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    Science integral in Taweel’s art

    From extensive research as an artist, Shireen Taweel has created her own navigation devices and found her way across Australian deserts and New Zealand’s Southern Alps navigating by the...

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    • Towards the light

      Photo: Gregor Richardson

      Towards the light

      Joy Cowley launched a new book of rhymes and nonsense in Dunedin at the weekend. The renowned children’s author gives Bruce Munro some revealing words of wisdom about living in shadow and light.

    • Ko te reo kia rere

      The Weekend Mix’s new poetry editor, Jessica Hinerangi T.C. Photo: supplied

      Ko te reo kia rere

      The Weekend Mix’s new poetry editor, Jessica Hinerangi T.C., has taken on the role in the middle of Mahuru Māori, the annual celebration of the language.

    • A prisoner of his past

      A prisoner of his past

      While writing about the groundbreaking Cromwell-born battlefield surgeon Doug Jolly for a new book, historian Mark Derby came across the extraordinary tale of Dunedin-born William Macdonald - bank robber, commando and diplomat.

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