Pursuing love in Melbourne can be a splendid, frenetic and occasionally dangerous obsession. You might as well make it easier on yourself by doing the hard yards on a bicycle, writes Bruce Munro.
New Zealand needs a cultural mindshift if it wants to see more young people pursuing careers in science, Dr Tim Molteno believes.
Keys to a fundamentally new understanding of science and clues to revolutionary new technologies are washing over us, unseen, every moment of the day. Capturing and deciphering this information are...
It is autumn. Harvest time. A season and event with which many of us have little connection. But Bruce Munro discovers an initiative to harvest often-neglected urban fruit trees as a means to reconnect people with local food, traditional skills, nature and each other.
Many of us have become largely disconnected from nature and seasons, life coach Brian Johnston says.
Volunteer firefighting is under pressure, a report which could precipitate the biggest shake-up of the New Zealand Fire Service in 50 years says. Bruce Munro tags along with Regan Soper, of the Ravensbourne Volunteer Fire Brigade, to record a week in the life of one of New Zealand's 12,000 volunteer firefighters.
Ralph Hotere was an artist of international repute with a career spanning more than five decades. But he was also a resident of a particular location, Port Chalmers. This week Bruce Munro talked to some of those who knew him as ''just Ralph''.
There is a new air of grim determination among tens of thousands of qualification-focused, job-hungry tertiary students beginning classes this week. But qualifications are not the only measure of potential, writes Bruce Munro.
Approaching the Honduras border on January 19, Stephen Hogg and Tim Munro had no inkling of the corruption, pain and fear they were about to experience. They spoke to Bruce Munro about their ordeal after fleeing the violence-ridden Central American country earlier this month.
This weekend New Zealand Prime Minister John Key is hosting his Australian counterpart Julia Gillard in Queenstown for an annual leaders' meeting focusing on the future of the two countries' Closer Economic Relations. Bruce Munro examines the business, cultural and psychological ties that bind our two nations and discovers New Zealand's relationship with its ''big brother'' is less than healthy.
Showjumping will be centre stage at Friday's Ride the Rhythm event in Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin. Two top local riders taking part in the invitation-only competition talk to Bruce Munro about what it takes to get two brains and four legs flying over fences in perfect harmony.
Your mouth goes dry, stomach knots and head begins to swim as you grip the microphone in a white-knuckled stranglehold. With New Year's resolutions still fresh in our minds, Bruce Munro examines a common condition many rate as more terrifying than death and would love to overcome - the fear of public speaking.
Bruce Munro shares 12 reasons why it might not be the end of the world.
Walk in to any Indian restaurant anywhere in New Zealand and the chefs will almost always be from one small region near the Himalayas. And it is not just in this country. Bruce Munro uncovers the surprising story of how Garhwali chefs are conquering the curry-and-naan-loving world.
Heart attack victims, nudists, Special Olympians, Muslim women and physicians are among those who say Dunedin's Physio Pool is a special facility. But a maintenance shutdown next month is likely to reveal the 66-year-old heated pool needs a costly and perhaps time-consuming upgrade, Bruce Munro writes.
A new breed of entrepreneur is rising - young, savvy idealists who want to make a lifestyle of changing the world, and the independence to do it their way. Bruce Munro looks at the mainstreaming of social entrepreneurship and its promise of new solutions to old problems.
Dick Brunton says all businesses should be social enterprises - especially if they want to be successful.
Graeme Martin has been described as everything from a compassionate, principled, visionary genius to an inflexible, stubborn, demanding taskmaster. Bruce Munro examines pieces of the puzzle that make up the influential, complex and soon to retire chief executive of the Otago Regional Council.
New Zealand's first resident-initiated wind energy project is at the heart of one Otago community's efforts to fashion its own sustainable, low-carbon future. Bruce Munro talks to people involved in the Blueskin Resilient Communities Trust energy project.
As New Zealand ramps up its oil and gas exploration and invests in emission-intensive transport infrastructure, a new report shows the world is already paying a high social and economic price for its continued reliance on greenhouse gas-emitting fossil fuels. Bruce Munro looks at present and potential future impacts of our energy system choices.
