Squabbling about the retirement age is bailing out the dinghy as a tornado approaches. Bruce Munro looks at the perfect storm brewing on the horizon.
A political killing in Myanmar has far-reaching implications, writes Bruce Munro.
Men are the perpetrators of most family violence and child abuse. They are also the neglected key to tackling New Zealand’s tragic record on child welfare, writes Bruce Munro.
Once shunned and undervalued, people with autism are gaining respect and independence as sought-after employees, writes Bruce Munro.
Mystery surrounds a one-night-only Fringe Festival cinematic experience in a "vanished" Dunedin movie theatre.
Hundreds of hours have been invested in the public Waitangi Day commemoration at Otakou Marae, on Otago Peninsula, writes Bruce Munro.
Training New Zealand’s budding surveyors in the use of drones has begun with a high-definition aerial survey of Quarantine Island, writes Bruce Munro.
Bouncing back from recent disappointment, emerging artist Gemma Baldock is staging a solo show in Dunedin, writes Bruce Munro.
Sometimes, the gap between a terrible long-ago event and contemporary ignorance of it is not an absence of connection.
An "extraordinary" piece of New Zealand history has come to light, 153 years on.
A treacherous affair during the little-known 19th-century Pacific Island slave trade has a southern New Zealand link, historian Dr Scott Hamilton tells Bruce Munro.
The storied connection between cephalopod and Pacific peoples is played out still on the fringes of Otago Harbour, Bruce Munro writes.
A world-first collaboration between Otago University and the Myanmar Ministry of Health aims to rob tuberculosis of its power.
He lived in Dunedin but is now a Vice-President of Myanmar, charged with bringing peace to this factious, newborn democracy. Who is Henry Van Thio? Is he up to the job? Bruce Munro found out.
David Elliot went exploring the uncharted world of Lewis Carroll’s imagination. He has returned with an engaging, fantastical and sometimes foreboding tale, writes Bruce Munro.
Profits from the sale of a popular Yangon restaurant will likely be reinvested in tourist accommodation in Otago.
New Zealand is supporting Myanmar’s momentous transition by helping the people of impoverished Chin State voice their aspirations.
Empathy deficit is prolonging a war on drugs we lost long ago. That's the message from those demanding a better response to the harm caused by Kiwis' increasing drug use, writes Bruce Munro.
A dark, magical tale of betrayal, greed and love comes home when The Devil’s Half-Acre hits the Fortune Theatre stage at the weekend.
The Government is trumpeting how much better off we all are financially. Turns out, lots of us are still struggling to make ends meet, writes Bruce Munro.