Oil and gas exploration: New Zealand's future
By Ruth Laugesen in Current Affairs
Will the deep-sea oil and gas exploration boom herald an economic bonanza or an environmental disaster?
Rock 'n' Reed
Subscriber contentBy Karl du Fresne in Books
A Masterton bookseller who has worked with some of the great names in British pop also has an unusual connection to rock’s Mr Grumpy.
Jane Clifton: Cunliffe on a hot tin roof
Subscriber contentBy Jane Clifton in Politics
Which way will Labour jump?
Owen Marshall: literary high-flyer
Subscriber contentBy John McCrystal in Books
Awards and honours are regularly flung at writer Owen Marshall but his biggest thrill was mainstream acceptance.
Current Affairs
JFK: 1000 electrifying days
Subscriber contentFifty years after JFK's assassination, Wellington political scientist Nigel Roberts shares his personal encounters with the inspirational President.
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How economics makes you selfish
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Radio New Zealand's courtroom drama
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Genes and the nature of nurture
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Culture
Mandy Hager: tackling the big issues
A social conscience is part and parcel of being a Hager and it runs through Mandy Hager's novels for young adults.
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Christos Tsiolkas: Slap happy
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Book review: Dante: The Divine Comedy, translated by Clive James
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There be monsters: an interview with writer Vanda Symon
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Lifestyle
Screening for degenerative diseases, plus Health Briefs
Subscriber contentBy Margo White
There are some diseases we might be better off not knowing we have.
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Lauraine Jacobs: turning Japanese
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Enter the garden of Eden
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Marc Wilson: the Casanova index
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Commentary
These linkbait links will blow your mind
By Toby Manhire
You simply won't believe the tactics people are using to get you to click the headline.
Competitions
Books
Book review: An Officer and a Spy, by Thomas Harris
Subscriber contentRobert Harris’s meticulous Dreyfus Affair novel is a thrilling page-turner.
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Book review: Experiencing Stravinsky: A Listener's Companion, by Robin Maconie
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Book review: Benjamin Britten: A Life in the 20th Century, by Paul Kildea
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Crime and thriller roundup: November 16, 2013
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TV & Entertainment
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Films on TV, November 16-22: Including The Guard
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On at the movies: November 16, 2013
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Quick bytes: including Downton Abbey's most shocking moments
Film
Film: a Turning point for cinema
Subscriber contentBy Guy Somerset
Robert Connolly’s innovative version of a Tim Winton best-seller is part of a new mood of “let’s experiment”.
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On at the movies: November 9, 2013
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On at the movies: November 2, 2013
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On at the movies: October 26, 2013
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The Influentials
Influentials: Speeches that helped shape us
A look at some words of significance in New Zealand's history.
From Our Archive
David Cunliffe: politician and poet - a 2008 profile
By David Fisher
In 2008 David Fisher met an ambitious, centrist new health minister who didn't want to be PM.