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Sir Eion Edgar and his wife Lady Jan attended last weekend's University of Otago alumni 50th anniversary Larnach Castle Ball in Dunedin. Photo: ODT files 

Lisa Scott reflects on seven months of having to hitchhike.

While women in New Zealand had the vote by the end of the 19th century, the struggle continued in Britain, as a collection at the Hocken attests.

Over the past two weeks we’ve looked at paying an allowance for being part of Team Family, writes Ian Munro.

What we measure will always influence the priorities we set, writes Sean Connelly.

The 2017 election looks like being one out of the box, but as Tom Rawcliffe writes, if we jump back 60 years, it can seem like little has changed.

‘‘Good gracious/ I sound like my mom’’ is hardly the sort of pronouncement you’d expect from New York’s hippest dance-punk crew, yet this self-effacement has been the bedrock of LCD Soundsystem’s...

It’s been said that opinions are like noses, everyone has one, writes Jan Aitken.

Jimmy Iovine, a man who knows a bit about success (he has produced albums by Bruce Springsteen and U2, co-founded Interscope Records and, more recently, set up Apple Music) once stated The War On...

With her latest book, What Am I Supposed to Eat?, Dr Libby wants to put people in touch with their nutritional needs. In this extract she discusses how to deal with sweet cravings.

Toronto group Alvvays’ follow-up to its 2014 debut album builds on that early promise, its sparkling yet dark indie guitar pop a little more focused, a little more polished.

Chatter. Amy Rempel (piano). Jeremy Allen (bass), Jason Tremann (drums). Rattle CD.

Electric cars are the next big thing in motoring, but as Tom Rawcliffe writes, that's not for the first time.

Gisela Craig is Registrar of Electors for Waitaki.