Explosive secrets
An Australian film lifts the lid on an explosive story in Laos, writes Tom McKinlay.
Tom McKinlay
An ethical fund
An ethical fund
Investment manager Grosvenor offers the only ethical KiwiSaver fund in New Zealand that is certified by the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia.
Sewing seeds of change
Sewing seeds of change
Taking an ethical approach to investing may not always be about dumping companies behaving badly.
Going with the floes
Going with the floes
For Inuit activist and writer Sheila Watt-Cloutier, climate change is a very personal challenge, writes Tom McKinlay.
Short cut to Hollywood
Short cut to Hollywood
The serial horror creators who filmed the feature-length I Survived A Zombie Holocaust in Dunedin in 2011 with a local cast of hundreds have a shocking new short, which screens tomorrow at Rialto.
Planting the seeds
Planting the seeds
A community garden on the Taieri is growing vegetables, nurturing young people and promoting resilience.
New shoots
New shoots
Liv Bambery is planting cabbages with Annika Korsten, neatly spaced and cosseted in a layer of mulch: the cabbages that is.
What you sow
What you sow
Luke Facer's at Kowhai Grove extending the hands-on component of the sustainable horticulture course he's doing at Otago Polytechnic.
Uploading the electric experience
Uploading the electric experience
A world-first citizen science project launched this week aims to speed the shift to electric vehicles and charge-up our efforts to tackle climate change, reports Tom McKinlay.
Capturing the emotion
Capturing the emotion
There is more than one story behind Tyler Kennedy Stent’s first solo exhibition, writes Tom McKinlay.
Stairway to heaven
Stairway to heaven
The Mueller Hut Route is a step up, writes Tom McKinlay.
Tricks of the film-maker's trade
Tricks of the film-maker's trade
Somehow, the moving images on a cinema screen make us laugh and cry, and duck for cover. A visiting professor tells Tom McKinlay why.
Crossing borders
Crossing borders
Vincent O'Sullivan's new novel puts New Zealand back on the map, if not at the centre of the action, writes Tom McKinlay.
Cottoning on
Cottoning on
Reuse crusader Bernadette Casey is bringing a renewed focus on footprints to iD Fashion, writes Tom McKinlay.
Rhyme and reason
Rhyme and reason
The Weekend Mix has a new poetry editor, Diane Brown. She gives Tom McKinlay some pointers on the artform.
Playing the long game
Playing the long game
We're beset on all sides: climate change, the sixth mass extinction, rampaging inequality and Facebook, just for a start. What is the way forward? Prof Niki Harre shares some thoughts with Tom McKinlay.
There's drama in the air
There's drama in the air
When a shocking episode happens, it is rarely the case that only those immediately involved are implicated. A new Dunedin play charts the ripples of responsibility, writes Tom McKinlay.
Songs of home
Songs of home
Wakatipu folk songstress Holly Arrowsmith may have left the district, but her songs are still singing its praises, writes Tom McKinlay.
Monitoring those small deposits
Monitoring those small deposits
University of Auckland lecturer Dr Matheson Russell says the job is not done once you have ensured your KiwiSaver account is doing no wrong.
Ethics on the ledger
Ethics on the ledger
While you sleep, your money might be doing evil. But it doesn't have to be that way. Tom McKinlay reports.