The 20 best albums of 2013
By Nick Bollinger Jim Pinckney in Music
Jim Pinckney and Nick Bollinger's picks range from Connan Mockasin to Kanye West – via, of course, Lorde.
By Catherine Woulfe in Education
A test that ranks countries’ educational achievements has serious flaws, some academics say, and basing reforms on the league tables is a big mistake.
By Nick Bollinger Jim Pinckney in Music
Jim Pinckney and Nick Bollinger's picks range from Connan Mockasin to Kanye West – via, of course, Lorde.
By Craig Sisterson in Books
The godfather of contemporary NZ crime writing has brought back offbeat local hero Detective Sergeant Tito Ihaka.
By Guyon Espiner in Science
Fifty years after the thalidomide scandal, the subject of an Emmy-winning drama talks about his life and the injustice still experienced by others.
Some have found the answer to Auckland’s high property prices.
By Mark Broatch
You have to go to German for the lovingly rude “Von hinten Lyzeum, von vorne Museum” (“From behind a girls’ school, from the front a museum”).
Most of us don’t have enough vitamin E in our daily diets, but is this putting our health at risk?
By Toby Manhire
The famous font now has its own perfume - and it smells like nothing.
Try your hand at this week's caption competition.
A fully formed debut.
"Last night I dreamed I ate a ten-pound marshmallow. When I woke up the pillow was gone." - Tommy Cooper
By Helene Wong
Helene Wong reviews Enough Said and Night Train to Lisbon, plus short reviews.
A look at some words of significance in New Zealand's history.
By David Larsen
The author of A Game of Thrones eschews the "Disneyland Middle Ages" to describe worlds of inequality and violence.
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