Losing the buzz
A cataclysmic decline in insects is taking place, virtually unnoticed. Bruce Munro talks to renowned entomologist Anthony Harris.
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Long read: The generation gap
Long read: The generation gap
Millennials look to be the first generation in a long time to have it worse than their parents. Who is to blame? Or is that the wrong question? ODT's Bruce Munro investigates.
Dental costs taking too big a bite?
Dental costs taking too big a bite?
A Dunedin woman who is leaving her teeth to rot because she can't afford to go to the dentist is symptomatic of a national oral health crisis. Bruce Munro investigates.
Mum and me: What I think about my mum
Mum and me: What I think about my mum
How we view our mother is shaped by our own experiences, which build with the years. To mark Mother’s Day, Bruce Munro asked nine people, spanning eight decades, to tell him ... ‘‘What I think about my mum now that I’m ...’’
A well matched couple
A well matched couple
Midhun Shankar’s mother helped him choose a bride for his February wedding. Bruce Munro asks what it’s like to have an arranged marriage, and looks for lessons from this ancient practice.
Priscilla's Dunedin secrets
Priscilla's Dunedin secrets
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, the celebrated Aussie drag-queen story we all thought we knew, turns out to have fabulous New Zealand roots, Bruce Munro discovers.
Wishing the war was over
Wishing the war was over
On Friday, 100 years ago, New Zealand soldier Michael "Morgan'' O'Connor was shot dead by a German sniper on the frontline in the Somme, France.
Stream of conscience
Stream of conscience
Retiring Fish and Game boss Niall Watson is clear about who is at fault for the poor state of our waterways.
Serving a greater good
Serving a greater good
Bruce Munro talks to Dunedin''s next Catholic bishop, Fr Michael Dooley, about church abuse, celibate priests, Jesus and the future of Christianity.
Open to meaning
Open to meaning
Chris Heaphy tells Bruce Munro about the constant evolution of his art and the underlying, unchanging aim.
Forgotten facets need light of day
Forgotten facets need light of day
A Otago artist who once exhibited alongside New Zealand's art elite is back on the map. Bruce Munro talks to some of those championing the work of the late Elizabeth Stevens.
Relapse: Why we're under attack
Relapse: Why we're under attack
Syphilis, mumps and rickets, along with other ‘‘old’’ diseases, are on the comeback trail. Why? And what can we do to protect ourselves? asks Bruce Munro.
Covering the metres
Covering the metres
A new talent is restoring the fortune of narrative poetry. Bruce Munro talks to Michael Steven about experiences, gritty and sublime, in Dunedin and elsewhere, that fashioned his first collection of work.
Brighton Lobofest raises funds for Musos
Brighton Lobofest raises funds for Musos
A crowd of about 200 attended the fundraising music festival Lobofest at Brighton, south of Dunedin, yesterday.
Degrees of difficulty
Degrees of difficulty
Qualification creep has become a tertiary degree arms race. Bruce Munro asks "Is it time for a PhD non-proliferation treaty?'' and "What else can young people do to get hired?''
Words of love
Words of love
Why is New Zealand's most widely read author, Essie Summers, not celebrated in the province she loved and wrote about, Bruce Munro asks.
Give yourself over
Give yourself over
The Rocky Horror Show finally has a prequel, Frankensplurta, which premieres at the Dunedin Fringe Festival, writes Bruce Munro.
Mining reality to write fiction
Mining reality to write fiction
Dunedin author Ella West talks to Bruce Munro about the difficulties and delights of writing a young adult novel set in a real time and place.
A qualified achievement
A qualified achievement
The NCEA high school assessment framework has been labelled obsessive and harmful. Parent and journalist Bruce Munro takes a look.
Review: Roger Waters stirring and enthralling
Roger Waters stirring, enthralling, satisfying
Stirred, entertained, or both - concert-goers at last evening's spectacular Roger Waters Us + Them Dunedin concert left with what they came looking for.