Taking leave for your teen
One of the big parenting secrets is out: teenagers can be just as difficult as babies and small children, if not more so.
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Sensing the joy of it all again
Sensing the joy of it all again
Just over a month ago, while listening to Checkpoint on Radio New Zealand, I lost hearing in my right ear.
Our planet and us
Our planet and us
A new approach at City Hall could run rings around all our problems, Tom McKinlay reports.
Breaking the addiction
Breaking the addiction
Today’s attention economy feeds into our worst desires to overstress everything.
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Strolling a port town’s varied stories
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Strolling a port town’s varied stories
Port Chalmers has potential for destination tramping, writes Clare Fraser.
Body balancing
Body balancing
HOLISTIC FITNESS: Using a Swiss ball, this is a good exercise to build balance and strength which can help everyday living.
The benefits of feeling bad
The benefits of feeling bad
Sometimes it’s good to give up the idea that we should be striving, always, for permanent and unblemished contentment, writes Eva Wiseman.
A crisis of invisibility
A crisis of invisibility
There’s work to be done to safeguard hidden biodiversity in a changing world, writes Katerina Achilleos.
More than a mountain
More than a mountain
Pikirakatahi stands proudly at the head of Whakatipu-wai-māori, the very embodiment of ancient mātauranga. In the second part of our place names series, we go to the source.
Adventures around Aristarchus
Adventures around Aristarchus
The moon reaches last quarter at 6.49pm on Tuesday. At that precise time, it will be invisible as it will be below the horizon here in New Zealand.
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Fit for the purpose
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Fit for the purpose
Lisa Scott gets some training in before tackling a Great Walk.
Weighing the difference
Weighing the difference
To better understand the martial traditions of his iwi, Te Atarau Cassidy picked up the rākau whawhai.
Chasing Mercury after sunset
Chasing Mercury after sunset
Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was arguably one of the greatest astronomers ever, writes Ian Griffin.
The thrill of confrontation
The thrill of confrontation
A real-life argument is an altogether different animal, Eva Wiseman writes.
Taking a stand
Taking a stand
We love our built heritage, but it wasn’t always so.
Time to enjoy the Leonid meteors
Time to enjoy the Leonid meteors
Early-rising stargazers are in for a treat over the next few mornings.
Tracing the past
Tracing the past
Around our landscapes, cities and towns, if we look closely, there remains incredibly valuable physical evidence — hints, shadows and traces — of our past structures, buildings and stories.
Is this the new apartheid?
Is this the new apartheid?
The carnage in Gaza is focusing renewed attention on allegations Israel is operating an apartheid state. Tom McKinlay looks at the case.
Time to get real
Time to get real
Kauraka e mataku, there’s no need to be scared.
Rarely exhibited portrait in spotlight
Rarely exhibited portrait in spotlight
A seldom seen portrait can be viewed in a new light, writes Lucy Hammond.
