Brutalism: vision of a new world
Some viewers of film The Brutalist are probably getting their first taste of Brutalism, the architectural style that gives the film its name, write Michael R. Allen.
The price of privilege
The price of privilege
My daughter has left home.
Worked over
Worked over
Short on cash? Desperate for a job? Never fear, fraudsters have something just for you - the employment scam.
Farewell to Orion’s colours
Farewell to Orion’s colours
The southern hemisphere autumn equinox occurs at 10.01pm on Thursday (March 20).
A trade-off for no benefit
A trade-off for no benefit
We need not sacrifice water quality to grow vegetables.
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Coping in a shifting world
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Coping in a shifting world
Why do mamas drink wine?
Signing up to the big myth
Signing up to the big myth
There’s an agenda at play in the Treaty Principles Bill that stretches well beyond that document, Dame Anne Salmond tells Tom McKinlay.
Only the land divides them
Only the land divides them
Our native fish are proof of an earth-shattering hypothesis.
There’s a strange moon on the rise
There’s a strange moon on the rise
On Friday, local skywatchers will be treated (or possibly tricked) by a rather peculiar celestial event: a sunset lunar eclipse as the moon rises.
Tracing Cook’s footsteps
Tracing Cook’s footsteps
Just before Covid-19 struck, my wife Polly and I boarded the Caledonian Sky, a small cruise ship with a maximum of 120 passengers, in Milford Sound.
Just the most exciting sounds
Just the most exciting sounds
It’s music with fighting spirit and action, played loud.
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Poor excuses for poverty
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Poor excuses for poverty
One child in eight lives in poverty in this country. Bruce Munro asks Max Rashbrooke how this happened, why middle NZ is key to changing it and how a kid from a wealthy suburb became the go-to guy on poverty.
Of planets and lunations
Of planets and lunations
The moon was new at 1.44pm on Friday. That moment marked the commencement of lunation number 1264.
Parting the waters
Parting the waters
Reed waka were essential for life in the south, writes Seán Brosnahan.
The world in its best light
The world in its best light
Photography is a colonial art form, historically feared by Māori people.
Mainland island welcomes tīeke
Mainland island welcomes tīeke
Māui’s fingerprints are all over Orokonui’s newest inhabitants, Madison Kelly writes.
Less waste is definitely more
Less waste is definitely more
Our food scraps need not be wasted.
A cure for ageing
A cure for ageing
The latest "fountain of youth" pill is working on mice, but the scientists warn humans to approach with caution, David Cox writes.
Watching goes both ways
Watching goes both ways
Too much watching tips over into paranoia, Eva Wiseman writes.
Old names for inequality
Old names for inequality
When the Marsden Fund was established in 1994, the government designed it "to fund excellent fundamental research".
