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How New Zealand got its national anthem by accident

Original sheet music of 'God Defend New Zealand' national anthem. Photo: File

How New Zealand got its national anthem by accident

Many people know the story of how God Defend New Zealand came to be written by Dunedinite Thomas Bracken, but fewer know that it became our national anthem by accident.

Dunedin man’s ta moko a pattern of redemption

Jamie Addison shows his full-face moko, which represents his Maori culture and the journey he...

Dunedin man’s ta moko a pattern of redemption

For Jamie Addison, his full-face moko is not only a representation of his Maori culture, but the journey he has taken to turn his life around.

Something special for sky-watchers

Great conjunction something special for sky-watchers

Jupiter and Saturn will be so close to each other in the sky on Monday night that they will appear as a single star to the unaided eye.

The gifts they want

Listening and spending quality time with children this Christmas is a precious gift and costs nothing but your time.

A serving of history

ln the European spring of 1957, Dora de Beer was holidaying in Rome having recently arranged the shipment of a small but exciting group of Italian ceramics to Otago Museum in Dunedin.

Central's lost cloak

Central Otago wasn’t always a golden grassland, discovers Anna Yeoman.

Mitigating the gathering storm

Flooding in Napier last month. Photo: RNZ

Mitigating the gathering storm

Climate change is impacting our weather already.

Appetite for recovery

Eating disorders are on the rise and delays in treatment are proving deadly, say those calling for action. Tom McKinlay reports.

Pain’s many faces

The thing about this is that I’m thinking in bursts. I need to not think about it but there’s nothing else I can think about, writes Liz Breslin.

Eventually, you have to love yourself more

Eventually, you have to love yourself more

Emotionally abusive relationships are no less traumatic and difficult to leave, writes Lisa Scott.

A ringing endorsement for clean streams

Glow-in-the-dark limpet Latia neritoides, the worlds’ only bioluminescent freshwater snail....

A ringing endorsement for clean streams

On a family holiday in Northland some years ago, we all went off after dark in search of kiwi.

Making Christmas about more than socks

Think beyond socks this Christmas and make a list of all the things that you’re grateful for in...

Making Christmas about more than socks

Let’s use the end of 2020 to hit the reset button and have a think about what’s really important to our whanau and friends, our communities, our country and our planet, writes Jan Aitken.

Return of the sunspots

For people who don’t enjoy late nights, there’s a whole branch of astronomy that takes place during the day — it’s called solar astronomy.

Vegetable jamborees

Birds? Tick. Rabbits? Tick. White butterflies? Tick. But Hilary Rowley has finally found a cheap way to send these garden pests packing, or camping, as it turns out.

Let’s make 2021 a new kind of bad

It is my last column for this year, and I would like to take the opportunity to say "Goodbye 2020, you absolute dick", writes Kate Oktay.

The risk of accentuating the positive

Coverage of cures can underplay the risks, as Covid stories have demonstrated once again, writes Pauline Norris.

Where did I come from?

When it comes to answering questions about sex, there's no danger in telling children the truth but great danger in fobbing them off, writes Ian Munro.

Brain conditions ranging from Tourette syndrome to dyslexia and autism make life complicated enough without the added burden of prejudice and exclusion. Bruce Munro talks to parents, experts and some outstanding neurodiverse individuals finding their way in an ‘‘ableist’’ world.

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