Get the drift?

Treating dogs for fleas or spraying to control pests inside your home can increase children's exposure to pesticides, a new study shows.

Discomfort zone

Doing things that are difficult shouldn't be avoided. In fact, we should embrace the angst they evoke.

Dead poor

For families who need a state grant to bury loved ones, humiliation is compounded by penny-pinching and red tape

Coastal crossfire

You pays your money and you takes your chances. That is the risk of buying a home.

Buying time was worth it

I witnessed my first supermarket mask confrontation the other day.

A doomed romance

After this war in Europe, nothing will be the same.

PHOTO CALL

When Rob Tucker called on fellow photojournalists to give their best shots for a Hospice Taranaki fundraising auction, images of Aotearoa's past came pouring in.

TOURISM TRAP

Overseas visitors are starting to trickle back to NZ, but for some small tourism businesses it's too little, too late. Others hope the flow will be enough to refloat their boats.

WAYNE'S WORLD

Businessman and former Far North mayor Wayne “The Fixer” Brown has declared war on waste as he campaigns for the Auckland mayoralty.

Trouble at an early hurdle

The favourite has taken a tumble in the Aussie federal election race.

A most peculiar way

Why Bill Nighy has taken on David Bowie's defining screen role in a television sequel to cult classic The Man Who Fell to Earth.

BREAKING the WAVE

The Shanghai crisis is testing Beijing's zero-Covid policy, but predictions it will destabilise the government or the economy are wrong

Children are waiting

Government policies are punishing innocent children trapped in poverty

Epochal emissary

Writer-protagonist's stay in a dilapidated hotel can be read as allegory for a fading Europe.

Clear the decks

Soaring inflation is forcing Labour to tuck away pet projects and look instead to a hip-pocket lifeline.

Cold War chiller

A history of post-war Soviet-US posturing sheds light on the Ukraine conflict.

Fringe benefits

Orville Peck makes countryrock from beyond the veil.

Lowdown on proteins

Our bodies need protein for energy, but what role does the protein portion of viruses such as Covid play?

Made in the shade

Protection from UV exposure is the best way to peg back New Zealand's alarmingly high melanoma mortality rate.

Modest talents

The highly popular TikTok app may prove to be a social media platform that actually boosts self-esteem.

Propaganda's high cost

Way back in the olden days, when David Lange was prime minister and Roger Douglas his whizz-kid finance minister, I bought my first house. Mortgage interest rates were approaching an eye-watering 20% and I was sweating. The cost of living was appallingly high and wages dismally low. It was tough.

Making connections

Inclusion is important in closing the digital divide in our communities.

Light relief

Women no longer have to simply put up with the trials of heavy periods. There is a range of treatments that may help stem the flow.

WRITTEN IN THE STARS

Having been a master of mockumentaries, British comedy writer John Morton is now taking on a remake of the hit French behind-the-scenes showbiz series Call My Agent!

WIRED FOR WEIRD

Our 21st-century lives could be on the brink of being turned upside down by historic breakthroughs in computing technology.

POLISHED CONCRETE FLAWS

Until her thirties, life was a struggle for Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby. In this extract from her new memoir, Ten Steps to Nanette, she explains the challenges and gifts of being an autistic, gay outsider, and her aversion to certain cafes.

Propaganda pals

Universities in China have organ-ised classes so students can understand the war in Ukraine. The first step is to have teachers attend lectures on how to “unify thoughts and correctly guide students’ understanding” of the conflict.

PACKED to the RAFTERS

As house prices soar, more and more extended families are discovering the benefits of living together.

Giant leaps

Emily St John Mandel’s highly anticipated new novel jumps skilfully across time and space to ask the big questions about where humanity might be heading.

Home stretch

Shopping smarter and avoiding waste can help reduce your food costs.