New life, no sleep
New life, no sleep
My delightful sister-in-law number two has just had her first baby, and we have all been looking forward to his arrival, writes Kate Oktay.
Life & Style
Re-framing your internal voice
Re-framing your internal voice
I often tell people to be careful with their "self-talk" and I've received some puzzled looks in response, writes life coach Jan Aitken.
Making the house work
Making the house work
Gina Dempster has always had a turbulent relationship with housework.
Life after Facebook
Life after Facebook
For many people, deleting their Facebook accounts sounds a lot like living a carbon-neutral life, recycling all your waste or going hardcore vegan: a nice idea, and probably the morally right thing...
Study: getting off Facebook good for you
Study: getting off Facebook good for you
A new study from Stanford and NYU found that deleting your Facebook account causes ‘‘small but significant improvements in wellbeing’’, writes Luke O’Neil.
A troubling inheritance
A troubling inheritance
Disputes over estates, fracturing family relationships, are likely to become more common. But a bigger problem is the hidden way inheritances fracture society, a NZ wealth and inequality researcher says.
Clear intentions make a difference
Clear intentions make a difference
A will and a way: some advice from Public Trust general counsel Henry Stokes.
Avoiding the third degree
Avoiding the third degree
They've been back at school for a week or so now. How's it been trying to find out how the new year is shaping up, asks parenting columnist Ian Munro.
Finessing the facts
Finessing the facts
Once upon a time, I was at one of those meetings where people do that icebreaker chat that goes - Tell us a secret about yourself. This was my big reveal: I love watching Next Top Model, writes LIz Breslin.
Tracing origins of student flats
Tracing origins of student flats
The origin of Dunedin's Skid Row is lost in time, Sarah Gallagher and Ian Chapman write in the edited extract from Scarfie Flats of Dunedin.
Return of the core
Return of the core
For the first part of this year, Sky Watch columnist Ian Griffin will be spending four nights per month at the University of Canterbury's Mount John Observatory above Lake Tekapo.
Decisions, decisions
Decisions, decisions
Steven Johnson, the author of Everything Bad Is Good for You, talks to Andrew Anthony about his new book, and why decision-making is a creative process.
Eating in a safe space
Eating in a safe space
What we eat and how much we eat is threatening both our health and that of the planet writes Sean Connelly.
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