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Ditch the rich
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Ditch the rich

A neighbour recently told me he's going Jeff Bezos-free, a decision that resonated with me immediately, as I have long resented the cone-headed tycoon for stealing the name of the world's mightiest river to drown the rest of us in his lucre lust.

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3 mins  |
June - 1-7 2024
Lifting the lid
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Lifting the lid

NZ First's bid to regulate toilet use should be flushed away, but adolescents' access to transgender medicine deserves serious attention.

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4 mins  |
June - 1-7 2024
A big noise
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A big noise

Scott Kara pays tribute to alternative rock figurehead Steve Albini.

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3 mins  |
May 25-31 2024
Fiddling on the roof
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Fiddling on the roof

After the doco recut by Peter Jackson, the original Let It Be returns as odd as ever.

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2 mins  |
May 25-31 2024
Get with the pilgrim
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Get with the pilgrim

Australian film-maker Bill Bennett thought turning his Camino de Santiago experience into a movie would be a good walk ruined. But he did it anyway.

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2 mins  |
May 25-31 2024
The real queen of Bridgerton
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The real queen of Bridgerton

Regency women would have a ball if they were transported from 'the Ton' to the present day, author Julia Quinn says.

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6 mins  |
May 25-31 2024
Setting boundaries
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Setting boundaries

A giant in the philosophy of gender seems unwilling to engage with alternative points of view or the reality of biological sex.

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4 mins  |
May 25-31 2024
Affair of the heart
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Affair of the heart

Miranda July's second novel, a wild ride through an unconventional relationship, is not for the faint-hearted.

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2 mins  |
May 25-31 2024
A continent of no laws
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A continent of no laws

A Kiwi investigative journalist has spent 21 years trying to get to the bottom of what many believe is the suspicious death of an Australian scientist in Antarctica.

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6 mins  |
May 25-31 2024
I'm Jo Peck again
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I'm Jo Peck again

Four weeks after her 60th birthday, Jo Peck's husband of 25 years told her he was seeing someone else. In a new book, she details how shock and disbelief made way for happiness and contentment.

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8 mins  |
May 25-31 2024
A mayor for everyone
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A mayor for everyone

The Far North's first Māori mayor is one of an emerging political generation bringing equity to the forefront. But a government reversal on Māori wards looms as a stumbling block.

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10+ mins  |
May 25-31 2024
We need to talk about dying
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We need to talk about dying

Whether by choice or weight of numbers, more of us will die at home in future. And with pressure to ease assisted dying restrictions, the gaps in community-based care need fixing - before time runs out.

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10+ mins  |
May 25-31 2024
Taking the state out of broadcasting
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Taking the state out of broadcasting

The news media has been the focus of attention recently.

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2 mins  |
May 25-31 2024
Shock and awe at Eurovision
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Shock and awe at Eurovision

Every May, when the Northern Hemisphere ticks off the Eurovision Song Contest from its calendar, the meaning of the word \"shocking\" takes a further devaluation. In more than 30 different languages.

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2 mins  |
May 25-31 2024
On the brink, yet again
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On the brink, yet again

As the story is told in part five of Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War, Netflix's epic nine-part history of the Cold War and its weapons, the world was on edge in September 1983.

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2 mins  |
May 25-31 2024
Felds of dreams
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Felds of dreams

Last month, Berlin city councillors sent letters to 20,000 residents inviting them to discuss what happens next to one of the city's best-known parks.

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2 mins  |
May 25-31 2024
Schools for thought
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Schools for thought

The government believes our educational decline will be reversed by returning to policies of six years ago. Will it work?

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4 mins  |
May 25-31 2024
Roman scandals
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Roman scandals

Sarah Watt reviews two major titles at this year's Italian Film Festival.

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3 mins  |
May 18-24, 2024
Rising tide
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Rising tide

Twenty years on from the foreshore and seabed hikoi, the issues behind it have not subsided.

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3 mins  |
May 18-24, 2024
The balance of Powers
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The balance of Powers

The Naked and Famous star is unashamedly indulgent in his new solo album.

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3 mins  |
May 18-24, 2024
Love, love me Who
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Love, love me Who

New Doctor Who Ncuti Gatwa and producer Russell T Davies talk about getting by with a little help from their friends.

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4 mins  |
May 18-24, 2024
Raising the barre
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Raising the barre

Why acclaimed Kiwi director James Napier Robertson-took on the bruising true story of an American ballerina in Russia.

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4 mins  |
May 18-24, 2024
A dickens of a novel
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A dickens of a novel

Historical novel is rich in women characters from all levels of Victorian society - including some from real life.

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3 mins  |
May 18-24, 2024
Parental advisory
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Parental advisory

A vibrant collection of essays sets out to answer one less-than-simple question: what makes a mother?

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3 mins  |
May 18-24, 2024
Unhappy endings
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Unhappy endings

Leslie Jamison anatomises her broken marriage in a candid new memoir - but who or what was really to blame?

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5 mins  |
May 18-24, 2024
'I am still quite overwhelmed'
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'I am still quite overwhelmed'

Ginette McDonald is good with voices. Now, a new anthology celebrates the long and varied career of the actor who brought us Lynn of Tawa. Just don't call it a valedictory.

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8 mins  |
May 18-24, 2024
A long Trekka north
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A long Trekka north

Almost forgotten in this country, NZ's only homedesigned, mass-produced motor vehicle has a new following in Europe.

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5 mins  |
May 18-24, 2024
Matters of time
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Matters of time

The writer of a brilliant new time-travel novel has online fanatics to thank for indulging in her 'very silly thing' about polar exploration.

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8 mins  |
May 18-24, 2024
Our very special friend
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Our very special friend

After 10 years of under-the-radar diplomatic moves, NZ and the US are closer than in decades. Whatever happened to our independent foreign policy?

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10+ mins  |
May 18-24, 2024
Missing in action
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Missing in action

In this edited extract from Never Not Working, Malissa Clark looks at the effects of workaholism on others - at home and at work.

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6 mins  |
May 18-24, 2024