Making connections
Making connections
Three decades after the demise of telegrams, voiceless communication is on the rise again, Bruce Munro asks is it OK that we are going back to a future of less talking?
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The Art of Psychiatry
The Art of Psychiatry
It's 30 years since NZ's big psychiatric prisons were closed. Bruce Munro talks to Julia Aranui-Faed, a significant but largely forgotten figure from that important period about her legacy, her mental illness and the freedom to colour her world.
The ocean’s last chance
The ocean’s last chance
Wildlife in most of the lawless high seas faces an existential threat from fishing, shipping and the military. Next month, a landmark UN conference could finally bring hope, writes Robin McKie.
Parental separation
Parental separation
It’s never easy when parents decide to separate for whatever reason.
5 questions with: Shirley Horrocks
5 questions with: Shirley Horrocks
Shirley Horrocks is director, producer and screenwriter of Paul Callaghan: Dancing With Atoms screening at this year's NZ International Film Festival.
Liz Breslin: Always a good time for story time
It’s always a good time for story time
There are those who would argue that truth is going the same way as landlines, cursive writing and smoking in public — out the window and down the twin chutes of planned obsolescence and societal...
A welcome glimpse of family
A welcome glimpse of family
2018’s Robert Lord Writers’ Cottage summer writer in residence Maria Samuela remembers the day she "met" her grandfather.
Sampling the City of Sails' smorgasbord
Sampling the City of Sails' smorgasbord
A short break in our biggest city this winter can offer a relaxing and, if you are lucky, sunny time away. Rebecca Fox discovers Auckland’s less well-known foodie spots.
Moon, Venus in the evening sky
Moon, Venus in the evening sky
SKY WATCH: The middle weeks of August provide some of Ian Griffin's favourite commutes of the year.
What should you fight colds with?
What should you fight colds with?
Should I take vitamin C or other supplements for my cold?, asks Clare Collins.
5 questions with: Bronwyn Simes
5 questions with: Bronwyn Simes
Bronwyn Simes is manager of Olveston historic home, and its collections, which were gifted to the City of Dunedin by Miss Dorothy Theomin following her death in 1966.
The new beauty elite
The new beauty elite
Instagram innovators such as Pat McGrath and Kylie Jenner are revolutionising cosmetics - and becoming overnight billionaires, writes Nosheen Iqbal.
The wonder of star trails
The wonder of star trails
Ever since becoming interested in astronomy, I have always enjoyed taking pictures of the night sky. You might think that astrophotography would be an enormously complicated hobby, but actually it...
5 questions with: Richard Pettinger
5 questions with: Richard Pettinger
Richard Pettinger is president of the Dunedin Amateur Winemakers & Brewers Club.
This one's for you, mum
This one's for you, mum
Liz Breslin pens some words of thanks and appreciation to her mum.
Modern mountain makeover
Modern mountain makeover
A small chalet-style house gets a modern makeover. Kim Dungey reports.
Lost and found
Lost and found
A terrifying separation made for a memorable moment for Emma Farry.
Following a new path behind the wire
Following a new path behind the wire
Reflections by two participants of Rue-Jade Morgan’s cultural engagement programme with inmates at Otago Correctional Facility.
Unlocking potential
Unlocking potential
Bruce Munro looks at the urgent need for prison reform and talks to ex-prisoner and now polytechnic lecturer Rue-Jade Morgan about why going to prison was the best thing that could have happened to him.
Preventable damage
Preventable damage
There are three leading causes of birth defects associated with brain disability in New Zealand, writes Ian Munro.