite possibly pompously the other day to Greg, no other audience being available, \"to advocate for the advancement of sheep.\" He pointed out that this was patently untrue. If it was true, he said annoyingly, although quite possibly reasonably, I'd have started my life's work a bit earlier, given that I had taken up this selfless work only seven years ago, the length of time we have been at Lush Places.

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3 mins  |
July 6-12 2024
A moral panic
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A moral panic

America's top doctor wants smoking-style warning labels for social media platforms.

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2 mins  |
July 6-12 2024
Give and take
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Give and take

We're likely to reciprocate if someone's nice to us unexpectedly.

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3 mins  |
July 6-12 2024
Culture club
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Culture club

Whether you make yoghurt at home with your own starter or buy a commercial brand, the health benefits remain roughly the same.

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4 mins  |
July 6-12 2024
Now for the news
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Now for the news

How will Stuff's take on broadcast news match up to its polished predecessor?

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3 mins  |
July 6-12 2024
Time to rewind
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Time to rewind

A leaner NZ International Film Festival programme still offers promising local debuts and some art cinema classics.

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4 mins  |
July 6-12 2024
Come dancing
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Come dancing

Albums from Anna Coddington and Peggy Gou are smart and sassy. Bonny Light Horseman leans on heartache.

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2 mins  |
July 6-12 2024
Calling on the muse
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Calling on the muse

Kiwi journalist Garth Cartwright recalls his audience with the late Françoise Hardy in Paris.

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4 mins  |
July 6-12 2024
Artist of high standing
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Artist of high standing

Waiheke Island sculptor Anton Forde talks about creating the largest contemporary pou installation of his career.

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5 mins  |
July 6-12 2024
'You were salvation'
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'You were salvation'

A repurposed supply vessel provides a lifeline to migrants who risk their lives to cross the Mediterranean in a desperate bid for a new life.

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4 mins  |
July 6-12 2024
Defining priorities
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Defining priorities

Sir Peter Gluckman, leading a once-in-a-generation review of science and universities, says significant change is on the cards - if he gets his way.

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8 mins  |
July 6-12 2024
Welcome to the danger zone
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Welcome to the danger zone

Young minds are increasingly being sheltered from \"dangerous\" fiction, especially in the US where many states are banning books for their sexual content. Surely, writes Kirsty Gunn, reading such texts makes us think.

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9 mins  |
July 6-12 2024
Worth the mahi
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Worth the mahi

Maori writers are riding a wave of international demand for stories from indigenous people, and it’s encouraging a shift in attitude from the authors themselves.

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9 mins  |
July 6-12 2024
Stuff of fantasy
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Stuff of fantasy

They may not win critical plaudits and they might fly under our radars, but a growing number of NZ genre fiction writers are in huge demand internationally.

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10 mins  |
July 6-12 2024
In the chill zone
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In the chill zone

We're only halfway through the year, but already a collection of great yarns, absorbing literature, brilliant memoirs and big ideas have grabbed our undivided attention. Books editor Mark Broatch surveys some of the best.

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6 mins  |
July 6-12 2024
Jailhouse bloc
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Jailhouse bloc

Kissing babies and posing for selfies may still be effective in tickling up voters, but Europe's recent elections reveal a suite of counterintuitive new strategies.

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2 mins  |
July 6-12 2024
Relax, it's even more grim up north
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Relax, it's even more grim up north

There is a resonance to the timing of the British general election campaign, overlapping as it does with the European Football Championship. At the time of writing, it remains possible that Sir Keir Starmer will enjoy the blessings of an England win in the Euros and a Bank of England interest rate cut in his first fortnight as prime minister. The former is less likely than the latter.

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2 mins  |
July 6-12 2024
Generating chaos
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Generating chaos

Just when we thought Australia's years of climate wars were over amid fresh seas of solar and wind farms, would-be prime minister Peter Dutton has gone nuclear.

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2 mins  |
July 6-12 2024
Ferrari fixation
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Ferrari fixation

Gold-plated designs, bad management and inevitable cost blowouts continue to define our infrastructure spending.

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4 mins  |
July 6-12 2024
Spilt milk
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Spilt milk

Excess dietary calcium goes into toilets, not bones.

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3 mins  |
June - 1-7 2024
To the Max
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To the Max

The testosterone and torments of late adolescence are centre stage in this novel about finding your place in life.

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2 mins  |
June - 1-7 2024
A chemical killer
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A chemical killer

A new book outlines the life of a woman who may well have been New Zealand’s most prolific poisoner. What was it that led police to exhume the body of her husband from its watery grave?

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7 mins  |
June - 1-7 2024
Creating the WOW factor
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Creating the WOW factor

Meg Williams, in charge of the biggest festival involving a bunch of people wearing wacky outfits, admits she's not very flamboyant in her own dressing.

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8 mins  |
June - 1-7 2024
Leaving it all on the park
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Leaving it all on the park

After cancer treatment, Graeme Downes takes stock of a musical life leading The Verlaines and lecturing future generations of songwriters.

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9 mins  |
June - 1-7 2024
Wrong message
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Wrong message

A UK journalist who came here to talk about Rwanda’s authoritarian regime found herself the victim of a social media hate campaign.

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8 mins  |
June - 1-7 2024
Busting a gut
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Busting a gut

IBD is escalating, seemingly thanks to the Western lifestyle, and New Zealand has one of the highest rates in the world.

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10 mins  |
June - 1-7 2024
The point of Peters
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The point of Peters

There's been much to admire about the NZ First leader's politics over the years, but where has it got him?

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5 mins  |
June - 1-7 2024
Don't call us ...
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Don't call us ...

Finland's ingenuity galvanised the rapid global uptake of cellphones, so it's paradoxical the country's latest claim to fame should be the elevation of no-speakies to a new commercial opportunity.

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2 mins  |
June - 1-7 2024
He is here
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He is here

In the week my brother died, there was a storm in the universe.

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2 mins  |
June - 1-7 2024