Accepting the challenge
Accepting the challenge
Fraser Thompson talks to Michael Morris ahead of his homecoming Dunedin gig.
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How to be a better friend
How to be a better friend
People have been writing about friends and friendship since people have been writing.
The solution to plastic pollution
The solution to plastic pollution
New Zealand needs to add its voice to the call for an international treaty on plastic pollution, Trisia Farrelly writes.
Youth sucked in on vaping
Youth sucked in on vaping
Vaping needs to get the cigarette treatment to protect our young, Elliott M. Reinhardt and Juliet R. Guichon write.
Touching on holding off
Touching on holding off
I touched on the issue of teenage relationships when I wrote about summer love a few weeks ago, writes parenting columnist Ian Munro.
When travel is a bawl
When travel is a bawl
You don't need more than a warm smile to fly with babies, writes Eva Wiseman.
Queen of the castle
Queen of the castle
Dot and Neil Smith's castle boasts towers, a moat and even a dungeon. Kim Dungey reports.
The war on truth
The war on truth
Bruce Munro talks to the award-winning investigative journalist Stephen Davis about government cover-ups, big business tactics and the role of conspiracies in the Christchurch mosques massacre.
The future finds its voice
The future finds its voice
Young people are angry as they are faced with global inaction over increasingly dire climate change forecasts. Bruce Munro examines the insurgent youth-led climate action phenomenon.
Memories are made of this
Memories are made of this
Moving-image art and digital video has become an important part of gallery collections, writes Lucy Hammonds.
As lovely as a gum
As lovely as a gum
There are some lovely specimens of Albany red gums in Dunedin, writes Mark Clark.
The hazard of misunderstanding
The hazard of misunderstanding
What we understand about our illness has implications for how we go about addressing it.
5 questions with: Shane Jones
5 questions with: Shane Jones
New Zealand First MP Shane Jones is Minister of Infrastructure, Forestry and Regional Economic Development.
Equinox full moon in Virgo
Equinox full moon in Virgo
Tomorrow's a busy day for matters astronomical since in addition to the equinox there's also a full moon, writes Ian Griffin.
Artists in the pink
Artists in the pink
Dunedin’s Fringe Festival aims to bring experimental contemporary art to a wider audience, so the Otago Art Society has embraced an age-old practice with a twist in its latest exhibition, ‘‘The Nude’’.
The making of a killer
The making of a killer
It takes a lot of hard work and modelling to establish the values of personal responsibility, empathy and consideration for others in our children, parenting columnist Ian Munro writes.
Naseby: Forward to the past
Forward to the past
As the 19th century drew to a close, a citizen of Naseby was transfixed by a vision of the glorious future awaiting the Maniototo goldrush town. Historian and writer Jim Sullivan identifies one or two discrepancies.
The magnificence of Jupiter
The magnificence of Jupiter
A brightly shining Jupiter is worth getting up early for, writes Ian Griffin.
Fighting for your life in a post-apocalyptic world
Fighting for your life in a post-apocalyptic world
Post-apocalyptic is in vogue right now. The latest series to jump aboard the train is Far Cry with New Dawn, a sequel/spin-off of sorts to last year's somewhat disappointing Far Cry 5.
Solid gold hits
Solid gold hits
Classic Kiwi anthems are at the heart of new film Daffodils, and actor and former Invercargill man George Mason gets to sing them, writes Tom McKinlay.