Lessons in kindness
In this extract from new book Human Kindness, Bill Lennox remembers a lesson in restraint.
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Robert Burns Poetry Competition winning works
Robert Burns Poetry Competition winning works
Winning works in the Robert Burns Poetry Competition.
How to prepare for a natural disaster
How to prepare for a natural disaster
How to prepare for a natural disaster and a doomsday scenario.
Meet the Kiwis ready for the world's end
Meet the Kiwis ready for the world's end
In 2020, doomsday scenarios are legion. Bruce Munro talks to "preppers" of various stripes about getting ready for the end of the world as we know it.
Who are the Robert Burns Poetry Competition winners?
Who are the Robert Burns Poetry Competition winners?
With a theme of migration it is no wonder the Robert Burns Poetry Competition 2020 attracted some poignant entries.
Generational anxiety
Generational anxiety
Lately, there have been a lot of awkward conversations, both real and imagined, writes Kate Oktay.
Freeing the pharmacist
Freeing the pharmacist
There are often arguments about who does what in healthcare, such as whether midwives or doctors should attend normal births, writes Pauline Norris.
Insufficient vaping data
Insufficient vaping data
The advertising of cigarettes was banned in 1963, but the promoters of the highly addictive nicotine are back in a new guise with vaping, writes parenting columnist Ian Munro.
Decorations of distinction
Decorations of distinction
Italian glass on the Theomins' dining table tells a tale of Venice, Jenny Longstaff writes.
Robert Burns Poetry Competition 2019-2020 - Youth winners
Robert Burns Poetry Competition 2019-2020 - Youth winners
Youth winners from the Robert Burns Poetry Competition 2019-2020.
Hunting for Neptune
Hunting for Neptune
What are you doing next Tuesday?
Janus face of technology
Janus face of technology
Technology has made life busier and more pressured, but our children still need fom us the same unconditional love, time and protection that they’ve always needed, Ian Munro writes.
Lighting up the South
Lighting up the South
The southern rata, with its fire-bright colour, is most at home in the cold and damp.
Values that stand the test of time
Values that stand the test of time
It's time to put values to work in the interests of the future, writes life coach Jan Aitken.
Stewing over resilience
Stewing over resilience
When in doubt, drink tea, writes columnist Liz Breslin.
Summer coats
Summer coats
Summertime is house-painting time. Bruce Munro reflects on the process, perils and payback of "painting your house".
Gisele: a model life?
Gisele: a model life?
For more than a decade, Gisele Bundchen was the world's highest-paid supermodel. But it hasn't always been so simple.
That’s the way the bikes are in Texas
That’s the way the bikes are in Texas
Former Dunedin man Jeff Nash's love of speed on two wheels has taken him to the United States. Hayden Meikle tracks him down for a chat.
Biodiversity abounds in frigid waters
Biodiversity abounds in frigid waters
The rich diversity of marine life near Scott Base in the Antarctic has stunned scientists diving under the ice to set up environmental monitoring sites.
A lovely morning vista
A lovely morning vista
Since moving to New Zealand, I have always tried to sneak in something astronomical on my birthday, writes Ian Griffin.
