Buried treasure
Foulden Maar holds globally unique fossil secrets revealing not just our ancient past but our possible future. But the future of the 23-million-year-old site near Middlemarch is far from certain, Associate Prof Daphne Lee says.
Bruce Munro
Feeling better
Feeling better
Wars, climate disasters, pandemics, spiralling costs - no wonder stress is also on the rise. But it doesn't have to become unbearable, Dr Tom Mulholland, who once contemplated suicide and now champions healthy thinking, says.
Global Insight: Russian withdrawal best scenario
Global Insight: Russian withdrawal best scenario
New Zealand hopes Ukraine does not accept any deals to end Russia's invasion, Professor Robert Patman has told Global Insight.
Free & fair: The case for free buses
Free & fair: The case for free buses
With the cost of living soaring and half-price public transport already here, Bruce Munro takes a look at the case for free buses.
Global Insight: Not just super powers focused on Pacific
Global Insight: Not just super powers focused on Pacific
The Pacific Islands Forum has revealed a new reality in global geopolitics, according to international relations expert Professor Robert Patman.
Formally & currently: The changing ways of having a ball
Formally & currently: The changing ways of having a ball
School ball season is in full swing. But is it still relevant? Bruce Munro asks former Moreau College pupil Clare Curran and St Hilda’s principal Jackie Barron to conjugate the past, present and future of the school ball.
Bursting the hydrogen bubble
Bursting the hydrogen bubble
As hype grows around potential hydrogen production, including at Tiwai Point, some significant voices say it is at best an untimely distraction and at worst a catastrophic waste of time and energy.
Global Insight: China a key factor in Ardern's Europe trip
Global Insight: China a key factor in Ardern's Europe trip
Jacinda Ardern might be in Europe for security and trade talks, but China is a key reason for both, Professor Robert Patman says.
Lines in the sand
Lines in the sand
Should people be allowed to drive vehicles on beaches? It's a divisive question in Clutha District.
Global Insight: More protection needed for journalists
Global Insight: More protection needed for journalists
Liberal democracies need to do more at home and abroad to protect journalists, Professor Robert Patman says.
Record sales
Record sales
Disk Den is more than just Dunedin’s longest surviving music album retailer. Hing and Noni Chin reflect on 45 years in the music store game and generations of customers tell Bruce Munro why it's an international institution.
Separating fact from fiction: Hollywood's take on grandfather's wartime feats
Separating fact from fiction: Hollywood's take on grandfather's wartime feats
A Hollywood movie about an attempt to fool Hitler features Rear-Admiral John Godfrey, whom many say is the real-life inspiration behind James Bond spy boss "M". Godfrey's granddaughter, a Dunedin local, reveals what parts the new film gets right and what it has wrong.
Global Insight: NZ needs to 'step up, help Pacific nations'
Global Insight: NZ needs to 'step up, help Pacific nations'
More needs to be done to meet Pacific Island nations’ needs if NZ is to help those countries resist China’s authoritarian ideas, Professor Robert Patman says.
A Kiwi kind of care
A Kiwi kind of care
Nurses have long been lauded as self-sacrificing heroes. But it's not how they have viewed themselves, nurse and historian Pamela Wood, author of the first cultural history of nursing in NZ, tells Bruce Munro.
Global Insight: Status of UN in doubt as war continues
Global Insight: Status of UN in doubt as war continues
We do not know whether the United Nations or mercenary armies will keep the peace in the future, Professor Robert Patman says.
Our last best chance
Our last best chance
The Government has revealed its Emissions Reduction Plan - NZ's s first serious step to help avert global climate disaster. Bruce Munro asks whether it will be enough to transform our economy and society.
King's gift to city lost or stolen
King's gift to city lost or stolen
A royal gift, century-old photographic clues, an international art detective and Dunedin's missing statue. Or is that two statues?
Off its trolley: NZ's supermarket duopoly and rising food costs
Off its trolley: NZ's supermarket duopoly and rising food costs
Imagine a cash cow, standing on the tip of an iceberg, looking down at a choking canary in a miner’s helmet. That is New Zealand’s supermarkets atop the crumbling national and global food system.
Teenage Russian conscripts 'hiding from army'
Teenage Russian conscripts 'hiding from army'
Hundreds of teenage conscripts in hiding suggests the propaganda war is not going as Russian president Vladimir Putin would hope, military commentator Terry Johanson says.
Running on air
Running on air
Dunedin’s gold medal-winning athlete Yvette Williams was a true trailblazer who, until now, has not had her story fully told. Bruce Munro talks to gold medal gymnast and author Angela Walker about being given access to Williams’ personal diaries.