Publication

To the bunker

Armageddon is coming, and you are applying for the job of ‘end of the world librarian’. The bookshelf already has the complete works of William Shakespeare, an Edmonds Cookery Book and the SAS Survival Guide. We asked well-read Kiwis to name another...

Cultural attaché

Having launched some of our best-known artists, Massive Theatre Company founder Sam Scott shares her inspirations.

The Hewitson profile

Her father was a wastrel and AA Gill called her too ugly for television, but Mary Beard outlived both to become one of the world’s most recognisable historians.

On Thames past

A recently discovered visitors’ book unlocks a door to early 20th-century British society.

The PARENT TRAP

‘There’s a lot of us out there, and we tend not to see ourselves in the media. It can be frustrating and quite lonely. We are this sandwich group of people, who had their kids a bit later and have still got teenage children, and suddenly we’ve got...

Bulletin

The football fan’s life is not an easy one, especially if your team is Spurs.

Basket case

Our two supermarket giants have long been accused of blocking competition and contributing to high food prices. But what’s really stopping new entrants?

Books

Ockham winners announced, Witi Ihimaera’s te reo journey, real-life(ish) encounters with UFOs, YA folk horror from Rachael King and an essay collection that flies in

BONE UP!

HEADS in the SAND

The Hewitson Profile

How to describe Dr Peter Sergel, the man who turned a rubbish tip into the wonderland that is the Hamilton Gardens? I wrote a list: landscaper, builder of dreams, philosopher, academic, artist, magician, visionary, gardener. What did he think of that...

Politics

Instead of generating growth, our biggest city is shackled by a government that refuses to devolve power.

Law & Society

| References to the Doctrine of Discovery distract from genuine historical wrongs.

Rowdy partner

The pain megaphone

Pain is definitely not ‘all in the head’, but a US psychologist believes the brain’s central role in the agony we endure holds the key to how we control it.

Bulletin

Escaping Washington DC for the uniquely American phenomenon known as Buc-ee’s.

BREATHE EASY

Mention breathing and the person beside you will instantly take a lungful of air – loudly – followed by a great whooshing sound as they exhale. Too many of us have been told we’re shallow breathers and we need to breathe in deeply to get oxygen filling...

THE POLITICAL TRIBES OF AOTEAROA

WANT PROTEIN WITH THAT?

‘Protein is a girl’s best friend,” reads the caption on an Instagram post. The image shows a model posing in a bathroom wearing a black cocktail dress, martini in one hand. In the other is a large bag of Khloud Protein Popcorn. The latest commercial...

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Year two at the University of Otago.

Working capital

It’s one of those rare, can’t-beat-it-ona-good-day Wellington mornings and builders and contractors are busy working on the Wellington Pavilion, the former band rotunda bisecting the sand at Oriental Bay. After 14 years of lying empty, the...

COVER UP!

Did a female reporter’s liaisons with powerful NZ figures risk national security at the height of the Cold War?

These airy kings

Against the odds, the magnificent albatrosses of Pukekura/ Taiaroa Head survive.

EDUCATING ERICA

Erica Stanford defends her rapid reforms in our schools – but critics say they’re too experimental