Listener Today
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Strategic Pay: Handling conflicts of interest
The consultant firm that recommended a salary increase for a council CEO has done more than $180,000 of other work for the council. More »
Internaut Today
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Winston Peters talks media and politics. And cows.
The NZ First leader is at his best off the script in Wintec appearance. [more]
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Herald Sun Half-wits: a comment thread compendium
A Twitter account collects the least hinged comments from the Melbourne paper's website. [more]
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Could Vegemite be toast?
Australia's famous sticky spread is thinning in popularity, reports the Wall Street Journal. [more]
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100 years since the first Pravda – “freest publication in the Soviet Union”
The online successor of the “truth” extends its values into the 21st century. [more]
This Week's Issue
NZ’s No.1 Selling Current Affairs Magazine
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Editorial
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The price is wrong
A shake-up of the building industry is long overdue. [more]
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Bring us your jobs
Without foreign investment New Zealand would be a poorer country. [more]
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Politics
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Winston Peters talks media and politics. And cows.
The NZ First leader is at his best off the script in Wintec appearance. [more]
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Jane Clifton: Anyone for Epsom?
The Prime Minister may struggle to rescue John Banks from this pratfall. [more]
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Television
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Diana Wichtel: bringing back nostalgia
When it comes to nostalgia, it’s all about the... [more]
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Titanic on TV: four-part series review
News flash: the Titanic was not sunk by an iceberg. [more]
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Life
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Bill Ralston: Free convention centre anyone?
What’s wrong with getting a free convention centre in exchange for more... [more]
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Bill Ralston: evolution and the grandpa clause
Middle age is evolution’s way of providing... [more]
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The Black Page
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Joanne Black: Home truths
Too much honesty in a real estate ad can be offputting. [more]
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No ifs or butts
Cigarette brands as a fashion statement? Forget it. [more]
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Books
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Maurice Gee reveals memoir plan at Auckland writers festival finale
The festival's inaugural "honoured NZ writer" says that despite giving up novel writing, a memoir is in the works. [more]
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Beauties of the Octagonal Pool by Gregory O’Brien review
“And I was marooned/half way through a poem called/‘Beauties of the octagonal pool’,” writes Gregory O’Brien, in a tender poem... [more]
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Culture
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Maurice Gee reveals memoir plan at Auckland writers festival finale
The festival's inaugural "honoured NZ writer" says that despite giving up novel writing, a memoir is in the works. [more]
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Otago’s student drinking culture
Our entrenched student drinking culture will not be improved by more rules and punishments, says University of Otago vice-chancellor Harlene Hayne. [more]
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Book Club
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The Forrests podcast
Listen to our panellists discuss Emily Perkins's novel. [more]
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An evening with Emily Perkins
Our inaugural Book Club event. [more]
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Economy
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NZ government’s influence on economic growth
How much influence do governments really have on economic growth? [more]
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Brian Easton: Don’t privatise without regulation
We may be repeating the regulatory blunders of 20 years ago when the bill to sell Telecom was rushed through. [more]
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Nutrition
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Mums influence on their children’s eating habits
Mums have a big influence on their children’s eating habits and long-term... [more]
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Boosting your health with folic acid
Folic acid plays an essential role in health. [more]
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Travel
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Experiencing El Cosmico, Texas
Little surprises make a tiny Texas town stick in the imagination. [more]
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Two flat whites in Berlin
The origins of the flat white may still be murky, but that hasn’t stopped Kiwis taking it to the world. [more]
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Sport
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Border-jumping in sports
When it comes to sportspeople, nationality can be a fluid thing. [more]
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Rugby and ethnicity
Ethnicity is never an issue when a team is winning. [more]
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Letters
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Letters April 14 2012
Living alone; child poverty; and teacher performance. [more]
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Letters April 7 2012
Heart disease; child poverty; and teacher performance. [more]
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