Cool cat saunters by
There is a small, untidy visitor in the evening sky this week, one that does not keep to schedules or respect expectations.
Wrapped up in a mystery
Wrapped up in a mystery
Last December, a remarkable discovery in Egypt jogged my memory on two counts.
A stitch in time saves society
A stitch in time saves society
There are problems we can fix with a needle and thread, Ruth Blunt writes.
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The daddy of all dilemmas
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The daddy of all dilemmas
What drives us to bring children into a troubled world, and who decides, Emma Neale asks in her new novel.
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Our window on the world
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Our window on the world
Because TVNZ camera operator Ross Wilson has seen it all, so have we, Paul Gorman writes.
Guided by the stars
Guided by the stars
A moving image at Dunedin Public Art Gallery plots the course of a pilgrimage, Lauren Gutsell writes.
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The glorious mess of Plan B
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The glorious mess of Plan B
The race was an up and back.
Layers on the land
Layers on the land
The layers of archaeological evidence at Moeraki lie together with the layered histories told and retold by mana whenua, Gerard O’Regan tells Tom McKinlay and Luke Chapman.
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Going underground to the ocean
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Going underground to the ocean
The track to a hidden beach is now as flash as its tunnel, Clare Fraser writes.
Lifted from a lovelier life
Lifted from a lovelier life
Denise Richards sharing the details of her facelift marks a shift in the culture, writes Eva Wiseman.
Living fossils beneath our waves
Living fossils beneath our waves
Ancient shelled creatures have survived and thrived in the waters of Aotearoa.
The violence is in our genes
The violence is in our genes
A tendency to aggression and antisocial behaviour is encoded in certain people’s DNA, argues Kathryn Paige Harden — and it could have profound implications for crime and punishment.
There but for a quirk of DNA go we
There but for a quirk of DNA go we
The discovery of DNA has had a massive impact on our understanding of human evolution.
Pragmatic word, poetic sight
Pragmatic word, poetic sight
I learnt a new word this week. It is not a poetic word, not one that rolls off the tongue or finds its way easily into a sentence. It sounds more like something you would scrape off a laboratory...
Coded cast of thousands
Coded cast of thousands
Hundreds of AI-generated shows are being launched daily, but here is proof of the value of the human touch, writes Miranda Sawyer.
The great escape
The great escape
The remarkable story of a German ship’s desperate flight from Dunedin in the early days of World War 2, has now been revealed.
A whip’s circuitous journey
A whip’s circuitous journey
Excitement at Dunedin’s first royal visit was capped by gift-giving. But after one gift was given, it began a journey of its own, writes Seán Brosnahan.
This is no mug’s game
This is no mug’s game
Any way you slice it, the pressure is on the food budget.
In search of sprites
In search of sprites
Last weekend, I ran into sprites. Two sorts, though only one gets to keep the name according to the rulebook.
Ways to wear your moko
Ways to wear your moko
My youngest son puts a fairly low key pressure on me about getting my moko kauae.
