Clauses for optimism
As another Waitangi Day looms, one of the country’s foremost chroniclers of the Treaty’s history finds cause for optimism. Dame Claudia Orange tells Tom McKinlay why she hopes change will be good for everyone.
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Appetite for recovery
Appetite for recovery
Eating disorders are on the rise and delays in treatment are proving deadly, say those calling for action. Tom McKinlay reports.
Solo duo
Solo duo
Hollie Fullbrook and Nadia Reid brought forward plans to tour together, by several decades, writes Tom McKinlay.
Lives of best fit
Lives of best fit
The game is on, an app to help us cut our carbon footprints, Tom McKinlay reports.
Comforts of home
Comforts of home
Clever reuse and an emphasis on energy efficiency are features of an ongoing restoration of an augmented villa, Tom McKinlay writes.
Sharing stacks up
Sharing stacks up
Electric car-sharing really stacks up in a new housing development, writes Tom McKinlay.
Seeing the land
Seeing the land
We can see new possibilities for our farming landscapes, Prof Hugh Campbell tells Tom McKinlay.
Wise investments
Wise investments
Values based on Maori ancestral knowledge are piloting an ethical fund through the world of investing, Tom McKinlay writes.
Leading the chorus
Leading the chorus
All it took was a little help from her friends, and a cathedral. Abby Wolfe tells Tom McKinlay about her big new video.
Boom and bust
Boom and bust
A new documentary captures the phenomenon that was Waiuta, writes Tom McKinlay.
Ultra keen
Ultra keen
If you like running, and running, there’s a sport for you. And now it’s arrived in Dunedin, writes Tom McKinlay.
Playing the parts
Playing the parts
When Yvette Reid went to cast the film Savage, she wasn’t just looking for actors, she tells Tom McKinlay.
Nail the vowels and the kawhe will follow
Nail the vowels and the kawhe will follow
Tom McKinlay can’t even properly report what Talia Ellison says. For all that, there appears to be evidence of progress.
Remaking it anew
Remaking it anew
From stitching and mending to remaking whole systems, a Dunedin social enterprise is broadening its ambition, Tom McKinlay writes.
Stories in words and pictures
Stories in words and pictures
Comic artist Veronica Brett is capturing her world in words and pictures.
Getting the job dung
Getting the job dung
A humble beetle could be the catalyst that brings town and country together to create better farms and cleaner waterways, Henrik Moller tells Tom McKinlay.
Best Cafe adds music to menu
Best Cafe adds music to menu
It's hard to be definitive about such things, but Luke Hurley is prepared to put it out there.
Tackling racism by taking it to the wall
Tackling racism by taking it to the wall
It’s time we all stood up against racism, the organisers of a poster competition tell Tom McKinlay.
First, look after the water
First, look after the water
A new approach to the country’s waterways may finally restore their mana, writes Tom McKinlay.
Matters arising
Matters arising
Black Lives Matter has profoundly affected many in New Zealand. The solution emerging for this country is something called decolonisation, writes Tom McKinlay.