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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".
An accidental moonset
An accidental moonset
For astronomers like me, the period near full moon is an excuse to be anywhere but beneath its glare.
Artist paints new home with curious eye
Artist paints new home with curious eye
Arriving in 19th century Dunedin, a British artist was open to her new surroundings, writes Lucy Hammonds.
Sleeping [not] like a baby
Sleeping [not] like a baby
There’s no buttering up your baby, write Karleen Gribble, Naomi Hull and Nina Jane Chad.
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Separating tall tales from true
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Separating tall tales from true
He was notorious for telling tall tales. So who, really, was Otago’s first harbour pilot, Richard Driver? Bruce Munro talks to two of Driver’s descendants.
Box on into the new year
Box on into the new year
This is an ideal exercise to let off steam, release any frustrations and reduce stress.
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