Flipping the menu

For our own health and that of the planet, appetites are growing for a switch to healthy, sustainable and local food sources

No alternatives

Donald Trump won the 2016 US presidential election despite receiving 2.87 million fewer votes than Hillary Clinton

Emperor's new blooms

We wandered about paddocks, pretending to be ruminants.

Simply magic

Stars align for taonga puoro expert Ariana Tikao.

Her we go, her we go

How the Women's World Cup shapes up on telly.

Cream of the crop

A new season of the darkly comic Kiwi series Creamerie is about to start - welcome news for its growing overseas fan base.

Heart & soul

Seth Haapu explores his Tahitian origins, and Magic Factory takes a rock'n'roll ride.

Wheels within wheels

A doco about Tour de France champ Greg LeMond is not the whole story.

Having his cake

The story of an orphan with a flair for baking is a tasty treat.

The road, his dominion

As he heads home for a national tour, Don McGlashan looks back on where his musical travels have taken him.

Getting to the truth

Author's remedies for the disinformation crisis will be controversial.

Sex and the city

This libidinous frolic wittily explores the foibles of the pretentiously unaware.

Glower of Scotland

Despite the frequent bleakness of its themes, Toy Fights is a blast of pure reading pleasure.

Final destination

Ingenious tale of three giants travelling through space explores how society treats those outside the mainstream.

Bot's new

If you're worried artificial intelligence will end up tainting politics and news reporting, it already is.

Chicken & egg

Poorer body regard and negative emotions can lead to self-harm - but which comes first?

Vege out

Flavour-packed fare from Kaeo chef ANNA VALENTINE.

Pointing the finger

Many healthy foods contain a plant protein that may have harmful effects, but there's not enough evidence to chop them from your diet.

Well worried

The list of modern health anxieties is long, but old-fashioned smoking and hitting the bottle are the real worries.

Digital force field

The internet is already beyond the control of the people who are supposed to be running it, says US technologist David Auerbach.

In the line of fire

Exchanging high finance for aid work has put Aucklander Mike Seawright at the front line of the world's war zones.

Star attraction

2023 New Zealander of the Year Rangi Matamua is a driving force behind our Matariki celebrations.

Scoundrel's lair

Art collector and now convicted sex offender James Wallace gave MICHELE HEWITSON a rare interview back in 2011.

The body electric

Manipulating our electrical fields is an emerging science whose frontiers range from treating depression, wounds and cancer to restoring sight.

Coalition of the willing

In the first of a four-part series on community efforts to defeat poverty, REBECCA MACFIE visits Hastings, where locals and state agencies have joined forces to give children a better start in life.

Purer waters

A sense of kaitiakitanga is driving a Christchurch technology entrepreneur to help clean up waterways.

Girls wanna have fun

Just like the boys, the trick is to avoid getting caught. But if you are, it pays to have a good story up your sleeve.

Action and reaction

Historians quarrel about why French protests descend into such lawlessness. They can't still be blaming Louis XVI.

Your conscience defines you

CHARLOTTE GRIMSHAW

Europe's hard-right turn

In weekly surveys, the AfD - whose representatives don't like immigrants - regularly polls around 19%.